Adrienne is originally from Long Island, New York. Spencer is originally from Colorado.

In 1998, we got together when we realized that we both designed websites and decided that we made a good team. We started Columbine-Rosebud Enterprises as a web designing business. Columbine is the state flower of Colorado, and Rosebud was Adrienne's screen name on the internet. Our username became "corosbud", back when usernames could only be 8 characters.

Adrienne was an international champion archer, and she got me interested in archery. After a short stint with a bad archery shop, we started our own business on the internet. It was, and still is, Bullseye Archery, although the archery part of it is pretty much dead. It is where we sell hunting and fishing related items, like our very realistic fish, wildlife, and bird decals.

Since Bullseye Archery was kind of a "dude" site, Adrienne wanted a more feminine site, so she came up with A Ritzi Gift Shop, a place for gift items, fountains, statues and such.

We live in a 5th wheel trailer and became snowbirds. Shortly after 9/11/2001, we were headed for Mexico and decided not to leave the country. We stopped in Arizona and got seasonal jobs. We live very close to Quartzsite, Arizona, one of the biggest outdoor swap meets in the winter, and one of the biggest rockhounding paradises in the country. Lapidary is a major part of Quartzsite. I happened to have an old lapidary combo unit in storage that I'd had for 20+ years. Rock collecting has been a hobby since I was 6. So I drug out the machine and started getting serious about cutting and polishing rocks. Adrienne found us a source for lapidary equipment, and Nature's Gifts was born. Nature's Gifts is all about stuff that we get from nature and the tools to work with them. Lapidary equipment, rocks, gemstones, gemstone jewelry, butterfly decals. Our main line is the lapidary equipment. We sell saws, grinders, and a new flatlap machine. I now own and use all of them and I love them! I am about to retire my old Lortone!

We live in Arizona from October to April, away from the snow and bitter cold. In the summer, from April to October, we move to Wyoming where we collect rocks mainly from the Wind River.

Recent news:
April 4, 2005 - We got married on a riverboat in Laughlin, Nevada!!! Who says internet romances don't work??

January 1, 2006 - We changed our username on eBay from "corosbud" to "natures-gifts2000".

January 2006 - We bought a 10 inch slab saw. I am now cutting slabs and selling them in our eBay Store.

February 2006 - We started to run out of room in our eBay Store, so we started a new Store under bullseyearchery.
This new store will be sporting goods related items. We have a lot of archery equipment left over from the old archery shop. We have moved the fly-fishing tapered leaders there, too. We also moved our very realistic fish and wildlife decals to that store. The decals are also on our website, Bullseye Archery.

May 2006 - We bought an 18 inch slab saw from a friend of a friend in Iowa. Long trip from Wyoming to Iowa, but well worth it! My slab cutting has taken a giant step up! The package deal included about 200 Brazilian Agate slabs.

August 2006 - We acquired about 1/2 ton of genuine Wyoming Jade! We have all types: pink, pink and green, spinach green, sage green, apple green, green, snowflake, and black. Mostly we have rocks! They are becoming slabs, but it's slow work. We also have over 1000 cabochons already cut and polished. It was all mined at a jade mine outside of Riverton, Wyoming.

August 2006 - We just introduced Uncle Tom's Lot-O-Buffers and Lot-O-Tumblers.

October 2006 - Bought a 14 inch saw in Quartzsite.

December 2006 - Bought another 10 inch saw on eBay.

March 2007 - Sold the 14 inch saw and bought another 18 inch saw in Quartzsite.
Did a tally and figure that I now have 10 saws!! Two 18", two 10", and six 6". Half of them are in AZ, half in WY. I may sell 4 of the 6" saws since I only use the Inland trim saw. I keep the Lortone just for nostalgia!

April 2007 - We launched a brand new website called Arizona Slabs and Cabs to sell our slabs, cabs, and Adrienne's jewelry. This keeps the shipping (USPS) separate from Inland equipment (UPS). The prices are cheaper there, too!

January 2008 - We have a booth at the Tyson Wells Show in Quartzsite, Arizona, from January 4 to February 10, 2008. Our booth is O-18 under the name of Nature's Gifts. If you are in the area, stop by and save some money on shipping!

February 2008 - Please visit our new store on Dragon's Aye Auctions. Because there are no fees there, prices are a lot lower! Check it out...or stay here and pay more.

February 2008 - Due to the rise in eBay fees, we will no longer be carrying the accessories in our eBay Store. If you are interested in purchasing them, please email us and we can get them for you.