Showroom Video!

We have so much material in our showroom here at the shop that lots of it never makes it onto the website. There are so many beautiful pieces that we decided to post a video of the showroom on our homepage. We should have done this a long time ago. Just click on the...

Back from Tucson

Derek and I survived the Tucson battle! We had six days of shopping from early morning to early evening, and came home with lots and lots of new treasures. Among the new arrivals are: AA grade Blue Lace Agate Palm Stones. For the first time in about 8 years, we found...

Tucson Show is Coming

Well, it is almost that time again. I will be headed to Tucson in three weeks to buy at the biggest rock, mineral, gem and jewelry show in the world. If you are not familiar with the event, you might enjoy the Tucson Photo Essay that we have on our website. I think...

We Are Back!

Hi to everyone. Those of you who follow Kathi’s and my doings probably have been wondering why I disappeared from this Blog. Here is why: On the day before New Year’s Eve I was struck down with a completely obstructed intestine. I ended up spending the...

Save For Later Wish List

We recently added a very helpful feature to the Kathi’s Krystals website. Once you are logged into the site, you can now mark any item as “Save for Later”.  If so marked, the item will show up underneath any items currently included in your shopping...

If You Don’t See What You Want…

We have been going through our busiest period in the history of Kathi’s Krystals. As fast as we can get stones loaded onto the website, they seem to get purchased. If we had nothing to do but stock the website we probably would barely be able to keep up. Given...

Testimonials Page

Yesterday we added a Testimonials Page to the website. This is something that we should have done 5 years ago, but somehow never got around to. Thanks to our wonderful clients who have already contributed comments, and if you would like to join them, just click on the...

How Plans Change

It is very true that the process of running one’s own business, big or small, expands to fill all available time. Further, on any given day, the plans for that day may wind up being preempted by events or activities that represent higher priority. Yesterday was...

Website Upgrade

We just finished a significant upgrade of our KathisKrystals.com website. Although Kathi has handled upgrades on her own in the past, there was so much that needed to done this time that we hired a web developer for the job. We got lucky and picked a real pro....