Jewellery Making Projects for Valentines Day

With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, many of us are now pondering that age old question; “What’s the best gift?” Gift giving is one of the key love languages after all, and the cliches are red roses with a heart shaped box of chocolates and a card, but why is this?

History of Valentines Day

Historically the days association with ‘love’ specifically, can be traced back to Geoffrey Chaucer, (he wrote Canterbury Tales) where in 1382 it is believed he wrote first poem on the subject. By the 1700’s this idea of poetry being the official language of Valentine’s Day, became intertwined with the giving of beautifully presented valentines’ cards, that would contain said poetry.

Red roses symbolize ‘passionate love’ and the addition of a single white rose to the bouquet, adds just enough purity, to transform it into ‘true love’. From this symbolism, red became the colour of the day, especially when combined with the iconic heart shape that has been used to represent infatuation since ancient times.

These tokens of affection are all meaningful because, in their original forms they required effort; the poem should be original, and the flowers handpicked… Extra points if you recite the poem while they stand on a balcony, and someone plays a lute nearby… However, in this increasingly mass produced and digitized age ‘effort’ has become ‘price’ and the gift has become something that could be given to anyone, even emailed.

This is a trend that we at Bluestreak Crystal would like to challenge, the beauty is in the effort and the attention to stunning detail. Yes, give them a gift, but take the time to make it uniquely for them. Customize that piece of jewellery with their favorite combination of crystal colours, that proves you pay attention to their preferences. Yes, buy them a standard item, but then give time to decorating it, embellish with dazzling Serinity flatback crystals so that the object becomes as wonderfully unique as they are.

Projects for Craft, Jewellery Making & Crystal Embellishment

We at Bluestreak Crystals have taken the time to craft an entire section of our website, dedicated to giving you the inspiration and the tools you need, to be able to make something truly special for the person you are thinking about right now. Our Bluestreak Crystal Projects range includes different types of jewellery making; like a birthstone necklace featuring Serinity Beads or spectacular earrings using Serinity Pendants.

We teach you, step by step, how to apply different types of glue and different ways to apply Serinity Rhinestones for crystal embellishment. We are confident that with the aid of these guides and the quality of the components we recommend, the receiver of your gift will know how much you care.

Jewellery Making Tutorials

We also offer short video tutorials on our social media channels like this sophisticated rose gold charm bracelet: