Be My Valentine

One of my favourite holidays has always been Valentine's Day with its pretty colour palette, romantic imagery and... chocolate! :) Fortunately, as a jewelry designer, I get to start celebrating early by dreaming up some Valentine-themed pieces, now on offer to you in my Etsy shoppe.

These simply sweet bronze cherub earrings feature gorgeous faceted ruby briolettes and the most delicate chains.

I was delighted when I found this vintage sterling silver Reed and Barton heart pendant, still in its original 1950s box and felt pouch at the flea market last weekend!

It makes for a show-stopper of a passionate necklace, accented with sterling floral and rhinestone bracelet links, garnets, rubelite, rock crystal and book chain.

And now for the softer side of romance, this sweet mother of pearl and pink opal confection will take you from a winter white wardrobe straight through to summer.

Mmm... candy! ;)

This pair of glass French lithograph earrings is going to be really hard to part with! I just love the soft blues in the portraits and tried to echo the shade with heavenly faceted aqua chalcedony briolettes. (Swoon.)

And now for the moment you've all been waiting for... (obligatory drumroll)... I invite you to be my Valentine with my new give-away! One lucky winner will receive the double heart and ruby hoop earrings below!

All you have to do to enter is share my blog with someone you love (and whom you think might love The French Circus) by February 5! Then please comment here and tell me who you chose and why you love them. (Example: 'My Aunt Sally because she makes the best oatmeal cookies.') The winner will be drawn at random and announced no later than February 7. Easy, peasy! ;)

While we're sharing the love, I wanted to take a moment to thank all of the new readers I've been seeing recently, as well as those who are following and re-pinning my designs on Pinterest and have become Facebook fans. Not to mention those who have ordered my jewelry! All of you are helping to make my dreams come true and I couldn't have this life without you! In a sense, you are all my Valentines! Good luck to everyone who particpates in the give-away! <3 Robyn

Moonstone

Just a quick post to show you what I've been up to this week. I am over the moon with moonstone all of a sudden! I love its iridescent quality and it's so versatile - it goes with everything! Why I haven't I used this stone before?

I am also giddy over these vintage scapular earrings! I listed them on Etsy, linked it to Facebook, and about five minutes later they were sold! Yay for social networking! Looks like I may be searching for more scapulars in my near flea marketing future... ;)

Sorry, folks, these 'paris charms' are already spoken for too, but I just had to show them off...

And I call this necklace 'rose garden', for obvious reasons. I'm loving the mix of moonstone, rubies, pearls and even pink opal on this one!

Have a beautiful weekend! What is everyone doing for New Year's Eve? :)