Just got back from Penguicon 5.
Went to a panel on miniatures – learned a few tricks to try on jewelry making.
Went to another panel on staying on target artistically speaking… and trying to make it work along with the rest of your life – called Life Hacks. It was primarily targeted to aspiring writers – however I found it very useful for my own needs too.
While there I found someone selling rocks / stones etc as well as their own jewelry. Well I picked up several nice cabochons to experiment with in my silver work. And few loose polished rocks for wire wrapping.