My Feature on Curation Nation Blog - Talkin' Tuesday!

I am so tickled to be featured on the Curation Nation blog this week. Curation Nation is a team of some very talented artisans and sellers on Etsy. The team is 83 members strong now and makes beautiful treasuries on Etsy. I am also a proud member.

Talkin' Tuesday features 9 Fierce Facts and one line that is completely fictional. Get involved by guessing which one of the 10 items listed is the impostor. It is open to everybody, so what are you waiting for?

Head to the Curation nation blog and put in your guess!

My Guest Post on the Curation Nation Blog

Today I have a guest post on the on the Curation Nation Blog. I wrote a small article with screen shots of how to factor in your Etsy and PayPal fees into your profit so that a truer number is reflected. I have created a simple model on MS Excel.

I hope that you will find this useful, so head over there and take a look!

Curation Nation Natural History Treasury Challenge: Winner

I am thrilled to bits that I was chosen the winner of the Curation Nation Natural History Treasury Challenge!

Due to being the winner, these gorgeous Center Drilled Maroon Garnets from my Etsy Supplies Store were chosen as this week's featured item on the Wednesday Item Treasury Challenges. These beads have been featured 19 treasuries as I write this...and counting!

Being featured brings a lot of exposure and traffic to our online stores. You could be featured in an upcoming Wednesday Challenge too! The featured Wednesday item is picked from the winning shop of the Saturday challenge. Everyone is invited to play - these challenges are open to all, not just to team members of Curation Nation. Please check out the details on the Curation Nation blog.

Making a treasury following the simple rules is really very easy. So please make one and drop a comment on the Curation Nation blog. Just tell them that Som send you.

Colors of the Sapphire Gemstone

Think Sapphire. Think Blue? Think again!
The Sapphire gemstone can be blue, green pink, yellow, and a whole lot of other colors!

Sapphire is a mineral called "Corundum". Chemically Aluminium Oxide. Interestingly Ruby is also the same mineral/ chemical compound. Color is what distinguishes ruby from sapphires. Rubies are red and sapphires are either blue, or another color such as green, orange, pink, yellow, purple, colorless or black.

Sapphire when used by itself generally refers to the blue variety. In its highest quality, this blue sapphire is more expensive than other varieties.




Padparadscha Sapphire is a pinkish orange color and is the rarest and most prized of all fancy (non blue) sapphires. Most Dealers agree that pink and orange hues must be present to be a true padparadscha.



Pink Sapphire is the most highly prized next to the padparadscha.


Other colors include Orange, Yellow and Green.




Colorless Sapphire or White Sapphire is made by heat treating light colored sapphire and is a popular diamond substitute.

This week's treasury challenge by Curation Nation is : Sapphire. Details of the challenge is here. This is my take on the "Colors of Sapphire".


Reference: Gemstone Buying Guide: How to evaluate, identify, select & care for colored gems by Renee Newman GG