My favorite way to celebrate my birthday is by taking a trip along the California coast. In the past I'll usually just stay a night or two in each town and visit a few different places. This year I decided to just spend the whole trip in Monterey and it was wonderful. I got to really wander around and also enjoy some down time.
If you follow me on instagram you may have seen my posts about paddleboarding over the years. So I thought it would be fun to do a post about some of the questions I've gotten over the years from friends and family.
This month's birthstone is a crystal made of pure carbon and the hardest of all stones. Diamonds come in so many beautiful colors and cuts. As far back as 15 centuries ago diamonds were valued for their magical properties. They were believed to provide their owners with protection from evil spirits, fire, poison, snakes, illness and more. They were believed to offer access to divine energies.
You can see the collection for this month's birthstone here.
"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." -Dalai Lama
I've been asked for years if I make anything with hearts in my collection and the answer has always been no until now.
I had planned to launch these necklaces earlier in the year but there were shipping delays to get the stones so they're here now.
I chose 6 stones for this sweet collection. If these are popular I'll try to source more of these stones.
History records its first use in Greece between 300 and 500 B.C. Its name is derived from the Latin meaning "water of the sea". Aquamarine has been mined in Brazil, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Australia, Africa and the United States.
