I have some runes, I was able to purchase these at a pretty inexpensive price several years ago. I was able to find them in the birthstones for my mom (garnet), my daughter (turq), mine (aquam.), clear quartz and petrified wood. I love stones and I love trees, so I am partial to the petrified wood runes. I have not looked at them in several years, however you all are inspiring me to. <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue2.gif" alt="" />
You can also use runes for meditation and dreaming! Your gemstone runes would work well as would your wood runes. The Havamal and rune poems say:
"It is best to carve them on the bark of trees whose limbs lean to the East."
This is probably why you're partial to that set <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> I'll write an article on runes and dreaming when I get a chance.