<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029456886885649696</id><updated>2012-02-16T02:43:46.386-08:00</updated><category term='Contest'/><category term='enter to win'/><category term='Stone Meanings'/><category term='Shop'/><category term='vintage'/><category term='Pearls'/><category term='Flintknapping'/><category term='Bracelets'/><category term='Howlite'/><category term='Jewelry'/><category term='knapping'/><category term='Supply'/><category term='earrings'/><category term='New'/><category term='Skystone'/><category term='Games'/><category term='spiral'/><category term='Handmade'/><category term='Red Hot'/><category term='SALE'/><category term='Give away'/><category term='Obsidian'/><category term='Meaning'/><category term='Custom'/><category term='Hematite'/><category term='Glass'/><category term='Holiday'/><category term='wire'/><category term='EBTW'/><category term='win'/><category term='Hand Made'/><category term='All About'/><category term='Theme'/><category term='etay'/><category term='Fun'/><category term='Turquoise'/><category term='Etsy'/><category term='copper'/><category term='Beads'/><category term='Color'/><category term='metal'/><category term='Native American'/><category term='Arrow points'/><category term='Love'/><category term='EtsyBEAD'/><category term='Arrow Point'/><category term='worked'/><category term='Stone'/><category term='team'/><category term='Valntines Days'/><category term='Giveaway'/><category term='Necklace'/><category term='Information'/><category term='icraft'/><category term='Swarvoski Crystal'/><title type='text'>DeLavande Handmade Jewelry</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>De Lavande</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17283597458352855804</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SKoBGI4e-7I/AAAAAAAAAOk/cSqNS7XgVUg/S220/Canne+en+Sucre+1.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>18</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029456886885649696.post-4658345369566672447</id><published>2009-01-20T22:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T22:57:09.077-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='earrings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vintage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stone'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Necklace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EtsyBEAD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Swarvoski Crystal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bracelets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Valntines Days'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holiday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shop'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='team'/><title type='text'>New Items</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SXbCwugAtbI/AAAAAAAAAWY/Ycs8fDw9YXY/s1600-h/1.jpeg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293632554392401330" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 83px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SXbCwugAtbI/AAAAAAAAAWY/Ycs8fDw9YXY/s400/1.jpeg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SXbC2_DF5RI/AAAAAAAAAWg/8Yt0WDwP1vI/s1600-h/1.jpeg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293632661913724178" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 118px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SXbC2_DF5RI/AAAAAAAAAWg/8Yt0WDwP1vI/s400/1.jpeg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;"&gt;New Items To Be Added For Valntines Day!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;To The Right - Ukanite Love Bracelet - Ukanite Stone Beads With Sterling Silver Bali Bead Caps, On Handmade Sterling Silver Links.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;To The Left - Night Of Love Bracelet - Rutilated Quartz Hearts With Vintage Jet Swarvoski Crystals, On Handmade Sterling Silver Links.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These And More Great Items To Be Posted In My &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5381653"&gt;Etsy&lt;/a&gt; Shop In The Next Week.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5029456886885649696-4658345369566672447?l=delavandejewelry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/feeds/4658345369566672447/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5029456886885649696&amp;postID=4658345369566672447&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default/4658345369566672447'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default/4658345369566672447'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-items.html' title='New Items'/><author><name>De Lavande</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17283597458352855804</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SKoBGI4e-7I/AAAAAAAAAOk/cSqNS7XgVUg/S220/Canne+en+Sucre+1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SXbCwugAtbI/AAAAAAAAAWY/Ycs8fDw9YXY/s72-c/1.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029456886885649696.post-6462616608328830666</id><published>2009-01-16T09:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-16T09:37:50.054-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Red Hot'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SALE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Theme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EtsyBEAD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='team'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EBTW'/><title type='text'>EBTW THEME SALE</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SXDEKtZmg8I/AAAAAAAAAWQ/kzGvcEBKoHs/s1600-h/Canne+en+Sucre+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SXDEKtZmg8I/AAAAAAAAAWQ/kzGvcEBKoHs/s400/Canne+en+Sucre+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291945250425045954" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#99ffff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;1/11/09 Through 1/24/09 EtsyBead Team Theme Sale is ... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;" Red HOT! "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#99ffff;"&gt;Check out my sale selection &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5381653&amp;amp;section_id=5218808"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#99ffff;"&gt;Or for more EtsyBead Team Items for this sale check out this selection &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/search_results.php?search_type=tag_title_description&amp;amp;search_query=EBTW+Red+Hot"&gt;her&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/search_results.php?search_type=tag_title_description&amp;amp;search_query=EBTW+Red+Hot"&gt;e&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5029456886885649696-6462616608328830666?l=delavandejewelry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/feeds/6462616608328830666/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5029456886885649696&amp;postID=6462616608328830666&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default/6462616608328830666'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default/6462616608328830666'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/2009/01/ebtw-theme-sale.html' title='EBTW THEME SALE'/><author><name>De Lavande</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17283597458352855804</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SKoBGI4e-7I/AAAAAAAAAOk/cSqNS7XgVUg/S220/Canne+en+Sucre+1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SXDEKtZmg8I/AAAAAAAAAWQ/kzGvcEBKoHs/s72-c/Canne+en+Sucre+1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029456886885649696.post-6501379703412394544</id><published>2008-10-19T23:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-19T23:57:24.977-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Handmade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='metal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SALE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Theme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shop'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hand Made'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EtsyBEAD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EBTW'/><title type='text'>EBTW Theme Sale - 10/20 through 10/31</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SPwq6dfXPqI/AAAAAAAAAUk/85r5zT1dYic/s1600-h/DSCF3752.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SPwq6dfXPqI/AAAAAAAAAUk/85r5zT1dYic/s400/DSCF3752.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259125648698850978" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;etsyBead Theme Sale For The Next 2 Weeks Is ...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;" Mad About Metals "&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;All Wire Worked Items In My Shop Have Been Marked Dwon 10% And Shop Free Check It Out!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://delavande.etsy.com/"&gt;DeLavande Etsy Shop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/search_results.php?search_type=tag_title_description&amp;amp;search_query=ebtw+mad+about+metals"&gt;More etsyBead Team Sale Items&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5029456886885649696-6501379703412394544?l=delavandejewelry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/feeds/6501379703412394544/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5029456886885649696&amp;postID=6501379703412394544&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default/6501379703412394544'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default/6501379703412394544'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/2008/10/ebtw-theme-sale-1020-through-1031.html' title='EBTW Theme Sale - 10/20 through 10/31'/><author><name>De Lavande</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17283597458352855804</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SKoBGI4e-7I/AAAAAAAAAOk/cSqNS7XgVUg/S220/Canne+en+Sucre+1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SPwq6dfXPqI/AAAAAAAAAUk/85r5zT1dYic/s72-c/DSCF3752.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029456886885649696.post-4373841895891272375</id><published>2008-10-12T21:57:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-12T22:01:50.484-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Games'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enter to win'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Giveaway'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Contest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='win'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Give away'/><title type='text'>Enter to Win Free Bonghi Natura Products</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SPLV5LTtlaI/AAAAAAAAAUE/8AJpdR093R8/s1600-h/il_fullxfull.35393071.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SPLV5LTtlaI/AAAAAAAAAUE/8AJpdR093R8/s400/il_fullxfull.35393071.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256498893359519138" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;This is a wonderful shop a must check out if you love handmade soap and other bath products.