They simply sat there against their black velvet backdrop, unblinking.

Already the eastern sky was dark enough for the first- magnitude stars to stud the velvet backdrop.

So close, her eyes seemed to be filled with small starlights, glittering, gleaming, within a dark gray velvet backdrop.

The diamonds look spectacular against their green velvet backdrops.

Their cut and quality suited her, like a velvet backdrop suited a diamond.

The spreading blackness hid most of the Empire, but it made a fine velvet backdrop for two close, brilliant stars.

Hard little points of light spangling the emptiness out there like brilliant diamonds strewn across a black velvet backdrop.

Even in the dark she could see its massive shape against the skyline, blotting out the light-scattered velvet backdrop.

The sky was all studded with stars and revealed the milky way in a great white design across a black velvet backdrop.

"We do the stuff that is not obviously screaming holiday first, like velvet backdrops."