Seattle - January 29, 2008

True Romance

Sophie Gardner’s Candy Heart Necklaces

A love letter template, to be tweaked at will:

Dear [beloved’s name here],

This love stuff used to be so easy. All you had to do was ask a girl to be your partner during couples’ skate. Then pass a note in class and voila — she was your Valentine.

Now that we’re all grown up, it’s all pressure and expectations. I thought about getting a couple’s mud treatment. But then I was like, “Uh, mud is gross.”

So I got you this fourteen-karat gold and diamond candy heart necklace by local jeweler Sophie Gardner instead. It reminds me of little moments, like the first time we held hands. And how glad I am that you don’t have cooties.

So what do you say — will you be mine?
〈 Yes
〈 No

Available at Illi, 2113 Westlake Avenue (206-973-3487 or shopilli.com); online at sophiegardner.net.