Friday, February 10, 2012

Red Velvet

The February 14th holiday of Valentine’s Day is the perfect time to create romance. It may be cold and dreary outside, but you can make sure that it's warm and snuggly inside by implementing one of these romantic suggestions for giving jewelry this Valentine's Day.

Sometimes giving a gift is more fun than receiving one. This is even truer when your significant other is touched by an added romantic gesture. If you're giving jewelry to your sweetheart and you want to indulge in the presentation, there are several ways to spice it up. You don't have to stick to the typical store-wrapped package and you are sure to earn bonus points by putting in the extra effort.

Here are five creative ways to give jewelry:

Served as a Course
If you're planning to go out to dinner with your loved one and think that would be an appropriate time to give your gift, present it as a part of the meal. At the restaurant, bring out the jewelry wrapped in a small box under a covered dish so she has to remove the lid. Place an engagement ring at the bottom of a champagne glass or as a decoration on a piece of cake. Keep an eye on her so that she doesn't eat or drink the shiny new jewel.

Adorn a Stuffed Animal
Having a stuffed toy wear the jewelry is a sweet gesture, especially for an animal lover. A necklace, earrings or bracelet can be placed right on the toy; a ring can be placed over an arm or on a string as a necklace. Take the romantic gesture one step further by placing the animal on your sweetheart's chair as a surprise while she's in the restroom.

Hide It in the Mundane
Surprise your significant other with your jeweled gift by camouflaging it in an everyday item around the house. Make a bookmark out of a necklace and place it in something she’s currently reading.

Surprise Delivery
Let your partner share in her glee about your gift by having it brought to the office. Order a bouquet of flowers and ask to have the jewelry included in it as part of the delivery. Attach the piece to a flower or use it as an adornment to the vase.

Include a Written Gesture
For a simple and romantic way to give jewelry, write your heartfelt notes in a card and place the piece of jewelry inside. This method works best with flat necklaces, bracelets and earrings. If you're good at writing poetry, write a poem. If not, copying a love poem or listing why you love your sweetheart are other romantic ways to show love.

The Inspiration:

The Jewelry:









A kiss without a hug is like a flower without the fragrance. 

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Aquamarine Dreams

The Inspiration:
Dreamy

The Jewelry:







The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious.  And why shouldn't it be? - it is the same the angels breathe.  ~Mark Twain

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Raspberry Satin


Romantic raspberry hues awaken warm feelings of passionate love. Imagine sipping delicious, rich merlot wine on a country hillside at sunset or taking a dreamy stroll down a moonlit path with plum blossoms bursting into bloom, filling the air with their sweet, luscious aroma. However an evening spent with that special loved one, if you are wearing raspberry satin colors, you are destined to have a sensual night.
The Inspiration:



The Jewelry:






She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies,
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes;
Thus mellow'd to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impair'd the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress
Or softly lightens o'er her face,
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.

And on that cheek and o'er the brow
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent.
 
~Lord Byron