In Preparation for St. Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is approximately one month away.  Whether you have money to spend or not, please enjoy perusing these lovely things.
I have no money (or a honey), but I do have heart-shaped cookie cutters and cake pans.  So, I'll probably be baking.
One year, my mother even baked a meatloaf in one of the heart-shaped cake pans.

If you live within about 100 or so miles of New Orleans pick-up some treats from Sucré. If not, you can order some delicious chocolates. If my recollection is correct, my favorite chocolate is rhum.

Hammerpress Bee Mine Card

Hammerpress Bee Mine Card

Hammerpress Bee Mine Card. Folding note card with brown kraft envelope. Letterpress printed on 110lb recycled white paper. Blank inside. Size: 4.25" x 5.50" (folded). $5.00. Buy here.

Victorian Symbolic Sentimental Jewelry Pin

Victorian Heart-Shaped Symbolic Pin

Victorian Symbolic Sentimental Jewelry Pin. This pin is made of a base metal with an applied patina. It is the shape of a heart divided into four sections, and each section has a different symbol representing a different sentiment: Cross- Love and Faith, Godliness Anchor- Hope, Bee- Hard Work, and 2 Rings- Marriage. The heart measures 1 9/16" wide by 1 7/16" tall, and with the pin it is 2" tall. $85.00. Buy here.

BLUGIRL Embroidered Techno Organza Dress

Blugirl Embroider Techno Organza Dress

BLUGIRL Embroidered Techno Organza Dress. $474.00. Buy here.
I think this would make a lovely short wedding dress.

Pink La Rochere Bee Stemmed Glass

La Rochere Pink Napoleonic Bee Stemmed Glass

Pink La Rochere Bee Stemmed Glass $11.50. Buy here.

MOR Cosmetics Gift Set Essentially Sweet Honey Nectar

MOR Cosmetics Sweet Honey Nectar Gift Set

MOR Cosmetics Gift Set Essentially Sweet Honey Nectar. The Essentially Sweet gift set features 2 of MOR's indulgent beauty products in delightful Honey Nectar. This signature scent is marked by sweet brown sugar that melts into golden honey on a base of candied almonds and warm vanilla milk. $22.00. Buy here.

Lovely Victorian Pique Earrings

Victorian Honeycomb Pique Earrings

Lovely Victorian Pique Earrings. The gold pique work includes what looks like a bees nest, many dots, and a scroll-like design as well. Condition is very good for age. These measure 5/8" round, and hang about 1" from the ear. These antique earrings are from sometime between the 1860s and the 1880s. $695.00. Buy here.

Gilded Bee Posts

Gilded Bee Posts

Gilded Bee Posts available from Anthropologie.  24k gold plated metal stud earrings.  $28.00.  Buy here.




I think these earrings were made for me.  Most days I wear stud earrings, and I do like them to be beautiful.

Buzzy Loafers by Zalo

Zalo's Buzzy Loafer

Buzzy Loafers by Zalo available from Anthropologie.  Leather-trimmed flats with woven cotton bees.  $168.00.  Buy here.

Eau de Cologne Imperiale Bottle by Guerlain Paris --NOT AVAILABLE

Guerlain Paris Eau de Cologne Imperiale Bottle

Eau de Cologne Imperiale Bottle by Guerlain Paris.  This bottle, from the 1950s, is in the shape of a beehive and decorated with bees and honeycomb design.  $50.00.  Buy here.

NOT AVAILABLE

Thistle & Bee's Bee Creamer and Sugar with Spoon

Thistle & Bee's Bee Creamer and Sugar Bowl with Spoon

Thistle & Bee's Bee Creamer and Sugar with Spoon.  This is a sterling silver creamer, sugar, and spoon set.  Crafted in a ridged pattern reminiscent of a beehive.  $925.00.  Buy here.

Pardi Bee Table Linens

Pardi Bee Table Linens

Pardi Bee Table Linens.  Italian table linens in an appealingly modern pattern and hue are woven in a family-owned mill in Umbria.  Handcrafted of linen/cotton.  Machine wash.  $190.00 - $220.00.  Buy here.

