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Whether it's holiday shopping or searching for a good gift, I'm sympathetic to the shopper who would like to give
personal and meaningful gifts but is running up against time. This page offers precious metal charms and
chain necklaces as gift ideas related to characteristics or life circumstances, and the price
includes free gift wrapping and shipping. Hooray! The most common metals are sterling silver and
14kt gold-fill, but charms may also be made of bronze (an alloy of copper and tin), vermeil
(gold-plated sterling silver), or copper. For $35, the recipient receives a gift wrapped card
printed with a watercolor design and message, containing the chain necklace. Necklace lengths
are 16" or 18".
For other convenient jewelry gift options,
see the page
20 under 30 for jewelry items under $30 USD.
These designs use high quality materials but often outside the more traditional precious metal
and semi-precious gemstone market. The page
sub 60 features jewelry items
with more elaborate settings or more expensive gemstones, like faceted amethyst, garnet, and
peridot that are available for under $60 USD.
s e l e c t i o n s :
A card of wonder for the dreamer, featuring a tiny sterling silver crescent moon
charm on an 18" sterling silver box chain with spring ring clasp.
The inner quote is from Albert Einstein:
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the
source of all true art and science."
A card of good fortune for the gambler, featuring a small sterling silver
wishbone charm on a 16" sterling silver curb chain with spring ring clasp.
The inner quote is from Walt Whitman:
"Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune."
A goddess card for the believer, featuring a long, slim bronze crescent moon
charm on an 18" 14kt gold-fill satellite chain with spring ring clasp.
The inner quote is from Maria Mitchell,
a trailblazing American astronomer and educator:
"Study as if you were going to live forever; live as if you were going to
die tomorrow."
A card of growth for the achiever, featuring a pewter leaf charm inscribed with
"grow" on the back on a 16" sterling silver snake chain with lobster claw clasp.
The inner quote is from Carrie Fisher:
"Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What's important is the action. You don't
have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will
follow."
A sweet card for the finder, featuring a tiny 14kt gold-fill bee and hexagon charm on
a 16" 14kt gold-fill rope chain with spring ring clasp. The inner quote is from Goethe:
"The flowers are full of honey, but only the bee finds out the sweetness."
A diamond card for the original, featuring either a vermeil or sterling silver
crystal charm on an 18" 14kt gold-fill curb chain or sterling silver cable chain,
respectively (make sure to select the gold or silver option in the drop down menu).
The inner quote is from Dolly Parton:
"It's hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world."
So charming necklace + gift card: $35 USD
As a reminder: sterling silver is 92.5% silver with alloy metals to help resist tarnishing, and 14kt gold-fill is
20% gold per weight, which means a much thicker layer of 14kt gold over the base metal than gold-plating.
All the charms are either sterling silver,
bronze (an alloy of copper and tin), 14kt gold-fill, vermeil (22kt gold plating over sterling silver) or lead-free
pewter. Earwires are made from sterling silver or 14kt gold-fill
wire.
