Martha's Market. 10 a.m.-7 p.m., John Paul Jones Arena, 295 Massie Road, Charlottesville. Arts, crafts, women's and children's clothing, stationery, home accessories, antique furniture, handmade and antique jewelry, children's toys and dress-up clothe

Pricey jewelry and jeans fans have something to cheer about despite the retail woes besetting shopping centers around the Valley and around the country.

Although Christmas is more than five months away, it's not too early for Sue Hope to start Christmas shopping. That's how she saves roughly $500 a year on gifts.

Branches & twigs. Stones of various colors and shapes. Miniaturize them, set them in gold, and what have you got? Some exquisitely designed jewelry hardly found in retail outlets locally.

The Greater Southern Gemstones & Jewelry Show & Sale is the largest gem show in Mississippi and will feature demonstrations, displays and activities, as well as approximately 30 national and regional dealers of gemstones, jewelry, fossils, meteorites and