Baby Tigers Have Blue Eyes
I’ve got a gate section, it’s wrought iron. I bought it in Savannah, Georgia. They told me it was from Egypt. I bought their story, and the gate. I had it shipped to Maine. I hadn’t measured; it fit perfectly between the ash tree and a stone wall at the end of the driveway. It’s not a gate for a driveway, but a decorative accessory. It had layers of old paint, layers and layers. Some of the layers were red, some yellow. I stripped, filed and sanded, then prepped, primed and painted it flat black. Two types of vines have grown up through. The gate section is a great place for seasonal hangings summer, fall, Christmas.
I have a solar light at the top and currently imitation red berries woven into the ironwork. Mid frame, far left, there is sunlight glare from the sea. Later, when the sun moves around there’s a patch of blue in the same place. I love wrought iron and although the gate is neither the fanciest or the most elaborate, I love my walk to the end of the driveway to pick up the newspaper in the morning. And, while I don’t look and study the fence section and its swirls of iron when I go for the paper, there is a feeling as I stand before the gate that quietly warms the heart.
Would I do it again, buy the gate, have it shipped, finish, and paint? Yes, absolutely. There is something about the swirls and straight lines, the unyielding solidness that attracts, that beacons me to decorate as a new season approaches.
This necklace reminds me of some of the wrought ironwork I have around the property. This is blue, a pure blue gem, blue, blue sapphire from some exotic mine in Southeast Asia where tigers and elephants roam, and yes, baby tigers have blue eyes. Then north-south and east-west, four tiny diamonds mark the cardinal points of direction. Not iron, but precious gold, white gold creating the swirls. If they created wrought iron and only did straight bars it could serve its purpose as a barrier. Build in a pattern of swirls and it creates structure and strength and yet is warmer, invites the eyes to engage, to explore the precious metals and precious gems. Perfect size, not too big, not too small, just right.
Why a Cross Sapphire is the Best
We love blue. We know blue. We live by the blue sea, beneath summer blue skies. Our business is located on a peninsula called Portland, surrounded by saltwater on three sides. We can feel the blue ocean pulsing with every tide. From the rooftop of our building, we can see the open sea. Binoculars show ships coming and going on a blue, blue sea.
We love blue sapphire: It is bright, brilliant and is amazingly durable. As the second hardest gem to diamond, it is a highly wearable gem, ideal for rings. We love blue sapphire… we love it so much that we have traveled to southeast Asia to find first-choice colors. We choose a lighter, brighter blue than most American jewelers because it shows up best under a wide range of real-world lighting conditions. Our blue sapphires look and perform best on everything from sunny days to a candlelit dinner for two.
We want your blue sapphire to dazzle you, dazzle your partner and everyone in any room you visit. Cross’ blue sapphires are the best.
Blue Sapphires Chosen One at a Time
Most jewelers prefer dark sapphires because they are easier to source and easier to acquire a consistent repeatable color. Our sapphire jewelry starts with the selection of the individual gem. We choose gems one at a time, and evaluate them under different lighting conditions to find the best performing sapphires. The result is a gem which is bright, blue, and brilliant – everything you want in a sapphire. This process takes more time and it results in the best, brightest, and truest bluest sapphire jewelry. We specially craft our earrings to fit each gem.
