Poodle Love

Have a very happy one!!!!

xoxoxo

The Evil Eye

I showed this piece on my last post, but I wanted to explain a little about it.

It's another one of those interesting Victorian stories 

(well, at least I think they're interesting).

The centerpiece of this necklace was a pin. Consisting of a cat's eye shell in the center of a heart made from tortoise shell. The Victorians believed these shells looked like eyes and used them frequently in jewelry to symbolize the evil eye and to ward off danger and misfortune. The shell is called an Operculum, which is the door to a snail shell.

I suspect this pin was given to a sweetheart to keep her safe while her loved one was away.

Thanks so much for visiting!

Bling Love

Love is in the air...

 

or at least it is at Age Before Beauty.

 

  A friend pointed out that the shop was rather low on show-stopping sparkle, 

 

so I set out to rectify that problem. 

 

 

It seems that during this bleak, dull time of year, a little sparkle is just what the doctor ordered.

 

 At Age Before Beauty.

An Age Before Beauty Alphabet...

A is for Antique Ambrotype.

B is for Black Cameo.

C is for a Curious Comb.

D is for a Darling Dog.

E is for an Enchanted Evening.

F is for Fabulous Flowers.

G is for Gorgeous Garnets.

H is for Happy...

Happy,

Holidays.

at Age Before Beauty.

How Do I Love Thee?

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
 

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight 











For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.

 

I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light. 

I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
 

I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.

I love thee with a passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.

I love thee with a love I seemed to lose

 With my lost saints, --- I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! --- and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

Poem by--Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Jewels by--- Age Before Beauty