Stack 'em up in beautiful metalic finished leather bracelets with sterling silver clasps. You won't be blue with this cobalt blue fashion trend for winter.
December 09, 2011
December 03, 2011
October 23, 2011
October 06, 2011
Magnificent Color
I love this pop of red with the tweed. Easy to wear. These are some of my favorite earrings. I wear them all the time. They are Portale (my signature design) in open filigree sterling silver with smoky quartz teardrops. Smoky quartz is one of my most popular gemstones because it is so neutral. The braided leather bracelets are finished in this fabulous metalic, shown here in pewter, gold and bronze. The clasps are sterling silver and close with magnets.
August 09, 2011
June 30, 2011
Jewelry for a Happy July 4th!
Does it seems like summer just started and now it is half over? Lisa Robin Signature Collection large pendant and earrings with the perfect stripe for this weekend.
June 08, 2011
Introducing the Cordoba Collection....Romance every day.
The history of the Spanish city of Córdoba dates back to the Roman Empire, and this collection has an appropriately classic feel. Inspired by a Renaissance-era Spanish embroidery design popularized by Catherine of Aragon, these striking pieces brim with romance and vitality.
The peices are sterling silver with a selection of gemstone cabochons, shown here the pendant has a sky blue topaz and is shown on a blue leather cord, the bracelet is in garnet, and the earrings are black onyx.
June 02, 2011
Summer is here! Colorful leather cord jewelry.
Stash the chains till fall and make summer fun with colored leather cord.
May 13, 2011
Puttin' on the Glitz, hoop earrings go from day to night.
Medium sized Paisley Collection Hoop Earrings with added enhancers make a statement for evening. Sleeveless top shows off the Paisley Collection Bracelet. No need for a necklace with the high neckline, but the Hoops can be worn alone and an enhancer could be worn on a chain or leather cord as a necklace for three different looks.
April 16, 2011
The Cordoba Collection
The Cordoba Collection includes pendants, earrings, and bracelets and all come in a selection of gemstones. Inspired by the Spanish embroidery design made famous by Catherine of Aragon. I want you to see the new collection, but should continue the story of Catherine and Henry too.
Shortly after their marriage, Catherine found herself pregnant. This first child was a stillborn daughter born prematurely in January 1510, but this disappointment was soon followed by another pregnancy. Prince Henry was born on January 1, 1511. There were great celebrations for the birth of the young prince, but they were halted by the baby's death after 52 days of life. Catherine then had a miscarriage, followed by a another short-lived son. On February 1516, she gave birth a daughter named Mary, and this child lived. There were probably two more pregnancies, the last recorded in 1518.
Henry was growing frustrated by his lack of a male heir, but he remained a devoted husband. He had at least two mistresses that we know of: Elizabeth "Bessie" Blount and Mary Boleyn. By 1526 though, he had begun to separate from Catherine because he had fallen in love with one of her ladies (and sister of one of his mistresses): Anne Boleyn.
It is here that the lives of Henry's first and second wives begin to interweave. By the time his interest in Anne became common knowledge, Catherine was 42 years old and was no longer able to conceive. Henry's main goal now was to get a male heir, which his wife was not able to provide. Somewhere along the way Henry began to look at the texts of Leviticus which say that if a man takes his brother's wife, they shall be childless. As evidenced above, Catherine and Henry were far from childless, and still had one living child. But that child was a girl, and didn't count in Henry's mind. The King began to petition the Pope for an annulment.
At first, Catherine was kept in the dark about Henry's plans for their annulment and when the news got to Catherine she was very upset. She was also at a great disadvantage since the court that would decide the case was far from impartial. Catherine then appealed directly to the Pope, which she felt would listen to her case since her nephew was Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor.
The political and legal debate continued for six years. Catherine was adamant in that she and Arthur, her first husband and Henry's brother, did not consummate their marriage and therefore were not truly husband and wife. Catherine sought not only to retain her position, but also that of her daughter Mary.
Things came to a head in 1533 when Anne Boleyn became pregnant. Henry had to act, and his solution was to reject the power of the Pope in England and to have Thomas Cranmer, the Archbishop of Canterbury grant the annulment. Catherine was to renounce the title of Queen and would be known as the Princess Dowager of Wales, something she refused to acknowledge through to the end of her life.
Catherine and her daughter were separated and she was forced to leave court. She lived for the next three years in several dank and unhealthy castles and manors with just a few servants. However, she seldom complained of her treatment and spent a great deal of time at prayer.
On January 7, 1536, Catherine died at Kimbolton Castle and was buried at Peterborough Abbey (later Peterborough Cathedral, after the dissolution of the monasteries) with the ceremony due for her position as Princess Dowager, not as a Queen of England.
Photo of Henry VIII as played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers from Facebook/The Tudors and history from Tudorhistory.com.
Lisa Adkinson
Designer for Lisa Robin Jewelry, a new brand aspiring to be national. Share design and style ideas, observations about the business of jewelry, and how the biz is going
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