The gem train is full speed ahead, friends!

Link:  RUSSELL LENG

p.s. For more painted gems, indulge yourself here, here, here and here!

OMG! It’s the 3D (and well-lit) version of this painting! Amazing.

Link:  MONDO CANE

Agates, rocks and gems are springing up like… well, spring. In lighting (like these Brenda Houston lamps!), furnishings, fashion and art — agates are rockin’ a stylish future:

-Agate Platters
-Agate Sculpture
-Agate Print
-Agate Bookends
-Agate Rings
-Agate Vase
-Agate Necklaces
-Agate Lighting

Lovely amethyst. This IS an amethyst, right? I don’t know my gems.

But I totally know my awesome.

flickr:  CARLYBIRD
blog: CARLY WAITO