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bonghinatura.blogspot.com/"&gt;Bonghi Natura&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;and with the contest running this will be the best time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5029456886885649696-4373841895891272375?l=delavandejewelry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/feeds/4373841895891272375/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5029456886885649696&amp;postID=4373841895891272375&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default/4373841895891272375'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default/4373841895891272375'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/2008/10/enter-to-win-free-bonghi-natura.html' title='Enter to Win Free Bonghi Natura Products'/><author><name>De Lavande</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17283597458352855804</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SKoBGI4e-7I/AAAAAAAAAOk/cSqNS7XgVUg/S220/Canne+en+Sucre+1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SPLV5LTtlaI/AAAAAAAAAUE/8AJpdR093R8/s72-c/il_fullxfull.35393071.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029456886885649696.post-2817799971129804788</id><published>2008-09-17T20:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-17T21:04:36.018-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='worked'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turquoise'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='copper'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Necklace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wire'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='icraft'/><title type='text'>New And In Progress</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SNHSeVHBOvI/AAAAAAAAAT0/QA_E-YqdI5c/s1600-h/DSCF3787.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 217px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SNHSeVHBOvI/AAAAAAAAAT0/QA_E-YqdI5c/s400/DSCF3787.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247206459367832306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;New ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Copper Wire Hand Done Spiral Linked Bracelet With Handmade Clasp.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SNHSkoB82hI/AAAAAAAAAT8/vxXSGyCsjkk/s1600-h/DSCF3788.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 352px; height: 161px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SNHSkoB82hI/AAAAAAAAAT8/vxXSGyCsjkk/s400/DSCF3788.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247206567526062610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SNHRm6heYjI/AAAAAAAAATk/VX81GH6a8JM/s1600-h/DSCF3783.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SNHRm6heYjI/AAAAAAAAATk/VX81GH6a8JM/s400/DSCF3783.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247205507338232370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;In Progress ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Black Coated Non Tarnish Wire With Sterling Silver And African Turquoise Pendent.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SNHRtUuNExI/AAAAAAAAATs/EEgT3Vn-6W0/s1600-h/DSCF3785.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SNHRtUuNExI/AAAAAAAAATs/EEgT3Vn-6W0/s400/DSCF3785.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247205617450160914" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5029456886885649696-2817799971129804788?l=delavandejewelry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/feeds/2817799971129804788/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5029456886885649696&amp;postID=2817799971129804788&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default/2817799971129804788'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default/2817799971129804788'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/2008/09/new-and-in-progress.html' title='New And In Progress'/><author><name>De Lavande</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17283597458352855804</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SKoBGI4e-7I/AAAAAAAAAOk/cSqNS7XgVUg/S220/Canne+en+Sucre+1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SNHSeVHBOvI/AAAAAAAAAT0/QA_E-YqdI5c/s72-c/DSCF3787.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029456886885649696.post-7167365025001268709</id><published>2008-09-15T20:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-17T07:27:40.061-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='worked'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='metal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Necklace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beads'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiral'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shop'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jewelry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wire'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='icraft'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bracelets'/><title type='text'>Working With Wire ... The New Look !!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SM8vPxny4sI/AAAAAAAAAR8/74M0bePODMk/s1600-h/DSCF3752.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 147px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SM8vPxny4sI/AAAAAAAAAR8/74M0bePODMk/s320/DSCF3752.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246464038974710466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SM8zvCv5MFI/AAAAAAAAASM/7umLgIUnQ9o/s1600-h/DSCF3771.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 183px; height: 156px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SM8zvCv5MFI/AAAAAAAAASM/7umLgIUnQ9o/s320/DSCF3771.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246468974194536530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Soon you will be seeing a lot of new items in my shops like the ones shown here.  Over the weekend I branched out from my normal beading into something a bit more creative and time consuming, Wire worked jewelry.  Though I love many of the beaded necklaces I have done, I needed a change.  I have so many ideas in my head it's hard to sit down and do just one but for the last few days a few of those ideas came to life, or so to speak.  To start out I'm doing a series of spiral influenced pieces to learn&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;the best way t&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SM80GoqAxkI/AAAAAAAAASc/1RaZeUaDDMs/s1600-h/DSCF3768.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 208px; height: 110px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SM80GoqAxkI/AAAAAAAAASc/1RaZeUaDDMs/s320/DSCF3768.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246469379507406402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;o work with the tools and the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SM8z48IJcgI/AAAAAAAAASU/HxC6KyDr0ow/s1600-h/DSCF3778.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 193px; height: 100px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SM8z48IJcgI/AAAAAAAAASU/HxC6KyDr0ow/s320/DSCF3778.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246469144215908866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;best wire to use.  I also just love spirals,  and so many ways to use them in any piece of jewelry.  So keep an eye out I'll have these listed soo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;n.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5029456886885649696-7167365025001268709?l=delavandejewelry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/feeds/7167365025001268709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5029456886885649696&amp;postID=7167365025001268709&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default/7167365025001268709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default/7167365025001268709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/2008/09/working-with-wire-new-look.html' title='Working With Wire ... The New Look !!'/><author><name>De Lavande</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17283597458352855804</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SKoBGI4e-7I/AAAAAAAAAOk/cSqNS7XgVUg/S220/Canne+en+Sucre+1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SM8vPxny4sI/AAAAAAAAAR8/74M0bePODMk/s72-c/DSCF3752.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029456886885649696.post-7978664093573382099</id><published>2008-09-09T13:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-15T15:13:35.369-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SALE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='earrings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Necklace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beads'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Theme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shop'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EtsyBEAD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EBTW'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bracelets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='etay'/><title type='text'>EBTW Theme Sale 9/7 Through 9/20</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.29419597.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 262px;" src="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.29419597.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.29153967.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 259px;" src="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.29153967.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.29349515.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 262px;" src="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.29349515.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;EBTW Theme Sale "Blue Moon"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Items in my shop tagged with EBTW are 30% off and Ship Free&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out other EBTW "Blue Moon" Items &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/search_results.php?search_type=tag_title_description&amp;amp;search_query=EBTW+Blue+moon"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5029456886885649696-7978664093573382099?l=delavandejewelry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/feeds/7978664093573382099/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5029456886885649696&amp;postID=7978664093573382099&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default/7978664093573382099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default/7978664093573382099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/2008/09/sale-97-through-920.html' title='EBTW Theme Sale 9/7 Through 9/20'/><author><name>De Lavande</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17283597458352855804</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SKoBGI4e-7I/AAAAAAAAAOk/cSqNS7XgVUg/S220/Canne+en+Sucre+1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029456886885649696.post-5272817254810611368</id><published>2008-08-23T09:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-23T10:04:55.737-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SALE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Theme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EtsyBEAD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EBTW'/><title type='text'>EBTW Theme SALE 8/24 - 9/6</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=7755793"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 206px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SLBBamZsuzI/AAAAAAAAAPE/Ya8d2uwxCKY/s320/lime3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237758291872627506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8277615"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 189px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SLBBjsSH0_I/AAAAAAAAAPM/0oeTHvF0JXA/s320/sprint1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237758448070284274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=7848948"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 206px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SLBBO3GTMtI/AAAAAAAAAO8/_vDY6rw6yuA/s320/think3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237758090196234962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;EBTW SALE - "Green With Envy"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Any Item In Shop Tagged With EBTW Has Been Marked Down 30% and Ships Free.