Hammer!

I just bought a small jewelry hammer... This is one of my first designs using hammered silver:

earrings with pink chalcedony.

Amber

A few years ago I had barely heard of amber... I didn't think it too valuable. But of course, I had only seen quite dark, boring looking amber, with little or no inclusions. It just looked a bit like plastic to me.

And then I moved to the North and I saw the real natural Baltic Amber... 

Baltic amber is considered to be the best variety of amber. Baltic amber is usually of a yellow, honey-like color, but may occur in many shades from pale yellow to dark brown. White pieces with a yellowish or bony tint, as well as green and even blue amber are rare.

See them in my Amber Collection.