Secrets of a Butterfly

Good luck charms

Just thought i'd pop on a little picture
It's the silver charm bracelet i got for my birthday last month
Butterfly, dragonfly, four leaf clovers and a horseshoe
(it's by Alex Monroe)

Lots of good luck covered (smile)

Love

Angel wings - a giveaway

Today i have a lovely Giveaway from the jewellery website So Charming.

They are stockists of one of my favourite jewellery ranges - Dogeared. Here are a few of my favourites online at the moment...i love the tiny charms - butterflies and birds, that can hold personal significance, and the new healing gem range.

So today you can win the sweetest pair of angel wings on a pin! (shown in the first photo with my angel, and below) just right to place on a sweater or coat, and help remind you that your angel is never far away.

To enter, its easy, just leave a comment on this post.

If you would like further enteries, you can also...

"like" the facebook page of So Charming. (or if you already follow let me know and thats a 2nd entry too)

"like" my facebook page Secrets of a Butterfly (or if you already follow let me know and thats a 2nd entry too)

tweet or share the link about the giveaway on your blog or facebook

 

Just let me know that you have done so, so i can count any extra entries for you.

 i shall select a winner at random on the 1st November. (you can enter from any counrty)

Love and angel blessings

 

A lovely little unicorn

A little while ago I was lucky enough to win a giveaway at Sweet days with Elle and Mia and I chose a unicorn necklace made my Space pearls a magical little Etsy shop. Here it is,all the way from Texas, and it's so beautiful.
As well as Secret Garden inspired pieces, if you like Harry Potter or have someone in the family who does, then there are some unique potion bottle necklaces, just perfect as little gifts.

Thank you Keri-Anne and Kayla-Marie for my lovely little unicorn.

Crystal love - bluelace agate & angelite

Here are my pale blue crystals, the sphere is angelite, as is the piece the hydrangea petals are near, the 2 tumble pieces on the right are blue lace agate and the piece on the left is denim blue lapis, the front is a small piece of blue topaz.

I love the soft blue stones and i love to wear the Lola rose bracelet below, which i have had for a long time. The blue stones are also beautiful as necklaces as that places them at the throat chakra where its most resonant.

 

Blue Lace Agate is a banded Agate variety of Chalcedony and the healing properties include:

♥ Hope ♥ Unity ♥ Cleansing ♥ Harmony ♥ Protection ♥ Optimism
♥ Positive thinking ♥ Joy ♥ Truth ♥ Purification  ♥ Calming
♥ Appreciation for nature ♥ Smooth energy flow

Chakras - throat
Zodiac - Pisces
Planet – Neptune
Element – Water, Air
Typical colours - pale blue, banded

 Blue Lace Agate is a very cooling and calming stone, endowing us with a sense of peace and tranquility.  A powerful throat healer, it assists with verbal expression of thoughts and feelings.  Blue Lace Agate is a great nurturing and supportive stone.

Blue Lace Agate is believed to strengthen and accelerate the repair of bones,help thyroid deficiencies, throat and lymph infections.  It can be soothing to fever, red, sore eyes and any skin problems associated with irritation.

 

 

Angelite is a variety of Anhydrite. (in my bowl the sphere and stone to the left are angelite)

♥ Strengthens organs ♥ For creative people ♥ Inner guidance
♥ Converts fear into faith ♥ healing

Chakras - Throat Chakra, Third Eye Chakra, Crown Chakra
Zodiac - Aquarius
Typical colours - Colourless, white, blue,

Angelite raises consciousness.  It represents peace and brotherhood.  Angelite facilitates contact with your angels and helps to connect with your higher self.  Because of its ability to deepen attunement and heighten perception, Angelite is a powerful stone for healers. 

 Angelite helps you to speak your truth.  It promotes communication and self-expression.  Dispels fear, anger and anxiety, converting them into faith and tranquility.  Angelite encourages forgiveness. 

Spiritually, Angelite is filled with compassion.  It transmutes pain into wholeness and healing, opening the way for spiritual inspiration.  It creates a deep feeling of peace and tranquility.  It helps connect to universal knowledge and raises telepathic awareness. 

Angelite supports the throat, alleviating inflammation. It helps in repairing tissue and corrects blood deficiencies and helps to renew blood vessels.  Angelite is said to help balance the fluids within the body and can be used for headaches, heart function and circulatory system.  At a subtle level, Angelite balances the physical body with the etheric realms.

gemstone healing properties from Charms of light

see my previous Crystal love on Amethyst here

love and light

 

Crystal love - amethyst

Do you share a love of crystals with me?

I wanted to take some photos to share my pieces. And include the traditional spiritual meanings. These are my amethyst crystals.

Amethyst is a variety of Quartz

♥ Spiritual awareness ♥ Intuition ♥ calming
♥ Inner peace and healing ♥ Meditation ♥ Balance
♥ Positive transformation ♥ Communication ♥ Relieves stress

Chakras - Crown Chakra
Birthstone - February
Zodiac - Virgo, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces
Planet – Jupiter
Element – Air
Typical colours - light slightly-pinkish violet to a deep grape purple

"Amethyst is a powerful and protective stone.
Soothing. relieves stress and strain, soothes irritability, balancing, dispels anger and anxiety. Alleviates sadness and grief, and dissolves negativity.
Opens spiritual awareness and intuition, enhancing psychic abilities as well as being protective at this level.

