Heart Stoppers - The Latest Heart Jewelry for Valentine's day

Have a Heart for Valentine's day

Valentine's day will be here before you know it.  It is a day to show your love in many ways.  How about one of these pieces of heart jewelry?

The heart has long been used as a symbol of the human spirit at its core.  At one time it was believed to be the seat of the human soul.  What better symbol is there to represent love?

In traditional art and folklore, the heart symbol has been a stylized design.  Normally, it is colored red, which suggest both blood and strong passion.  It is the most often seen symbol on Valentine's day cards, as well as those candy boxes that show up in the grocery stores this time of the year.

All of my shops have a lovely range of heart jewelry.  Here are some to tempt the romantic in you.

 From my Etsy store - this lovely heart shaped pin with a single red rhinestone accent.

This lovely pin from Vintage Jewelry Lane has a domed red center surrounded by hearts.

Pretty chunky charm bracelet with heart charms. Very chic!

These unusual earrings have a heart shape and are made from genuine butterfly wings! Very collectible!

For more heart jewelry, please visit Vintage Jewelry Lane.  Our main store has a wide range of heart jewelry in all styles.

What about you readers?  Do you find the heart your favorite symbol of romance, or do you prefer something else?  Please let us know in the comment section below.

Thematic Jewelry - Great Gift Ideas

Many collector's of vintage jewelry look for particular designers or hallmark's or design technique. To them, the investment quality of a piece is the most important factor in choosing which piece to buy.

Other collectors purchase pieces that just appeal to them in various ways with no thought about the actual value of the piece itself. Those that are in this category might find themselves always gravitating to thematic jewelry - such as music jewelry, or cat jewelry, or coin jewelry, or any number of other themes.

One of my online stores - Vintage Jewelry Mall, specializes in various types of thematic jewelry. We have a wide range of all types of themes whether it be patriotic jewelry, teacher jewelry, animal jewelry, cowboy and western jewelry, zodiac jewelry, religious jewelry or Christmas jewelry. There is something for all tastes and budgets.

This type of jewelry makes a very good gift idea. Does your friend have a house full of turtle pillows and t shirts and figurines? What would be a better gift idea than this pair of cute JJ signed turtle earrings shown above? The price is only $9.99 so they won't last long.

If turtles aren't your thing, then have a look at some of these other thematic jewelry pieces. Prices range from $8.99 to $14.99. You can click the pictures for more information on the piece, or browse the thematic jewelry page of my site for more ideas.

Figurals and Thematics on Sale in my store

I love figural and thematic vintage jewelry - pieces with a motifs such as dogs, cats, western themes, hearts, flowers, zodiac, fruit, etc. Jewelry like this is often whimsical and appeals to a wide variety of people, even those that don't normally wear costume jewelry.

My latest sale at my ebay store Carolina Collections Vintage Jewelry has a large range of figural and thematic jewelry marked down 25%.

Here are a few of the sale listings:

The sale includes both signed and unsigned jewelry pieces and there are all types of jewelry pieces - necklaces, earrings, brooches and pins. You can view these pieces and the other figural vintage jewelry on sale on this page my ebay store Carolina Collections Vintage Jewelry.

Prices start at less than $5, but hurry in for best selection. Sale ends on March 16.

Saying I Love You with Jewelry

Valentine's day is just around the corner. So now is the time to find that perfect expression of love for the special person in your life.

Jewelry always makes a special gift for a loved one at any time of the year. But Valentine's day lends itself to this expression of love because so many jewelry items can be heart shaped.

Hearts lend themselves particularly well to brooches and pins. Whether it be rhinestones, pearls, or plain metals, a heart brooch makes a perfect "I love you" gift. Some even incorporate additional words on them, such as mother and grandmother.

Heart lockets give your special one a place to put a small picture or lock of hair to remember you by. I've also seen lockets that are shaped like hearts which have small areas inside for solid perfume.

Some designers use figural motifs in their designs. I recently listed a a really cute pin in my store in the shape of a tic tac toe design, but the Os were small hearts. So cute!

There are charm bracelets with love themed charms, or heart charms, such as this pretty charm bracelet with both pale green and dark green glass heart charms.

But nothing says "I love you" quite the way that this stunning vintage charm bracelet does. It has a hand wired faux pearl strand with a single large heart. The heart is double sided and says I love you in 15 different languages.

I'm not an expert on languages. I know quite a bit of French, and some Italian and Spanish and I can recognize a few other languages, so I had to go searching.

I googled the spelling of some of the wording on the heart, and came up with this group of countries:

• French
• English
• Greek
• Kurdish
• Portuguese
• Danish
• Nowegian
• Polish
• Italian
• Gaelic
• Chinese
• Hebrew
• Spanish
• plus a few more I can't figure out!

Don't go the flowers and candy route this year. Give the personal gift of a piece of jewelry. This stunning bracelet is featured in my ebay store Carolina Collections Vintage Jewelry with a price of only $29.99. Say I love you to the special person in your life, in the language of your choice! The store also has a wide range of all types of vintage and new heart jewelry for all tastes and budgets.