Hi There..
Kitchen Paint is still drying and I have'nt gotten to the store for knobs so no reveal today.
I'll get it all done and be ready for next Tuesdays Parties- which of course start on monday and that means I actually have to finish the kitchen by saturday night so I can take pics on sunday so I can choose the best ones, write up my TRUE experience with this... ugg, maybe I better get is ready by friday night cause OMG , have I got a story for ya'll ~! its a doozy.
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Did you know that giving a gift that contains someone’s birthstone is believed to bring the wearer great fortune and luck? Tradition tells that gifting a birthstone will bestow almost magical opportunities and abilities.
I mean as long as you plan to give someone a gift anyway, why not make it Magical~!
Something that would improve their life every single day.
If anyone asks and they always do :-) I think I'll ask for something that has my birthstone on it.
I'm a december baby so I'll be sure to ask for the apple green stone but I'll take any of the 3 ..
heres a site to tell you even more about your birthstone. I need to go back and read it myself.
If theres Magic out there for me , I want to know it.
Your Birthstone and its Meaning
WHAT ARE BIRTHSTONES BY MONTH?
JANUARY BIRTHSTONE
January Birthstone is Garnet, its color is usual Red, but it could be also green, blue, brown and even yellow. Garnet, among of all birthstones, fits to all ancient sources (such as Jews, Romans, Arabian, Poles, Russian and Italian) as a birthstone for January.
FEBRUARY BIRTHSTONE
February Birthstone is Amethyst, its color is Purple or Violet. Amethyst is considered the best amulet to fight addictions, therefore, Amethyst is a stone of health from the ancient times. Amethyst, among of all birthstones, is often common in ancient Greek mythology.
MARCH BIRTHSTONES
March birthstone is Aquamarine, its transparent gem with greenish-blue tint, but often pale-blue. The varieties of this birthstone are divided as follows: Aquamarine, pure pale sky blue; Siberian aquamarine, pale greenish yellow; aquamarine chrysolite, greenish yellow with vivid luster. The best beryls come from Siberia, Brazil, Scotland and France.
Bloodstone or Heliotrope is an alternative Birthstone for March. It’s name comes to us from the Greek «Heliotropus», which means «The Sun» and «Turning» or the «Sunrise». Among all the birthstones, Bloodstone the only have «sanguine specks» in its body. It is mined in Africa, Germany, Cyprus and Czech Republic.
APRIL BIRTHSTONE
April Birthstone is Diamond. The diamond cutters of India call a rough diamond «Labora», because its beauty can’t be developed except by skillful and patient work. The art of cutting a diamond was not brought into Europe from the East until 1295.
April Birthstone has index 10/10 by
Mohs Scale of Hardness, so Diamond is the hardest among all of birthstones. Diamonds occur in nearly all colors, the three shades most in demand being blue white, steel white, and pure white.
MAY BIRTHSTONE
May Birthstone is Emerald and its color is Green. The bulk of an emerald is large in proportion to its weight, one of equal weight with a sapphire, for instance, being nearly twice as large. A rich, soft, deep, velvety shade of green is the color demanded for a perfect emerald, but the birthstone occurs in every tint from a greenish blue to a pinkish brown.
JUNE BIRTHSTONES
June Birthstone is Alexandrite. Its color could be dark blue-green, blue-green, dark grass-green, olive green in daylight and its color could be pink-magenta, red-purple, purple in the evening light. The name of this gem comes to us from Russia, in the honor of Alexander (Tsar). Alexandrite is the rarest of all birthstones.
Alternative birthstone for June is Pearls. The pearls is only one gem from our birthstones chart that comes to us from the deep sea. The history of Pearls is count many centuries. Among all of the birthstones, the Pearls is not «a stone» in the literal sense of the word. It stands between mineral and organic matter.
The Moonstone is an another birthstone for June, according to U.S. tradition since 1912. It has its name because of its unique cloudy transparency (among all of the birthstones), that seems like a moon shine in the night sky.