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come Check It Out... &lt;a href="http://delavande.etsy.com/"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5029456886885649696-5272817254810611368?l=delavandejewelry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/feeds/5272817254810611368/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5029456886885649696&amp;postID=5272817254810611368&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default/5272817254810611368'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default/5272817254810611368'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/2008/08/ebtw-sale-green-with-envy-any-item-in.html' title='EBTW Theme SALE 8/24 - 9/6'/><author><name>De Lavande</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17283597458352855804</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SKoBGI4e-7I/AAAAAAAAAOk/cSqNS7XgVUg/S220/Canne+en+Sucre+1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SLBBamZsuzI/AAAAAAAAAPE/Ya8d2uwxCKY/s72-c/lime3.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029456886885649696.post-3289827151961354479</id><published>2008-08-16T09:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-16T09:50:18.578-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Games'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Giveaway'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Contest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Give away'/><title type='text'>BLOG CONTEST</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold; 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icraft&lt;/a&gt; Shop ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SKX-WofqTcI/AAAAAAAAANs/RieqjSuT1GE/s1600-h/3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SKX-WofqTcI/AAAAAAAAANs/RieqjSuT1GE/s320/3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234869806668860866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Starry Guide ... Colored Pearls, Howlite, Hematite, And Obsidian Glass Arrow Point!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5029456886885649696-6323957271741196841?l=delavandejewelry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/feeds/6323957271741196841/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5029456886885649696&amp;postID=6323957271741196841&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default/6323957271741196841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default/6323957271741196841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/2008/08/just-added-to-icraft-shop.html' title='NEW !!!'/><author><name>De Lavande</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17283597458352855804</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SKoBGI4e-7I/AAAAAAAAAOk/cSqNS7XgVUg/S220/Canne+en+Sucre+1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SKX-WofqTcI/AAAAAAAAANs/RieqjSuT1GE/s72-c/3.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029456886885649696.post-464006528588582393</id><published>2008-07-14T23:51:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T15:10:50.699-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Supply'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beads'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shop'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New'/><title type='text'>2 NEW SHOPs</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Two Great Bead Supply Shops Just Opened ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5817033"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 439px; height: 56px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SIAnL3W-jkI/AAAAAAAAANk/90kv1zdACfA/s320/DragonGemStash+copy+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224218652542144066" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6038815"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 445px; height: 57px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHxKnJcO9PI/AAAAAAAAANc/7XVHQgtibE8/s320/iusb_760x100.5617295.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223131704252626162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A Must Check Out If You Love Beads !!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5029456886885649696-464006528588582393?l=delavandejewelry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/feeds/464006528588582393/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5029456886885649696&amp;postID=464006528588582393&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default/464006528588582393'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default/464006528588582393'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/2008/07/new-shop.html' title='2 NEW SHOPs'/><author><name>De Lavande</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17283597458352855804</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SKoBGI4e-7I/AAAAAAAAAOk/cSqNS7XgVUg/S220/Canne+en+Sucre+1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SIAnL3W-jkI/AAAAAAAAANk/90kv1zdACfA/s72-c/DragonGemStash+copy+copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029456886885649696.post-7271456601151593932</id><published>2008-07-14T11:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T15:10:51.915-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Finished Product</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;As You Remember I Was Working On A Custom Order ... Here Is The Finished Product!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHualUk8AEI/AAAAAAAAANE/zOU-t9Oqb5I/s1600-h/DSCF3043.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 321px; height: 249px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHualUk8AEI/AAAAAAAAANE/zOU-t9Oqb5I/s320/DSCF3043.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222938158835695682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHuaMFxb-cI/AAAAAAAAAMs/V6eXUpKbExw/s1600-h/DSCF3032.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 328px; height: 251px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHuaMFxb-cI/AAAAAAAAAMs/V6eXUpKbExw/s320/DSCF3032.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222937725364861378" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;                &lt;/span&gt;Growth                                                                                                                                                                                      &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;Destiny&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHueQGLNnKI/AAAAAAAAANM/P9xFheElhcY/s1600-h/DSCF3034.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 215px; height: 341px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHueQGLNnKI/AAAAAAAAANM/P9xFheElhcY/s320/DSCF3034.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222942192238959778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHuaXPpKzUI/AAAAAAAAAM8/5mi6xIWf_Bc/s1600-h/DSCF3038.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 338px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHuaXPpKzUI/AAAAAAAAAM8/5mi6xIWf_Bc/s320/DSCF3038.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222937916993097026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;        Creativity                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Order&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5029456886885649696-7271456601151593932?l=delavandejewelry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/feeds/7271456601151593932/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5029456886885649696&amp;postID=7271456601151593932&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default/7271456601151593932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default/7271456601151593932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/2008/07/finished-product.html' title='The Finished Product'/><author><name>De Lavande</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17283597458352855804</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SKoBGI4e-7I/AAAAAAAAAOk/cSqNS7XgVUg/S220/Canne+en+Sucre+1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHualUk8AEI/AAAAAAAAANE/zOU-t9Oqb5I/s72-c/DSCF3043.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029456886885649696.post-8354036574306698698</id><published>2008-07-14T08:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T15:10:54.424-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Skystone'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turquoise'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stone'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All About'/><title type='text'>Turquoise The Skystone</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHt6C57aysI/AAAAAAAAAMc/TVxKCX0HFv0/s1600-h/chinese01f.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHt6C57aysI/AAAAAAAAAMc/TVxKCX0HFv0/s320/chinese01f.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222902383194589890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Turquoise has been one of the wolds most popular stones          for thousands of years, and right now it is hotter than hot in fashion!          It is a funny market, the stone business, and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;turq&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;uoise is no exception.          It has suffered in the past when the Chinese mines started dumping loads          of turquoise on the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; market, but again it is &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;back on top and you can see          shades of turquoise in everything from fabric, to cars&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;, to jewelry, especially          beads. The color is everywhere, but the stone is not; those bright flashes          may be natural tur&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;quoise, but also might be any of a number of imitations          — glass, plastic, other stones of similar appearance, or even dyed          organic matter, such as coconut husks or cement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;       &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;It is the natural turquoise mineral though,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;at has          withstood the test&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; of time. It has surging in and out of fashion like          a strobe light, yet never really losing its popularity, just being more          popular at certain times than others. From as far back as 6,000 B.C.,          turquoise has been mined, traded, and revered by ancient cultures in Egypt,          Persia, Turkey, and China as well as in the New World, by the Aztecs,          Incas, and tribes of the southwestern United States and Mexico.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;A BIT OF HISTORY OF TURQUOISE&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHt6fBcip_I/AAAAAAAAAMk/B8tEpoaCHmY/s1600-h/kingman01f.