Friday, January 14, 2011

January birthday?

A birthstone is a gift of a precious material that symbolizes the month of birth.This month the birthstone is GARNET.  According to the  Gregorian calendar, each month even has a poem:
"By her who in January was born
No gem save garnets shall be worn
They will ensure her constancy

True friendship and fidelity."
Along with birthstones, which we are all familiar with, there are birth flowers. Who knew? Not me! But I love flowers so this just adds another layer of fascination! Yay! The first month of the year is all about the carnation.

January is the month of my mother's birthday, so Happy Birthday, Mom!!
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Here are a few birthstones and flowers for the month of January:



3 comments:

roseysdolltreasures said...

Awesome blog. I am a January babe.
Great quote about the garnet.

storybeader said...

it's funny, my birthday is in January, and I've never had garnet jewelry. It's beautiful - I'll have to buy some garnet beads! {:-D

Rose Works Jewelry said...

Lovely :)

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