When ground water, carrying dissolved silica, is forced into a porous area of a rock, rapid cooling often occurs, causing the formation of tiny crystals on the surfaces or in cavities of the rock.  The clear crystals often form on top of previously deposited minerals.  This is called a drusy.  Some minerals found in this form are chrysocolla, malachite, hematite, psilomelane, uvarovite, pyrite, carnelian, emerald, ruby, and cobalto-calcite.

Tiny quartz crystals, which form on or within the surface of other stones, are a drusy.   Drusy, druse, druze, druzy, drusies, and druzies are the different spellings for this phenomenon. 

The titanium drusy is an agate drusy that has been coated with titanium in a vacuum chamber.  It produces a permanent metallic coating in spectacular shades of light, dark blue or iridescent white.

In 1995 I purchased 1500 pounds of designer buttons.  The collection filled six 33-gallon garbage cans.  After all these years I still have one garbage can full of buttons.  That was the beginning of Sharon Lansdowne Designs and Cute As A Button Jewelry.  Bracelets, necklaces, pendants, rings and home accessories have been designed using these beautiful buttons. 

My love of things that are old developed my interest in typewriter key jewelry.  You’ll love the quality of my sterling silver findings.  The settings are my design and manufactured for me.  The keys are set in bezels rather than glued to a base metal finding.  In addition to the standard antique keys, German, Russian and Finish keys are available.   All the keys are 50 to 100 years old and were acquired from typewriters that were no longer serviceable or could not be restored.

Windbag Jewelry was the name we gave to this line.

While vacationing several years ago I bought several drusy pendants and earrings.  I was fascinated with the uniqueness and beauty of these stones.  After acquiring several pieces and giving some as gifts, I wanted to buy and sell drusies as a business.

Drusy Drama became a reality in 2008. 

You will discover, not only the beautiful drusies, but I have included other stones, shells, rare and unusual pieces of jewelry.