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHt6fBcip_I/AAAAAAAAAMk/B8tEpoaCHmY/s320/kingman01f.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222902866248902642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Turquoise, the robin's egg blue gemstone worn by Pharaohs and Aztec            Kings, is probably one of the oldest gemstones known. Yet, only its            prized blue color, a color so distinctive that its name is used to describe            any color that resembles it, results in its being used as a gemstone.            Turquoise has been, since about 200 B.C., extensively used by both southwestern            U.S. Native Americans and by many of the Indian tribes in Mexico. The            Native American Jewelry or "Indian style" jewelry with turquoise            mounted in or with silver is relatively new. Some believe this style            of Jewelry was unknown prior to about 1880, when a white trader persuaded            a Navajo craftsman to make turquoise and silver jewelry using coin silver.            Prior to this time, the Native Americans had made solid turquoise beads,            carvings, and inlaid mosaics. Recently, turquoise has found wide acceptance            among people of all walks of life and from many different ethnic groups.&lt;br /&gt; The name turquoise may have come from the word Turquie, French for Turkey,            because of the early belief that the mineral came from that country            (the turquoise most likely came from Alimersai Mountain in Persia (now            Iran) or the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, two of the world's oldest known            turquoise mining areas.) Another possibility could be the name came            from the French description of the gemstone, "pierre turquin"            meaning dark blue stone.&lt;br /&gt; Chemically, a hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminum, turquoise is            formed by the percolation of meteoric or groundwater through aluminous            rock in the presence of copper. For this reason, it is often associated            with copper deposits as a secondary mineral, most often in copper deposits            in arid, semiarid, or desert environments.&lt;br /&gt; For thousands of years the finest intense blue turquoise in the world            was found in Persia, and the term "Persian Turquoise" became            synonymous with the finest quality. This changed during the late 1800's            and early 1900's when modern miners discovered or rediscovered significant            deposits of high-quality turquoise in the western and southwestern United            States. Material from many of these deposits was just as fine as the            finest "Persian." Today, the term "Persian Turquoise"            is more often a definition of quality than a statement of origin, and            the majority of the world's finest-quality turquoise comes from the            United States, the largest producer of turquoise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHt5uUl1X3I/AAAAAAAAAMU/2LAyYvpAQvo/s1600-h/morenci02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHt5uUl1X3I/AAAAAAAAAMU/2LAyYvpAQvo/s320/morenci02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222902029574561650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;   The increased acceptance of turquoise resulted in higher prices, some            of the most desirable materials going for as much as $2,200 per kg.            The increased demand could not be met through production of acceptable            mine run materials. Therefore, an industry emerged--the business of            turquoise stabilization, reconstitution, and the manufacture of synthetic            and simulated turquoise. In most instances, the stabilization and reconstitution            of turquoise involve the use of earthy or highly porous types of turquoise            which are pressure-impregnated with hot acrylic resins. The resins improve            the color, hardness, and durability of the material to a point that            inexpensive porous, poorly colored, or nearly colorless materials become            suitable for use in jewelry. As long as the materials are represented            as treated, stabilized, or reconstituted, the marketplace can accept            or reject the materials based on decisions that are purely business            or economic.&lt;br /&gt; Arizona.--In Arizona turquoise ranks first in terms of value of production            and is also the best known of its gem materials. As stated earlier,            nearly all important deposits of turquoise are located near copper occurrences            or in copper deposits in arid desert regions of the world. Thus, the            world famous turquoise deposits associated with certain of the large            Arizona copper deposits are to be expected. Turquoise is or has been            mined from a number of these copper mines as a byproduct, usually by            outside contractors.&lt;br /&gt; The financial and operating terms of the collecting contracts vary from            mine to mine. Some of the operations are little more than the efforts            of individual commercial collectors. Some are essentially full-scale            mining operations that are simultaneous with, but separate from, the            regular mining operations; and still others operate on an on-call basis            as turquoise is uncovered by the regular copper mining operation. Regardless            of the size or the sophistication of the initial mining or recovery            operation, the actual turquoise is recovered by careful extraction using            hand methods.&lt;br /&gt; California.--The production of turquoise from deposits in California            can be traced back to pre-Colombian Native Americans. Prehistoric mining            tools have been found in some of the old workings of the turquoise mines            in San Bernardino County.&lt;br /&gt; Over the years, the State's deposits have produced a substantial amount            of turquoise. Deposits are located in San Bernardino, Imperial, and            Inyo Counties. The material occurs as nodules and as vein filling. Most            of the nodules are small in size, about the size of the end of your            thumb, and the vein material is about 4 millimeters thick. In the better            grade materials, the color varies from a pale to a dark blue, poorer            grade materials are greenish-blue and green in color. Some of the material            has yellow-brown limonite spiderwebbing.&lt;br /&gt; In the past, a number of turquoise mines operated in the State, several            or more mines in each of the counties. Today, only a single mine, the            Apache Canyon Mine, is commercially producing turquoise. Material from            the mine is a fine blue color, hard, and takes a good polish.&lt;br /&gt; Colorado.--Turquoise is produced from several locations in Colorado.            Currently the only commercial production is near Manassa, Conejos County.            Other production was from Leadville, Lake County; near Colorado Springs,            El Paso County; and near Villa Grove, Saguache County.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHt5jnEItnI/AAAAAAAAAMM/TwawQ17lo0Y/s1600-h/chinahugenugget01f.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHt5jnEItnI/AAAAAAAAAMM/TwawQ17lo0Y/s320/chinahugenugget01f.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222901845554935410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; New Mexico.--Until the 1920's, New Mexico was the United States largest            producer of turquoise. However, since then Arizona and Nevada has surpassed            it in terms of both annual and total production.&lt;br /&gt; Production of turquoise from deposits in the Cerrillos Hills, Santa            Fe County; the Burro Mountains and Little Hachita Mountains, Grant County;            the Jarilla Hills, Otero County; and the Guadelupe Mountains, Eddy County;            can be traced to prehistoric Indians. Several different mines operate            or have operated at each of the New Mexico locations mentioned, producing            seam and nugget turquoise. Many of the more famous and higher-quality            deposits are economically depleted. Turquoise from these deposits was            as good as that from any deposit in the world and were the first to            displace true Persian turquoise in the U.S. market. Color varied from            light to dark green, greenish-blue, bluish-green, paler blue shades,            and fine sky-blue. Much of the material was spiderwebbed with thin veinlets            of limonite.&lt;br /&gt; Currently, with the exception of byproduct material from copper mines,            production of turquoise from deposits in New Mexico, for all practical            purposes, has stopped. Turquoise still can be found in New Mexico, but            production in any significant quantity is a question of economics and            the determination of the individuals involved.&lt;br /&gt; Nevada.--Nevada has been a major producer of turquoise since the 1930's,            and until the early 1980's, the State was the largest producer in the            United States. It is estimated that over the years, 75 to 100 different            mines/prospects produced sizable quantities of turquoise. Production            varied from a few thousand dollars worth of material at some of the            properties to more than a million dollars at others. To date, total            production of rough turquoise is estimated to be in the range of $40 to $50 million.&lt;br /&gt; Turquoise from Nevada comes in various shades of blue, blue-green, green-blue,            and green. Some of the turquoise may contain iron, if it does, its color            is pale green to yellow-green to yellow. The material can be solid colored            or spiderwebbed with either brown or black webbing; the spiderwebbing            may occur in any of the different colors or shades. Some of the blue            material is represented as the finest pure-blue turquoise produced.            It can occur in thin veins or seams or as nodules, with single nodules            reported as large as 150 pounds. The quality varies from hard solid            material that takes a good polish, to soft porous material that can            only be use as feed stock for treatment, enhancement, or stabilization            processes.&lt;br /&gt; Associated with some of the turquoise deposits are two other gem materials            that can resemble certain colors and shades of turquoise, but are separate            mineral species. The first is variscite, and the other is faustite.            Both have been mistaken for and marketed as turquoise. Attractive gem            stones can be cut from both variscite and faustite and therefore, would            be note worthy as gem materials on their own.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MINING FO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;R TURQUOISE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Most Turquoise deposits are in arid to semi-arid          regions in ign&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHt4hmZ99nI/AAAAAAAAAL0/i5wyw5VLV3A/s1600-h/MilkywayDamaile019thmbnail.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHt4hmZ99nI/AAAAAAAAAL0/i5wyw5VLV3A/s320/MilkywayDamaile019thmbnail.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222900711506703986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;eous rock formations that contain high copper concentrations.          