Charlotte Sparre Honey & Bees Scarf

Charlotte Sparre Honey & Bees Scarf

Charlotte Sparre Honey & Bees Scarf.  This hand-hemmed, silk scarf was made in Denmark.  13" x 64."  $98.00.  Buy here.

Beekeeper Fabric by Alice Cantrell

Beekeeper Fabric by Alice Cantrell on Spoonflower.  Prices start at $18.00 per yard.  $11.00 for a fat quarter.  Buy here.

For inspiration visit Alice Cantrell's website.  View her lovely sketches of bees and a bee embroidery design.

Bee Magnets from Ballard Designs

Ballard Designs Bee Magnet

Bee Magnets from Ballard Designs.  Set of 6.  $16.00.  Buy here.

Thistle & Bee Beehive and Honey Jar Salt and Pepper Set

Thistle & Bee Salt and Pepper Set

Thistle & Bee Beehive and Honey Jar Salt and Pepper Set.  Sterling silver with 18 karat yellow gold  vermeil accents.  2.25" high.  $400.00.  Buy here.

Sabino "Les Abeilles" Opalescent Vase

Sabino "Les Abeilles" Opalescent Vase

Sabino "Les Abeilles" Opalescent Vase available from Ruby Lane.  The vase depicts bees on honeycombs amongst a geometric Art Deco pattern.  $500.00.  Buy here.

Wallace Napoleon Bee Flatware

Napoleon Bee Flatware

Wallace Napoleon Bee Flatware.  Regal 18/10 stainless steel flatware that's tipped with a Napoleonic bee by Wallace® Silversmiths.  Dishwasher safe.  45-piece service includes eight five-piece place settings plus a five-piece hostess set.  $174.90.  Buy here.

Jade Beehive Carving by Master Lapidary Artist Ronald Stevens

Ronald Stevens Jade Beehive Carving

Jade Beehive Carving by Master Lapidary Artist Ronald Stevens available from Ruby Lane.  This unusual piece is fashioned from one large piece of Big Sur jade.  It has been carved out to suggest we are peering inside the rock at a honeycombed hive, with recessed hexagons guarded over by five bees and adorned with several small flowers.  It stands 4 inches tall.  $6,000.00.  Buy here.

Ivory Bee Dessert Plate by Abbott Collection

Ivory Bee Dessert Plate

Ivory Bee Dessert Plate by Abbott Collection.  This collection of earthenware pottery carries an embossed bee design and an ivory faux aged finish.  Measures 8 inches in diameter. Sold individually.  $14.49.  Buy here.

Bee on Leaf Brass Cuff by Elaine Coyne

Elaine Coyne Brass Cuff

Bee on Leaf Brass Cuff by Elaine Coyne.  A lovely solid brass cuff incorporating a verdigris patina, bee motif, and Amethyst and Onyx cabochons.  $100.00.  Buy here.

Salisbury Honey Bee Napkin Rings

Salisbury Honey Bee Napkin Rings

Salisbury Honey Bee Napkin Rings.  These are made from pewter.  $61.00.  Buy here.

SOMSO Model of the Worker Bee

Model of Worker Bee

SOMSO Model of the Worker Bee from Global Technologies.  Honey-bee, Apis mellifica, model enlarged approximately 25 times.  Height: 50 cm., width: 47 cm., depth: 15 cm.  $1,043.00.  Buy here.

Emu Tile Honey Bee Handmade Tile

Emu Tile Honey Bee 2" x 2" Tile

Emu Tile Honey Bee Tile.  Choose from 12 unique, lead-free glazes for this 2" x 2" Arts and Crafts style tile.  $7.00.  Buy here.

Bee Metal Spoon by American Retold

Bee Metal Spoon by American Retold.  This spoon measures about 6" long.  $19.95.  Buy here.

All the Buzz Dishtowel

All the Buzz Dishtowel available from Anthropologie.  Handprinted onto unbleached cotton, a single bee vies to dry all of your pots and pans.  $18.00.  Buy here.