Sun 7 Sep 2008
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OK, that’s enough technical details… The news today of course is that I managed to go back to my “roots” and have made a few new pompom designs with an array of colorful gemstones. Yay! This time around the stones are mostly faceted, and fish hooks have been used. The clusters are made looser than those in classic pompoms, so they are easy to put on and remove. Available in: Caribbean blue apatite, peacock blue apatite, pink tourmaline, sunstone and amethyst. Some of them are available in my Etsy store now; some of them will be listed in a bit, because I don’t want my shop’s first page totally plastered with pompoms. :-) Larger photos below.
Caribbean Blue Pompoms
Carribean blue colored apatite clusters. Beautiful colors of the sea on these stones.
Peacock Blue Pompoms
Another fantastic blue shade of apatite — peacock blue. These are quite attention grabbing.
Pink Pompoms
Pink tourmaline pompoms. Well I have been sitting on these pink tourmaline rondelles for quite some time. I was lucky enough to find all-pink tourmaline rondelles in this substantial size. Pompoms eat up quite a bit of stones, so I have been a bit hesitant to use these stones, but here they are. Beautiful!
Orange pompoms
Orange sunstones turned into pompoms. Beautiful red and orange fires on these stones!
Purple pompoms
Amethyst rondelled turned into pretty pompoms. I have been meaning to re-stock on my amethyst rondelles, but for some reason good-quality amethyst rondelles are actually pretty hard to find.
Yellow pompoms
Lastly, the pair that jump-started it all: heliodor pompoms in gold. I made them a few weeks back, listed them in my store, and the reception has been pretty good. That got me back into the pompom mood!
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September 11th, 2008 at 11:06 am
Ooh lovely! They always remind me of pomander balls and scented flowers somehow :)
September 11th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
those neon blue apatite ones really pop! The colours are just gorgeous.
September 16th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Thank you guys! :-) I got carried away, ordered a bunch more gemstones, so let’s see what will come out next. ha ha…