Jewellery in January
January wraps Hayling Island in brisk sea air and pale winter light. The pace slows, scarves are pulled tighter, and there’s a quiet comfort in choosing things that bring warmth as well as sparkle. Jewellery in January feels different too. Less about celebration, more about intention. It’s a time for pieces that glow softly and carry meaning into the year ahead.
The New Year arrives with a quieter kind of beauty. The festivities have folded themselves away, the sea air feels sharper, and there’s a sense of beginning again. It’s the perfect month for garnet, January’s birthstone, a gem that glows like embers beneath ash, steady, warm, and full of promise.
Garnet is often associated with protection, strength, and enduring love. It is said to be particularly helpful for Aquarians. Historically, travellers carried garnets as talismans, believing the stone would light the way home. There’s something rather fitting about that symbolism in January, a month when many of us are finding our feet again after the rush of December. It gets its name from the Latin word for pomegranate – Malam Granatum (apple with many seeds) Garnet crystals resemble the seeds of the pomegranate.
Garnet also sits beautifully alongside other warm stones often favoured at this time of year. Think glowing citrine with its honeyed sunlight, smoky quartz with its peat-and-woodland depth, amber-like hues that echo winter sunsets, and moonstone with a softer, candlelit glow. Together, these stones create a palette that feels comforting, grounding, and quietly luxurious.
These beautiful 9 carat yellow gold and diamond ear-rings are available in garnet and citrine and would sit beautifully with a high necked top or scarf.
Amber tones add a different kind of glow altogether. Formed from ancient tree resin rather than crystal, amber carries an earthy softness. It’s warm, resinous hues echo flickering firelight and winter sunsets, making it especially comforting in January. We have a gorgeous new range of amber jewellery inside including broaches, rings, bangles and ear-rings.
As January unfolds, these warmer stones feel like companions rather than statements, jewellery chosen not just for how it looks, but for how it feels to wear. If you’re looking for something thoughtful, grounding, and timeless to carry you through the season, we’d love to help you find it. Pop into the shop to explore our garnet, citrine, and amber pieces in person, or browse online and discover a piece that brings a little warmth to winter.
