Peacock Pyrite Ring Giveaway

Have you ever seen a stone catch the rainbow in light? You've only heard about opals doing such things, but there are a few more rocks that do, such as labradorite, mother of pearl and peacock pyrite. When you see them in the sun light, their colors are brilliant. Chalcopyrite or peacock pyrite is extremely beautiful in the light.

This giveaway is for one Peacock Pyrite Ring, the stones are safely anchored to an adjustable filigree band which caters to ring sizes 5-9. The perfect gift for a best friend. No two rings look alike, some pyrite stones are green/blue, while others are purple/orange, and of course there are those that embrace all colors. I try to include at least one of each on your ring. Takes 2-3 days to produce but worth the wait. See it on ETSY

 Here are some additional photos of the ring for your viewing pleasure! 

No two look alike

On my fingers.

That beautiful filigree band

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Number of winners: 1

Ending date of the giveaway:  June 30 2013

Where it can be won: U.S. and International

The prize is from: www.panzell.etsy.com

Questions or inquiries? Leave a comment or email me panzelljewelry@gmail.com


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Where do you put your jewelry?

I think some people really try to make every thing neat and organized when it comes to safekeeping their large jewelry collection, but then there are other people like me. I throw things into one big pile in a jewelry box. But I have several boxes, one for rings, one for earrings, one for necklaces, one for bracelets, so I'm not so bad after all, right?

If you like jewelry, then you probably like jewelry boxes too. I do! I kinda collect them. My best friend recently gave me one as a present and I love it!

So that got me started hunting for other really cool jewelry boxes on Ebay, because that is just where i go for some reason...

Here are my favorite finds!!!

I guess I'm into really intricate heavy brass jewelry boxes. Click on the pics to see more details. Share some of your own finds, I love to drool over these things! 

Mother May I?

First of all, thank you for coming to my blog.  For this month, I'm giving away this lovely Turquoise Lyre Necklace. It's made with a 8mm Turquoise stone bead, tiny gold bead accents and smaller turquoise bead. All hung on a 18inch gold chain. It's very beautiful, I made one like this for my mother and mother-in-law last year and they looooved it!

Here are some additional images of this lovely piece.

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Number of winners: 1

Ending date of the giveaway:  May 12th 2013

Where it can be won: U.S. and International

The prize is from: www.panzell.etsy.com

Questions or inquiries? Leave a comment or email me panzelljewelry@gmail.com
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Rocks and Rainbows

The reason I went into jewelry-making was my love for rocks. Sounds lame right? When I was little, my mom bought me this book on geology , it had tons of info about rocks and fossils. I would read it over and over again, and I even tried busting open some plain rocks hoping there would be crystals inside. These days, you might have noticed the rocks that designer's have been incorporating in their pieces which have a very natural and colorful sheen.  

First of all, there is Pyrite. It's a gray, shiny rock that has been making appearances everywhere. And I must say, I think it is soooo beautiful. 

Yves Saint Laurent made a nailpolish color based on this mesmerizing nugget. And I must admit, it doesn't look too bad.

I use Pyrite in it's gray form in many pieces of my jewelry: 

 

And it gets better! There's a form of pyrite which is called Peacock Pyrite or it's scientific name Chalcopyrite. It is still fragile like it predecessor but has a beautiful rainbow sheen that simply glistens in the sunlight. Here's a ring I made from a big nugget.

 

Aren't you captivated by now. But there's more, lately, jewelry suppliers have began treating regular druzy crystals with a gaseous form of titanium which gives a similar rainbow like coloration. 

 

 And I've been drooling over the other forms of this titanium rainbow treated rock all over ebay (its my go-to for supplies). Expect to see these goodies incorporated in jewelry if you haven't already. I think it closely correlates with the galaxy print trend that has taken hold, it's about intense hot colors and a futuristic look.

Wasn't that pretty? Well, I hope you enjoyed this post and learnt something as well. These are relatively cheap and affordable and add such a splash of color and interest in any jewelry piece.

Raging Neptune Necklace Giveaway.

Hello Hello! Spring is here and its so beautiful all around, and after waiting for summer for so long I think you guys deserve another giveaway! Yay! For this month, I'm giving away this lovely Raging Neptune Necklace. It's made with a 14mm Lapis Lazuli bead, gold cube bead accents and short gold colored spikes. All hung on a 24inch gold chain. It's very beautiful.

Here are some additional images of this lovely piece. 

Why is Lapis Lazuli so beautiful? They're only mined from Afghanistan and it's name in arabic roughly translates to "heaven or sky stone". It has an intense blue color with flecks of yellow pyrite which look like gold dust. Each bead is different from another. The shades of blue can differ along with its dusty gold outlook.

 

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Number of winners: 1

Ending date of the giveaway:  May 1st 2013

Where it can be won: U.S. and International

The prize is from: www.panzell.etsy.com

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My First Custom Order

About a month ago, one of my close friends told me about his buddy who wanted a custom ring for his girlfriend, which included a couple small stones that were her birthstone and those of her closest family. 

They wanted a wire wrapped ring in a size 7, and even though I knew how to wire wrap, I had never done it extensively before so this was a first for me. 

This is what I had to work with 

First thing I did was a couple of sketches to give my client an idea of how the ring is going to look. Usually with stones, designers use prongs or a bezel setting, and they have access to tools that help cut and polish stones to perfection. Since I had neither of those options I decided to hold the rocks together by sandwiching them between wire frames. 

My client was very happy with this sketch so far, so I began the process of making the ring.

I followed my sketches, and was able to easily get the first four stones to stay, the last one was a little too thick and I had to do some risky hammering, hoping to now fracture the gem too much. It was a heart stopping moment, but I was able to do it and carry on with the design. 

The final moments of the ring where I attached the ring band, and started to do the most intricate wire wrappings all around the frame to hold it together. In the end, it came out sturdy and beautifully, and I really surprised myself. It was my first intricate wire wrapping custom order, and proved to myself that I can do anything, and believe me I was having doubts midway into the project. 

Not bad right? I don't know if I'll ever do something like this, but it was great to find out that I could. 

My client and his girlfriend were absolutely happy, and the fit was perfect. Yay! 

Thank you for reading this post and joining in on my little custom order journey. 

Valentine's Day Giveaway!

It's that time of the year again! Give yourself something to look forward to on Valentine's Day when these gorgeous red fox earrings will go to a special person.
It might be you!

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Number of winners: 1
Ending date of the giveaway:  Valentine's Day!
Where it can be won: U.S. and International
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Good Luck!!!

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