January 24-30, 2005
In This Installment:
** New Items
** Coming Soon
** Stone Fun Facts
** News & Stuff
** Fortnightly Sale
** Insider's Sale
** Last Week's Top Sellers
New Items
New Beads
Black Onyx Rondell
A good standard stone in a favorite shape. Smooth black hand-cut
beads.
Red Chalcedony Nugget
Big, round, brilliantly colored beads.
Kunzite Chip
Our newest "Most Expensive Bead." Kunzite is terribly rare and very
sought-after. They are nearly unheard-of in chip form (they are
usually found in hexagonal beads, often costing as much as $10.00 PER
BEAD!). These are large, rough, crystalline chips that have a very low
polish and show off the natural crystal structure of the gem. Sold in bags
of ten beads so you can sample them without too heavy a commitment.
Opaque Citrine Chip
Very nice, deep gold color with a bit of sparkle.
Citrine Tube
Nicely colored irregular long tube beads.
Peach Aventurine Tube
Pretty orange-peach colored long tubes.
Coming Soon
New Beads:
Frosted Quartz Round, Citrine Round, Golden Oyster Stick, Hessonite
Heishi
Ocarinas (clay flutes)
"Fortune Cookie" Silk Purses
Solid Perfume in Soapstone Jars
Spring Bracelets
Large Fan Collars
More Faceted Beads
New Marbles: Picasso, Rutilated Quartz, Ametrine,
Amazonite
Gemstone Small AND Mini Eggs in assorted stones
Cable Chokers with Heart and Point Pendants
Stone Fun Facts
Myrrh
** Even though we have it in the
form of
beads, Myrrh is not a gemstone. It is the resinous sap from a
desert tree called the dindin. The sap forms in small beads and has a very
sharp, strong smell. (Our beads have a much more mild smell, because they
were made from the by-product of the sap after the strong oils were
removed.)
** Myrrh has been used since ancient times in perfumes, incense, and
embalming. The ancient Egyptians used Myrrh to preserve mummies.
Today, it is used in any application that warrants fragrance, such as candles,
soaps, etc. It is also found in several commercial mouthwashes.
** While it is usually known for its smell, Myrrh can also be used as
a flavoring for candy and baked goods. (Our Myrrh beads smell like
cinnamon-vanilla cookie dough, and my 9-month-old baby loves to chew on his own
strand!)
** Myrrh has a large number of healing uses. It is an astringent and
antiseptic, and can be used to cure acne, boils, and other inflammations of the
skin. It is also widely used to help heal infections of the mouth, such as
gingivitis, ulcers, and bad breath. It is highly useful in applications of
the throat, and is thought to help heal pharyngitis, bronchitis, sinusitis,
asthma, and sore throat. It can be used as an expectorant (cough
syrup).
** Myrrh makes a helpful childbirth aid, making contractions more
efficient, and relieving pain.
** The word "myrrh" comes from the Arabic murr, meaning
"bitter."
** The ancients found this resin to be so valuable, the Bible tells of it
being given as a gift, along with Frankincense (another aromatic resin) and Gold
to the baby Jesus.
** Modern science has recently discovered that Myrrh may be a cure for
cancer! Laboratory studies show that a compound in Myrrh was effective in
killing breast cancer cells. More research on this is currently in the
works.
Please see other Stone Fun Facts
here:
News and Stuff
No Longer the Fastest Shipper in
Town
For several years of eBay selling, and then later
online store selling, customers were generally pretty happy with my shipping
times. My eBay feedback used to reflect this regularly. I usually
processed the order a day after receiving payment, then shipped. From the
wonderful Post Offices in Salt Lake City, my packages could often have a ship
time of two or three days.
Recently, I have been getting more and more
customer inquiries as to when their packages were sent. It is not uncommon
to hear from two or three people a week, who wonder, a week of more after the
purchase date, where their stuff is. For a while I had become a bit lax on
the processing times, often letting paid orders sit for several days until I
processed them all in one big effort. When the e-mails about late shipping
started to come, I went back to my old habit of processing orders the same day
as payment received, and shipping the very next day.
Yet, the e-mails are still coming. I can
only surmise, then, that now that I've moved to a rural area in southern Utah,
my local postal service is a lot slower. No matter how quickly my
turnaround (sometimes I ship on the same day payment is received!), my packages
still often show up a week or more after.
If any of my subscribers have noticed that their
packages are later than they used to be, please accept my apologies, and know
that I am doing everything I can to assure a timely delivery. I have even
taken to adding the 4-number add-on to the ZIP code, to help your packages there
quicker, so hopefully this will speed things up!
Fortnightly Sale
Free Marbles
I just got a big shipment of 15mm Rainbow Fluorite Marbles, and am eager to
give a few away before unleashing them to the world. This week, for every
$10.00 you spend on Gemstone Marbles, I will throw in one of these new Fluorite
Marbles FREE. Spend $10.00 and get one free Marble. Spend $20.00 and
get two. $50.00 will get you five, and so on. These Marbles are all
really unique, with purple and clear stripes, and the occasional bit of blue,
yellow, or white. There is no limit to the number of free Fluorite Marbles
you may earn.
Or go to Ephemerala Online:
Free Fluorite Marbles Offer is good through February 6,
2005.
Penny Sale
Every two weeks, I hide a new special offer somewhere on my online
site. This listing will offer a certain product for ONE CENT, with any
purchase of $10.00 or more. The item and its location will change every
two weeks, so be sure to look often. Simply go to my online store site:
and browse until you find the hidden listing. Add it to your cart,
along with the rest of your $10+ order, and it will be included for just a
penny. Happy Hunting!
(Recent keen-eyed customers got a bag of MOONSTONE CHIP BEADS for a
penny. What will you be able to get this week?)
Insider's Special
2-For-1 All Black & White Chip
Beads
This week, all Newsletter Subscribers will be able to double their orders
of Black and/or White Chip Beads. Just browse through my
CHIP
BEADS, pick out any that are black or white or both, buy as many as
you like, and I will DOUBLE each one. There is no limit, so if you'd
wanted to make Black & White jewelry, now is the time to stock up on
beads! (But please remember to remind me of your Subscriber status, so I
will know to double the beads.)
2-for-1 Black/White Chips Offer is good through February 6,
2005.
Last Week's Top Sellers
(You know you want to be just like everyone
else!)
1. Fortune Cookie Purses
2. Abalone Chip Beads
3. Amber Chip Beads
4. Turquoise Chip Beads
5. Rainbow Calsilica Chip Beads
6. Power Bracelets
7. Tourmaline Chip Beads
8. Fluorite Chip Beads
9. Freshwater Pearl Beads
10. Ruby Aventurine Chip Beads
That's it for this issue. Talk to you
again in a week.
--Suzanne Dallapè
eBay User ID:
ephemerala
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interested!
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