Their Colors Speak

What are the two gems you think of when you think bride? Diamonds? Pearls? Maybe a sapphire or an opal to take care of the “something blue” requirement. With all the other parts of wedding planning, choosing bridal jewelry tends to be an afterthought unless you have eyed your grandmother’s pearl necklace since you were a little girl. Yet when you start looking nothing seems to fit the beauty of that gown that you just chose.

Luckily there is a website where talented artisans have created almost every style imaginable. I’m addicted to Etsy.com. I could spend hours upon hours on this website, especially the jewelry section. Anyone who knows me is not surprised by this statement. So I’m not surprised that within this website is a hidden gem a wedding page (http://www.etsy.com/category/weddings) . Vendors who make wedding jewelry, head pieces, invitations, decorations, anything you can imagine. Just click that link and I dare you not to spend hours on it.

One of my brother and sister-in-law’s friends from back in college days, Gillian, has recently started selling wedding jewelry on Etsy at her shop, Scarlet Oak (http://www.etsy.com/shop/scarletoak ).

Here’s a link to a real bride wearing these (http://www.thefrenzelsblog.com/2010/10/05/kristyn-mike-married-pomona-wedding-photographer/ ) On a different note, I love love love the bridesmaids dresses. I’ve never met Kristyn & Mike but I love their style!

Anyway back to Etsy and jewelry...From a different seller Plumb Crazy, these Vintage Romance Bridal Earrings are beautiful and classic. They are timeless and they seem to transport you to a far off castle. How can you not feel like a princess with these dangling from your ears?(http://www.etsy.com/listing/58248712/vintage-romance-bridal-earrings-silver?ref=cat2_gallery_12 ).

Then these Bermuda Blue Swarovski Crystal Teardrop earrings from AzureTreasures fill that “something blue” in an elegant, memorable fashion (http://www.etsy.com/listing/60699813/bermuda-blue-swarovski-crystal-teardrop?ref=cat2_gallery_3 ).

These gems have life in them: their colors speak, say what words fail of.

~George Eliot