Silver Smith & Artisan Sterling Silver Gemstone Jewelry from Bragg Creek, Alberta
March 1, 2010
I was inspired by a soothing leaf shaped Jade pendant, that I resently created into a necklace for myself, to post a writting about Jade.
A little background first. There are two different types of Jade. The first type, “Nephrite” is found in many places around the world including North America (and our British Columbia). Nephrite is the jade originally used in ...
Feb 24, 2010
I was reading the Cochrane Eagle newspaper the other day and came across an article about a 32 year old local cowboy named “Jimmy Richards”. The local community has put forth great effort to raise money for treatments of multiple sclerosis, in which Jimmy Richards has a fast-progressing form of this disease. A silent and live auction is being held at ...
Feb 2, 2010
With the Haiti Earthquake disaster and all the devastation that has occured, I have placed a significant donation to the Red Cross Haiti Earthquake Fund. This combined with other local charities, results in Stone Willow contributing 4.5% of total profits for the year of 2009. Considering that I am a small growing company and that I have paid myself minimal amounts ...