With the high price of silver and gold, other metals are coming into the light.
You will be finding more of tungsten, titanium, stainless steel, brass, and plated base metals.
I watch the fads move through the years like crashing waves sweeping the beach.
Each year it explodes and then drifts back to the ocean, as we anticipate the next crash of the next trend.
Although many of my designs remain ageless. I love the pieces that you can wear year after year and always be fashionable.
Would you be happy to wear Ocean Sage’s Stainless steel?
Don’t get me wrong, I do love stainless steel. Boat anchors look gorgeous on a stainless chain for rode.
I also love titanium, it has to be the greatest metal of all. Corrosive resistant with a lustrous white metallic finish. How could you not love it? So light, so beautiful, fast lane baby!
The plated metals are great for the trendy fashions. Just as the trend is on its way out, the metal begins to peel and flake. Hopefully not in the piercing of your ear.
When you wear Ocean Sage Jewelry, you are wearing a style that uses high quality materials. It is a product that speaks for itself. It is not mass produce, but always offers you a unique solution for your jewelry accessories. So for now I will stay with Sterling Silver, Gold and 14k Gold filled.
Today is winter and it is cold outside. I look out my studio at a vast landscape of white reaching all the way to the horizon. To bring the passion back into my life, I create with pearls. The colors, the luster, and to add Swarovski Crystals is like adding stars to that horizon. I love to design with the summer passion of pearls.
Ocean sage is more than jewelry it is art, it is an expression. It is an adventure
Owner and Designer
of Ocean Sage
A New Year
As I contemplate on Ocean Sage’s focusI try to figure what direction to go.
Sea Glass is a subject close to my soul, and fashion is close to my heart.
As my sister would say “why choose when you can have both.”
So first we’ll take a look at fashion.
Turquoise has all but faded from 2010,
and will be here for a very long time.
A new color comes into the spot light.
Pantone calls it “Courageous. Confident. Vital.” Welcome Honeysuckle.
I always thought of a flowering honeysuckle as a creamy white color. The color of the year is described by Pantone as a “festive reddish pink”.
As most of you know I am also a bee keeper. Did you know that the majority of the bees are girls?
I will get to the nursery this year and get them some nectar filled festive pink Honeysuckles.
My girls will be the buzz of the feral bees in the timber.
What are your thoughts of painting their
hives in the festive color?
Just a bit on Sea Glass
Sea Glass was the gem of choice over the Holidays.
With the new cliental comes new questions. Which is great. It motivates me
to learn more about the origin
of the many colors.
On my web page on Facts About Sea Glass,
I only focus on popular colors.I will be updating including the more rare colors that have been added to my jewelry.
Invitation Only Jewelry Sale
For Valentines day.
I would love for you to attend.
Send me your email
and I will send you a private link that you can shop
at with prices that will steal your heart.
Have a wonderful year and thanks for stopping by.
Owner and Designer
of Ocean Sage
Merry Christmas 2010
Thank you for stopping by so that I can wish you a
Very Merry Christmas!
As I sit here with my hot cup of soup,
hot cup of tea, runny nose, sore throat,
I still will contemplate on the things that
I am grateful for.
You are on the top of my list.
Thank you, for your purchases, your compliments,
for helping me at my shows, and for just stopping by
and reading my blog.
Thank you!
I look forward to being your jewelry designer
for years to come.
So here is to wishing that your holidays be filled
with magic.
Lets see feed a cold starve a fever? Must be time
to eat again.
I love this cold!
Sincerely,
Jorie
Owner and Designer of Ocean Sage
jorie@oceansage.com
Black Friday
With fall racing into winter,
many of us are looking to the
fashion trend ahead of us.
I have my own view,
if it looks good, you like it,
then wear it.
Chunky to clunky, and sleek to petite,
it’s all ours to have.
So it’s time to decide how you want your diva to look this winter. What color is yours?
What styles do you look good in?
I love clothes, but my favorite is the accessories.
As you well know I love jewelry.
So Ocean Sage wants to help you accessorize. I am having not only a Black
Friday Sale, but the Sale is for the whole Week!
Low prices on Sea Glass Pendants and
other Accessories.You don’t have to wait, you can start shopping now.
