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A Pretty Rock is a shop/blog with an inside look at the process of designing and creating handcrafted wire-wrapped jewelry. It features piece profiles and inspiration, with information on what it takes to bring a creation alive from start to finish. A Pretty Rock desires to grow your appreciation of the skill and technique behind creating heirloom quality jewelry.-
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Tag Archives: gold-filled
On the 3rd Day of Holiday Deals…
On the 3rd day of holiday deals, A Pretty Rock offered me…The Abalone & Vermeil Flower Wrap Earrings at $13.30! For the 12 Days of Holiday Deals, I’m offering one item on my site at a discount of 30% – … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 Days of Holiday Deals, abalone, artisan jewelry, earrings, gold-filled, sale
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Etsy Blogger’s Carnival: The Best Tool Ever
Inquiring minds want to know…that is, the Etsyblogger’s street team wants to know for this month’s blog roll…what is my favorite tool? Well here it is: A simple dowel, you say? Why, yes…it is! It slices and dices and…oh wait, … Continue reading
Posted in Site News
Tagged artisan jewelry, dowel, earrings, etsy, Etsy Bloggers Street Team, gold-filled, necklace, sterling silver, tools, wire wrap
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Sale for First Time Buyers on My Mailing List!
The One Necklace – $28 Lots of new things in the works! I’ll be posting new items every weekday for the next two weeks! Also, if you’re a first time buyer and you are on my mailing list, make sure … Continue reading
Posted in Site News
Tagged artisan jewelry, coin pearl, gold-filled, necklace, newsletter, pearl, sale, white
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Revisiting Jewelry Photos
It would be a perfect world if everything always turned out right the first time, but of course, it’s not! For the jewelry business, that means that I don’t always take photos with the right settings the first time around. … Continue reading
Posted in Site News
Tagged artisan jewelry, gold-filled, necklace, photography, wire wrap
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Join the treasure hunt Saturday the 19th!
I hope you do too, because the Etsy Blogger’s Street Team is holding a Treasure Hunt tomorrow, Saturday the 19th. Search through listings in the participating shops (here’s the list) for the street team logo (the image to the right) … Continue reading
Posted in Site News
Tagged artisan jewelry, chain, citrine, etsy, Etsy Bloggers Street Team, gold-filled, necklace
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Snow and Solitaires
I’m a little scatterbrained right now, having just come from a trivia game to support a friend. I’m no good at trivia. It always makes me feel like the dumbest person in the room so it is very hard for … Continue reading
Posted in Out On The Town
Tagged artisan jewelry, gold-filled, night, smoky quartz, snow, solitaire
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Gifts
My mother-in-law’s Christmas gift… No worries, she’s not much of a blog reader. :)
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Tagged artisan jewelry, earrings, gift, gold-filled, holidays, rutilated quartz, wire wrap
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Alter Ego
I know I haven’t posted in a while. It’s been busy with making sure orders got out by the postal deadlines. Add a sick hubby to the mix of work along with Christmas present shopping and you can imagine the … Continue reading
Posted in Custom Orders
Tagged artisan jewelry, bracelet, carnelian, chain, Christmas, cluster, gold-filled, holidays, links, magnesite, turquoise
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A gift for a friend, by a friend
Just wanted to share these lovely, light and airy earrings. They were a test for a new style for me. While the style is not quite perfect just yet, I let one of my friends to purchase the earrings for … Continue reading
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Tagged artisan jewelry, earrings, garnet, gold-filled, hessonite, orange, wire wrap
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Tassels live on
As I was organizing and cutting up strands of stones for storage, I noticed how pretty some of the tassels were that came at the end of the gemstone strands. That’s when I thought to myself, how neat would it … Continue reading
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Tagged artisan jewelry, black, gold-filled, jewelry supplies, orange, pendant, red, tassels, teal, wire wrap
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