The Possible

"The possible’s slow fuse is lit by the imagination. "
- Emily Dickinson

5/8" tall x 1/2" diameter

37.00

Know Something

"Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. "
- Walker Evans

7/8" tall x 7/16" diameter

37.00

Peace Is Our Gift

"Peace is our gift to each other. "
- Elie Wiesel, Excerpt from: Mankind must remember that peace is not God’s gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.”

1/2“ tall x 9/16“ diameter

37.00

Your Safety

"Your safety will be directly affected by your judgement. "
- Vintage metal sign

11/16 “ tall x 5/8“ diameter

37.00
Very limited stock

Bewitched

"Bewitched, bothered, and bewildered "
- 1940 musical, “Pal Joey,” music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hart

7/8" tall x 7/16" diameter

37.00
Only one left in stock

Inquire Within

3/8" tall x 5/8" diameter

37.00

Hearts Are Not Had

"Hearts are not had as a gift but hearts are earned "
- W.B. Yeats 1865-1939 Prayer for a Daughter

9/16" diameter x 5/8" tall

37.00

Hearts and Arrows

- J.E Cirlot says in his Dictionary of Symbols - "The heart pierced with an arrow is a symbol of conjunction."

1 1/8" tall x 9/16" diameter

42.00
Out of stock

Night Skull

"Nox est perpetua una dormeinda (We must sleep one perpetual night) "
- Poem 5, Catullus 84 BC – 54 BC

1" wide x 1 1/2" tall x 3/8" deep

78.00
Only one left in stock

Mandrake Arrows

"Truth never is undone, its shafts remain. "
- Theodore Roethke

1 3/4" tall, 1 1/16" wide at top, 5/8" wide at bottom, 3/8" deep

78.00
Only one left in stock

Kindness

"The highest form of wisdom is kindness. "
- The Talmud

7/16" tall x 5/8" diameter

37.00

Radishes & Peas

- Radishes and peas alternate around this bead.

3/4" tall x 5/8" triangle at top and bottom

42.00
Out of stock

Whither Thou

"Whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge. "
- The Bible, Ruth 1:16-17

3/4" tall x 5/8" diameter

37.00
Very limited stock

Tall Plum Blossom

- The plum blossom represents spring, renewed vitality and good fortune.

5/8" in diameter x 1 1/4" tall

46.00
Only one left in stock

Dragonfly On Willow

"Background design of willow branches based on Japanese blue and white textile. "
- Dragonfly cast of bronze.

9/16" diameter x 1 1/16" tall

55.00
Only one left in stock

Flower Skull

"Until death, it is all life. "
- Miguel de Cervantes, Design based on sugar and paper-mâché skulls from the Mexican "Day of the Dead".

1" tall x 7/8" wide x 3/8" deep

60.00
Very limited stock

Butterfly On Clouds

"In Korea the butterfly is symbol of romantic love. "
- Cloud pattern based on antique Japanese textile print.

1 1/16" tall x 7/16" diameter

55.00

Plum Blossom On Diamonds

"In Japan the plum blossom represents spring, renewed vitality, and good fortune. "
- Diamond pattern based on antique Japanese textile print.

1" tall x 1/2" diameter

55.00

Miniature Rebus Square

"Images: eye heart u; On sides 'A Secret' "
- I love you

1/2" wide x 9/16" tall x 3/16"deep

42.00

Miniature Rebus Cylinder

"Images: eye heart u "
- I love you

7/16" diameter x 7/16" tall

37.00
Very limited stock

Copper Heart

"Thou art my life, my love, my heart (a copper heart appliqué), the very eyes of me. "
- Robert Herrick 1591-1674

5/8" tall x 5/8" wide x 5/8" deep

55.00
Only one left in stock

On Ne Voit

"On ne voit qu’avec le coeur. (One only sees well with the heart.) "
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery, “The Little Prince”

1/2" x 5/8" diameter

37.00

Beckoning Cat

"For Luck "
- In Japan, a figure of a beckoning cat is displayed to bring good luck to a business. The cat beckons with the right paw to attract money and with the left paw to attract customers.

1 1/16" tall x 3/4" wide x 1/4" deep

50.00

Daffodil

- Welsh superstition says that if you find the first daffodil of spring, you will have more gold than silver in the coming year.

5/8" square at top x 3/8" square at bottom, 1 1/4" tall

50.00
Only one left in stock

Time of Daffodils

"in time of daffodils(who know the goal of living is to grow) forgetting why,remember how "
- ee cummings

5/8" tall x 13/16" diameter

38.00
Only one left in stock

Lantern Fly

"Thou art my way; I wander if thou fly; Thou art my light; If hid, how blind am I! "
- Francis Quarles, 1592 - 1644, Early naturalists believed that the lantern fly's large proboscis gave off a bright light in the dark.

1" tall x 1 13/16" wide x 3/8" deep; Off center hole, see photo.

78.00
Only one left in stock

Porte Bonheur

"Porte Bonheur", French for "Bringer of Happiness "
- In France, at the beginning of May, the custom is to buy a pot or bouquet of lilies of the valley for oneself, or as a gift for family or friends. Lily of the valley (muget de bois) is nicknamed "porte bonheur," and this gift is believed to bring good luck through the year.