Make sure you sign up for the drawing that will be held
on Thanksgiving Day, and Win a $30
gift certificate!
So get a warm cup of hot chocolate, herb tea, or a
glass of wine, and shop stress free.
Ocean Sage Is
in Downtown
Burlington!
The Art Guild is now carrying Ocean Sage in their gift shop.
Along with jewelry, you will find beautiful pottery, paintings, and sculptures that would
make Wonderful Christmas gifts. Leave your troubles at the door and become immersed in the beauty. Take a few minutes or a few hours to enjoy talented exhibits that are there for your enjoyment.
Shop for Ocean Sage in
Grand Haven Michigan
For my friends in Michigan,
Ocean Sage is now in Downtown
Grand Haven.
Please come in and shop at
Carlyn Gallery.
This store is pure eye candy, and with affordable prices. Along with traditional arts,
Carlyn Gallery also promotes Eco Art
with a "Green" flair.
A truly magnificent shop.
The ambience is relaxing, and the shopping is a delightful experience in a restored charming
1978 structure.
It is Accessory heaven!
Happy Shopping!
Why Buy Gold Filled Jewelry
Why Buy Gold Filled
With the price of gold, a piece of gold jewelry would be a
costly investment. Gold filled offers the same quality of
gold, but for an affordable price.
When looking at the alternatives, gold filled and gold plated
should not be confused.
Gold Filled vs. Gold Plated
Gold plated is the lower level of jewelry, where gold filled is
a very good alternative to solid gold. Gold filled is 100% more
gold than gold plating.
Gold filled is regulated by the government, where as gold plated is not.
The gold filled jewelry wears, looks and lasts like solid gold.
Gold plated jewelry will tarnish and rub off.
In the jewelry industry gold filled must be at Least 1/20th by weight of the
product to lawfully be called gold filled. (also referred to as GF)
What is Gold Jewelry
All gold starts with pure 24 karat gold.
24K is 99.9% gold.
Gold by itself is too soft
for jewelry, and other alloys are
added to it.
You rarely see 24K
jewelry as it would not
hold it’s shape very well.
Much of the
22K is found in antique jewelry, and is also
very soft for every
day wear.
18K is 75% gold is used for fine jewelry, and
has
adequate strength.
14k is 58.3% gold and it wears very well for everyday
jewelry, while still having the gold hue.
What is Gold Filled Jewelry:
Gold filled is a process of bonding solid gold to a base metal.
What this means is that you have a tube of 100% gold around a metal.
The least you can lawfully have to be gold filled is 10K.
Most gold filled jewelry is made with 14K gold. This means that
you are making your tube from a 14K sheet of gold.
So everything that touches you is Gold, and this layer must
legally be 1/20 the weight of the piece of the jewelry.
It will wear like gold, it will not tarnish, can be worn by
in most cases by people with sensitive skin, and you’re
able to enjoy real gold with out the price tag.
Caring for gold filled:
Gold filled can last for a lifetime if cared for properly.
As with any precious metal, keep away from harsh chemicals,
and clean with warm sudsy water, or use of a quality polish clothe.
I hope this helps you to understand the differences in the
quality of jewelry.
At Ocean Sage I Never use gold plated. My product, when
made with Gold, is 14K Gold Filled.
If you would like a product made with 14K Gold, I would
be happy to work with you.
If you have any questions or comments I would love to hear
from you.
Have a great week, and check out Ocean Sage on Facebook.
I hope you give me a "LIKE",
also come follow me on twitter!.
Sincerely
Jorie
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4th Annual Jewelry Party
2010 Michigan Summer Jewelry Party
I would like to thank all those that came to the 4th annual Michigan Jewelry Party.
It was a perfect night to remember.
Beautiful evening with a delightful breeze from Lake Michigan.
Ocean Sage hosted a drawing and our winner is
Helen Rowe! Congratulations Helen.
We had delicious exotic hors d’oeuvres inspired by Aloha Catering.
Joanie again tempted us with her sumptuous menu that was irresistible.
I would like to give a special thanks to
Deb,
With out your gracious spirit, this party would not be possible.
You have been such great support.
