I just love this piece I up-cycled for a Valentines several years ago.

I’m on the fence with celebrating Valentines day, but having researched it’s history and reading about Lupercalia, the celebration that inspired Valentines day…I’m still on the fence!😆

The short story includes an animal sacrifice (something to do with twin babies being reared by a wolf), blood soaked strips of skin that imbue fertility, and raffle style pairing of single people for the festivities.

I thought I’d focus on the colour of the blood, and snow of the season.

I heavily adorned this bracelet with many varieties of hearts, including the sacrificial ‘droplets of blood’ with multiple ‘white as snow’ beads. It also includes three bells to keep away bad entities, as well as a star to remind the wearer to just ‘𝐵𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓋𝑒'!

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