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Blue Heron News~
05/11/09
Almost all cabs are 70% off! 70%!! Yes, that is right, 70%
off of almost all of our wide selection of designer/custom cabochons. We
have never, ever offered a discount this deep. Hopefully, this will give
our customers the chance to purchase that extra special stone previously
too expensive. While you are here, feel free to take a look at our
Michigan Travels pages which shows pictures taken by Patty here in da UP, eh :-) Just click on the Michigan
Travels link on the upper right of this page.
Better yet, we are not just
blowing the dust off of old inventory, instead, Patty worked for three
days straight listing tons of new stuff like Laguna Lace Agate,
Psilomelane/Crown of Silver, Binghamite, Parral Dendritic Agate, Mexican
Crazy Lace Agate, Laguna Agate & many others. Also,
shipping is still free on orders over $50! While you are here, feel
free to take a look at our Michigan Travels pages which shows pictures
taken by Patty here in da UP, eh :-) Just click on the Michigan
Travels link on the upper right of this page.
05/07/09 We have marked down almost all of our
stones at an amazing discount of 70% off! This is a short time discount
so get your stones early before the discount disappears. You are welcome
to tell your friends & please email us with any questions or comments
05/05/09
At 60% off, you might find it hard
to resist our new listings which features some "to die for" Laguna Lace
Agate. Very colorful stuff, ya know :-) There are also drool worthy
designer/custom cabs cut from Mexican Scenic Jasper, Wiggins Fork Black
Agate & Landscape Jasper along with hundreds of other gorgeous cabs.
While you are here, check out our
new Upper Michigan photo pages for lots of great photos taken by Patty in
our beautiful Northwoods home. You can find the photos by clicking on the
link "Michigan Travels" on the upper right of our home page or by clicking
here
Michigan Travels
4/26/09
We
have listed over 50 new stones since yesterday! The new cabs include
Psilomelane/Crown of Silver, large Cooper Pedy Opal, Banded Chrysocolla with
Gem Silica, Starburst Jasper & a number of others. Additionally, our 60%
off sale on almost all of our stones is still in effect plus Precious Opals
are marked down 25%!! We have also expanded our Featured Products
selection, scroll down to see up to 5 featured stones. As always, if you
have any questions or comments, please send us an email, we would love to hear
from you!
4/21/09
We
cut a whole bunch of new designer/custom cut cabochons & listed almost
all of them at our current whopping discount of 65% off! In
addition, we are also honoring our free shipping for all orders over
$50. The
new goodies include Montana Moss Agate cabs to die for, Rutilated
Quartz, African Pietersite, Binghamite & Ocean Jasper just to name a
few. There are new Great Values cabs & also new $4.99 Inflation
Buster cabs too.
We also acquired an exceptional
lot of Montana Moss Agate slabs from our dear friend Ellen. Thanks
Ellen!! These slabs have resulted in many knockout museum grade cabochons
& best yet, they are marked down 60%! We have also listed lots of other
new cabochons at 60% off.
3/30/09
We have added lots
of new custom cut designer cabochons over the past couple of days. A
short list includes the following materials: "Honey Glow" African Cat's
Eye Opal/Chrysoberyl, Montana Moss Agate, Banded Chrysocolla with Gem
Silica, Forest Fire Jasper, Binghamite, Banded Malachite, Mushroom Jasper,
Laguna Agate & lots more. Patty will be adding many more listings over
the next few days so stay tuned for further updates :-)
As always, thank you for your
continued support of Blue Heron Gems, it is greatly appreciated.
3/17/09
Thanks to all of
you, we darned near sold out of our ever popular Chrysocolla & Malachite
cabochons. So Patty chained John to an arbor :) & forced him to cut 30
more gorgeous cabs that are all included in our 60% off sale. Of
course, there are also lots of other exotic stones at 60% off as well as
fantastic Precious Opal cabs at 25% off.
3/14/09
Patty has added a new
category on our Cabochons page for our Precious Opal cabs. Just go to
Cabochons via the link on the left of this page & scroll down to find Precious
Opals. As always, we would love to hear from you with any comments or
questions. All Precious Opal cabs remain 25% off!
3/12/09
We have marked down all of
our Opal cabs 25%! Check them out, there are some real beauties listed
:-)
3/10/09
We have been really busy
cutting a lot of mega grade material for cabochons. Most notable would be
very low priced Brazilian Crystal Opals at about 200% below market value.
These awesome cabs will put the razzle in your dazzle for sure :-) If
nothing else, check out the pictures for an eyeful.
01/26/09
If you are looking for Drilled Cab
Beads, go to our Cabochon page via the link on the upper left & then select
either Drilled Cabochon Beads or Gemstone Beads. Our Ocean Jasper focal
beads have been moved to Gemstone Beads.
01/23/09
Yippee!
