Well tomorrow is my birthday. This has been an especially rough year, hence the sparse posts, but it’s only getting better. Anyway, I found this ring on Etsy and found myself thinking about it way too much… and then I bought it as a birthday present for myself. This seller is so nice, by the way! I thought it’d be a nice way to celebrate another year of life, despite the fact that it’s a mourning ring.

It’s a Civil War era mourning ring that is etched with a little daisy chain and zig-zag border on a round yellow gold disk mounted to the rose gold band. I really love how sweet and simple it is- and I like the way it looks with my signet ring (which I never take off). There is a place in back where a lock of hair would have been kept behind a protective covering, but which has worn away with time.  I’ve been obsessed with antique mourning jewelry for a very long time, but this is my first purchase, as most of it is not attainable for me ($$$!), nor is most of it practical for frequent wear.

A few new pieces in the shop!

Check out the shop!  Some new goodies for you.

If I had $1,200 to casually spend on a rug, it’d be this one.   Then I’d force all of my visitors to remove their shoes before entering my domicile.

…to my jewelry collection!  Found in this shop for a very decent price.  It’s going to fasten a vintage gold swing coat that I have. I had been using a big old kilt pin, but this is what I’ve been looking for.

(can you tell by how beat up my hands are that I’ve been making jewelry lately?)

Hey everyone- now through March 1st, all jewelry orders placed with this code at check out L00KS33FREESHIP will have free shipping worldwide. Check it out!  Custom orders exempt.

1. Vintage Star Beads  2. Gracie’s Cottage  3. Pirate’s B00ty  4. Revolution Antiques  5. Vintage Pickle

Thank you all for participating in my giveaway contest.  Even though it wasn’t as big a response as I was hoping for, I know some of you are first time commenters and your comments totally cheered me up.  I also loved seeing all of your shops, blogs, etc.   Of course always a huge thank you to folks who are my regular or sporadic commenters already!   You guys keep me going.

Sooo… the randomly selected winner is…. (drumroll)…  Victoria!

Victoria’s comment was:

‘I too think it’d would be a special necklace to wear every day! It would go so well with my daily stand-by of black skinny pants, a black tunic and cardigan, and my favourite black boots with stacked wood heels. It would stand out perfectly.”

Thank you Victoria!

So apparently there are about 6,000 of you looking at this blog.  And about 250 of you that read via RSS (which rules).  And yet, only about 10 of you ever comment!  So this is a contest to get you to comment.  Comment on this post and a winner will be chosen at random on Friday the 19th.

What are you winning??  You will win a Single Triangle Grid Necklace from my shop.

Rules are simple:  please post your name and a valid email address in the designated areas, and also a little comment about what you’d wear with the Single Triangle Grid Necklace.  Remember, leave a comment on this post by *Thursday the 18th* to be eligible for the draw on Friday.  Good Luck!

*I have to approve all comments, so if your comment doesn’t show up right away, please be patient.

New jewelry!  Number one here is my favourite.  I will hopefully be adding more in the coming weeks before the holidays!