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What Is a Shield Ring? The Story Behind the Shape We Make Most
A shield ring is a ring whose face is shaped like a shield: a broad plate that rises from the band, holds a stone at its center, and covers the...
Made to Order or One of a Kind? How Our Two Kinds of Pieces Work
Everything we make is one of two things. Made to order means the design already exists and your piece is cast fresh when you order it, in your size, and...
Rainbow Moonstone: Meaning, the Glow, and the Lunar Cycle
Rainbow moonstone is a feldspar, and the glow that gives it its name is called adularescence: a soft blue light that seems to float just under the surface and moves...
Clear Quartz: The Amplifier, and Why It Is in So Many of Our Pieces
Clear quartz is the amplifier: in crystal practice it is the stone that takes whatever intention you give it and makes it louder, and in this studio it is the...
New Moon in Scorpio, November 9: Setting Intentions Under Two Retrogrades
The new moon in Scorpio arrives Monday, November 9, at 2:02 am Eastern, and it arrives with both Mercury and Venus retrograde. That combination changes the usual new moon advice....
Moon Phase Jewelry: What the Eight Phases Mean and How to Wear the Cycle
Moon phase jewelry shows the whole lunar cycle in a row: new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter and waning crescent. Where the...
What Is Oxidized Silver? Why Our Pieces Are Dark in the Recesses
Oxidized silver is sterling silver that has been darkened on purpose. The surface is given a patina, a controlled layer of charcoal gray to black, and then the high points...
Does Brass Turn Your Skin Green? The Honest Answer and Brass Care
Yes, sometimes. Brass is copper and zinc, and when copper meets sweat, lotion or the particular chemistry of your skin, it can leave a faint green mark where the metal...
The Triple Moon Symbol: What It Means and How to Wear It
The triple moon symbol is three moons in a row: a waxing crescent, a full moon, and a waning crescent, horns facing outward. It represents the three faces of the...
Scorpio Season 2026: Crystals, Jewelry, and Rituals for Transformation and Power
What Is Scorpio Season Energy? Scorpio Season invites us into a space of emotional depth, shadow work, and inner transformation. As we move beyond the surface level and into...
Silver or Brass? How to Choose Your Metal (and How Each One Ages)
Choose sterling silver if you want a bright white metal that darkens with time and polishes back. Choose brass if you want warm gold tones and do not mind that...
Labradorite: Meaning, the Flash, and How to Wear It
Labradorite is a feldspar, gray and quiet until it moves, and then it throws blue and gold light from somewhere under the surface. By tradition it is the stone of...
