Poodle Love

Have a very happy one!!!!

xoxoxo

Tidings of Joy

My wish for all of you this holiday is that your hearts overflow with joy and happiness.

That you are smothered by the warmth and comfort of family and friends.

And that the coming New Year brings you peace and love.

Happy New Year!!!!

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.

Friendship, Love, and Truth

They were called, The Odd Fellows. No one really knows why for sure. Some feel that it's because they were an eclectic group of varied tradesmen, or because they were an organization made up of men from many different walks of life. At that time such a group of mismatched callings was thought quite, "odd". 

The three linked chain symbolizes 'friendship, love, and truth'.

The colors on this old 'all seeing eye' lithograph are spectacular. Only some frayed threads of the original, antique ribbon remain.

The colors of these vintage 1930's-40's glass pearls are phenomenal.

 

 Do they even make colors like these anymore?

 Here's a cheer to the quirky symbolism of the old Fraternal Groups, like this one...

A toast to friendship, love and truth--- The Odd Fellows.

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