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September 11-24, 2006
ephemerala
September 11-24, 2006
WOW, Are We LATE or WHAT?
Hmm, let's see, checking through the files for the last issue...it was on
July 24. So it's been seven weeks since the last issue. That's got
to be a record. This last month has been uber-hectic for us, with out of
town visitors AND a local festival (see NEWS, below). Things that
were waiting to be listed were put on the shelf so I wouldn't get ahead of
myself and list things that weren't ready to go. As a result, we have a
TON of new items soon to be listed, a bunch of festival low-sellers that will
pop up here soon, and an unfortunately long dark spot in the history of the
Ephemerala Newsletter. Starting today I am going to redouble my efforts to
get this literary gem out on time every fortnight. To make up for the long
absence, here, at the request of a couple of our friendly regular
customers, are a few cute pictures of the Ephemerala Zoo:
(Can you believe that Cedric was
premature??)
New Items
Mini Gem Chips in Boxes
We already have mini chips
in bags; now we have them in little hinge-top plastic boxes. The boxes are
1" square and contain about 50-80 chips. Sell them for $2-3 each and watch
them fly. This is the sort of thing I adored as a kid!
Pakistan Onyx Marbles Back in
Stock
The title says it all. Unbelievably beautiful marbles with warm
layered earth tones. I've even reduced the price by a buck!
Gemstone Dice
Seven different stones have been turned into dice for your game-playing
fun. No pictures on these yet. With a young baby, it's easy to do
lots of computer-related things like creating listings and typing newsletters,
but it is very hard to do certain tasks such as scanning items! So I have
the dice listings, but no photos yet. Hopefully soon. It's pretty
easy to figure out what they'd look like anyway, so if this is something you've
been looking for and/or you don't mind taking a chance (we have a full money
back return policy, remember!), give it a go.
Coming Soon
New Beads:
(But I'm not sure yet what they are. When we get things cleared up
around here, I'll pull them out, dust them off, and list them for your beading
pleasure.)
Tons of New Chip Beads:
Purple Shell, Sky Quartz, Seraphinite, Bronzite, Chrysocolla, Chrome
Diopside, Gem Silica, Herkimer Diamond, Imperial Topaz, Larvikite, African Green
Jasper, Bauxite, Clay, Tektite, Brown Zebra Jasper, Gaspeite, Fossil Coral,
Black Water Jasper, Green Prase
Bone Perfume Bottles
Assorted Beaded Bracelets & Necklaces
Stone "Egg" Rings
Bamboo Wind Chimes
Large and Tiny Herkimer Diamonds
Fossil Shark's Teeth
Selenite Wands
Quartz Crystal Points
Mahogany Wood Masks
Bamboo Walking Sticks
Educational Toys
(Such as weather stations, crystal trees, cricket clickers, and those
little wire puzzles you liked when you were a kid)
Audubon Bird Calls
Crystal Rock Candy
Boomerangs
And a whole bunch of other items that are scattered in boxes round here
somewhere...
Stone Fun Facts
Abalone (revisited)
** Abalone is a Mollusk (shelled fish) in the Gastropod class.
Gastropods also include snails and whelks. Abalone is prized for its meat as
well as its beautiful shell.
** The pretty part of the shell in on the
inside, where nacre (mother of pearl) of a variety of colors can be seen. The
outside of the shell is dull brown, and you can see this when you look at our
Abalone Chip Beads, which have brown edges and colorful inner surfaces.
**
The word "Abalone" comes from the Spanish word aulone, which is the name
of the animal. The shell is also called Paua Shell.
** Crystal healers use
Abalone for a large variety of purposes. It is thought to be helpful in
disorders involving joints, bones, and muscles. It protects against
uncooperative attitudes, stimulates creativity, and promotes calm. Not
surprisingly, it also helps in calcium deficiencies.
** Since Mollusks often
have to leave their shells to find larger ones when they grow, all shells are
considered to bring boundless growth in life and thought.
