"My boyfriend gifted me a necklace made of his blood - people accuse me of worshipping the devil but I still love it."
- 5 months ago
A woman was gifted a "one-of-a-kind" necklace by her boyfriend - made from his BLOOD.
Daniela Manzano, 27, saw a video about a 'bloodsmith' - a jewellery maker who creates pendants and jewels out of human blood.
Due to having "a bit of a gothic aesthetic", Daniela loved the idea - and sent the video to her boyfriend, Nicholas Van Schoor, 24.
Nicholas took the hint and went to the Oddities and Curiosities Expo which happened to be in his area, to have his blood drawn.
It was then mixed with resin before it was made into a necklace, and shipped back to Nicholas weeks later for Daniela's birthday on November 14.
It cost $250 for a necklace made out of a small vial of blood drawn from Nich's right arm.
Daniela, who lives in New York City, US, adored the gift - because she and Nicholas are in a long-distance relationship, with him five hours away in Salt Lake City, Utah, US.
She said wearing it is like having a "piece of him" with her at all times - literally.
Daniela said: "I sent a video of it to Nich, not thinking anything of it.
"He looked into it and by chance, the 'bloodsmith' would be in his city that weekend - it seemed like fate.
"When I finally got it for my birthday, I was so excited - it's beautiful, the camera doesn't even do it justice.
"Blood makes some people feel queazy or they find it gross, but it's sentimental to me - because we're long distance, I get to have a piece of Nich with me.
"He wants one with my blood now but it's not happening - I faint when I get a flu shot."
After sharing the sentimental gift on social media, many people were inspired and wanted to do a similar thing with their own significant others.
Others accused Daniela of being a "devil worshipper" - and even said she would use Nicholas' blood to do "blood magic" and "hex his family".
But she still says it's her "favourite piece of jewellery" and doesn't let the bizarre accusations ruin it for her.
She said: "It got a mixed reaction - lots of people said they wanted one of their partner's blood.
"But some said I was doing devil worship or voodoo.
"I had one person accusing me of influencing young girls to hex their boyfriends with blood magic.
"Someone said I was going to hex his entire blood line - which I had no intention to do.
"I'm desensitised to it now - it's still my favourite piece of jewellery."
Nicholas said: "My initial reaction is that it was really cool - I wanted to give her a different gift.
"Needles and blood don't bother me at all so I was willing to do it.
"When I gave her the necklace after months of waiting for them to make it, it was great.
"Dani was ecstatic, her face lit up.
"We've seen lots of the comments online but we don't take it to heart - we find it funny.
"In fact it's incentivised us to go out and get more blood jewellery!"
Daniela Manzano, 27, saw a video about a 'bloodsmith' - a jewellery maker who creates pendants and jewels out of human blood.
Due to having "a bit of a gothic aesthetic", Daniela loved the idea - and sent the video to her boyfriend, Nicholas Van Schoor, 24.
Nicholas took the hint and went to the Oddities and Curiosities Expo which happened to be in his area, to have his blood drawn.
It was then mixed with resin before it was made into a necklace, and shipped back to Nicholas weeks later for Daniela's birthday on November 14.
It cost $250 for a necklace made out of a small vial of blood drawn from Nich's right arm.
Daniela, who lives in New York City, US, adored the gift - because she and Nicholas are in a long-distance relationship, with him five hours away in Salt Lake City, Utah, US.
She said wearing it is like having a "piece of him" with her at all times - literally.
Daniela said: "I sent a video of it to Nich, not thinking anything of it.
"He looked into it and by chance, the 'bloodsmith' would be in his city that weekend - it seemed like fate.
"When I finally got it for my birthday, I was so excited - it's beautiful, the camera doesn't even do it justice.
"Blood makes some people feel queazy or they find it gross, but it's sentimental to me - because we're long distance, I get to have a piece of Nich with me.
"He wants one with my blood now but it's not happening - I faint when I get a flu shot."
After sharing the sentimental gift on social media, many people were inspired and wanted to do a similar thing with their own significant others.
Others accused Daniela of being a "devil worshipper" - and even said she would use Nicholas' blood to do "blood magic" and "hex his family".
But she still says it's her "favourite piece of jewellery" and doesn't let the bizarre accusations ruin it for her.
She said: "It got a mixed reaction - lots of people said they wanted one of their partner's blood.
"But some said I was doing devil worship or voodoo.
"I had one person accusing me of influencing young girls to hex their boyfriends with blood magic.
"Someone said I was going to hex his entire blood line - which I had no intention to do.
"I'm desensitised to it now - it's still my favourite piece of jewellery."
Nicholas said: "My initial reaction is that it was really cool - I wanted to give her a different gift.
"Needles and blood don't bother me at all so I was willing to do it.
"When I gave her the necklace after months of waiting for them to make it, it was great.
"Dani was ecstatic, her face lit up.
"We've seen lots of the comments online but we don't take it to heart - we find it funny.
"In fact it's incentivised us to go out and get more blood jewellery!"