This collection began with a conversation, between myself, Cynthia Thornton of Green Girl Studios and Jenn Fulton of Cherry Tree Beads. I shared my dream of seeing my carvings brought to life in gemstone, and Jenn replied, “If you want stone carvings, we can make that happen.” It is no exaggeration when I cried out “do you know what power you wield?!!” and we both laughed, excited and me a bit delirious at the prospect. I gave Jenn a fistful of carvings and she tucked them into her pocket and carried these tiny treasures all the way to China, through markets and crowded streets to find just the right raw materials, where the incredibly skilled craftsmen transformed them into unique, high quality gemstone pendants. Together, we brought a vision to life in stone—a true collaboration between friends to create earth magic. A dream, turned into something you can hold.