We have published a brief photo essay of our gem working equipment! You
can see the new pages by clicking on "How We Cut Cabochons" on the upper right
side of this page or by clicking here
How We Cut Cabochons. To celebrate the
new pages, we have marked all of our stones except for Inflation Busters 65%
off through this weekend!! We have listed a number of new stones over
the past couple of days such as Brecciated Mookaite, Dinosaur Bone, Banded
Chrysocolla with Gem Silica & Banded Malachite in Chalcedony. Enjoy the
new pages & of course all of our stones & please email us with any comments or
questions.
01/22/08
We apologize
for the delay in adding new stones, we had some family issues that had to be
dealt with. Patty is adding stones this evening featuring new Banded
Chrysocolla with Malachite, Brecciated Mookaite, Green Rock Candy cabs & other
materials. We have a rare red Pietersite cab listed as well.
01/16/08
Patty listed over 60 new stones &
beads yesterday & will be listing more this afternoon after she takes pictures
of the new ones.
We
have now added our "$4.99 Inflation Busters" cabs to our website &
Patty has added a number of new cabs in that category. She has also
added a number of other new items & is continuing to add even more cabs along
with more Ocean Jasper focal beads. Be sure to check out the Fire Agate focal beads,
they are really sweet ;-)
01/10/09 Oh my
goodness, to say the least! We have discovered our beautiful chunk of Banded Chrysocolla
contains Gem Silica!!! Patty has listed the latest
new cabs, they are truly beyond words to describe but we do give it a shot
:-) If you search for Gem Silica, you will find the new ones, you can
also look under Collector's Cabs on the cabochon page or look below at the
featured product.
01/16/09
Patty listed over 60 new stones & beads yesterday & will be listing more this
afternoon after she takes pictures of the new ones.
We
have now added our "$4.99 Inflation Busters" cabs to our website &
Patty has added a number of new cabs in that category. She has also
added a number of other new items & is continuing to add even more cabs along
with more Ocean Jasper focal beads. Be sure to check out the Fire Agate focal beads,
they are really sweet ;-)
01/10/09
1:00pm CST Oh my
goodness, to say the least! We have discovered our beautiful chunk of Banded Chrysocolla
contains Gem Silica!!! Patty has listed the latest
new cabs, they are truly beyond words to describe but we do give it a shot
:-) If you search for Gem Silica, you will find the new ones, you can
also look under Collector's Cabs on the cabochon page or look below at the
featured product.
If you are looking for Drilled
Cab Beads, either go to our cabochon page & click on Drilled Cabochon Beads
on the lower left of the page or click here
Drilled Cab Beads
We would love
to hear your comments! Click here
Blue Heron Gem Email to send us an
email & we will answer just as quickly as possible.
07/31/07- Patty
has started doing website development again. Her first "work of art" is
for another cabochon seller & she hopes to be able to gather comments on her
work soon. She is also taking a course in Prostores website development &
hopes to continue to be able to assist with the creation of new websites &
listing templates for eBay.
01/07/07 -
We were interviewed &
featured on the front page of the Florence Mining News, a small newspaper based
in Florence, WI. We had a great time doing the interview & Patty is
working on creating a page with the article. If you would like to see it,
we were in the Dec. 28th edition & the paper can be found at
Florence
Mining News
8/14/06 -
We have added a gallery of stones that have already been sold for your drooling pleasure, total eye candy! Click on the new gallery link on the left side of the page to see the goodies.
July 16, 2006
Melissa (Patty's eldest daughter) works for Target & they sponsored a volunteer picnic for autistic & other spectrum disorder children & we contributed to that. We got a kick out of being a "corporate sponsor". Our business name was up on this big sign with the other sponsors, companies like Target, Johnsonville Sausage & a number of others. There was little "blueherongems.com" up there with the big boys :-) Since our eldest grandson is autistic, we were thrilled to participate! Thanks to all who helped with special needs day
Letter
to the Editor, Sheboygan Press
As the mother of a 4-year-old with autism, I would like to send out a huge thanks to the people that helped sponsor or contributed donations to the Autism/Special Needs Picnic on July 8 at Vollrath Park in Sheboygan.
Thanks to everyone it was a huge success and a great way for families to have a good time and meet with others who share the common interest in helping care for these amazingly special children.
First thank you to Target who was the primary sponsor. It is great working for a company who puts family and community first.
Thanks to other contributors: Pleasantview Realty, Rockline Industries, Pick 'n Save (Plymouth), Wal-Mart (Plymouth), K-Mart (Plymouth), Piggly Wiggly (Plymouth), Watson's Vending, Verifine, Blue Heron Gems.com, Jumping Frogs Preschool, Sargento Cheese, Catering by J Enterprises and Sheboygan County Signs.
I would like to say a special thanks to the Sheboygan Police Department, Sheboygan Fire Department, Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department and Orange Cross ambulance for having representatives of each of your departments at the picnic. The kids enjoyed seeing the cars and trucks. They got to meet with you and know that when they see emergency vehicles that they need not be afraid.
Also. an extra thank-you to the Sheboygan Fire Department for allowing the kids to get ahold of the fire hose.
That was a very special treat that they loved.
One more thanks to the volunteers and the families that came and joined in the fun.
MELISSA RUSCH
Plymouth
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