As featured on http://thursdaysweettreat.blogspot.com/ (on Thursday March 26th)

When I saw this week's theme for the Thursday Sweet Treat— Flicker of Imagination—, I was in awe. My first thought was something really close to "Duh!"
But then I scrolled down a little and saw the word "Fireflies" (and read Natasha'sbeautiful poem). Then I laughed and got down to work. I knew.

Let me explain : when I was about 13 or 14, I read this play for school : "Ruy Blas", by Victor Hugo; a very, very Romantic melodrama, with this very noble-minded commoner who's in love with the very unhappy Queen. It's beautifully written but doesn't end all that well... At some point, the Queen is reading over and over again this letter that she has received and that says:
« Madame, sous vos pieds, dans l’ombre, un homme est là
« Qui vous aime, perdu dans la nuit qui le voile ;
« Qui souffre, VER DE TERRE AMOUREUX D'UNE ETOILE ;
« Qui pour vous donnera son âme, s’il le faut ;
« Et qui se meurt en bas quand vous brillez en haut. »

(in a nutshell : Madam, at your feet, in the shadow, a man loves you, A LOW WORM IN LOVE WITH A STAR, he will give up his soul for you if need be, and languishes beneath when you shine above.)
I found this "ver de terre amoureux d'un étoile — low worm in love with a star" such a beautiful image!
It was only years, at least ten years, later when I realized that what this expression conjured up in my mind was a "glow-worm". A flicker of my imagination had united the ill-starred lovers into a firefly...

So I did it again with this hand-stamped pendant: the words "ver de terre amoureux" stamped on copper and "d'une étoile" on a smaller silver one, along with the glimmer of a star. I considered adding green jade or even an emerald but then, going through my stash, I found this freshwater pearl that is the exact same shade as the glow-worm's little lantern. It had to be.

Copper ring (about 5/16 in. — 8 mm) & pendant (1 in. — 2,5 cm )
Sterling silver pendant (stamped .925 on the back, about 6/8 by 4/8 in. — 2 cm by 1,7 cm)
Small button freshwater pearl on a sterling silver headpin
Total length about 1.5 in — 4 cm.

This listing is for the pendant only.

sterling silver, Copper, freshwater pearl

stamped and hammered metal

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