Is it that time again?

[kit_a_licious]

I've been project-ing like a madwoman lately. I've started the antique photo album, the silverware chandelier, the gourd Easter eggs, the wooden owl clock (photos to come after), and the re-writes of all three of my completed children's stories. Had to pass off the wine cork corkboard project to the sister unit, who luckily really wanted to do it

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[jehscribbler]

Hi, Kit--just took a look at the Tumblr pics and I have to tell you that I think you should check out whether that blue sunburst necklace is turquoise. It appears to be, and the needlepoint 'rays' are usually a sign of a piece that is from a craftsperson who is pretty good. So it might be worth something and could be a real antique piece. Is the back solid silver or cut out behind the stones? (Older Native American pieces usually were solid, I believe. Sometimes they had their totem animal etched into the silver. Newer ones might have a name or initials.) We got some turquoise jewelry in New Mexico when we were out there in the '70's visiting my cousin--they sell 'old pawn'--more valuable, generally--and 'new pawn' as well as pieces designed and made by artisans for sale to tourists and collectors as well as to Native Americans buying it for themselves. Don't know if it would be easy to find someone who knows much about it in Hawaii, though. It is hard to find someone here even who knows much; easier to find in the Southwest where the Navajo, Zuni and Pueblo tribes make these pieces. They each have their own style. This looks more modern to me, but possibly a good modern piece, not just tourist junk.(But I'm not an expert.) The other reason I think it is better is that the blue is lighter and has lines through it. The cheap stuff (and dyed false 'turquoise' stone) is a brighter turquoise--what people think it should look like, not what most does look like. Ok, I'll shut up now!