Deposits of Turquoise can be found in Afghanistan, Africa, Armenia, Australia,          Brazil, Chile, China, Egypt, Europe, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Mexico,          Russia, Siberia, Tanzania, Turkey, and the United States.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Turquoise depends on the whims of nature for its formation. It is            not a material that originated deep within the earth as a primary mineral.            Rather it relies on weathering and the ingredients of the earth’s            crust for its formation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;There was a time when turquoise could be collected by rock hounds.            Small deposits were accessible b&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;ut now it is nearly impossible to go            into the field and find and dig turquoise. Turquoise deposits were known            to the Native Americans of the Southwest long before copper mining was            a fact. In Arizona, for example, a very active trade developed between            th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;e coastal tribes who gathered shells and the interior tribes who dug            turquoise in several places as well as salt from the Camp Verde region            of central Arizona.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;When the Spaniards came to the New Work, turquoise was seen as a            common component of ceremonial and royal robes and jewelry. With their            lust for gold, the Spaniards paid little attention to this gemstone.            This is certainly not true today, as turquoise has taken its place on            the list of highly regarded gems.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;When copper mining came to the New World, turquoise became more            available. Since turquoise has no ore value of consequence, it occurs            in minor amounts in copper deposits. It was possible for miners to easily            gather small fragments of turquoise rock and take them home without            hassle.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;If you want to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; collect turquoise today, the only option is to go            to an operating mine where permission is a must. Rarely is it possible            for the individual collector to obtain good rough on his or her own.            The vast amount of turq&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;uoise being mined is obtained under contract            with one of the big copper companies operating an open pit.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHt4uPbwF-I/AAAAAAAAAL8/8WoQZrF0tAg/s1600-h/castledome01f.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHt4uPbwF-I/AAAAAAAAAL8/8WoQZrF0tAg/s320/castledome01f.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222900928678467554" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;HEALING POWERS OF TURQUOISE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;According to crystal healers and New Age believers, crystal and gem            healing is an art and practice, done on a metaphysical level, that is            being rediscovered because of the power of the earth's energies that            have been absorbed by these sacred objects that, in turn, inherit vital            healing powers used to heal many types of ail&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;ments. They believe that            crystals have physical, spiritual, spirit, crystal energy, tranquility,            spiritual awareness, zodiac, powers that can be used for Eastern Medicine            treatment of everything from pain, stress, depression, therapy and feeling            in the Mind, Spirit and Body. This healing section will provide information            on Chakra healing, Psychic healing, Eastern Medicine, purification rituals,            of Vedic Astrologers and followers of Atlantis Religion and the occult,            paranormal, aromatherapy, metaphysics, and ESP.&lt;/span&gt;         &lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Physical Healing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; As a healing stone, Turquoise is among the crystal healing master stones.            According to followers of the New Age, its powers can benefit the whole            body, with special strengths in healing ailments of the immune, respiratory,            waste and skeletal systems. Crystal healers recommend it for detoxification            of alcohol, poison, pollution or radiation in the body, treatment of            high blood pressure, asthma, infections, TMJ and dental problems.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;         &lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Mental Healing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHt5KlojX2I/AAAAAAAAAME/zyHfVwsNejQ/s1600-h/Bisbee01f.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHt5KlojX2I/AAAAAAAAAME/zyHfVwsNejQ/s320/Bisbee01f.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222901415674077026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; In the world of crystal healing, Turquoise is supposed to be a stone            of communication. New Age healers recommend it for people who have a            fear of public speaking. They believe it has the ability to make a speaker            more eloquent, loving, creative and honest. But it is also improves            the mental state overall by increasing all of the following positive            mental characteristics: serenity, creativity, empathy, positive thinking,            sensitivity, intuition, happiness wisdom all of which result in a calmer            state that leads to greater self-realization. It is also considered            a stone of friendship. As a communicati&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;on stone, the New Age believers            say that it opens up the connections between friends and allowing love            to flow in those communications, which strengthens the friendship bond.            Further, they believe it has the power to strengthen convictions, courage            and personal power.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;         &lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Chakra Text&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Overall, Turquoise is said to open all chakras, allowing the stone’s            powers of love and communication to flow through the entire being. However,            healers associate it primarily with the Throat or 5th chakra. This Chakra            is the center of communication, creativity, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;serenity and spiritual bonding.            Turquoise can also benefit the operation of the Heart Chakra by opening            it up for giving and receiving love. On the brow Chakra, it strengthens            the connection to great spirit. The blue color has come to symbolizes            the spirit or sky source for spiritualists. The green colors of turquoise            give a very positive male energy, especially the almost white or mint            green colored varieties. Very strong male energy, very macho.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHt3DXFBEHI/AAAAAAAAALs/Q5H2nH9nk60/s1600-h/Focal1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHt3DXFBEHI/AAAAAAAAALs/Q5H2nH9nk60/s320/Focal1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222899092484591730" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Astrological and Other Symbolism of Turquoise&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;There are many associations in Astrological symbols and symbolism            of Astrology, Ayurvedic, Hindu Astrology, Lucky Charms that are associated            with gemstone or crystals, crystal healing, spiritualism, new Age, gems,            minerals, mining, spirits vibrations and Chakra, as well as mystical            numerology and psychic supernatural investigations. It is rare in Cherokee,            Medium but is elegant and found often in crucifixes.&lt;br /&gt; With all the legend and myth surrounding turquoise, it has come to symbolize            many things in modern life. Many ancient cultures held beliefs about            Turqouise. In Greece, Turkey, Egypt, and Tibet Turquoise represents            purity. Because of its color, it is an ancient symbol of the sky,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Birthstone:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; It is the Jeweler’s Birthstone for December.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Anniversaries:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Turquoise is the gemstone for the 11th year of marriage. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;National Gemstone:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; It is the National Gem of Iran. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Names:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Said to favor women with the name Therese. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Western Astrology:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Turquoise is the primary stone for Aquarius. It is an alternate stone            for Sagittarius.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Numerology:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The number 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Day of the Week:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Saturday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Hour of the Day:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 5:00 a.m.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Elemental:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; It represents the Earth/Air Elementals.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Gift:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Europeans give Turquoise jewelry as forget-me-nots or as a pledge of            adoration. In The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare uses this symbolism            when Leah gives a turquoise ring to Shylock to win his favor. Some Russians            use Turquoise in wedding rings.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Planetary Astrology:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Planetary stone for Aquarius&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Astrological Birthstone:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Taurus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Medicine Wheel Birthstone:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Feb. 19 - Mar. 20&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5029456886885649696-8354036574306698698?l=delavandejewelry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/feeds/8354036574306698698/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5029456886885649696&amp;postID=8354036574306698698&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default/8354036574306698698'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default/8354036574306698698'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/2008/07/turquoise-skystone.html' title='Turquoise The Skystone'/><author><name>De Lavande</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17283597458352855804</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SKoBGI4e-7I/AAAAAAAAAOk/cSqNS7XgVUg/S220/Canne+en+Sucre+1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHt6C57aysI/AAAAAAAAAMc/TVxKCX0HFv0/s72-c/chinese01f.