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The Heart of Stone & Sea
Some gifts aren’t bought, they’re found. This heart began as a stone half-buried in the sand, washed smooth by tides and time. On an ordinary beach walk, it caught the eye — a pale piece of quartz, shaped already by the sea into something almost whole. Carved and polished by hand, the stone slowly became what it had always hinted at being: a heart. Its veins of gold and white gleamed brighter with each pass of the cloth, each hour of quiet work. What began as something pulled from the earth became a symbol, shaped not only by waves but by love. Wrapped in silver and hung from a chain,…
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The First Stone Pendant
Every maker remembers their first finished piece — the one that carried both hesitation and pride in equal measure. For me, it was this pendant, carved from a stone found on the beach, shaped and polished by hand until its quartz and dark veins shone through. It was not just any stone. It became a marker of beginning — the moment when a simple beach find transformed into jewelry, when possibility became craft. The wire wrapping gave it form, but the work of carving and polishing gave it soul. I gave it to my mother, Kathy, because beginnings deserve to rest with the people who shaped us first. The quartz…
