Earring Comp Closed! And the winner is...

Massive thanks to everyone who signed up to follow my blog! You will always be in the know with all this fab in the jewellery world! With the help of my impartial boyfriend the winner was drawn.... And lucky Courtney will be getting some earrings sent her way! Woohoo! Keep your eyes peeled for more comps in the future and quizzes and all things gorgeous in my wonderful jewellery filled world.
Love Elle Effe!

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Opals for October

Welcome to my first post for birthstones.  I'm going to run this topic each month for the next twelve months to showcase some beautiful ways to wear our traditional birthstones.

The history of birthstones stem way back into the ages, wiki even referenced the first century! And the stone for each month may differ depending on where you look. Also, there is a whole other theory that matches birthstones to the zodiac which does not correlate whatsoever to the list that I am going to use.
In the essence of being 100% true to history I am using the oldest list I can find.
The stone for October is Opal.

A gregorian poem captured this and the verse for this month is...

October's child is born for woe,
And life's vicissitudes must know,
But lay an opal on her breast,
And hope will lull those woes to rest.

Whilst opals tend to be a bit of a Nanna/tourist gem, they do have some beautiful shades for us to embrace.  I have traipsed the web to showcase some more fashionable ways of wearing opals.

Enjoy. Elle Effe.

Busy Phillips in Irene Neuworth

Another gorgeous Irene Neuworth Necklace (www.ireneneuworth.com), almost spat out my tea when I saw th price of this baby!  Lets say, similar to a sportscar...



Coralia Leets opal earrings, available from www.charmandchain.com, $193



Voodoo Erzulie Ring $349 from www.boticca.com



YooLa earrings from www.boticca.com $45, also available in a variety of other shades.



Dannijo earrings from www.charmandchain.com