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Amethyst, I like the lighter, more see through stones, as you can see in my photo. Its a comforting stone, and i find that it helps my boundaries, in that if i feel too open, it helps that lessen, and any imbalance in sensitivity can be decreased. I also like it as an aid to quiet my mind in meditation.

I have a heart shaped stone, which i bought in person, because it really called to me. It was quite a bit more than the other carved stones there on the glass revolving shelf, but its been with me over 10 years now and i havent regretted purchasing it one bit.

I shall share more stones if you like in the coming weeks.

Also if i post any further pictures on instagram - i will use the tag #crystallove
- if you want to share any gems and crystals there too, then use the same tag and we can see each others collections

Love & light

Amazonite delight

A special bracelet arrived in the post for me a few days ago. Louise who lives quite close by to me, made it from the soft green gem that is Amazonite. I really adore this colour and gemstone. Isnt it beautiful.

A big Thank you honey!

Ten things - jewels full of colour & light

I have always loved Ten Things, but for some reason its taken till now for me to mention them at my blog. It was the top image that did it, i just had to share their moodboard. Then i found some gorgeous shots of the jewellery within their facebook albums and thought you'd love to see those too.

i love it when a range has such a defined look, and when that look is so uplifting and full of colour and soul then even better.

The jewels Kerri makes for her range are multi coloured, i am of course drawn to the pinks, but i also like the sea green and blues, because they speak to me of beach life and a relaxed vibe, yet they still have a touch of glamour.

Find the range...Beautiful blog,
etsy Ten things on facebook

And these pieces are coming soon...more bohemian goodness!!

To finish, this photo seemed to just want to go in this post (tho i apologise i don't have the link) I like the quote so much, about our light & shinning, and through Kerri's jewellery, Ten things certainly does that. Bringing us colour light and a beautiful energy

Love & Peace

P.s. Ten things is now added to the blog roll (left) and i have been making some other new box links and generally updating links at the blog - so you'll find a few new additions here and there.

Alex Monroe Chrysanthemum collection

Regular Secrets readers will already be familiar with my passion for the jewellery by Alex Monroe. I am always fascinated to see the new designs as they come out, and this time the pieces in the Chrysanthemum collection particularly appealed. I am certain that my Mam would love a chrysanthemum necklace in gold. So i shall start saving some pennies for one for her. I like the golden ring, displayed so beautifully here in a vintage ring box.

All the images in this post are from the launch at Liberty yesterday and were shown on Alex Monroe's facebook page.

The collection lovingly displayed at Liberty. Some of the pieces are avaliable online from Liberty
Love

The Secret wardrobe....jewellery treasures

First thanks so much to those of you i have heard from in the past few days on the Angel post and the post about my photo. Its been so lovely to have your company and to read your thoughts.
I did quite a few replies in the comments section, which maybe you caught, and if you emailed me, then i shall be replying as and when energy reserves are there, know you'll understand any delays ;)

I shan't say i spoke too soon about feeling better, but uh, i have been feeling more poorly again...its the nature of it that there are ups n downs. And maybe the next "up" will stick longer. Thats seems often the way, a little 'snakes and ladders' but you know i'm going in the right direction and thats what counts to me, hey.

In the mean while, lets talk about something fun shall we... What sort of jewellery do you tend to like? Do you have any fave designers or etsy makers? You can see some of the bits n pieces that caught my eye in the collage above.

I seem to pick things in gold or silver with little charms upon them, or gemstones, that rather like tatoos, have a personal significance to me.(they are just easier to remove than permanent ink -just as well as i do tend to go through phases as to which are my favourite!)

the treasures above, would be just a few of the things you'd find inside my dream jewellery box.....
top left to right..turqouise ring at Urban Outfitters, Moonstone ring by Monica Vinader, Isabel Marant tasseled drop earrings, Green navajo inspired earrings at Urban Outfitters, Luna Lights amethyst earrings by Ac Biography at Astley Clarke, Ac biography lotus charm necklace from Astley Clarke, Golden butterfly pendant by Alex Monroe, Golden Om bracelet at Liberty, Purple crown chakra bracelet by Daisy at Mywardrobe.
Till next time,

Ps, Alex Monroe (who the butterfly is by)is giving £5 from each website sale, to the Red cross Japan appeal.

Woodland belle

 

 

 
 

This is the beautiful work of Mai McKemy who lives in North Carolina, US. I discovered her unique shop at etsy, called Woodland Belle (such a beautiful name isnt it!)

Her nature inspired jewellery and hair accessories "blend sophistication with playfulness. A woodland belle is still a girl at heart with a fire for discovery...she knows there are still treasures to be found in the world."

 

with twig hairslides, hydrangea blossoms, cypress leaves, flower pendants and little birds with nests, there is much to take delight in at Woodland Belle,

love