July

July

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July

July

The month of warm rain and brilliant sunshine
The month of hot sand and refreshing waters
The month of brilliant colour and scented air

The month of picnics and boardwalk runs
The month of falling in love and making promises
The month of public festivals and private celebrations
The month of countless adventures and lazy afternoons

The month of long days and hot evenings
The month of romantic moonlight and spectacular sunshine
The month of early risers and late night firmament watchers
The month of campfires and shooting stars
The month of lingering sunsets and cricket serenades

July the apex of summer months

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We recommend 'June'.

June

June Pearl of a Month

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June made special with Pearl

White Freshwater Cultured Pearl & Diamond Ring

Freshwater Cultured Pearl & Diamond Pendant

Pearl

June's Gem

Pearl Organic gems
Composed of calcium carbonate and conchiolin
Created when an oyster covers an irritant with layers of nacre
Shaped round to baroque
Refractive and lustrously pearly
Find me in the Persian Gulf, India, Sri Lanka, Scotland, Germany, Philippines, Malaysia, Australia, China, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela
But, oh, if you want me cultured as the near-white Akoya ... from Japan I must arrive
Colour me white to yellow to brown
Select me, you Sophisticates, in grey to black Tahitian-black. Call my name, Tahitian black and They shall covet your unique style.
Accent the little black dress or the dandy's elegant satin cravat with a dash of yellow to pink to purple-pink and the coveted first impression is won
On your wedding day parade me lavender or blue-green Orient - that soft iridescent sheen caused by the refraction of light by the layers of nacre and my lustre will be sure to draw admiring eyes
I am Pearl
I endure changes of fashion
I adapt
I remain constantly admired

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Emerald

May

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May

May is the month of happy smiles and spontaneous laughter.
May is the month of springy steps, green leaves and pretty flowers.
May is the month of mating and the month of promise
May is the month of Mothers
May is Beauty
May is Youth
May is Innocence
May is the month of energy
May is the month of the possibility of ...
Everything

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We recommend 'Passion Week'.

Passion Week
Emerald Bracelet Segment

May Gem

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May made special with Emerald

Emerald & Diamond Accented Ring

Emerald and Other Stone Bracelets

Emerald

May's Gem

Sparkling
Vibrant
Delicate
Valuable
Precious
Intense
I travel to Brazil but I shall make a stop in Zambia.
The journey to find the finest of the finest the intensely intense of the colour intensity will I find in Colombia.
Perchance Australia, India or Pakistan may hold the one stone to quench my passion for the bewitching gem.
Russia beckons.
South Africa rivals the closer to home United States for a place on the jeweller's bench as she conjures the dream and designs for the stone ... I am wearable art ...
It whispers

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Diamonds
April Diamonds

April

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April made special with Diamond.

April

Diamond

Rare
Valuable
Lustrous crystals

Calibrated, sorted, classified
Certified
Graded, guarded, controlled

Brilliant cut, table cut, rose cut, old cut
Select clarity, weight, colour
Enjoy proportion
Enjoy shape
Love fluorescence
Love finish
Boast intensity, purity
Boast uniformity of colour
Be it Cognac or Champagne
Pink, Black or Blue

A Diamond is the perfect stone for the Queen Month of Hope.

March

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March made special with Aquamarine.

 

March

Manic March grips Winter
Grey fog
Thunderous clouds
Howling wind
Pelting rain
Agitated waters

Mild March invites Spring
Warm light
Serene sky
Pleasant breeze
Bright sun
Gentle currents

March
At times
BiPolar

Amethyst

February

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Amethyst

February made special with Amethyst.

February

Of all Twelve of the Siblings, February is unique: The smallest in the litter, February is oft overlooked...

yet, there is much to February: The change in daylight, the delightful speed it bridges to March, the third month of the meteorological winter in the Northern Hemisphere, the twenty-eight days in common years, the twenty-nine days in leap years, the quadrennial twenty-ninth day always called the "leap day" … February set apart.

Suddenly important.

February made special.

Oh, yes, in red hued gratitude: we welcome February.

It gifts us, notably, with a Love Memorial and a Celebration of Family

January

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Garnet Gemstone

January made special with Garnet.

January

It is the first month of the new year. It is two thousand seventeen.
It is January. It is the first day.

Pristine
Brand new.

Unmarred by disappointments, sacrifices, complaints, demands, desires...

The resolve is strong, fervent even, to keep the new in the fresh start.

Oh, January, there is time enough for the happy to be shifted, shaken and dulled.

Time enough for that in the coming days

But for now, one minute into 2017: 

Let the happy be: strong, shiny, bright, bubbly. Let the happy keep its kindness, its goodness, its niceness...

Welcome, January. Welcome.