Some people keep diaries or journals, others make beautiful photo collages and others keep their memories and achievements forever preserved in a gold or silver charm collection. The very best thing about having a charm bracelet is that you can bring your stories and memories with you wherever you go and look stylish doing so! Charm bracelets are very personal but also make great conversation starters, each charm has a purpose and a memory to celebrate and people love hearing about the things you’ve conquered and achievements you’ve made.
Although charms usually hold a great deal of meaning that doesn’t mean you can’t build a charm bracelet because you would love to have something beautiful on your wrist, but essentially charms aren’t just about fashion. it’s exceedingly common to have a charm bracelet passed down through a family daughter to daughter, and each generation adding their cherished moments to it. Charm bracelets are an ongoing and beautiful gift that can be kept for generations and gifted down when the time is right. A charm bracelet new or old, is a beautiful gift to give and can always be added to and customised. Because these bracelets do last for so long, it’s important to purchase quality gold and silver charms, plated charms will wear down and expose the base metal in a very short manner of time and because they lack their original colour and shine they being to look cheap and unattractive. After the plating wears off these charm bracelets are very often left in their jewellery boxes because they become unsightly, hardly a good choice if you intend to carry a lifetime of memories or pass them down. Good quality charms don’t have to break the bank and over time the quality and craftsmanship of these charms will long outlast thought of the initial cost of your bracelet. When you’re wearing your bracelet years down the track or you’re gifting it to another lucky girl in your family and it still sparkles as brilliantly as the day you got it, you’ll be grateful you bought high quality silver and gold that lasted and will continue to let the distance. Charm have “jump rings” that join the charms to the links in the bracelet, these must be soldered shut by a jeweller or the potential for the jump ring to bend open under little pressure could mean the last of that charm. It’s a relatively cheap process to solder your charm jump rings and it’s worth every penny when you consider losing one of your beautiful charms to save a few dollars. There is an alternative to soldering rings by using Australian made link-locks, these don’t have to be soldered but can be squeezed closed by a pair of pliers which when closed are just as secure as jump rings.
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6/9/2018 12:03:25 pm
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