Porcelynne Boutique and Gallery- June 24, 2006 For those of you that live in the San Francisco Bay Area, you can now find several of my wire sculpted earrings, pendants, and rings at Porcelynne Boutique and Gallery Porcelynne is located at 487 14th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103http://jbrana.blogspot.com/2006/06/porcelynne-boutique-and-gallery.html Chrysoprase The Stone of Summer- June 19, 2006 Chrysoprase (also chrysophrase) is a gemstone variety of chalcedony (fibrous form of quartz) that contains small quantities of nickel. Its color is normally apple-green, but varies to deep green. It is cryptocrystalline, which means that it is composed of crystals so fine that they cannot be seen as distinct particles under normal magnification. This sets it apart from rock crystal, amethyst, citrine, and the other varieties of crystalline quartz which are basically transparent and formed from..http://jbrana.blogspot.com/2006/06/chrysoprase-stone-of-summer.html What is RSS- June 12, 2006 RSS is an acronym for Really Simple Syndication. RSS feeds are an easy and efficient way to receive notification when new information is available in a specific area of interest. How Can I Benefit From RSS RSS feeds save time, allowing you to receive notification only when new content is available from my BLOG. You can choose the information you wish to subscribe to and can unsubscribe from any feed at any point. How Do I Subscribe to RSS Feeds First you will need an RSS feed reader (also...http://jbrana.blogspot.com/2006/06/what-is-rss.html Wire Ring Settings- June 8, 2006 When creating a ring using faceted gemstones, I use mainly two basic settings - The Cabochon setting for shallow elongated cut stones like this Marquis Citrine and the Prong setting for larger and more deeply cut stones like this Oval Peridot. Both of these rings were crafted using 14k gold filled half hard wire.http://jbrana.blogspot.com/2006/03/wire-ring-settings.html |