Namaste
Joanie from Aloha Catering,
For making your delectable treat so out of this world, thank you for
incredible hors d’oeuvres and presentation.
You rock baby!
My workers,
Kela Luers (who is not in the picture, but was busy taking them all)
Laurie Mergener
Nikki Langlois
Dan Langlois
and a special thanks to all that jumped in and helped.
Look forward to the 5Th Annual Event, and hope again that
you are able to make it.
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and send my your address.
Enjoy the Labor Day Weekend.
Ocean Sage at the Art Gallery
Snake Alley Art Fair
I was so excited that Ocean Sage was invited to host at the Art Guild
during the 2010 Snake Alley Art Fair.
The Art Guild is in a new location right in downtown Burlington on Jefferson.
There was a lot of work to the renovation to this old building.
The members involved in this
have done a sensational job.
During the Snake Alley Art Fair
Ocean Sage was set up inside the Art Gallery. It was a great time
meeting a lot of new people, and visiting with ones that I had already met.
I did demonstrations of how to do wire art, and look forward to doing it
next year.
With Summer here, I’m getting ready for a few road trips to Michigan.
Will post more on that this week.
With a full supply on Sea Glass it’s time for me to get back to the
Studio.
Thanks for stopping by.
ing by.
The Challenges of making Sea Glass Jewelry
I thought it would be fun to talk about
sea glass jewelry, and the challenges of
making jewelry with it.
I have had such a wonderful opportunity
to do some very unusual pieces.
The latest is a beautiful piece of very
rare yellow.
In the book Pure Sea Glass, Richard
Lamotte states that yellow is the 4th
rarest color of sea glass.
He goes on to explain that yellow
bottles were never massed produced.
So his odds are, out of every 3,000
pieces of sea glass you find your 3,001
will be yellow.
Your’s odds may be better in Vegas,
but never as much fun as walking along
the beach in search of the powerful sea’s
treasures. Then again, maybe it’s fun to
have a wild side.
This is a beautiful piece of yellow, if not
from a bottle possibly a beautiful yellow
vase, if only the glass could tell us it’s story.
It was a difficult piece to wrap. The front
was rounded and the back inverted. This
was not what made it difficult but the shape made it very
difficult to get a centered look.
After having it wrapped, I decided to
do 180 degree change and was happy.
Rare Sea Glass
As I spoke in my last post of the wonderful treasures from Maui,
I will go more into the rarity of the glass.
As much of our world has gone to plastic,
sea glass is becoming difficult to find.I continue to look through the sea glass from Mikey’s past
and pick out pieces that have colors I rarely see.For instance the Coca Cola Bottles are blue green, this piece
Looks as if it am be a ca or co and it is a rare lime green.
Although there have been browns
as you can see in this brown and Olive, they almost look black.
Although these colors are considered to be rare,
the sea glass that is recognized as being the most
rare is orange.
I am not 100% inclined to believe in this verdict.
Although orange may be the most sought after color, is it
Really the rarest?
As we know our sea glass comes from bottles, glasses,
cups, plates, windows, lamps, and articles long that nature.
Wouldn’t it be prudent to conclude that the rarest glass
comes from the oldest glass?Something to think about and will be discussed in our next post.
Please feel free to comment, I would love to hear your thoughts on this.
Sea Glass From Maui
You can not imagine how excited I was to get this wonderful
shipment of sea glass.
My mail lady had regrettably told me she had a package for me
but was afraid the contents were destroyed. I know she thought
I was a real nut when I uncontrollably danced with excitement
when she told me she could hear the broken glass.
My sister Mare has lived on Maui for half of her life.
When I went to visit her I was able to explore many
beaches with her, and her friend Mikie.
We walked for miles listening to the sound of the
surf, feeling the ocean spray,
With our eyes on the beach, searching for sea glass.
Mikey has lived on Maui for his entire life, and
has been looking for sea glass for
As long as he can remember. It has always been a
part of his life.
Every Sunday afternoon he and his grandmother would
walk the beaches.
Generations apart they would bridge that gap as they
spent the day together
gathering treasures.
It is this sea glass that was collected nearly a half century
ago that I received in the mail.
Thanks Mikey for being able to part with them.
You and Mare have made my Year!
