After successful surgery and recovery, Rona's Beads Aboard is fully open again. Please see my events page for events in the next few months. They are mostly at a lovely local monthly craft market in Forest Row. The next market...
Unique Handmade Gemstone Beaded Jewellery
Author: Rona Beadboss
This bracelet has Lapis Lazuli pear cut shapes of the deepest blue, with flecks of Pyrite also known as Fool's Gold. It blends beautifully with the tiny seed pearls in the second row. Lapis Lazuli, especially of any good quality,...
Do you have broken beads or necklaces you no longer wear? Rona is a professional pearl stringer. She can re-design them for you, or just rethread them. Just email a picture and your request for a quote or to discuss...
Serpentine, a variety of Bowenite, is a translucent apple green gemstone often used to simulate Jade. It's often called New Jade or Olive Jade. The name Serpentine is thought to have come from the colour being that of a serpent....
Purple Amethyst, the birthstone for February, has been highly prized throughout the ages for its stunning beauty and legendary powers to stimulate, and soothe the mind and emotions. It has always been associated with February, the month the Romans dedicated...
Citrine is a transparent, yellow variety of Quartz, ranging in color from pale to golden yellow, honey or almost brown, and may contain rainbow or sparkle inclusions. The name comes from the French word Citron, meaning lemon. Citrine is found in a...
Agate is the obvious stone for autumn jewellery. It forms by filling a cavity in its host rock, known as a geode. The result is round nodules, with bands like the rings of a tree trunk, looking like eyes, often...
What is Labradorite I hear you ask? Labradorite is a beautiful stone from a family of gemstones called Feldspar, treasured for it's remarkable play of colour, known as labradorescence. The blue flashes of colour through the greenish grey body colour,...
At the beginning of this year I spent many hours applying for lots of craft fairs, some more successfully than others. I'm sure you realise how demoralising rejection feels! Then LOCKDOWN stopped all! Now the point of my Blog. What...
Finally we are allowed to have outdoor markets. It was lovely to see so many happy faces at the recent Forest Row Outdoor Market. We really enjoyed being there and many purchases were made. We had to have special measures...
