I just purchased Bill Fretz's DVDs on "Forming Hollow Rings".  I had not made rings in a quite awhile, but had a desire to make myself some attractive, casual rings that I could wear every day.  

I have been fortunate to take one of Bill Fretz's classes in person on "Basic Jewelry Hammering and Forming" at Rio Grande Jewelry in Albuquerque, NM.  So I thought I would try the ring DVD.  It's a great instructional DVD.  As a result, I have made 3 rings beginning with the spinner ring that I posted earlier.  The next two rings I made were take offs from the spinner ring.  I thought the same type of ring would look great with stones on them instead of a spinner. 

This is a flared, wide band, textured ring with a 4mm Rhodolite stone.

 This ring features an Ant Hill Garnet.  Do you know why it is called ant hill garnet?  Ants actually mine these rings.  They bring the rough garnets up from below the ground and deposit the stones in the ant hill when they are building or repairing their home.  These garnets come from the Navajo Reservation in Arizona.  They are a gorgeous deep red.