For never was a story of more woe, Than this of Juliet and her Romeo

What does Romeo have to do with jewelry?  Well nothing, but Juliet has a lot to do with it!  Read on!  Thank you to my wonderful friend for her beautiful review of one of our pieces.  As a shameless plug for a friend, please hop on over to her blog and be sure to follow the makings of an authoress.

It’s Amanda Nicole again.  (Waving!)  Rachael’s friendly, unpaid, buys the jewelry she writes about reviewer.  (Yes, I need to rethink this whole thing.)  I’m also the friend who doesn’t wear jewelry, and doesn’t exactly like jewelry.  Yet, here I am reviewing the jewelry.
Everyone likes new things.  Or, at least so I am told.  Today’s edition is the Juliet Bracelet.  I’m pretty sure you’re supposed to think of Romeo & Juliet when you see this bracelet.  It has four charms and two “pearls.”  Bear with my art critique here.  This piece is a work of art, and what one person sees might not be what another person sees.  Let’s take each of the four charms separately for our critique.

Juliet Bracelet 

all photos by Amanda Nicole Trisdale

We will start with the key.  It is a lovely key with “LOVE” as the teeth.  I will believe the designer meant that love is the key to unlock any door; be the door bolted shut with compassion or hate.  I find the key a pivotal part of the play, and of this bracelet.  For what is Romeo & Juliet without the moral of the story?

 
Next comes the heart.  It should not be shocking to find a heart on a bracelet based on one of the greatest love stories of all time.  This little charm shows how beautiful and delicate love can be.

 
After the heart we have the cameo.  We can never forget the young beauty who tragically takes her own life for love.  Timeless, ageless in the shadow of our memory, Juliet reminds us that we must seek the better self within us, not the hate that surrounds us.
 

Some might disagree with the inclusion of the symbol of peace on this work.  I would ask them to think about the play.  A love that could overcome hate is a love that brought peace between two families.  Remember the ending of Romeo and Juliet.  Both fathers stand looking down at the bodies of their children.  In that moment, Montague and Capulet realize what their feuding has cost them; their children.  Peace, the final gift of Juliet to her family.  Love, the key to unlock not only someone’s heart, but to unlock peace.  Two symbols by each other on a bracelet, meaningless one without the other.  For can one truly have peace without love?  Or love without peace?
 
So, whether you are like me and bought this lovely piece due to the fact your niece is named after the heroine in a Shakespeare play, are a fan of one of the greatest and longest enduring love stories of all time, or just love a beautiful piece of jewelry, buy the Juliet Bracelet.  Or, seeing as how Christmas is coming up, pick up the bracelet for that woman in your life you have been feuding with. 

For those who don’t like large charms on your wrist, but love the charms on the bracelet, you are in luck.  Park Lane happens to have the same piece in a necklace.  The bracelet is $55.  The necklace is $119.  Rachael can always work in a lovely deal for you.  Talk to Rachael for more details.
“For never was a story of more woe/Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.”  The Prince’s eulogy for Juliet and Romeo at the end of the play.

**From Rachael:  Amanda, Thank you so much for this beautiful review of the Juliet bracelet.  I must admit at first I was slightly irritated by the peace symbol on this lovely bracelet, but you helped me to remember the message of Romeo and Juliet.  Photos really don't do this piece justice, it is precious.  If pictures are worth a thousand words, then these lovely words are only half of the story!  Please do be sure to give your love this bracelet!!
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