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029456886885649696.post-2211219129154118683</id><published>2008-07-11T07:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T15:10:57.612-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Color'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stone Meanings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Meaning'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stone'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beads'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Information'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jewelry'/><title type='text'>Stone Meanings</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHd88GgBEKI/AAAAAAAAALM/Deq703wdW78/s1600-h/kit-harmony2-s.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 182px; height: 182px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHd88GgBEKI/AAAAAAAAALM/Deq703wdW78/s320/kit-harmony2-s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221779664938274978" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Probabl&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;y the first &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;stone used for ornamental purposes was a smooth colored river rock. Or maybe a pretty &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;river stone was spot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ted before a hunter successfully got his dinner. The hunter then carried that pretty river stone with him as his lucky hunting stone. Stones of all kinds have played a very important part of the history of humans.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; From little river stones to hug&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;e stones, such as at Stonehenge, stones of all sizes and types have been called "the bones of Mother Earth". Stones have been used &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;as talismans and amulets since recorded history and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;likely before that.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;A List Of Just A Few Gemstones And Their Meaning :&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Agate&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; - st&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;rength; contact b&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;etween heart &amp;amp; soul&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;African Jade&lt;/u&gt; - helps with recalling dreams; self sufficiency&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amber&lt;/u&gt; - protector of health&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Am&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;u&gt;ethy&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;u&gt;st&lt;/u&gt; - promotes inspiration; connector between Spirit &amp;amp; Earth, develops inner senses&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Amazonite&lt;/u&gt; - clarity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &amp;amp; i&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;nsight; eliminates worries&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aquamarine&lt;/u&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;brings hope; calming&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Black Onyx&lt;/u&gt; - protection from negativity&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Blue Chalcedony&lt;/u&gt; - patience; drives away bad spirits; resolves difficult situations&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Blue Lace A&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;u&gt;gate&lt;/u&gt; - c&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;alms the mind; expands the perspective of our hearts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Carnelian&lt;/u&gt; - physical power; protects aga&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;inst fear; increases motivation&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Citrine&lt;/u&gt; - soothes anxiety; aids in self-confidence&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;u&gt;Crystal Quartz&lt;/u&gt; - generation of energy; used for meditation; healing &amp;amp; enlightenment&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fluorite&lt;/u&gt; - intuition&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;u&gt;Garnet&lt;/u&gt; - passionate love &amp;amp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; fidelit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;u&gt;Green &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;u&gt;Aventurine&lt;/u&gt; - Good luck stone&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Iolite&lt;/u&gt; - Aw&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;akens inner knowledge; spiritual growth;increases dreams; aids in intuition&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Labradorite&lt;/u&gt; - rea&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;lize &amp;amp; achieve your destiny; enhances faith&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Lapis Lazuli&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;- stre&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ngthens intelligence &amp;amp; wisdom; all-knowing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Malachite&lt;/u&gt; - meditation; healing; restorer of life; assists body in natural healing process&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Moonstone&lt;/u&gt; - promo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;tes intuition, enhances creativity; aid to traveler, both geographic &amp;amp; spiritual&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mother of Pearl&lt;/u&gt; - healing &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;effects&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Opal&lt;/u&gt; - a doorway to spiritual awareness&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Pearl&lt;/u&gt; - stimulates feminity; signifies faith&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Peridot&lt;/u&gt; - problem Solving; strong will&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;u&gt;Red Aventurine&lt;/u&gt; - creates a safe space&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; for your feelings to be released&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Rose quartz&lt;/u&gt; - ability to give &amp;amp; receive love&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Silver&lt;/u&gt; - am&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;plifies oth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;er semi-precious gemstones&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Smoky Quartz&lt;/u&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;- endurance; helps with fatigue&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Snow Quar&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;u&gt;tz&lt;/u&gt; - creates closeness in the spiritual world&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sodalite&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; - el&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;iminates confusion&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Tanzanite&lt;/u&gt; - protec&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;tive stone; "Stone of Magic"; helps bring the "will" into manifestation&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tiger Eye&lt;/u&gt; - decis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ion making&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;u&gt;Topaz&lt;/u&gt; - calms; relieves &amp;amp; balances; letting go&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: normal;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Color can influence our emotions, our act&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ions and how we respond to various people, things and ideas. Much has been studi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ed and written about color and its impact on our daily lives.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: normal;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Many people believe that color&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;s are powers, and that colored stones are especially powerful. Here are some of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;e meanings of colors and the energies contained in their corresponding stones.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table class="MsoNormalTable" style="width: 680px; height: 2074px;" border="0" cellpadding="0"&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 3.75pt;"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHd5vy_DpCI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/Xe0Xv9Fteoc/s1600-h/coral-large.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 110px; height: 110px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHd5vy_DpCI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/Xe0Xv9Fteoc/s320/coral-large.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221776155006444578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Red   symboli&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;zes: action, confidence, courage, vitality&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Red&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; gemst&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ones can be used to strengthen the body, promote   will powe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;r and courage, add vita&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;lity, ov&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ercome sexual dysfunctions. Carry or   place red gemstones around your home or office t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;o stimu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;late vitality an&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;d   energy.&lt;br /&gt;Coral, Bloodstone, Red Jasper, Garnet, Ruby, and Red Calcite.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 3.75pt;"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHd623NUckI/AAAAAAAAAK0/pxmYCa8bZmE/s1600-h/rose-quartz.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 112px; height: 112px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHd623NUckI/AAAAAAAAAK0/pxmYCa8bZmE/s320/rose-quartz.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221777375910720066" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Pink   symbolizes: love, beauty&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Pink ge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;mstones can be used to promote love, self-worth,   order and protection from violence &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;or a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ggression. Carry or plac&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;e pink   gemstones around your home or office to stimulate love and beauty.&lt;br /&gt;Rose&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; Qu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;tz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;, Pink&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; Opal, and More.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 3.75pt;"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHd758xWuFI/AAAAAAAAAK8/JiMcJnQeKu8/s1600-h/Gcats176-s.