Mother’s Day Charm Bracelets
Historically in the golden age of charms, around the mid 20th century, women bought charms that commemorated events and special times in their lives and filled up their charm bracelets with their memories. Then at some point they passed their bracelets down to their daughters, who in turn did the same with their daughters.
These days one doesn't hear too much about that old fashioned tradition. But with Mother's Day coming up I was thinking how nice it would be if a similar custom became popular again. How about if moms and daughters started charm bracelets and bought charms as gifts for one another? They could be in honor of special holidays, hobbies, events, and any other special occasion or sentiment.
Mother's day would be a great time to begin a charm exchange. There are so many pretty vintage mother's day charms available at reasonable prices on the internet and antique shows. And if vintage isn't your style, charm bracelets are becoming so popular that companies are again making new quality pieces.
A friend of mine recently began collecting Pandora Charms, which are little beads that slide onto a rope style bracelet. They are so beautiful and there is an amazing selection. I can tell by looking at and touching them that the craftsmanship is amazing. A Pandora store just opened in our local mall so I will likely be checking that out soon. And Tiffany has an ever growing cache of pretty gold and silver charms. Another company that specializes in charms is Rembrandt Charms. They even have an on-line charms collectors club.
Once a collection is started it's hard to ignore the passion for seeking out these miniature magical journeys of one's life. It's a fun and addicting hobby. Here are a few vintage charms to whet your whistle.
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 Vtg Sterling Silver Mother Puffy Heart Charm Mothers Day 5 1 41  US $9.99
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 Vintage Sterling Silver Mother Mothers Day Charm US $9.99
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 STERLING SILVER FORSTER MOTHER PIN FAMILY BRANCH CHARMS US $29.00
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 Vintage To Mother heart Jerry sterling charm US $17.99
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 Vtg 14K Gold Charm Mothers Day Charm 6 Stones 56 Grams US $107.50
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 Chamilia Mothers Heart with CZ Stone New US $37.95
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 14k GOLD BULLDOG CHARM Pendant Charm Bracelet Auth GREAT MOTHERS DAY GIFT US $150.00
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 18K GOLD MOTHER CHILD CHARM PENDANT US $229.00
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 Vintage sterling MOTHER charm HEART SHAPED US $8.95
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 vintage sterling charm TO THE DEAREST MOTHER with red crystal stone US $9.99
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 VINTAGE STERLING BRACELET CHARM A DEAREST MOTHER CHARM W SCALLOPED EDGE $999 US $9.99
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 VINTAGE STERLING BRACELET CHARM A JEWELED MOTHER CHARM FOR YOU NOS $1200 US $12.00
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 Small CATHOLIC MOTHER MARY ROSARY Medal Vintage Sterling Silver Charm 12E016 US $9.95
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 vintage NOS MOTHER charm bracelet US $19.99
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 Vintage enamel Mother iris flower sterling charm US $18.99
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 Vintage 3D sterling silver Mother Pig charm Heavy at 34 grams very detailed US $8.95
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 Vintage sterling OVAL charm MOTHER WORDS US $11.95
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 VINTAGE STERLING JUST FOR YOU MOTHER FLOWER CHARM US $19.95
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 Vintage sterling silver engraveable DEAREST mother day wonderful bracelet charm US $.99
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 VINTAGE DANECRAFT RHINESTONE ACCENT JUST FOR YOU MOTHER CHARM US $4.85
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Wanda Fitzgerald is a Florida native and an vintage charm collector who loves to share her adventures in an e-commerce jewelry business with anyone who is interested.Subscribe
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I can vouch for how addictive collecting charms is. Like many people I concentrate on a couple of themes to stop myself becoming overwhelmed with the enormous variety of charms there are available.
One of the highlights of my day is having a browse on eBay to see if anything new has come up in one of my vintage sterling silver themes. I’d love to collect more gold charms but can’t really afford them so instead I have the fun of collecting vintage sterling silver where there is such a big range of beautiful charms but at a more affordable price.
That’s the great thing about collecting charms – you can opt in at the level you can afford.
And you don’t always have to be buying to enjoy yourself. Over the weekend I followed the adventures of about a dozen 14k and 18k gold vintage Italian charms on eBay. They were fabulous charms – started at an inviting .99 cents no reserve but obviously were going to go for much more than that.
I knew they were going to be quite out of reach for me but what fun I had watching the bidding, especially the last few minutes as charm lovers desperately tried to get the final winning bid in.
Quite exhausting even though I wasn’t bidding!