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What your birthstone

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You might know what your birthstone is, but do you know what it can say about your personality? For thousands of years, gemstones have been associated with magic and mystery, so check out what it might say about you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ January: Garnet The Garnet symbolizes love, constancy, and faith. If you wear the stone, you could see an increase in your self image, will power and energy levels. GET YOURS HERE >  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ February: Purple Amethyst The Purple Amethyst is a symbol of serenity, peace, temperance, and royalty. Those who wear it are protected from darkness. GET YOURS HERE> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ March: Aquamarine These are...
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September’s birthstone is the sapphire—a precious gem of wisdom, loyalty and nobility. This stone is said to focus the mind, encourage self-discipline and channel higher powers. When people say “sapphire,” they’re usually referring to the royal blue variety of this gem, although it can occur in all colors of the rainbow (except red, which is classified as ruby instead). This lovely gem gives September-born babies a full spectrum of options when choosing the shade of birthstone that best represents them.
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Family christmas pajamas

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OK, fess up, moms! Do you buy your entire family matching pajamas for the holidays? Check out these hilarious holiday pajamas that your entire family can sport this year, along with thoughts from real moms who are on both sides of the matching pajamas fence. Moms who love them A self-proclaimed sucker for pajama fun, mom of two in Seattle, Dana, says that she absolutely gets matching pajamas for her kids — and for her husband and herself when she can find the same ones in adult sizes as well. Tara, a Los Angeles mom to a 2-year-old, shares that even her mom and sister join in the matching pajama craziness. They've been busting out the matching Christmas pajamas for the past three years now. Moms who just say no On the other side of the matching pajama scene, Kelli tells SheKnows that her own mother has been making her wear matching Christmas pajamas since she was a child and even now, Kelli's mom insists on matching pajamas for the entire family on Christma...
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Alexandrite Alexandrite  is one of the rarest of all colored gemstones and is famed for its color change from green in daylight to red under incandescent light. Fine faceted alexandrite over 1 carat is more valuable than sapphire, ruby or emerald. Alexandrite is a variety of chrysoberyl, with an excellent hardness of 8.5 on the Mohs scale, placing it right behind sapphire and ruby. Alexandrite is rare because of its chemical composition. Chrysoberyl is colored by traces iron and titanium, but alexandrite is also colored by chromium, which gives it the emerald green hue in daylight.
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Who wants to learn more about birthstones? January –  Garnet  –  Garnet (constancy) February –  Amethyst  –  Amethyst (sincerity) March –  Jasper  –  Bloodstone or Aquamarine (courage) April –  Sappire  –  Diamond (innocence)  May –  Agate  –  Emerland (love/success) June –  Emerald  –  Pearl, Moonstone, Alexandrite (health/longevity) July –  Onyx  –  Ruby (contentment) August –  Carnelian  –  Sardonyx, Peridot (married happiness) September –  Chrysolite  –  Sapphire (clear thinking) October –  Aquamarine  –  Opal, Tourmaline (hope) November –  Topaz  –  Topaz (fidelity) December –  Ruby  –  Turquoise, Lapis (prosperity) Birthstones November Birthstone : Topaz and Citrine Individuals born in November can choose between two sunny gemstones to brighten up this chilly ...
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