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 111px; height: 77px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHd758xWuFI/AAAAAAAAAK8/JiMcJnQeKu8/s320/Gcats176-s.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221778528455276626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Brown   s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ymbolize&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;s: earth, order, convention&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Brown gemstones act as a grounding force and promote   stability and clear thinking.&lt;br /&gt;Tiger'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;s Eye, Petrified Wood, and More.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 3.75pt;"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHd5wD131SI/AAAAAAAAAKM/FFE2C_wHJX4/s1600-h/g-carnelian.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 159px; height: 137px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHd5wD131SI/AAAAAAAAAKM/FFE2C_wHJX4/s320/g-carnelian.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221776159531324706" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Oran&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ge   sy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;mb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;oliz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;es: vitality with endurance&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Orang&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;e gemstones&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; contain some of the fiery energies of   red, but are gentler with a more creative spirit. They are used to promote   personal power and are useful for people who could use &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;more self esteem.   Carry or place orange &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;gemstones around your home or office to stimulate   creativity, mental quickness, ability to adjust to changes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Carnelian, Fire Opal, Sun Stone, and More.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 3.75pt;"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Go&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ld   symbolizes: W&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ealth, prosperity, wisdom&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Wearing gold in everyday life increases personal power,   and promotes courage, confidence and willpower. Gold chains &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;worn aroun&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;d the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;   neck preserve health.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 3.75pt;"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHd5v0BSHRI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/I1GqRLGgcRM/s1600-h/citrine-s.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 113px; height: 113px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHd5v0BSHRI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/I1GqRLGgcRM/s320/citrine-s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221776155284217106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Yellow   symbolizes: wisdo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;m, j&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;oy, happiness, intellectual energy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Carry or wear&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; yellow gemstones to promote the ability to   express yourself. They are excellent stones for writers an&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;d public speakers   to increase eloquence. The yellow stones stimulate m&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ovement and mental   awareness. They are used to enhance decision making skills.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Amber, Citrine, and More.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 3.75pt;"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHd623-RPCI/AAAAAAAAAKs/bHlI2eqP000/s1600-h/jade-nephrite.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 116px; height: 116px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHd623-RPCI/AAAAAAAAAKs/bHlI2eqP000/s320/jade-nephrite.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221777376116030498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Green   s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ym&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;bo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;lizes: life, nature, fertility, well being&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Green gemstones are us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ed to attract mo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ney, prosperity and   wealth. They are balancing stones that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;promote growth and fe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;rtility. Carry,   wear or place green gemstones around your home or office to promote balance,   change an&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;d growth.&lt;br /&gt;Emerald, Malachite, Aventurine, Jade, Peridot, Moss Agate, and More.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 3.75pt;"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHd76Ie-HTI/AAAAAAAAALE/zjOl2gjcTFo/s1600-h/Gsoda180-s.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 143px; height: 101px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHd76Ie-HTI/AAAAAAAAALE/zjOl2gjcTFo/s320/Gsoda180-s.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221778531599392050" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Blue   symbolizes: youth, spirituality, truth, peace&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Blue &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;gemstones promote peace and are used to calm ragged   emotions. They are used to provide relief to people who have difficulty   sleeping or who have nightmares. They offer inspiration and enhance the quality   of com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;muni&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;c&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ation.&lt;br /&gt;Turquoise, Lapis, Sodalite, and More.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 3.75pt;"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHd5wADiWwI/AAAAAAAAAKE/kMcrQVQZ4HU/s1600-h/fluorite4-s.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 165px; height: 115px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHd5wADiWwI/AAAAAAAAAKE/kMcrQVQZ4HU/s320/fluorite4-s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221776158514895618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Purple   symbolizes: Royalty, magic, mystery&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Violet gem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;stones are associated with mysticism and   purification. They are used for meditation and to sharpen psychic awareness,   connection with higher self, and to increase i&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;magination and inspiration.&lt;br /&gt;Amethyst, Flourite, an&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;d More.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 3.75pt;"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHd62tX9gzI/AAAAAAAAAKk/4qmMnu50AO0/s1600-h/iolite.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 124px; height: 124px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHd62tX9gzI/AAAAAAAAAKk/4qmMnu50AO0/s320/iolite.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221777373270999858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Indigo   symbolizes: intuition, meditation, deep contemplation&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Indigo gemstones open the door to the subconscious,   symbolizing the bridge between the finite and infinite. They are used as a   guide to cosmic knowledge.&lt;br /&gt;indigo, sap&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;phire, lolite, and azurite.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 3.75pt;"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHd62qRNb_I/AAAAAAAAAKc/eFIw6Gmnmsw/s1600-h/howlite01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 162px; height: 113px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHd62qRNb_I/AAAAAAAAAKc/eFIw6Gmnmsw/s320/howlite01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221777372437377010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;White   symbol&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;izes: Purity, Cleanliness&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;White ge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;mstones are ruled by the Moon and are associated   with sleep and psychic energy. They are often used for good fortune,   protection after dark. The crystal amplifies the powers of other stones. Some   say that because white stones contain all the colors, they can act as   substitutes for stones of any color.&lt;br /&gt;Clear Quartz, Howlite, Clear Topaz, and More&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 3.75pt;"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHd5v2z7tbI/AAAAAAAAAJs/FbWT0j1VZuM/s1600-h/apache-tear.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 114px; height: 114px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHd5v2z7tbI/AAAAAAAAAJs/FbWT0j1VZuM/s320/apache-tear.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221776156033529266" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Black   symbolizes: Death, earth, stability&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Black gemstones symbolize self control and resilience.   Black stones have protective energies in the sense that black is the absence   of light, and therefore, can be used to create invisibility.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Obsidian, Jet, Onyx, and More.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="padding: 3.75pt;"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHd62p1BUYI/AAAAAAAAAKU/lBBBh2J_8r8/s1600-h/g-hematite.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 91px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHd62p1BUYI/AAAAAAAAAKU/lBBBh2J_8r8/s320/g-hematite.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221777372319142274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Gray   symbolizes: Sorrow, security, maturity&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Gray gemstones are healing stones and can assist in   improving relationships toward more stability.&lt;br /&gt;Hematite, and More.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Links To Check Out&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://greenleesforest.com/meanings_of_stones.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="color:blue;"&gt;greenleesforest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);"&gt;Meanings of Stones&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bearlanderstradingco.com/gemstonebrinfo.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:blue;"&gt;Bear Landers Trading co. