Cranial Meltdown Revived

When Chuck Norris handcrafts an item, he *really* handcrafts it. He grows, harvests, processes, weaves, and dyes his own cotton. He mines and refines his own ore to make metal ingots. And he crafts all of the tools to do it.
Chuck Norris has more than 10 categories in his Etsy shop.
Chuck Norris has more than […]

Poll Answers

Here’s the toy crab I made out of red felt for the Crab Feed tomorrow. He will be given away with the grand prize in our drawing. I just kinda threw him together last-minute, but I _think_ he looks like a crab??? (What you can’t see in this photo is the Lava Jewelry logo on […]

And I created a treasury list of all of the things I’d love to get from Etsy for my birthday. Could someone forward this list to my mom? Seriously…

My work is currently featured in several treasuries, and I wanted to return the favor to the curators by featuring their beautiful collections and their shops in my blog.

Etsy: Your place to buy & sell all things handmadephotogypsy320.etsy.com

Etsy: Your place to buy & sell all things handmadelunalove.etsy.com

Etsy: Your place to buy & sell all things […]

It’s about 4 in the morning, and I’m just getting over a particularly bad migraine. Now that I’m feeling better, I don’t want to go to sleep. I’m feeling good, so I want to get some work done. Funny, huh?
I’m absolutely certain that I had something more interesting to write here, but it has escaped […]

Vince and I spent yesterday in Santa Cruz. We were planning to go hiking in the redwoods, but we ended up spending the whole day walking along the coast, then we got sushi at Mobo Sushi - the best darn California-style sushi in the world! (I get the vegetarian Crop Burning and Guido rolls - […]

View from Diablo looking east over the Central Valley toward the hazy Sierras.
I don’t generally blog about what I’ve been up to, but since I took photos this weekend, I thought I’d make an exception.
I went hiking on Mt. Diablo with my friend Chris on Saturday. Mt. Diablo sits between the Bay Area and the […]

Above: Necklace made of handmade copper links and green jasper ovals.
A friend of mine got me hooked on cinnamon dolce lattes, which I promptly renamed “snickerdoodle coffee.” That’s my attempt to not sound like a latte person while still drinking lattes.
Today Lava Jewelry was featured in the a wonderful blog called The Creation Station, written […]

Above - dark purple sugilite cabochon wrapped in Sterling silver wire
I’ve made available an Excel spreadsheet for download by Etsy sellers. It’s a simple no-frills spreadsheet for calculating your net profit after Etsy and PayPal fees, etc. You can download it for free on the right under “Downloads.” If you wish to make suggestions […]