JULY BIRTHSTONE
July Birthstone is Ruby and its color is Red. The color of a perfect ruby matches exactly in shade the blood of a freshly killed pigeon, and its purity is often tested by placing it beside a drop of pigeon’s blood. It owes its color to the fact that one-sixth part of its chemical constitution is chromic acid. The ruby stands among birthstones next in rank to the diamond, and often, when of the same size and perfect in every respect, exceeds it in price.
AUGUST BIRTHSTONE
August Birthstone is Peridot, its color is pale-green. The best and most perfect crystals of Peridot come from Egypt, Vatolia and Brazil. The birthstone is olive green in color and has vitreous luster. The dark colored birthstones are the favorites, as they are capable of receiving a high polish. They are cut in rose or brilliant form generally. Louis XIII brought them into fashion in France and they are favorite jewels yet in Paris.
SEPTEMBER BIRTHSTONE
September Birthstone is Sapphire, its color is Deep-Blue. Sapphires come from Ceylon almost exclusively. They are found in other parts of the world, but never in sufficient quantity or perfection to form a market for their sale. The value of a sapphire does not increase in proportion to size as enormously as the ruby.
In trade it is known by four names: The male sapphire, which is the perfect stone of a rich, clear, soft blue shade; the female sapphire, whose color is specked with white; the very pale blue birthstones called a water sapphires; and the cat sapphire, which is of a blackish or greenish blue tint and not often transparent.
OCTOBER BIRTHSTONES
October Birthstone is Opal and it is multi colored gem. The Precious Opal, as the birthstone is named that is used for jewels, is found in Hungary, Faroe Islands, Saxony and South America. It is cut in a semi-circle, lens, or oval shape, very rarely with facets. Among all the birthstones, Opal can demonstrate all the shades of any colors except of black.
Alternative birthstone for October is Tourmaline. Tourmaline is a beautiful oriental gem, discovered in India and Ceylon (Sri Lanka). This birthstone also as his «brother» Opal, has variety of colors. It could be almost any color, including black (which name is Schorl), except white, but it could be transparent. There are also such interesting varieties of this birthstone as Paraiba Tourmaline, Rainbow Tourmaline, Watermelon Tourmaline & Blue Cap Tourmaline.
NOVEMBER BIRTHSTONES
November Birthstone is Topaz. The topaz has, when perfect, a beautiful clear wine yellow. It is generally cut as a brilliant and is used for all kinds of jewelry. It is found in almost every part of the world. In the «French Imperial Bibliotheque» are several engraved topazes, and a very large and beautiful one is in the Vatican, cut with an Indian Bacchus. Its name means «the search» from the Greek «topazos».
Alternative birthstone for November is Citrine. Citrine is a Yellow variety of Quartz. Its name comes to us from the latin word «Citrus». It also called «False Topaz» or «Brazilian Topaz», because of its similarity with its «brother birthstone». This gems is very popular in modern jewelry for its gold color.
DECEMBER BIRTHSTONES
December birthstone is Turquoise. Ancients called it the «Turkey Stone». Turquoise is the only opaque gem from our birthstones chart. Ancient called the color of Turquoise as a «sky color free from all clouds». But the color of Turquoise can also be sky-blue, greenish-blue and also apple-green.
Alternative birthstone for December is Tanzanite. Tanzanite is very young gem in birthstone jewelry, it was discovered in 1967 in Masai tribe in Africa at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. One of the warriors of the Masai tribe brought Tanzanite, weighing 10 carats in the office of Manuel De DouĊĦa. Its color form Sapphire-Blue to the Amethyst-Violet.
Another alternative December Birthstone is Zircon. Zircon is used for imitation of many gems of highest category. It was little known until the IV Century A.D., before it was described by Bishop Epiphanius.
Happy Tuesday and thanks for visiting.
Sonny