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;- &lt;/span&gt;Native American Jewelry&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gemselect.com/other-info/gemstone-meanings.php"&gt;&lt;span style="color:blue;"&gt;Gem Select&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - Gemstone Meanings&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5029456886885649696-2211219129154118683?l=delavandejewelry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/feeds/2211219129154118683/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5029456886885649696&amp;postID=2211219129154118683&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default/2211219129154118683'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default/2211219129154118683'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/2008/07/stone-meanings.html' title='Stone Meanings'/><author><name>De Lavande</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17283597458352855804</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SKoBGI4e-7I/AAAAAAAAAOk/cSqNS7XgVUg/S220/Canne+en+Sucre+1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHd88GgBEKI/AAAAAAAAALM/Deq703wdW78/s72-c/kit-harmony2-s.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029456886885649696.post-624329854980205094</id><published>2008-07-10T22:02:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T15:10:58.454-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Handmade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arrow Point'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Custom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stone'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Necklace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New'/><title type='text'>The Custom Order</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Still Working On These But Just Had To Share ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHbp_UEiO9I/AAAAAAAAAI0/SDwZj6kCmmA/s1600-h/DSCF2855.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHbp_UEiO9I/AAAAAAAAAI0/SDwZj6kCmmA/s200/DSCF2855.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221618091911429074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Yellow Turquoise, Hematite, Bone, And Obsidian Arrow Point.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHbpzDLn1JI/AAAAAAAAAIc/aumS0wa558Y/s1600-h/DSCF2850.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHbpzDLn1JI/AAAAAAAAAIc/aumS0wa558Y/s200/DSCF2850.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221617881219323026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Tiger's Eye, Brown Gold Stone, Czech Glass, Hematite, And Obsidian Arrow Point.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHbpjjrjrOI/AAAAAAAAAIE/0ZjQLaLzkvg/s1600-h/DSCF2836.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHbpjjrjrOI/AAAAAAAAAIE/0ZjQLaLzkvg/s200/DSCF2836.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221617615065296098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Labardorite, Black Stone, Hematite, Agate, And Obsidian Arrow Point.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHbpqRnhbuI/AAAAAAAAAIM/rqA8PeouYws/s1600-h/DSCF2843.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHbpqRnhbuI/AAAAAAAAAIM/rqA8PeouYws/s200/DSCF2843.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221617730475618018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Russian Jade, Black Stone, Hematite, And Obsidian Arrow Point.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5029456886885649696-624329854980205094?l=delavandejewelry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/feeds/624329854980205094/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5029456886885649696&amp;postID=624329854980205094&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default/624329854980205094'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default/624329854980205094'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/2008/07/custom-order.html' title='The Custom Order'/><author><name>De Lavande</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17283597458352855804</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SKoBGI4e-7I/AAAAAAAAAOk/cSqNS7XgVUg/S220/Canne+en+Sucre+1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHbp_UEiO9I/AAAAAAAAAI0/SDwZj6kCmmA/s72-c/DSCF2855.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029456886885649696.post-900796458928655248</id><published>2008-07-09T09:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T15:10:59.562-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shop'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='icraft'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bracelets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='etay'/><title type='text'>New Items To Be Listed</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHTqvj13XiI/AAAAAAAAAHg/Ha4XzTG6VcE/s1600-h/DSCF2798.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHTqvj13XiI/AAAAAAAAAHg/Ha4XzTG6VcE/s200/DSCF2798.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221055970825166370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;BOLD Bracelet ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beads : Wire Wrapped Spacers, Black Stone, And Colored Glass Beads&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHTq20MGQNI/AAAAAAAAAHo/dBBKeydrByQ/s1600-h/DSCF2806.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHTq20MGQNI/AAAAAAAAAHo/dBBKeydrByQ/s200/DSCF2806.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221056095472468178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;RIVER BOTTOM Bracelet ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beads : Colored Glass, Black Stone, Tiger's Eye Stone Beads&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LOOK FOR THESE SOON IN MY SHOP !!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.icraft.ca/delavande"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHTr8AzZXnI/AAAAAAAAAHw/fgXWCA7GkJ4/s200/logo.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221057284269497970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5029456886885649696-900796458928655248?l=delavandejewelry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/feeds/900796458928655248/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5029456886885649696&amp;postID=900796458928655248&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default/900796458928655248'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default/900796458928655248'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/2008/07/new-items-to-be-listed.html' title='New Items To Be Listed'/><author><name>De Lavande</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17283597458352855804</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SKoBGI4e-7I/AAAAAAAAAOk/cSqNS7XgVUg/S220/Canne+en+Sucre+1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHTqvj13XiI/AAAAAAAAAHg/Ha4XzTG6VcE/s72-c/DSCF2798.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029456886885649696.post-6478239004179782624</id><published>2008-07-05T23:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T15:11:00.224-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arrow points'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Native American'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knapping'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Flintknapping'/><title type='text'>Flintknapping - Arrow Points</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHBrEH90dsI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/7WGCJtnQA0Y/s1600-h/DSCF2475.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHBrEH90dsI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/7WGCJtnQA0Y/s200/DSCF2475.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219789686724392642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The Arrow Points I use are hand chipped using stone tools (Native American Style), it was made by my father using Obsidian Glass or Chert. I have used a grinding tool along the sides and tip to make sure it's not to sharp.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Flintknapping is one of the methods by which people work stone into tools. Its is also called Flaking or Chipping. It involves striking or pushing carefully controlled flakes off of the stone being worked. This can be done in a variety of ways, including 'direct percussion' which is simply hitting the rock with another rock (Hard Hammering) or a billet made of antler, wood, or similar&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHBrLWjAv9I/AAAAAAAAAGY/bYt1rbDr4p8/s1600-h/hunt4.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHBrLWjAv9I/AAAAAAAAAGY/bYt1rbDr4p8/s200/hunt4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219789810897567698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; material (Soft Hammering). In contrast to direct percussion, there is 'indirect percussion' which makes use of a punch between the rock which is being struck and the hammer doing the striking. The final common method of removing flakes is 'pressure flaking'. Pressure flaking is usually done in the final stages of tool manufacture, by using a pressure flaker made of antler or (more common today) copper. Pressure flaking, in essence, involves 'pushing' flakes off of the piece being worked by the application of force to a precise point on the tool edge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHBrT9DkHXI/AAAAAAAAAGg/p58F-LdahjU/s1600-h/DSCF2490.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHBrT9DkHXI/AAAAAAAAAGg/p58F-LdahjU/s200/DSCF2490.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219789958673603954" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;My Father and Brother are Flintknapper in Michigan. Using Local Chert found along the beach of lake Michigan.  On weekends as a way to relax the two of them sit outside Flintnapping all day until hands are raw.  Over the years they have perfected their art, but still enjoy learning how others work with the stones.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5029456886885649696-6478239004179782624?l=delavandejewelry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/feeds/6478239004179782624/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5029456886885649696&amp;postID=6478239004179782624&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default/6478239004179782624'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5029456886885649696/posts/default/6478239004179782624'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://delavandejewelry.blogspot.com/2008/07/flintknapping-arrow-points.html' title='Flintknapping - Arrow Points'/><author><name>De Lavande</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17283597458352855804</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SKoBGI4e-7I/AAAAAAAAAOk/cSqNS7XgVUg/S220/Canne+en+Sucre+1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHBrEH90dsI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/7WGCJtnQA0Y/s72-c/DSCF2475.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029456886885649696.post-6869566581221569031</id><published>2008-07-05T23:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T15:11:00.552-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Handmade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arrow Point'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Necklace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shop'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hand Made'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New'/><title type='text'>New Item To Be Listed</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DPZmNXMO-6k/SHBjkHXp4SI/AAAAAAAAAFs/YRdGsrN-n80/s1600-h/DSCF2556.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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