Snake Jewelry
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Single Piercing Labret Kit - 14 Gauge Labret $9.95 There are several different labret variations based on precisely where the piercing is positioned on the lower lip. These include a vertical labret through the top of the lower lip rather than in front of the lip tissue, snake bites (dual piercings close together reminiscent of fangs), spiderbites (dual piercings very close together on the same side of the face), and a lowbret, which is placed as ... |
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Tattoo Goo Blue Wave Saline Cleansing Solution - All Natural Sterile Rinse for Piercings $7.99 From the makers of Tattoo Goo ® and X-pression ® the world's most popular brands of tattoo and piecing products comes new Blue Wave ? Saline Cleansing Solution. Blue Wave is an all natural sterile solution which helps to accelerate the healing process as well as cleanse new piercings. Saline solutions help to remove dried discharge and secretions when used on a daily basis. And like other soluti... |
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Ed Hardy Snake Temporary Tattoo $19.99 Ed Hardy Snake Temporary Tattoo. TEMPORARY TATTOOS FDA approved temporary tattoos. Realistic and Artistic Temporary Tattoos using safe FDA approved cosmetic pigments. Temporary Tattoos are a fun gift idea for any age group. Application directions are listed directly on the back of each tattoo.... |
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Melissa & Doug Deluxe Wooden Stringing Beads with over 200 beads $9.95 Open up your own jewelry-making factory with this Wooden Stringing Beads set. This conveniently packaged, brightly painted set contains more than 200 wooden letters and beads. There are also eight colored cords to make necklaces and bracelets that you can keep or give as gifts. Stored in a durable, handy wood tray.... |
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Harry Potter Bellatrix Bird Skull Choker Necklace $12.50 Bellatrix Bird Skull Choker inspired by the Bellatrix's Necklace in the Deathly Hollows Movie... |
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Egyptian Snake Arm Bracelet $6.29 Our Snake Egyptian Arm Bracelet is ready to help you complete your ancient Egypt Halloween costume. Simpty take the snake bracelet and wrap it around your arm like a cuff. The ancient Egyptians considered the serpent to be a sacred symbol: it can be seen in the tip of the crown which the Pharaoh, king of Egypt, used to wear. The symbol of the snake indicates power. This Egyptian costume jewelry pi... |
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Fumi Snake Silver-tone Bangle Purse Holder $30.00 Fumi Snake Silver-tone Bangle Purse HolderNon MetalWeigth: 0.2 GM... |
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Michelle Monroe Two Snake necklace Snakes two snakes twirling down in topaz montana blue white stones on gun metal... |
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Michelle Monroe Swirl Snake necklace swirl snake black enamel on rhodium with white crystals... |
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.925 Sterling Silver Stamped European Turquoise Hawaii Ocean with Flowers Murano Glass Bead Charm $6.45 You don't need to travel all the way to Hawaii as along as you have this bright blue bead, adorned with beautiful Hawaiian flowers. This bead has a .925 sterling silver core, and is suitable for 3mm Cable European Charm Bracelets. It is interchangeable with other European bead charms, and is compatible with Pandora, Troll, Chamilia, Biagi & other styles of European bracelets. Quality beads sell at... |
Jewelry And Romance
"Well," you may ask, "isn't jewelry romantic by it's very nature?"
To some extent this is true, but we wear jewelry for any number of reasons that are not romantic... to look sophisticated, to look professional, to impress our friends and neighbors.
So what about the romance of jewelry?
In this case I'm talking about romance in a broader sense than simply relationships.
Something more like this definition from the dictionary:
"A quality or feeling of mystery, excitement, and remoteness from everyday life"
That wonderful fission, that bit of a chill that you get from something that is just, well, more than day to day life.
Romantic jewelry is that jewelry that makes you feel special, different, like a princess or a prince. That jewelry that takes you out of your normal hum drum life each time you put it on. The little something extra that comes of wearing something truly special.
