• Archaeologists in Pompeii just discovered a decaying wooden box containing - are you ready for this? - the hidden treasures of an ancient Roman sorceress! . The cache of objects included crystals, bells, amulets, dolls, beads, and a tiny carved skull. Many of the objects symbolize fertility and love or protect against bad luck. . Does anyone else think this is basically the coolest thing ever?? Also, I hope to leave behind a similarly eclectic trove of mystical objects when I go. . See the links in my story for more info. . Info c/o @smithsonianmagazine & @hyperallergic (links in story). Image c/o @pompeii_parco_archeologico. . #pompeii #ancientrome #sorceress #crystals #gemstones #witchesofinstagram #archaeology
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    Archaeologists in Pompeii just discovered a decaying wooden box containing - are you ready for this? - the hidden treasures of an ancient Roman sorceress! . The cache of objects included crystals, bells, amulets, dolls, beads, and a tiny carved skull. Many of the objects symbolize fertility and love or protect against bad luck. . Does anyone else think this is basically the coolest thing ever?? Also, I hope to leave behind a similarly eclectic trove of mystical objects when I go. . See the links in my story for more info. . Info c/o @smithsonianmagazine & @hyperallergic (links in story). Image c/o @pompeii_parco_archeologico. . #pompeii #ancientrome #sorceress #crystals #gemstones #witchesofinstagram #archaeology
  • Forever in love with the color & whimsy of this @lydiacourteille tiara. 👸🏻🦄💎 Do you love it too, or would you prefer to be crowned with a more traditional tiara? . #tiaratuesday #crown #opal #lydiacourteille #tiara #jewelrygram #diamondsinthelibrary
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    Forever in love with the color & whimsy of this @lydiacourteille tiara. 👸🏻🦄💎 Do you love it too, or would you prefer to be crowned with a more traditional tiara? . #tiaratuesday #crown #opal #lydiacourteille #tiara #jewelrygram #diamondsinthelibrary
  • There’s something clarifying about being in pain all the time. It’s terrible - sometimes excruciating - but, like a forest fire, pain’s blazing inferno does have the benefit of vaporizing some of life’s unnecessary detritus. When your body only leaves you with the strength to do the most necessary of things, you quickly see what those things are. Snuggle up close to my husband even though I know I’ll only be able to hold the position for a minute or two before the pain becomes unbearable? Always worth it. Shaving my legs? Almost never. Small talking through phone calls I don’t enjoy? No sir. Trying to figure out how to politely reply to someone who is rude to me? Fuck that. . Chronic pain has already changed me in deep, intimate, unquantifiable ways. How do you get out of bed in the morning when you know most of the day might feel like literal torture? That’s how I start each day now: bargaining with myself to get out of bed and face the pain. I know this experience is honing me, making me strong. I know someday I may be grateful for what my pain taught me, what it freed me from - but right now I’m in the middle of the reforging process and it is beyond brutal. . I haven’t been around much, and I miss you, my IG friends. I haven’t been posting because I’m not sure I know myself well enough at the moment to decide who I want to be on the Internet anymore. But I felt like posting this one, so I did. We’ll take this one step at a time. . I encountered this image in an online chronic pain support group and it rang true for me. Please let me know if you can attribute it, would love to credit properly. And if you don’t understand it, please google Christine Miserandino’s spoon theory. . #chronicillness #chronicpain #wherethetiredgirlsare #fibromyalgia #myofascialpainsyndrome #spoonie #costochondritis #spoontheory #outofspoons #bloggeridentitycrisis
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    There’s something clarifying about being in pain all the time. It’s terrible - sometimes excruciating - but, like a forest fire, pain’s blazing inferno does have the benefit of vaporizing some of life’s unnecessary detritus. When your body only leaves you with the strength to do the most necessary of things, you quickly see what those things are. Snuggle up close to my husband even though I know I’ll only be able to hold the position for a minute or two before the pain becomes unbearable? Always worth it. Shaving my legs? Almost never. Small talking through phone calls I don’t enjoy? No sir. Trying to figure out how to politely reply to someone who is rude to me? Fuck that. . Chronic pain has already changed me in deep, intimate, unquantifiable ways. How do you get out of bed in the morning when you know most of the day might feel like literal torture? That’s how I start each day now: bargaining with myself to get out of bed and face the pain. I know this experience is honing me, making me strong. I know someday I may be grateful for what my pain taught me, what it freed me from - but right now I’m in the middle of the reforging process and it is beyond brutal. . I haven’t been around much, and I miss you, my IG friends. I haven’t been posting because I’m not sure I know myself well enough at the moment to decide who I want to be on the Internet anymore. But I felt like posting this one, so I did. We’ll take this one step at a time. . I encountered this image in an online chronic pain support group and it rang true for me. Please let me know if you can attribute it, would love to credit properly. And if you don’t understand it, please google Christine Miserandino’s spoon theory. . #chronicillness #chronicpain #wherethetiredgirlsare #fibromyalgia #myofascialpainsyndrome #spoonie #costochondritis #spoontheory #outofspoons #bloggeridentitycrisis
