Creative Endeavors June 2011

Coral Beach Earrings $49

Solar Flare Necklace OOAK

Available at Thin Ice on Elmwood

Nebula Necklace OOAK $119

Hiding Place Necklace $SOLD

Rivulet Earrings $SOLD

American Honey Earrings $SOLD

Orange Crush Earrings $49

Leaves of Glass Earrings $37

Blue Moon Rising OOAK Necklace $69

Flirt Earrings $49

New for the Holidays

*:: Bella ::*

*:: Fireside ::*

*:: Winter Berries ::*

*:: Shadows ::*

*:: First Snow ::*

All of these little treasures are available at my Etsy Studio Shop

http://kasiablue.etsy.com/

Let the Holiday Craziness Begin!

Rock Week Day 4 - Labradorite

~*{Lightning at Dawn, $49 at Kasiablue}*~

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Ah, here we are again, back with a new found favorite...Labradorite.  This stone is simply enchanting.  I love the fact that it looks unassuming and dark, almost lackluster, then POW! it shocks you with a brilliant flash of blue, green, yellow and red.  I call it the stone of the unexpected just because of this magical quality.  This feldspar based stone is named after the region that it was first foundin the Labrador Peninsula of Canada.  It's brilliant flashes of layered color is called labradoresence and it simply, totally can mesmerize your soul.
Labradorite's element is Wind and it is beneficial to all of the chakras.
A little bit about Labradorite:
The gem labradorite has been associated with magic, awakening one's magical powers when worn or used in manifestation.  This powerful stone helps one to see time elements in the form of past, present and future, allowing for cross over int o different realms.  Labradorite is also a very protective stone.  It creates a somewhat of a "force field" throughout the aura, shielding the wearer from those who would tap into and drain your energy.  The first "high end" piece of jewelry that I made for myself contained a mix of labradorite, andalusite, kyanite and smoky quartz.  Upon wearing it out in public for the first time, I felt very strange, almost as if I had a barrier around me (no lie!) and found it very hard to intereact with many of the other people that had attended the function that day.  It was only later on that I discovered, after some research,  that the labradorite force field was in full effect! (along with some grounding  and balancing).  I didn't know about the magnificent power of gemstones until that day, but boy, do they work!
Labradorite also assists us in filling the void, so to speak...somewhat of filling in the blank when we ask all of those deep metaphysical questions.  It also helps healers to see disease patterns and brings forth a higher awareness to the soul by accessing the full visualization capability of the third eye. 

I hope that you have enjoyed this installment of rock week!  Tomorrow...Peace Rocks!

Rock Week Day 2 - Kyanite

~*{Blue Storm Earrings $49 at Kasiablue}*~

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For day two of rock week, I have picked one of my absolute all time favorite stones...Kyanite.  I fell in love with kyanite about 3 years ago when I started to make jewelry for myself and went to my very first gem show.  Not knowing the ins and outs of what to buy (and what was a good value or too expensive), I decided to buy the things that innately drew me to them.  Needless to say, our love affair began that very day.

A little about kyanite the stone:

Kyanite can range in color from vivid sapphire blue to a dark and muddy brown grey.  It's geological fromation is that of long and flat, bladelike crystals that look like layered sheets of shimmering paper.  In fact, kyanite is not a very hard stone when cut along its parallell sheets, making it sometimes too brittle to be used for jewelry.  Only when it is cut against it's vertical axis does it increase in hardness...a unique and important little tidbit that I will talk about later.  It's element is storm and aligns itself with all chakras, with special emphasis on the Third Eye (6th) and Crown/Head/Heart (7th).

In the metaphysical sense, kyanite is classicly used in healing and releasing old patterns that no longer serve us.  It is one of the only stones that allows for engergy to flow in and out of itself, i.e. does not hold on to energy (due to its two levels of hardness that I mentioned above) allowing the wearer to cleanse and align all of their chakras.  Kyanite is optimal to link the astral and physical body bringing the wearer to a full and connected awareness in all levels of consciousness...giving the wearer clear download of information in any state.  That's Powerful! 

Kyanite does come in a variety of colrs and each variation is used for a specific purpose. 

Blue: for lucid dreaming and clearing energy blockage/aligning the chakras.

Green: connects you to the truth in you heart and lends a stabilizing effect to one's natural surroundings bringing forth truth and sincerity.

Black: clears energy blockages in any chakra, balances the system and helps to bring forth past lives.

Indigo (my favorite): Important for lucid dreaming and astral travel.  Indigo is the most energetic of all the colors, helping one to get to the truth of a matter and dispelling uncertainty, letting one have clear vision to attain their dreams and aspirations.

I hope that you have enjoyed today's installment.  Tomorrow we will talk about a new found friend...Rutilated Quartz!

Don't Fence Me In

~*Photo courtesy of www.boston.com*~

There are days when one is tired

when every ounce of you has been given
All for the good of others
their enjoyment, your duty



There will come a day when
I am on the other side of the fence
There it is...that fence thing again
Somehow I just can't stop myself
from peeking over the top
and seeing who I want to be



Why the barrier
to a blissful life?

New Baubles and Trinkets

Transcendence

Sacred Feminine Necklace

Sacred Feminine Earrings

Spring Cala in Lemongrass

Nature's Promise

My Booty from Plundering

Seriously gorgeous kyanite briolettes!

Whiskey quartz huge focal briolettes. Anyone for a shot of Crown?

Incredible blue flash labradorite. I think that I held these for about an hour straight the other day!

The color palette.

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I truly have to say that I have a problem. I'm admitting it! I don't understand it, but I could look and play with my gemstones all day long. Seriously! These pics are from my recent trip to a trade show for all us gemmy gals (and guys) that can't get enough of pretty little rocks. So, I'm sending out a little sneek peak at my fall/winter collection and...the inspiration for my catalog. There it is in writing...my catalog. Does that make me official?

I was reading my friend Gracie's blog tonight and something that she said really struck home. We are always looking for the answers, for someone to make the decision for us. To make things better, to choose our paths in life, to tell us what is right and what is wrong.

But, guess what?

We are the ultimate answer to everything that we are looking for.

We make the choices.

We put up the obstacles.

We are our own worst enemy.

We are the heroes.

We are everything that we want to be, and then some.

So stop listening to everyone else(including the voices in your head)...and be you.

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I hope that you love the trinkets as much as I do. Someone has to share my obsession with me, you know!

{Visit Gracie's blog for more words of wisdom, beautiful insights, inspiration and love. www.Evenstar-art.blogspot.com }