** The Abalone that
you often see in jewelry is a brilliant blue or purple. These specimens are
dyed. The natural colors, while beautiful, are generally more varied, and may
include blue, green, purple, pink, yellow, orange, and white. It is sometimes
known as a "Sea Opal" due to the changing opalescent hues.
** All jewelry
made from shells, be it Abalone or Mother of Pearl, is suitable for a Mother's
Day gift!
Please see our Stone Fun Facts
here:
News & Stuff
Hurricane Peach Days a Success
For the last month I've been meaning to tell everyone about our upcoming
festival, but now that "upcoming" festival is a week in the past. Last
year's Peach
Days festival was such a success that we decided to do it again
this year, with twice the booth space and a nursing baby to deal with.
Fun. Hurricane Peach Days was originally a festival to celebrate the fruit
harvest. (We are currently up to our ears in cherries, apricots, and
peaches, and aren't near done yet!) A few years ago the town renewed the
old festival. It has a homey, comfortable feel to it, unlike some more
hectic fairs, and apparently there are a lot of people around here who like
gemmy stuff, because we did a booming business. This year's festival was
extra-special due to it being the centennial of the city of Hurricane, so we
expected as much luck this year as we had last year. We ended up nearly
doubling our sales from last year--a great success. The baby was happy
most of the time (try being five months old and having to sit around a booth for
12 hours at a time!), and our 9-year-old son Rio helped out a lot. My mom
of Designs by Xan (website coming soon) was there as well to sell her
beaded necklaces and earrings.
Fortnightly Sale
Freebies Ahoy!
With the Peach Days festival right behind us and a thorough cleaning and
reorganizing of The
Dungeon taking place as I write (well, not JUST AS I write, but a couple of
minutes ago I was working on it), I don't want to get too bogged down in
changing listing prices or digging up certain items that might be currently
hidden in the chaos, so I'm making it easy on myself by offering assorted random
freebies with every $10 you buy. This means if you spend $10, you'll get
one free gift. If you spend $20, you'll get two freebies. A $60
purchase gets you six freebies. And a purchase of $287 will get you 28
freebies. No limit, just one freebie for every ten buckaroos you drop in
the store this fortnight. To make it even more interesting, I'm not even
going to try to match the freebie(s) to anything you bought. Just gonna
grab whatever is handy and pop it in with the rest of your order. Totally
random and very often senseless. What fun! This Fortnight's Sale is good through September 24,
2006
Penny Sale
Every two weeks, I hide a new special offer somewhere on my online
site. This listing will offer a certain product for ONE CENT, with any
purchase of $10.00 or more. The item and its location will change every
two weeks, so be sure to look often. Simply go to my online store
site:
and browse until you find the hidden listing. Add it to your cart,
along with the rest of your $10.00+ order, and it will be included for just a
penny. Happy Hunting!
(Recent keen-eyed customers got an INCENSE CONE for a
penny. What will you be able to get this week?)
Insider's Special
20% More on Value Packs!
Getting ready for Peach Days put me in a bulky type of mood. So if
there are any resellers out there who have similar fairs coming up, or you just
gosh darn like the stuff, I'll add an extra 20% to whatever Value Pack(s) you
choose. Ten-packs will have 12 items, 20-packs will have 24, and so on and
so on. No limit, but I do ask that you drop me an e-mail to identify
yourself as one of my super-special subscribers so I'll remember to include the
extra stuff.
This Fortnight's Insider's Sale is good through September 24,
2006
Last Fortnight's Top Sellers
(You know you want to be just like everyone
else!)
1. Gemstone Marbles
2. Gemstone Eggs (close second)
3. Jet Chip Beads
4. Egg/Sphere Stands
5. Cebo Lily Shell Beads (now out of stock!)
6. Red Chalcedony Chip Beads
7. Rutilated Quartz Chip Beads
8. Coral Chip Beads
9. Garnet Round Beads
10. Frosted Quartz Chip Beads
That's it for this issue. Talk to you
again in two weeks.
--Suzanne Dallapè
eBay user ID: ephemerala
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