About a month ago, I arrived home from school for the summer. Since then, I have had lots of time to cab and plan out what I want for the...

I moved back into my dorm this past month. I absolutely love being here at Madison…asides from the snow storms three times a week! In all...

Over the past couple of months, I have had the great pleasure of getting to know Artifice Jewelry’s, Matea Alexander. Matea runs Artifice...

Happy New Year everyone!! We have some exciting information to share with you as well as a few goals we've set for ourselves. <3

For anyone who doesn’t know, Northwood Cabs is run by my mom (Laura) and me (Molly). We have had so much fun running this shop together,...

My grandma is the type of person who only wears the finest jewelry and is quite picky about her preferences (as she should be). She has...

One of my favorite downtime activities to do in between breaks of doing school work and working on cutting new cabochons is to find new...

Recently I began working with a brand new material that my inner nerd could not get enough of. Indonesian Feather Agate is not your...

After weeks of planning and anticipation, my dad, my brother, and I went on a trip to Wisconsin this weekend. While in Wisconsin, we...

Wanong Opalized Dendritic Agate is a relatively new find. It was discovered in Australia about 100 miles from Carnarvon, Australia. ...

One of my favorite things used to be looking at all of the jewelry that people made out of the cabochons that my parents cut and sold. ...

I wanted to dedicate a blog post to show off our workroom! This is our hobby room, which is located in our basement that has a station...

Welcome to Northwood Cabs! On this blog, my mom, Laura, and I will be posting about various topics, including lapidary work and...