Etsom·ni·a (/etˈsämnēə/), noun, 1. a sleep disorder caused by obsessive Etsy browsing. 2. The surprising arrival of weird handmade merchandise ordered when one is only half conscious. (True story.) 3. An excuse for me to be an obnoxious, snarky New Yorker once per week.
Happy May! To celebrate all the May babies, I thought it would be fun to look at the month’s gemstone (and my favorite), emeralds. Also, I cannot bear to look at one more COVID-related thing. I need something sparkly!
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Princess-cut emeralds are my favorite! By SaraffJewelI’ve never seen anything like this faceted raw emerald ring. Gorgeous! By StudioPandoraMy cat has coughed up things more attractive than this.As much as I love a piece of emerald Art Deco jewelry, there’s something so perfect about this simple, teardrop-shaped emerald necklace. By RhyellaJewelryThis dark blue tourmaline and emerald ring is just gorgeous! By NangijalaJewelryWHO would buy this thing? WHO?!?These are so gorgeous, they’re making my eyeballs sweat. By GGemsOnlineDeMerJewelry. Who else?I never met a tiara I didn’t like. Then this happened.Mrrrrrowwww! By MoiraFineJewelleryBest looking lab-grown emerald I’ve ever seen. By ARDONNThis is just the kind of gratuitously-expensive garbage my poor father would have bought for my mother. Those Tiffany’s salespeople saw him coming a mile away.Never mind checking the price. We can’t afford it. But isn’t she lovely? By DoverJewelrySometimes, just a touch of emerald is enough! By SlowSilverJewelryThis thing is turning me green, and not with envy!
I am not a big fan of emeralds (or green generally unless it is found in nature) so I appreciate the beauty of many of these items but they don’t hold much appeal to me. The ones I do really love are the ones that use the emerald sparingly (the tourmaline ring and the circle pendant) or the raw emerald.
They appeal to me also. But I have yet to find a stone that I did not like. My wife was deep into lapidary work and she took some really ugly stones she turned in jewels. Yes, there are some that I don’t know why somebody thought they were finished works. Hal
My OBT 
May 7, 2020 at 7:08 am
Dammit. You’re right. We can’t afford that Deco piece…..but isn’t it gorgeous?!!
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May 7, 2020 at 1:23 pm
I positively drooled over it!
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May 7, 2020 at 7:17 am
I agree! I love those earrings too.
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May 7, 2020 at 1:24 pm
They’re magnificent. Still out of my price range, but closer!
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May 7, 2020 at 8:24 am
Em’s are my fave too.Not all of these but you know which ones are a no no.
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May 7, 2020 at 1:24 pm
Indeed! I am especially in love with that tourmaline ring. Wish I had a good excuse to buy it for myself.
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May 7, 2020 at 8:32 am
Who? Who? Who would buy that owl? Me! That’s who! 😁
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May 7, 2020 at 1:25 pm
LOL! Well, I knew someone would!
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May 7, 2020 at 12:40 pm
I am not a big fan of emeralds (or green generally unless it is found in nature) so I appreciate the beauty of many of these items but they don’t hold much appeal to me. The ones I do really love are the ones that use the emerald sparingly (the tourmaline ring and the circle pendant) or the raw emerald.
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May 7, 2020 at 1:26 pm
Though I am generally not a fan of green, emerald always has appealed to me. The tourmaline really is my fave, though.
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May 7, 2020 at 5:53 pm
They appeal to me also. But I have yet to find a stone that I did not like. My wife was deep into lapidary work and she took some really ugly stones she turned in jewels. Yes, there are some that I don’t know why somebody thought they were finished works. Hal
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May 7, 2020 at 9:25 pm
Stones really fascinate me, too. There are very few I don’t at least like.
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