Perhaps that is why gold is such a popular metal for jewelry. I love silver and platinum and there are other metals (titanium comes to mind) that make great jewelry, but there is nothing like the romance of gold. To wear gold is to wear the jewelry of kings and queens. In ancient Egypt only the pharaohs and those especially favored by the pharaohs were permitted to wear gold. This feeling of being special and above the fray has continued to the modern day. If you want to feel like royalty (or if you want to give a gift that says you think of your beloved as a king or queen), gold is the answer.
Other jewels that inspire feelings of romance are pearls, emeralds and rubies... and, of course, for many people, diamonds.
Somehow though diamonds don't seem to have the same warmth and romance as the other stones. Actually diamonds were not historically valued as highly was we do today. Much of the romance that has been generated around diamonds is do to de Beers in the early part of the 20th century instituting a brilliant and very effective advertising campaign... so I will leave diamonds for another day.
On the other hand pearls... Pearls feel wonderful against your skin. They are sensuous and mysterious. To look deeply into a fine pearl is to look into eternity. There is also something intriguing about a pearl, knowing that is came not from the cold hard ground, but from an industrious mollusk.
Pearls have been prized in all time periods and all cultures. Historically baroque pearls (large irregularly shaped pearls) were used to make wonderful and fantastic jewelry by embellishing them with gold an gems. Frequently these took the shape of Neptune or other greek gods, sirens, beautiful women and animals. The Canning Jewel in the Victoria and Albert museum is a famous and elaborate use of a baroque as the base for a handsome merman.
Black pearls, particularly Tahitian black pearls have become very popular in recent years. They come in a range of colors from spectacular purples and greens, through pinks to sophisticated browns. All are lovely and the range of colors gives them a great deal of flexibility in choosing just the right pearl for your outfit and mood. The most beautiful black pearl necklace I've seen was from Morrison's a small manufacturing jeweler in Berkeley. The pearls were arranged in a rainbow strung together so that each color melted into the one next to it -- stunning. And of course what could be more romantic than pearls from Tahiti?
(By the way, if you wear pearls, do wear them against your skin, it is good for them, but be sure that you do not wear any perfume, scent or lotion, at least not where it might contact your pearls.)
Emeralds and rubies are traditionally the emperor and empress of gems. Perhaps it is their vibrant colors that inspired our ancestors. Certainly that vivid blood red and cool serpent green are hard to ignore. Even today emeralds and rubies of equal size and quality are more expensive than equivalent diamonds.
In Victorian times colored gems were used to spell out love messages. Sometimes this made for interesting and not necessarily attractive settings; but it is very romantic. For instance a piece of jewelry might have these gems in order:
LOVE: Lapis, Opal, Vermeil and Emerald.
REGARD: Ruby, Emerald, Garnet, Amethyst, Ruby and Diamond.
The shape of jewelry too can harbor a romantic message. Hearts and clasped hands, hands holding a heart (Claddagh) and cupids are self explanatory, but some shapes are a bit more subtle.
For many cultures, including the Romans and the Victorians, snakes were a symbol of enduring love. A snake biting it's own tail so as to make a circle is a particularly potent symbol of everlasting love. Prince Albert gave Queen Victoria a snake engagement ring -- the beginning of a long and celebrated marriage.
Interestingly lizards and frogs were (and perhaps still are) also symbols of wedded happiness. Perhaps this explains the continuing popularity of jewelry depicting this wiggly creatures.
Jewelry in the shape of flowers may also be symbolic. To quote Ophelia "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance; pray, love, remember: and there is pansies. That's for thoughts."
Other flowers commonly found in jewelry are daisies for innocence, roses for the growth and continuation of love and bouquets expressing the commingling and compatibility of marriage. When you are considering the perfect gift from that next anniversary, rather than the common "anniversary ring" how about a more romantic bouquet pendant?
So the next time you are rooting through your jewel box before that special tryst or looking for the perfect gift for the perfect lover, consider the symbolic romance of jewelry and gems.
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