Personalized Engraveable Pendant

To see the happy, pleasant surprise on the face of a loved one opening your gift is a wonderful feeling.  But finding a truly unique, personalized gift is not a task for the faint of heart. The  search can require an iron-strength will and the patience of a saint, but the result is well worth it. To make your search for that perfect, personalized gift a little easier, we’d like to share with you one of our favorite gifts that is guaranteed to please: the personalized engraveable gold circle pendant.

The circle pendant comes in solid 14K white or yellow gold, depending on your preference. The most wonderful part about this gift is that it can be completely customized.  Not only can you have a name, date, or personal message engraved into the gold pendant, you can also choose from ten different gemstones to add, including topaz, sapphire, ruby and amethyst. The flexibility of this lovely pendant make it a great gift for so many occasions, including:

Mother’s Day

Add each child’s name onto the pendant, along with his or her birthstone. Proud moms will love carrying around this beautiful memento that they can show to their friends. Plus, when it hangs from the 18 inch gold chain it comes with, the pendant is always close to the heart – right where a Mom holds her children. For the same reason, this pendant is also a perfect gift for Grandma.

An Anniversary

Have your anniversary or wedding date engraved on your loved one’s necklace, and add either her favorite gemstone or both of your birthstones to the pendant. She will be blown away by your thoughtfulness and sentimentality.

A Baby Shower

Celebrate the coming birth of a child by giving the mommy-to-be this lovely necklace. Add the name of her future child if she has picked it out, or promise to have it engraved once the baby is born. Another cute idea is to add the birthstones of the mother, father and the baby to the pendant to symbolize their young family.

How To Start a Jewelry Tradition

Traditions, whether small or large, simple or elaborate, serve as lasting bonds that tie people together. Family traditions are the most common, but many groups of friends and even businesses have cherished traditions too. The reason behind our love for traditions can be explained by the joy and warmth we feel when sharing our traditions with those important to us. A yearly pilgrimage to cut down a Christmas tree, weekly Shabbat dinner, or an annual girl’s spa weekend create beautiful memories of enjoying time with our favorite people.

In many families or groups of friends, important jewelry traditions are established. Jewelry traditions are a beautiful, lasting way to make meaningful connections with loved ones. If you don’t have a jewelry tradition yet, or want fresh ideas on how to incorporate another jewelry tradition into your life, we have a list of simple ways to start and nurture your very own.

Choosing a Jewelry Tradition

A jewelry tradition can be started for any number of things, but usually runs parallel to important life events. For example, a family might gift each of their daughters with a pair of pearl or diamond stud earrings when she turns eighteen, either as a graduation present or a congratulatory gift for being accepted into the college of her choice. Or, for a girl’s thirteenth birthday, her parents might allow her to get her ears pierced and treat her to a pair of stud earrings set with her birthstone. Here are some ideas for jewelry traditions to consider:

Family Jewelry Traditions

• Passing down a piece of jewelry that has been in the family for the daughter to wear in her wedding.

• Starting a necklace with charms that represent each child, given after the first is born.

• Giving a Star of David necklace to each son as his Bar Mitzvah gift.

• Buying each grandchild a gold cross for their communion or confirmation.

• Passing down heirloom diamond rings from previous generations for the son or daughter to use as an engagement ring.

• Every birthday, in lieu of a pile of presents, choose one meaningful piece of jewelry that your son or daughter can keep forever.

Friend Jewelry Traditions

• A group of girlfriends can pool their funds and buy each friend in the group a cocktail ring for her 21st birthday.

• Friends who can give expectant mothers an engravable necklace that can be personalized with the name of the baby once he or she is born.

How To Keep the Tradition Alive

To ensure that the tradition continues to perpetuate, it’s important that the jewelry gift and the reason behind the tradition is thoroughly explained.  Writing down the meaning behind the gift in a keepsake card is a wonderful way to preserve the depth behind the gesture, and can be passed down to future generations along with the gift. Finally, make sure to explain that your wish is for the tradition you’ve started to be continued in the family (or group of friends). By following these steps, you can begin a beautiful tradition that lives on long after you are gone; keeping the love and your memory alive.