If you can’t take it with you then wear it while you can
Ever since I can remember I’ve always loved the idea behind charm bracelets. A charm bracelet is personal and allows you to create beautiful memories. They’re sentimental because they have a story attached. I’ve never had any that were just randomly chosen.
As a child I wore a sterling silver bracelet and collected charms about things and from places that meant something. Family members would add to it and before you know I had no more room for more. I remember a little statue of liberty from a trip to New York with my parents, an Eiffel tower, a cat (my preference at the time – how things change) and a rocking chair (yes, I was an old person way back then – always went for the rocking chair or rocking horse). Which reminds me I also had the rocking horse charm. Unfortunately the bracelet was left in Montreal and after my parents passed away I could not find it. But I kept all the gold charms gifted over the years that replaced the silver ones, and turned the smaller ones into a meaningful bracelet.
For instance, the little gold heart was a gift from my grandfather (on my mothers side) who offered it to her for me when I was born. It has my name on one side and my birthdate on the other. I wore it on a necklace when I was a baby but when I got older I found it too small to wear on my neck. The name plate was something my mom bought me as a bracelet on its own when I was a young teenager because I wanted a signet bracelet so badly. But I had that transferred onto the charm bracelet. So I have a little story and it all has value to me personally. Maybe in time I’ll add a few more but I adore it as is.
The company Pandora has taken a modern switch and turned charms into smaller beads which for many make it easier to wear and less cumbersome.
Keep me hanging
When it comes to charm bracelets I still love the ones that dangle. When it comes to diamonds, I now go for less visibility where they sit into the ring and not stick out. Makes it easier to clean and not catch on clothing. And less showy.
Vintage or otherwise these charming bracelets are timeless
Anyone else into them? (other than me & Kate)
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