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Jewelry writer Beth Bernstein shared this about her journey of choosing the right charms. From when I was 8 years old, I used to play with all three of them.

I was lucky enough to know my great grandmother on my maternal side until I was Back then all of my mom's friends had similar bracelets that dangled and jangled from their wrists. I asked my mother if I could have one too and she let me pick out some faux charms and I wore that bracelet until my arm turned green. In my teenage years, it felt like a right of passage to own a real one.

I started my first charm bracelet with vintage charms that were handed down to me and I've worn and created different themed charm bracelets and necklaces ever since. My favorite one I created out of different antique and vintage book lockets, pens, pencils and typewriter charms--anything that had to do with writing as a gift to myself after my first book was published.

Once you've begun that charm bracelet you can then start the process of leaving subtle hints with that special someone about charms that can be bought as a gift for you. Don't we all love doing that! There are a number of charm options that speak to love, romance and family.

Heart shaped charms and lockets are two favorites. The locket can hold not only a photograph but maybe a romantic note from that special person in your life. Another romantic idea we love is a charm that can be engraved, so that a special meaning, date, or sentiment can be captured permanently for generations. Since building your custom charm bracelet can be done in many ways over time, it can be a great approach to explore all the chain and charm options available before making final decisions on your budget.

The beauty of the charm bracelet is that it can be a work in progress. Your first investment can be the chain, and you can wear it by itself before you start the charm selection process. That might allow you to spend more for a heavier silver chain or one in 18k gold. If it has hinged links , it's never done as you can easily change charms around to reflect your moods and new adventures. On the other hand, if you are able to do more all at once in building your perfect charm bracelet then seize the day!

So now you have you finished charm bracelet. For some of us that might mean one charm, for others of us, five, six, seven or eight. Enjoy it as a story telling piece.

Share the journey of your charms with friends and family. It will be a great way to share stories about you and each other, as all of us enjoy sharing the things that inspire us.

We often find that sharing a story about one of the charms on a bracelet will elicit a story back from the person we shared it with, adding a new dimension to the conversation. You might want to take a different path and not create your own charm bracelet, but instead find a vintage charm bracelet that was created by another decades ago maybe even over years ago? The good news is there are a number of great web sites for vintage jewelry where you can find wonderful old charm bracelets.

One of our favorite sites is 1st Dibs. On the day we wrote this article there were over vintage charm bracelet listings on the site.

One nice aspect of any of these sites is that they can also provide inspiration as you decide how to design your own bracelet. There are always new pieces coming up on their site and they have a shop in New York City that one can visit as well.

Picking a vintage charm bracelet might not allow all the pieces to tell your own unique story, but it will be a heritage piece that allows you to imagine the life of the original owner. If you are considering creating your own charm bracelet we thought it would be fun to share how Monica created the one that is her very own heirloom.

It has been a ten plus year journey. It started of course with the chain. When Monica started building her charm bracelet over ten years ago she wanted a statement chain to be the starting point.

It was important to build a bracelet that could become a signature for her and her jewelry brand. With that in mind she chose our Rosalind bracelet to be the chain that she could build upon. It's large link, made in Europe, allowed the perfect level of quality for the bracelet she would create for a lifetime. Given Monica's history as a fine art portrait photographer it made sense that her very first choice would be a locket of some sort.

The half locket style had the engraving of an exquisite vine pattern we still offer that piece today and it comes in sterling silver as well. The vine pattern carried great significance for Monica. When she first started her brand the very first piece she made was not a jewelry style. It was a photo case that was actually stamped from an old cigarette case mold and then fitted to hold photographs.

The case was hand engraved in Florence with an intricately detailed floral pattern. Good search function, good range of products, good prices and great advice for jewellery makers of all abilities.

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