Dress: Modcloth; Top: Candie's, Kohl's
Red Hot Candy Necklace
Top: Bisou Bisou, JCPenney
Top: Candie's, Kohl's
Candy Chrysalis Necklace
Black Swan Barrette Brooch
It's finally February, and you know what that means. No, I'm not talking about that perennially pessimistic, Pennsylvanian, shadow-spying rodent. I'm talking about Valentine's Day, that magical time when love isn't only in the air, but the hair. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I heart the hearts and flowers aesthetic. That's why I ripped into the proverbial box of chocolates early to make a couple of candy necklaces and a pair of barrette brooches featuring those most OG of lovebirds: swans
Swans are so beautiful, it's no wonder they drop their feathers everywhere. There are swan boats, swan songs, and swan-like necks. There's Black Swan and Swan Lake and Bella Swan. There are Swanson frozen dinners (cue Jimmy Fallon's "Idiot Boyfriend": "I've got a Swanson's dinner in the freezer, with your name on it."), Ron Swanson, and even the swan on the Schwan frozen food truck. There are graceful swans and swans that'll peck your eyes out. And, then of course, there's the romantic ideal that swans -- and only swans -- mate for life.
What other avian could a Hallmark junkie want?
Don't say doves. I don't care how many weddings you've been to where they've been released. Doves are for peace treaties. And Prince. And anyway, they lack swans' drama.
Because if you're not in danger of losing an eye, then you might as well stay in Punxsutawney.