You can always start with the traditional red heart:
Ornamented heart pendant – Metropolitan Museum of Art, padded leather heart – Rosita Bonita, hook my heart earrings – Shaun Leane, scarf – Faliero Sarti, heart and arrow earrings – Jennifer Loiselle, silk rectangle scarf – Diane von Furstenberg
Or you can opt for the equally expected, but somewhat less intense pink heart. Sometimes the heart is just a subtle part of the design of a piece of jewelry:
Rose quartz bracelet – Astley Clarke, opal ring – Allurez, pink quartz earrings – Judith Ripka, rhodonite pendant – Sandra and Lily, sterling bracelet – Judith Ripka, rhodonite ring – Fabiana Quispe
If you’ve ever looked really closely at Judith Ripka jewelry, you might have noticed that most of her setting use teeny tiny little hearts to hold the stones in place! So if anybody accuses you of not being in the appropriately romantic mood, you can set them straight…
Vitreous pendant – Metropolitan Museum of Art, black pearl ring – Lee Renee, druzy pendant – Sarah Kosta, embossed leather pendant – Rosita Bonita, obsidian bracelet – Gilda Vega, onyx earrings – Carmen Anocibar
And if you have a favorite color, there’s every chance that someone somewhere has made something absolutely gorgeous just for you…
Green jade pendant – Zandra Lorena Sajbin, blue topaz earrings – Judith Ripka, purple quartz bracelet – Withaya Cheunjit, green heart earrings – Metropolitan Museum of Art, yellow sapphire earrings – Nanis, blue corundum pendant – Judith Ripka
If you don’t like hearts, you should never feel compelled to wear them. But if you find them appealing and charming, you should never feel self-conscious about that preference. Wear them with a smile and an open heart, and enjoy the things that make you happy!
I am firmly in the no hearts-ever camp, but I would happily wear the DF scarf.
Great choices, Janice! I love the rhodonite ring.
In a long cold winter…Valentine's day, to me, is a harbinger of spring…so a celebration with hearts of any type is welcome. All the jewelry shown today is absolutely beautiful, particularly the heart and arrow earrings!
Valentine's Day for me is the time to celebrate all the special people who enrich my life. It also takes me right back to elementary school, 60 years ago and the anxiety about the number of cards I received compared to all the other girls. So happy those days are long gone.
Deb from Vancouver
As a romance author I'm biased on the subject of course, but I love romance. Valentine's Day is just one of many days to celebrate life and love with those who are closest to your heart.
Thank you for showing us so many gorgeous heart-themed accessories Janice!
This is so charming, Janice! I love your inclusion of colors in addition to the traditional red and pink hearts. Although I love the Judith Ripka bracelet (pink heart charm), I also love the green heart earrings. Happy Valentine's Day to you and your "Belovedest"! It's a happy day for my husband and me because it's the day we met for the first time (blind date). –Susan S.