Agate Birthstone Sapphire is the primary birthstone for September, with Lapis Lazuli and agate as the secondary birthstones. Agate is a wonderful translucent semi-precious gemstone to work with in my designs, as it glows when backlit by sunshine and is available in a wide range of colours. The metaphysical qualities associated with this semi-precious gemstone…
July Birthstones July is the birthday month of ruby and carnelian gemstones. Here at craft HQ, I work with the orange and red hues of carnelian in many of my jewellery and home decor designs. It has a rich translucent quality that loves to be backlit by the sunlight. The metaphysical qualities associated with this…
February Birthstone Gifts Amethyst is a beautiful purple semi-precious gemstone, and is the birthstone for February. View over our range of amethyst gift ideas from women’s jewellery designs to hanging decorations. Wish that special woman in your life a very happy February birthday!
August Birthstones Peridot & Chinese Jade Beautiful peridot and Chinese jade are the birthstones for August. Peridot has a vibrant lime green translucence quality and is catches sunlight very well. Chinese jade, known as jadeite is my favourite gemstone of all, it has an opaque milky appearance with varying colours of aqua through white and…
Citrine November Birthstone Citrine is the secondary birthstone for November. A beautiful translucent crystal with honey yellow colours. It is a variant of the quartz semi-precious gemstone, where the colour is made through heat treating smokey quartz or amethyst. The name ‘Citrine’ is translated from the fruit Citron, meaning lemon.
Find Your Birthstone The month you are born in relates to a semi-precious or precious gemstone. When work as jewellery these birthstones are seen as holding luck and good fortune. Each gemstone also holds properties and characteristics that are associated with it. Read over the British birthstone list below to find your birth month and…