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BIRTHSTONES & THEIR ORIGINS

Gemstones – we love them in our jewels and to wear them close. But natural gems are not just treasured for their beauty and are revered by many across the world for their healing abilities, too.

If you are a lover of gems, I’m sure you’ve heard the term ‘birthstone’ – which refers to a specific gem or crystal that is assigned to you according to which month you were born in. Being born at a certain time of the year affects our personalities - or character traits - due to planetary alignments. These traits are then assigned a particular gemstone in order to balance your sign’s characteristics in areas where your sign needs help, and also aids in highlighting those good traits. In this way, our assigned gemstones help bring out the best in us, whilst encouraging us to break away from the less-positive traits assigned to us by the planetary alignments.

The Art of Ear Curation

The term 'curated ear' gets thrown around a lot these days - so what exactly does it mean? In this blog post, we explore the art of ear curation and give our advice on how to achieve your own unique eascape.

Representations of Women and their jewellery in art

In the past, jewels were a way of symbolizing the position of a man in society, and to highlight their status by using their wives as a trophy, in a sense. Fast forward to the year 2020, women choose their jewellery based on whatever the heck they want to base it on - wear what you want to wear- and not just because some person wanted to paint a portrait of you to display their own wealth/ status/ ego ;)

COVID 19 LOVING

The world has been engulfed in mass panic and fear as Covid-19 spreads itself across the planet and we are not immune to the effects this hysteria is bringing. Social media, news outlets, conversations on the street are clouded with talk about the virus and what it means for families; companies and everyday life going forward. As we have recently announced, we at Black Betty Design are taking every measure we can to play our own role in minimising spread of the virus and taking responsibility for our staff and our clients.