  • It’s the 4th, so how about some glorious rainbow fireworks 💥🌈💎🎊 from @mspaltenjewelry?!? . My feelings about the good ol’ US of A might be firmly set on “it’s complicated” these days, but there’s still plenty to get behind on the Fourth of July: after all, isn’t this holiday really about fighting against tyranny & oppression, no matter how hopeless the fight seems? And fireworks, of course. Gotta love fireworks. . #jewelrylover #rainbow #necklace #mspaltenjewelry #fireworks #independenceday #jewelrygram #diamondsinthelibrary
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    It’s the 4th, so how about some glorious rainbow fireworks 💥🌈💎🎊 from @mspaltenjewelry?!? . My feelings about the good ol’ US of A might be firmly set on “it’s complicated” these days, but there’s still plenty to get behind on the Fourth of July: after all, isn’t this holiday really about fighting against tyranny & oppression, no matter how hopeless the fight seems? And fireworks, of course. Gotta love fireworks. . #jewelrylover #rainbow #necklace #mspaltenjewelry #fireworks #independenceday #jewelrygram #diamondsinthelibrary
  • Just the prettiest pink sapphire you ever did see, wreathed in an ultra-glamorous halo of pear cut diamonds. 🌸💎🍐 By @omiprive. . Do you love this as much as I do, or do you prefer your sapphires to be blue? . #padparadschasapphire #rings #sapphireengagementring #agta #pinksapphire #padparadscha #omiprive #diamondsinthelibrary
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    Just the prettiest pink sapphire you ever did see, wreathed in an ultra-glamorous halo of pear cut diamonds. 🌸💎🍐 By @omiprive. . Do you love this as much as I do, or do you prefer your sapphires to be blue? . #padparadschasapphire #rings #sapphireengagementring #agta #pinksapphire #padparadscha #omiprive #diamondsinthelibrary
  • Here is a hedgehog wearing a diamond ring. 💎🦔💍 YOU’RE WELCOME. . Ring by @heidigibsondesigns, photo c/o @lionelthehog. Congrats to Lionel’s humans on their engagement (and on this gorgeous ring!). . #hedgehog #engagementring #lionelthehog #bridal #hedgehogsofinstagram #diamondring #heidigibson #diamondsinthelibrary
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    Here is a hedgehog wearing a diamond ring. 💎🦔💍 YOU’RE WELCOME. . Ring by @heidigibsondesigns, photo c/o @lionelthehog. Congrats to Lionel’s humans on their engagement (and on this gorgeous ring!). . #hedgehog #engagementring #lionelthehog #bridal #hedgehogsofinstagram #diamondring #heidigibson #diamondsinthelibrary
  • Happy Pride, DC!! 💘🌈👯‍♂️💕💃🏻 I probably won’t make it to the celebrations downtown this year but I’m still rocking some rainbow. 💖 I hope that Donald Trump & his homophobic goon squad are forced to see how many people in the DMV and around the USA believe with every fiber of our beings that #loveislove. . #capitalpride #pridemonth #lgbtqally #pride2019 #hearts #rainbows #diamondsinthelibrary
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    Happy Pride, DC!! 💘🌈👯‍♂️💕💃🏻 I probably won’t make it to the celebrations downtown this year but I’m still rocking some rainbow. 💖 I hope that Donald Trump & his homophobic goon squad are forced to see how many people in the DMV and around the USA believe with every fiber of our beings that #loveislove. . #capitalpride #pridemonth #lgbtqally #pride2019 #hearts #rainbows #diamondsinthelibrary
  • Sometimes you just need a parade of pretty in your Wednesday. . Gorgeous earrings by @retrouvai. Which colorway is your favorite? . #earrings #thisiscouture #jewelrygram #tourmaline #earringstagram #diamondsinthelibrary
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    Sometimes you just need a parade of pretty in your Wednesday. . Gorgeous earrings by @retrouvai. Which colorway is your favorite? . #earrings #thisiscouture #jewelrygram #tourmaline #earringstagram #diamondsinthelibrary
  • Four years ❤️👰🏻🥂🦖 . Photos by the lovely @angelkidwellphotography. . #happilyeverafter #MrDitL #anniversary #romancingthestone #vandiverinnwedding
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    Four years ❤️👰🏻🥂🦖 . Photos by the lovely @angelkidwellphotography. . #happilyeverafter #MrDitL #anniversary #romancingthestone #vandiverinnwedding
  • Mostly itty bitty, all very old gold pretties spotted at @shopthefabnab. ✨💎💫 Do these little lovelies make you swoon, too? Tell me your favorite one. . I have a particular weakness for that square beauty on the top of my pointer finger. Rock crystal with diamonds, if I remember correctly, in such a classic style for the era. . #antiquerings #rings #antiquejewelry #georgianjewelry #rosecut #rosecutdiamonds #victorianjewelry #antiquejewelry #ombas #diamondsinthelibrary
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    Mostly itty bitty, all very old gold pretties spotted at @shopthefabnab. ✨💎💫 Do these little lovelies make you swoon, too? Tell me your favorite one. . I have a particular weakness for that square beauty on the top of my pointer finger. Rock crystal with diamonds, if I remember correctly, in such a classic style for the era. . #antiquerings #rings #antiquejewelry #georgianjewelry #rosecut #rosecutdiamonds #victorianjewelry #antiquejewelry #ombas #diamondsinthelibrary
