“I usually like sparkly things,” says someone. “But I’ve been feeling drawn to colors that are more subdued.”
“Wow,” says her friend. “For me, it’s just the opposite. I’m usually ‘Earth tones all the way,’ but lately I’ve been craving color, something really vivid. That feels more alive to me right now.”
Our tastes change. The important thing to focus on is what calls to you now. That doesn’t mean tossing jewelry you’ve loved for years. You may be madly in love with it down the road. But if you’re wearing something simply because you’re used to it—is that how you want to live your life? The jewelry you wear now should reflect who you are now.
This month gives our two friends a great opportunity to test this out. We’ve got one of the boldest gemstones as our May companion—emerald, which we wrote about here.
http://myjewelrydoctor.blogspot.com/2019/05/did-somebody-say-emerald.html
More about emerald from the Gemological Institute of America.
https://www.gia.edu/emerald-history-lore
But emerald isn’t our only companion this month. The other birthstone is, as you see in “Did Somebody Say Emerald?”, one of your Jewelry Doctor’s favorite stones: agate.
Why agate? Oh, honey, because it comes in all shapes and sizes, lots of different colors, and you can do so much with it. And agate has been around for a long, long time. Here’s a pair of agate earrings from the Victorian age that look as though they might have been designed last week.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agate#/media/File:Victorian_banded_agate_ear_rings.jpg
Here, also thanks to Wikipedia, is a wonderful picture of a variety of freshly tumbled agates (which, by the way, might slake the thirst of both of our friends, since those orange ones are quite bold, while some of the others have their drama a little below the surface).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agate#/media/File:Tumbled_agate_and_jasper.jpg
What are you feeling most drawn to these days? Call us at 415/796-3969 (text 415/596-4244), and let’s create something that feels true to who you are now.
San Francisco Jewelry Doctor. Designing for you, today and tomorrow.
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