1/2" wide x 7/8" tall x 7/16" deep

42.00

Miniature Lucky Peas

"For Luck "
- In the South, eating black eyed peas and collard greens on New Years Day brings good luck.

1/2" tall x 3/8" wide x 3/16" deep

42.00
Only one left in stock

Tomato

"My vegetable love should grow vaster than empires and more slow. "
- Andrew Marvell, 'To His Coy Mistress'. Tomatoes were once called 'love apples' and believed to have aphrodisiac properties.

1" wide x 1 1/4" tall x 3/8" deep

75.00
Out of stock

Had We But World

"Had we but world enough and time "
- Andrew Marvell, 'To His Coy Mistress'

3/4" high x 5/8" diameter

37.00
Very limited stock

Bleeding Heart

"Sides: 'Despise not mee: Yt joyes in thee.' "
- antique poesy ring

1" wide x 1 1/4" tall x 3/8" deep

75.00
Out of stock

Vinca

"Sides: 'I pray thee vinca, pervinca, that thou come to me glad blossoming.' "
- Part of charm from Herbarium of Apuleius. Periwinkle was believed to protect one from poison, drowning, snakes, and illness.

3/4" wide x 1 1/4" tall x 1/2" deep

75.00
Very limited stock

Faithful Boar

"2007 is the year of the boar in the Chinese Zodiac. One of the boar’s traits is loyalty. "
- Text on the side, taken from an antique poesy ring: “Fidele en amitie" French, “Faithful in friendship"

13/16" wide x 1/4" deep x 1 1/4" tall

50.00
Out of stock

Garden Is Never

"A garden is never so good as it will be next year "
- Thomas Cooper, 1805-1892

11/16" in diameter x 3/4" tall

37.00
Very limited stock

Hand Garden Tools

"The four sides of this bead show a garden fork, a dibble, and two different spades. "
1/2" square x 1" tall

46.00

Pine Branch

"In Japan the pine is a symbol of longevity and good fortune. "
- In China the pine tree also symbolizes steadfastness and self discipline.

13/16" tall x 5/8" diameter

37.00
Very limited stock

Garden Tools

"A shovel, a digging fork, a spade, and a rake. "
1/2" square x 1" tall

46.00
Only one left in stock

Pants Rebus

"Images: My heart pants for you "
- Sides:"a secret"

1 1/8" tall x 5/8" wide x 1/4" deep

42.00
Out of stock

Me To Know

"For me to know and you to find out. "
- Fred (the cat) can keep a secret.

5/8" square

42.00
Only one left in stock

Love & Scandal

"Love and scandal are the best sweetners of tea. "
- Henry Fielding 1701-1754

1 1/8" tall x 5/8" diameter

48.00
Only one left in stock

That's My Name

"That's my name, don't wear it out. "
- Fred practices selective hearing.

5/8" square

42.00

Tied Hearts

"A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread. "
2" tall x 1-1/8" at top x 3/8" deep

85.00
Out of stock

Never too late

"It is never too late to be what you might have been. "
- George Eliot 1819-1880

1/2" diameter x 5/8" tall

37.00

Cracked Heart Mandrake

"I'll be this abject thing no more; Love, give me back my heart again. "
- George Grenville, Baron Landsdown 1677-1735

1-3/4" tall; 1" x 3/8" top; 1/2" x 3/8" bottom

78.00
Only one left in stock

Lux

"Lux et umbra vicissim, sed semper amore. 'Light and shadow by turns, but always love.' "
- Sundial motto found in New England by Alice Morse Earle, 1902

3/4" tall x 1/2" diameter

37.00
Very limited stock

Lucky Butterflies

"For luck "
- In China butterflies may symbolize abundant leisure and joy; in Japan, two butterflies symbolize conjugal happiness.

3/4" tall x 3/4" wide x 1/4" deep

42.00
Out of stock

Double Dragonfly

"Everything you can imagine is real. "
- Pablo Picasso 1881-1973

2" tall x 1-1/8" wide at top; 5/8" wide at bottom x 3/8" deep

85.00
Very limited stock

Crying Flying Heart

1" wide at top; 1/2" wide at bottom x 5/16" deep

70.00
Out of stock

Bad Dreams

"There are bad dreams for those who sleep unwisely. "
- Bram Stoker 1847-1912 Dracula

3/4" diameter x 7/16" tall

37.00
Very limited stock

My Heart Opens

"Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix", French for "My heart opens at thy voice "
- Camille Saint-Saens, Opera "Samson and Delilah", Delilah's Act 2 Aria

1 1/16" wide x 1 1/16" tall x 1/2" deep

60.00
Only one left in stock

Mad, Bad

"Mad, bad, and dangerous to know "
- Lady Caroline Lamb (1785-1828), Journal entry after meeting Byron for the first time, at a ball in 1812.

3/4" tall x 1/2" diameter

37.00
Very limited stock

Life Question

"Life is not a question that waits until it's answered. "
- Copyright 1999, Angela Motter - Buckyspeak Music, BMI

7/16" diameter x 13/16" tall

37.00