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5 Fun Facts About Silver

5 Fun Facts About Silver

5 Fun Facts About Silver - What are the advantages to the different purities? Silver has captivated humanity for centuries with its radiant luster...

10 Amazing Things You Didn’t Know About Copper

10 Amazing Things You Didn’t Know About Copper

Copper – the unsung hero of metals, a reddish gem that has been entwined with human history for thousands of years. You might know it as the conductor of electricity or that stuff that gives the Statue of Liberty its iconic green hue, but there’s so much more to this versatile metal. Let’s dive into 10 things you didn’t know about copper!

The Wonderous World of Wood Opal Stones

The Wonderous World of Wood Opal Stones

You don’t need to be a rockhound to have heard about wood opal stones. The last couple of years these incredible gemstones have been all the rage in the jewelry world. With only a limited amount of raw material available, the price can be quite high for a piece of beautiful jewelry made with wood opal.

5 things you absolutely must try in Cinque Terre Italy

5 things you absolutely must try in Cinque Terre Italy

Cinque Terre, meaning five lands, refers to 5 small fishing villages clinging to the cliffs of the Italian Riviera, north of La Spezia, south of Genoa. The villages of Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore are many centuries old, and you get the feeling they haven’t changed much over the years.

MY NEW WEBSITE

MY NEW WEBSITE

MY NEW WEBSITE - Why I chose to rebrand, and how I did it myself.I just recently redid my website for the fourth, yes fourth time in 4 years. In...

VINTAGE DEMIJOHN BOTTLES

VINTAGE DEMIJOHN BOTTLES

VINTAGE DEMIJOHN BOTTLESUnless you’ve been living under a rock the past few years you probably have noticed lots of large, beautiful bottles showing...

ART SHOULD MOVE YOU

ART SHOULD MOVE YOU

art should move youI once got to see Monet’s “Water Lilies” at the Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris. I had never been a fan. I thought it was an...

LIVING IN PORTUGAL

LIVING IN PORTUGAL

living in portugal HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT VISITING PORTUGAL? read this post for my top recommendationsGrowing up in Idaho, USA, I always dreamed of...