Northwest Jewelry

You may or may not know that Oregon is known for rainfall.  It rains here.  A LOT.  So we really appreciate our summers, which general don’t start until mid to late June and go through August.  Summers in Oregon are absolutely glorious!  Temperatures are generally in the 80’s to 90’s with little to no humidity, we [...]

Are you familiar with the term “raclette”?  Wikipedia defines raclette as “both a type of cheese and, informally, a dish featuring the cheese.
Up until about five years ago, I’d never heard of either the cheese raclette or the dish raclette.  Five years ago, however, my daughter Janelle went to France.  She came back with a [...]

Pearls are June’s birthstone.  Natural pearls are organic and formed in the bodies of freshwater and saltwater mollusks.  When natural, they form around an irritation or abnormality.  When cultured, humans introduce the irritation and abnormality.  In both instances, the pearls are formed in layers called nacre.  Nacre has a luster and sheen which makes pearls [...]