Will You Be My Birthstone Valentine?

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>> When I first looked up a birthstone chart at the back of an old diary, I was quite crestfallen when I got to my birth month December and found a stone that I could barely pronounced at the time nor had I ever heard of it.  Bloody lapis lapzuli.  Later, I associated my wretched birthstone with old hoary hippies who loved an embroidered vest or two paired with lapis lapzuli beaded bracelets, and maybe a necklace for extra impact.  Me with my 'crap' birthstone therefore has always disuaded any prospective/potential gifts which involved the birthstone.

My gripes remain.  Why can't I be a stone that is all shiny and multi-facted.  Amethyst perhaps?  Sapphire?  Then these Jordan Askill heart birthstone rings exclusive for Opening Ceremony, come along neatly in time for Valentine's Day and I feel myself swaying.  Jordan once slipped a heart ring from his Jordie range on my finger to thank me for writing about him.  It was a sweet gesture that will always rank highly up there amongst things to swoon and go "Awwwwww…" at.  Despite the slight formation of the ring, the heart shape always seems to catch someone's eye and with a twinkling stone set in these rings, there's even more of a chance they'll give out a twinkle.  That is, if you have a sheeny shiny birthstone.  I think I'll claim Steve's birthday (who was actually born on Valentine's Day!) and use it fraudulently to get the amethyst ring…

 

 

 

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35 comments

  1. Lapis Luzuli is so so pretty! Much better than my supposed birth stone which is diamond/amethyst/ruby (?!) Each different chart says different things.

  3. Hahaha of course getting yourself a ring with his birthstone is totally a sign of your love for him! These rings are so pretty and delicate looking and a bit clever on top of that!

  4. Mine is sapphire 😀 😀
    I love Lapis Lazuli though! I just bought a ring with a big Lapis on it and it looks gorgeous!
    xx
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  5. Mine is sapphire 😀 😀
    I love Lapis Lazuli though! I just bought a ring with a big Lapis on it and it looks gorgeous!
    xx
    fashion illustrations at Illustrated-Moodboard.com

  7. This is My firts Valentine with someone and I will be very happy if He gives me this kind of jewell because it looks really diferent from other.
    Thanks for sharing! xoxo

  8. Lapis is an amazing stone! I love my birthstone (opal) the best, but I would take yours over amethyst any day… little flecks of gold!

  10. I decided the other day to get one (for myself) on valentine’s day!! I love how delicate the jordy rings are. They look even more beautiful on.
    I have an ugly birthstone though…

  13. I love lapis lazuli! I would trade any day. Mine is peridot which is my least favourite colour of all colours 🙁
    Love the blog! 😀

  14. Historically, the lapis lazuli gemstone was crushed to create the tint of blue in old paintings and tapestries. It’s also mentioned MUCH more often in old poems and writings from the Renaissance Age in Europe and onwards.
    December babies are so lucky, they have a month-filled with celebrations and the rebirth of the winter solstice 🙂

  21. lovely rings! Lapis Lazuli is a nice blue stone, of course made famous by the orange ‘home shopping channel’ buffoon in Bridget Jones Dairy! Very funny!

  22. Oh Susie, lapis lazuli is a beautiful stone and full of history! For one thing it was a favourite of ancient Egypt. Powdered lapis was used as an eyeshadow by Cleopatra.
    And you’ve also got the choice of turquoise as a December birthstone.

  23. I had no idea about the conflicting birthstone reports! How strange…!
    Anyhow, thanks for all the lapis lapzuli consolations… you don’t have to comfort me with little facts and tidbits… *goes off and cries in corner wishing for diamonds*

  32. But Susie, lapis lazuli is GORGEOUS stuff (would have completely sympathised if you’d had turquoise or opal, though). Come on, don’t you like that shade of blue?

  34. I’m an Art History student and I went to an hour-long seminar last week all about Lapis Lazuli which kind of highlighted how generally kool it is. It was the most expensive material for most artists, and can only be mined in one part of Afghanistan (which, in the middle ages, was thought to be the nearest country to heaven). The stone isn’t pure, it’s mixed with little bits of white calcite and flecks of gold, so it looks like the sky with clouds and stars – and if you make paint with it you have to extract only the blue part, but when you painted with it you were meant to use gold and white paints alongside, so that you reunited it with its original parts.
    It’s from heaven! It looks like heaven! I’m so jealous of you, I’m Peridot which is, like, snot green and never ever used to make medieval manuscripts and sounds stupid like a dog from 101 dalmations or something.

  35. i’m emerald, but i too have a love for sapphire. we never show much appreciation for our birthstones, so I understand your gripe.

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