This stone was in the box near orbicular rhyolites and jaspers. It’s a little off-kilter and has some tiny voids and vugs in the stone. It looks like it had an eventful journey here.

This piece of kambaba jasper has a flaw along one edge (see last photo) that I find artistically fascinating. There are stories in here.

A lead-free base metal fire charm is suspended from a red glass bead with sterling silver wire.

A base metal fire charm and a red glass bead make up this sterling silver pendant.

The silver and black glitter of faceted glass sets off these tiny base metal book charms on sterling silver.

Tiny purple glass leaf beads rise like little flames from faceted glass squares above lead-free base metal book charms. All the other metal is sterling silver.

The blue and aqua Czech glass beads float on sterling silver wire above the lead-free base metal book charms.

These lead-free base metal book charms go well with denim blue faceted glass and lavender Swarovski crystal in these sterling silver earrings.

The handy thing about the lead-free base metal charms in this pendant is that the pen nib charm is not sharp like a real pen nib would be. The stone was in my pile of petrified wood but I’m not sure...

Blue and green glass beads with sterling silver spacer beads and wires show these lead-free base metal pen nib charms well. The charms are not sharp like real pen nibs.

Lead-free base metal pen nib charms are not sharp like real pen nibs. They are paired with faceted purple rondelles in these sterling silver earrings.

Bright glass beads and lead-free base metal pen nib charms on sterling silver wire. Small earrings, big color.

Simple, if anything with these faceted clear green glass orbs can be called simple. The lead-free base metal pen nib charms are not sharp like real pen nibs. The rest of the metal is sterling silver.

Faceted glass rondelles focus and intensify as they descend to lead-free base metal book charms. All other metal is sterling silver.

The soft colors and translucency of matte glass show in these earrings, accented by aurora borealis shimmer on the glass moon face beads. The lead-free base metal pen nib charms are not sharp like...

Big square faceted glass with purple at its heart, lead-free base metal pen nib charms (not sharp like real nibs), and sterling silver.

Glass butterflies with colors deep inside them. Lead-free base metal book charms. Sterling silver wires.

Faceted crystal (glass) and other glass join with lead-free base metal pen nib charms in these earrings. The rest of the metal is sterling silver.

This dragon sits in a blossoming bower under a mother-of-pearl moon. All the pearls are cultured pearls, the dragon is lead-free base metal with a gold wash, and all the handmade wirework is of...

Beautiful double-sided abalone beads float between faceted glass on these sterling silver earrings.

Very shiny sparkling stars with flashes of purple, faceted glass rondelles with shimmers of green, and complementary colors in the abalone shell make these sterling silver earrings a standout.

Lovely faceted glass beads echo the colors of the polished abalone shell. All the metal is sterling silver.

Abalone shell with Swarovski crystal and faceted glass drops on sterling silver.

The faceted glass and the abalone shells have so many different colors, yet the effect of these sterling silver earrings is fluid and soothing.

A bit of sparkly purple improves almost everything. These sterling silver earrings with glass and abalone shell might just be the little bit of razzle dazzle the day needs.

Delicate colors in the faceted glass beads are echoed in the abalone shell in these sterling silver earrings.

These faceted glass beads have various reflective coatings that produce the blues and violets and purples seen here. All metal is sterling silver.

Faceted crystal beads glitter in these sterling silver earrings.

Purples and golden rose shades sparkle from these sterling silver earrings. The Swarovski crystals are the tiny round ones in a color they call purple velvet.

The three smaller crystal beads on each earring are Swarovski, precisely cut and sparkling, but the largest beads are vintage beads rescued from a treasure box, their scuffed luster making for a...

Shifting colors dance: greens, blues, smoke and bronze.

A slight shift in the light reveals colors you may not have perceived a moment ago in these sterling silver earrings combining faceted glass with Swarovski crystal bicones.

I cannot name the color of the larger crystal beads on these sterling silver earrings. Whatever it is called, it is beautiful.

The faceted glass beads on either side of the frosted green round beads bring a pleasing harmony of colors to these sterling silver earrings.

A little Czech glass with some faceted glass on sterling silver.