winners!!

And the winners of our gift certificate giveaway are....

VA and DIEM DESIGNS!

Congratulations, you each have $25.00 to spend at www.cabbingrough.com!

Molly and Karl cutting rocks

It's time for my first giveaway!

Well, we have reached 600 fans on facebook, and I promised we would do a giveaway in celebration! The prize will be a $25.00 gift certificate good towards anything in our etsy store. Simply post a comment here, and my lovely daughter Molly will draw a winning name from the hat this Saturday!! Winner will be posted Saturday afternoon.

If you are not a fan of our facebook page, please join us at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cabbing-Rough/323409776233

And our etsy store

Good Luck everyone, and thank you for your continued support!!

*photo by Bridget Stark Photography

Beautiful Jewelry!

Here are 3 new pieces made with my stones by 3 different artists.

1.) Malachite/Azurite made by Brita http://antennaeart.com

2.) Plume Agate Tree made by Connie http://www.etsy.com/shop/tescar

3.) Gold Moss Agate Necklace made by Ros http://www.jumpingjunipers.ca


Each of these ladies has such an amazing, unique style. It is just unbelievable to me that my stones have made their way to become such gorgeous pieces of art.

Just got back from vacation!

So, I have not taken a vacation for 6 years, this one was way overdue! We packed up all the kids and the dog and went to stay in a cabin at Pride of America in Portage, Wisconsin. We were there for 4 days, and had the best time! We roasted marshmallows, went fishing, and made sandcastles. We stayed up late playing Yahtzee and Uno.

The second day we were there, we took a day trip down to Madison where we found Burnie's Rock Shop. What a great place! This little store has big drawers in the back FILLED with slabs of every color, it was like my very own treasure hunt! If any of you are ever in Madison, I highly recommend you stop by Burnie's.

So now that we are back home, it's back to work, and I am more excited than ever to start creating more rocks to inspire all of you talent jewelry designers.

I think I have a little to much time on my hands...

Beacause here is my rock angel :)

Really Cool Beading Contest

I ran into this contest today, and I can not wait to see the submissions later this year! The challenge is to design a piece of jewelry inspired by a couture fashion from the recent runway. All the details can be found at : http://goodquillhunting.com/Haute_Couture_Beading_Contest.html

I hope you'll all take a look, and if you enter, let me know so I can watch for your design!