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December 13-19, 2004
Ephemerala
December 13-19, 2004
In This Installment:
** New Items
** Coming Soon
** Stone Fun Facts
** News & Stuff
** Fortnightly Sale
** Insider's Sale
** Last Week's Top Sellers
New Items
Custom Designed Jewelry
eBay has a new feature called Want It Now, whereby people who are looking
for particularly rare items post messages describing what they want, and see if
anyone reading the posts has that item to sell. I go there every few days
to see if anyone is looking for jewelry or beads. I found a man who
wanted to surprise his wife with a special necklace to commemorate the birth of
their first child. The parents were both born in January, and the baby was
born in October, so that man wanted a pendant with two garnets and an
opal.
I happen to know where to get such supplies
wholesale, so I created a special listing just for him, offering to design a
pendant with his preferred stones. He bought the item, and thus was born
the new idea to create custom jewelry.
This new feature in currently only on eBay, but I
will try to get it on the online site in the near future. I have custom
made pendants available in three sizes, two metals, five shapes, and a couple
dozen different gemstones. (NOTE: I do NOT have any 3-stone pendants
listed yet, as the pricing guidelines will be tricky, given the vastly different
costs for different stones, but if anyone reading this is intrigued by this
idea, they can write to me with their suggestions and I can give a price
estimate.) These pendants are not cloudy gemstones set in thin settings;
they are really high-quality gems in good 14kt gold filled or sterling silver
settings. If you are looking for a special pendant for a loved one, please
feel free to check these out.
Coming Soon
NOTE: Almost ALL of the below items are listed on the website now.
But they do not have pictures, so I have not yet included them in the "New
Items" section. Most of them have not been bagged up, so if you order
them, you might expect a 1-2 day delay in processing. All items can be
found at the bottom of their respective pages. (If something intrigues you
and you can't find it, let me know and I will direct you to the appropriate
page.)
New Beads:
Chrysotile Chips, Red Chalcedony Chips, Blue Chalcedony Chips, Mexican
Zebra Jasper Chips, Green Opal Chips, African Opal Chips, Yellow Opal Chips,
Chevron Amethyst Chips, Grossular Garnet Chips, Apple Green Turquoise Chips, Red
Flower Jasper Chips, Green Chalk Turquoise Chips, Frosted Quartz Round, Citrine
Round, Citrine Brick, Citrine Tube, Black Onyx Rondell, Large Garnet Round,
Kambaba Long Chips, Golden Abalone Stick
Ocarinas (clay flutes)
"Fortune Cookie" Silk Purses
Solid Perfume in Soapstone Jars
Spring Bracelets
Large Fan Collars
Stone Fun Facts
I have profiled
so many stones that I am truly starting to run out of
ideas!
Below, I am
re-running the very first Stone Fun Facts entry, from June 2003. In
looking over it, I found that it as pretty "thin," having been my first one and
my not having done very much research for it. So I got a little more
information this week and have padded the profile out!
Enjoy.
Amethyst
** Amethyst is the purple form of Quartz. Traces of manganese create
the purple color, while traces of iron are responsible for the depth of the
color.
** This stone is purported to calm the mind, enhance meditation, relax the
body, and enhance dream state. It is a calming stone that soothes those in
constant mental activity, and thus has earned the nickname of "Nature's
Tranquilizer."
** Physically, Amethyst is thought to prevent drunkenness, ease headache
(if placed on the forehead) & toothache. It also is thought to aid
insomnia when placed under the pillow (its similarity in color to lavender, a
well-known calming flower, might be responsible for this belief.) Ancient
Greeks were so convinced it would allow a person to drink as much wine as they
liked without getting drunk that they created wine goblets made from
Amethyst!
** The word "amethyst" is from the Greek amethystos, from
a (anti) + methyein (to be drunk), from methy,
"wine."
** Amethyst is the official birthstone of February, and is used for the
4th, 6th, and 17th wedding anniversaries.
** In Greek myths, the god of wine, Dionysus, fell in love with a nymph,
who ran from him. In a panic, she called upon Artemis, goddess of maidens,
to save her from the drunken god. Artemis turned her into a white quartz
statue. Later, Dionysus felt badly for what he had done. As a sign
of affection, he poured wine over the statue. As the white turned to
purple, he vowed that anyone who wore an amethyst would be immune to
drunkenness.
Please see other Stone Fun Facts
here:
News and Stuff
Free Shipping Offers End on December
31!
This is a reminder that all the Free Shipping coupons are scheduled to
expire on December 1. After that, I will offer a dollar off shipping to
all return customers. Start making that list now!
Ephemerala Junior
My 8-year-old son always likes to help me with business--he'll pack
envelopes, count inventory, and come up with sale ideas. Today, he was
looking for a way to earn some money, so I suggested he set up a table on the
street and sell jewelry. He thought that was a great idea, and used $20 of
his own money to buy a bunch of pendants from me (at a steep discount, of
course). He was outside for about two hours, and actually made a
sale. He plans to continue this up through Christmas so long as the
weather stays reasonable. I will send some business cards out with him
from now on, and if I happen to get a sale from this area, I will assume it was
because of his salesman skills, and give him half of the profits!
Need Christmas Ideas?
Check out the Top Ten Reasons You Should Buy a Value Pack!
Fortnightly Sale
Dollar Crosses
This week, ALL Stone Crosses are just a dollar. This includes Celtic
Crosses, Plain Crosses, Fancy Crosses, Small Crosses, and Mini Crosses.
Prices have already been changed, so have a ball!
Or see a larger selection on Ephemerala Online:
Dollar Crosses Offer is good through December 25,
2004.
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 MEDICINE STONE for a penny. What
will you be able to get this week?)
Insider's Special
My Birthday!
If you've been subscribing to the Newsletter for a couple of
years, you'll know the drill. My birthday will be falling in the next
fortnight, but YOU are getting the present. All of my Newsletter
Subscribers will find a FREE gemstone bauble in their packages.
Furthermore, if you happen to place your order on my birthday, your entire
purchase will be 50% off! Will you hit the special day? You won't
know until you get your refund! All I ask is that you PLEASE be sure to
let me know of your subscriber status. Otherwise, I guarantee you I WILL
forget. I always forget. It's just the way I am. So drop a
quick line to let me know you are an extra-special customer, and I'll enclose
your freebie. Happy birthday to me!
Happy Birthday Suzanne Offer is good through December 26,
2004.
Last Week's Top Sellers
(You know you want to be just like everyone
else!)
1. Gemstone Cabochons
2. Opal Chip Beads
3. Turquoise Chips Beads
4. Stone Heart Pendants
5. Tourmaline Chip Beads
6. Gold & Silver Chains
7. Garnet Chip Beads
8. Ruby Chip Beads
9. Aquamarine Chip Beads
10. Iolite 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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