  • I’ve been cruising through the @premier.shows lookbook and I’m fully blown away. Such an exciting curation of creative designers all in one place! . Swipe to see some of my top @premier.shows picks (and then hit up my story for a few more). . So proud of my boo @liz_kantner and all her hard work on this site to be incredible new show!! . #premierxdesigner #premierlv #lvcc #thecollective #jewelryweek #lasvegasjewelryweek #jewelrydesigner #jewelrylover #diamondsinthelibrary
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    I’ve been cruising through the @premier.shows lookbook and I’m fully blown away. Such an exciting curation of creative designers all in one place! . Swipe to see some of my top @premier.shows picks (and then hit up my story for a few more). . So proud of my boo @liz_kantner and all her hard work on this site to be incredible new show!! . #premierxdesigner #premierlv #lvcc #thecollective #jewelryweek #lasvegasjewelryweek #jewelrydesigner #jewelrylover #diamondsinthelibrary
  • One of the most remarkable pieces I’ve ever held is headed to auction at @sothebys. It’s a ruby Sacred Heart from the 18th century and yes it does glow like that in real life. . If you can afford to bid on this, I recommend doing so - I’m 100% certain it has actual magical powers. I’m not usually drawn towards pieces with crosses (Christianity is not my religion of choice) but there’s something truly special about this brooch. . This majestic treasure formerly belonged to Dame Joan Evans (1893-1977), a British historian specialising in medieval art and jewelry history. . #ruby #sacredheart #antiquebrooch #antiquejewelry #sothebys #heart #brooch #joanevans #sothebysjewels #rubies #antiquejewellery #18thcentury #diamondsinthelibrary
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    One of the most remarkable pieces I’ve ever held is headed to auction at @sothebys. It’s a ruby Sacred Heart from the 18th century and yes it does glow like that in real life. . If you can afford to bid on this, I recommend doing so - I’m 100% certain it has actual magical powers. I’m not usually drawn towards pieces with crosses (Christianity is not my religion of choice) but there’s something truly special about this brooch. . This majestic treasure formerly belonged to Dame Joan Evans (1893-1977), a British historian specialising in medieval art and jewelry history. . #ruby #sacredheart #antiquebrooch #antiquejewelry #sothebys #heart #brooch #joanevans #sothebysjewels #rubies #antiquejewellery #18thcentury #diamondsinthelibrary
  • I never truly understood the concept of #invisibleillness until it became my life. There’s something profoundly distressing about knowing that everyone who looks at you will think that you’re healthy & comfortable when it couldn’t be further from the truth. . I don’t like wearing this heart monitor because it’s awkward and it means I can’t take a bath and it hurts my boob (these are NOT designed for women) but it does feel refreshing to have an outward sign of my not-okayness, even if it’s just for 24 hours. . #chronicillness #fibromyalgia #costochondritis #heartmonitor #holtermonitor #wherethetiredgirlsare #hypermobilitysyndrome #spoonie #myofascialpainsyndrome #chronicpain
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    I never truly understood the concept of #invisibleillness until it became my life. There’s something profoundly distressing about knowing that everyone who looks at you will think that you’re healthy & comfortable when it couldn’t be further from the truth. . I don’t like wearing this heart monitor because it’s awkward and it means I can’t take a bath and it hurts my boob (these are NOT designed for women) but it does feel refreshing to have an outward sign of my not-okayness, even if it’s just for 24 hours. . #chronicillness #fibromyalgia #costochondritis #heartmonitor #holtermonitor #wherethetiredgirlsare #hypermobilitysyndrome #spoonie #myofascialpainsyndrome #chronicpain
  • On Wednesdays, we wear PINK. . Thanks to @christiesjewels for showing how this ring looks when a person wears it while reading a book. 💖📚💎 This is very relevant to my life. . Repost via @christiesjewels: . The Bubble Gum Pink, superb 3.43 carats fancy vivid purplish pink, internally flawless diamond ring by Moussaieff. . Video by @christiesjewels. Ring featured in @christiesinc Magnificent Jewels sale, Hong Kong, 28 May. . @christiesasia #christiesinc #Moussaieff #christiesjewels #magnificentjewels #christiesasia #engagementring #jewelry #pink #diamond #pinkdiamond #pinkdiamond #ring
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    On Wednesdays, we wear PINK. . Thanks to @christiesjewels for showing how this ring looks when a person wears it while reading a book. 💖📚💎 This is very relevant to my life. . Repost via @christiesjewels: . The Bubble Gum Pink, superb 3.43 carats fancy vivid purplish pink, internally flawless diamond ring by Moussaieff. . Video by @christiesjewels. Ring featured in @christiesinc Magnificent Jewels sale, Hong Kong, 28 May. . @christiesasia #christiesinc #Moussaieff #christiesjewels #magnificentjewels #christiesasia #engagementring #jewelry #pink #diamond #pinkdiamond #pinkdiamond #ring