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James Avery Charms For Bracelets

Nena — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:22:39 +0000

Solid sterling silver charms for charm bracelets from about $33 to $40, authentic James Avery craftsmanship; the newest designs: “joy of my heart” charm, Avery remembrance charms, with your choice of emerald, aquamarine, sapphire, amethyst, pink tourmaline, peridot, garnet or ruby gemstone for between $66 and $76; choose solid 14k gold charms for bracelets that start at around $100 (some include gemstones); choose affordable items like the “Baby-Tee” charms, which include a name and date engraved on the baby t-shirt, for just $46, and fun styles like “coffee to go” for about the same price. Find out what’s new, what’s hot, where to shop, how much to pay, and get the scoop on who James Avery is and how he began.

The Humble Beginnings of Avery Sterling Silver Charms For Bracelets

James Avery isn’t a famous haute couture designer with a line of trendy, expensive Italian charms for bracelets that only the rich and famous can afford, but rather a simple hardworking man who in 1954 began crafting charms.

He became an artists specializing in Christian jewelry charms after returning from piloting aircrafts during World War II. His desire to offer simple, almost childlike, innocent charm designs to the world, at affordable prices, began is a garage and is now a company with manufacturing facilities, although still family operated. Now with teams of designers, technicians and jewelers Avery is able to fill the demand for the delicate and finely created pieces that form the simple, meaningful collections.

James Avery Charms – Collections For Everyone

Although the religious and Christian collections by James Avery charms are some of the most extensive of any charm jewelry company, there are numerous other styles, for example: letters and numbers, camp oriented designs like canoes, paddles and tents, sorority insignias like the Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority charm, or the Chi Omega or Pi Beta Phi, amongst others.

There are also teen charm collections, childrens charms, some specific for him and some for her and there are lots of engravable charms for bracelets from baby shoes and t-shirts to hearts, boxes of chocolates and even silver parchment scrolls.

What has separated the James Avery charms for charm bracelet designs from others is the integrity that began it all, everything being crafted by hand. Even now that the designs are not all forged by hand, they reflect the same good taste, making the items as easy to wear as they are to give and receive. Why? Because there is a design team that creates jewelry that expresses beliefs, lifestyles that are functional as well as highly individual and expressive. There is attention paid to the details, because charms are, after all, a sort of talisman, a symbol of an idea or belief that translates itself into a form that gives the wearer a sense of self and a feeling of protection, albeit figurative.

It’s not that the Avery silver and gold charms for bracelets are revolutionary in design. In fact it’s the opposite. They’re fresh due to their timeless nature, the innocence of their themes and the delicacy of the way in which they’re crafted. While the charms do not try to innovate, they do attempt to reflect a range of ideals, cultural concepts, reasons for wearing charms, be they religious or purely sentimental.

There’s a system, or criteria, by which all Avery charms are judged before going out into the world. That criteria is based on the founding concepts of the entire company, namely: universality, simplicity, integrity to values and symbolic meaning.

Although the Avery jewelry is “jewelry” it’s more about symbols and representations of ideals and philosophies than it is about simply adorning the body with gold or silver. Using metals as a media to transport a simple concept, Mr. James Avery, began with a desire to steer clear of cluttered or cute designs and stick with concepts and designs that were classic, clean and genuinely meaningful. Not only did he achieve that as a designer himself, but has passed that inspiration on to those who work as a team and now craft his products.

The tiny items, which are three dimensional sculptures of ideas and symbols of faith and human ideas, are available for sale online, and are affordable, easy to buy, easy to give, easy to wear.

Gold and silver charms for bracelets are perfect presents, small enough to be affordable, yet packed with symbolic meaning. For those who have just a single charm on a James Avery charm bracelet or for those who collect by the dozens, the Avery lines are truly universal, for everyone, all ages, all lifestyles. Today the clean and crisp fine jewelry designs that Avery crafts are done in solid sterling silver as well as 14K and 18K gold, both white and yellow. There are accents on some that employ a variety of gemstones. Believe it or not, there are over 1000 entirely different designs to choose from within 14,000 items in all the collections.

What makes the buying of a charm for bracelet a unique one? In part because of the selection, but mostly because the operation is a smooth one, from design to retailing. Avery does not outsource but designs, manufactures, and handles marketing and retailing all on their own.

Buying charms for bracelets is not something that should cause sleepless nights, it’s about a little bit of comfort, about giving an idea, a symbol, a small token….and that’s what’s great about Avery. No gimmicks. No hype. No online dealers offering special discounts. Just genuine charms, simple, tasteful, classic.

14K Gold Charms For Bracelets

Nena — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:34:24 +0000

Gold charm bracelet designs with 14k gold charms; heart and religious cross styles, Italian and Disney charms; affordable gold plated pieces; pendants and gold charm necklace creations – at Jewelry & Accessories we know where to find the charms you need to start or complete your collections.

A genuine gold charm can cost as little as $19 or as much as several hundred if it has diamonds or gems. But no matter what you need, be it a gold cross necklace charm as a gift for someone’s first communion, or a set of Disney gold charms for a child who collects Mickey and Minnie or Piglet and Pooh, it’s all available at JewelBasket, an online jewelry shop that specializes in high quality fashionable 14k gold charms.

Getting Started with a Gold Charm Bracelet

Before you can add charms, you’ll need a gold charm bracelet. Unless you choose to go with a plated design, you’ll need to budget between $140 and $400 for a good quality link bracelets that’s about 7 inches long and is solid 14kt gold. Most bracelets will not include any charms. They are sold separately, and unless you have a very liberal budget, it will be extremely difficult to be able to afford a bracelet and a complete set of 14kt gold charms to fill it.

Since you can add up to 30 or more charms to each bracelet, even if each charm you desire is priced between $20 and $50, it will end up costing between $600 and $1,500 for all the trinkets. Even if you only buy about a dozen gold bracelet charms, the least can expect to spend will be close to $250.

Obviously, gold charms for charm bracelets are intended to be collected over time, and that is exactly what we recommend you do. That way you can afford a single high quality piece, one at a time, instead of cheaper pieces all at once. And if it’s for a kids Disney gold charms collection, there’s really nothing like giving the sweet excitement of expectation that a child will feel before a present is received and one more trinket is added to their collection, slowly over time.

Fun, Cute and Elegant White Gold Charms

We start with fun white gold heart charms that can be broken in half for friends to share. What’s great is that after broken in two, each piece still has a bail from which hand the charm, either as a pendant charm on a necklace or as a bracelet adornment. It’s solid 14k gold, and costs just $66, which is really a bargain considering you get two charms out of the deal.

For the same price you can share a laugh with a friend by giving a bikini bathing suite charm. It may not be as sentimental but it’s a talking pieces, and for some people that’s what a charm bracelet is all about – a jewelry storyboard of memories, laughs, fun events and friendship.

Cute and fun, and hugely trendy this season, and for many to come, are the white gold baseball charms with a glove and a bat and a ball that can dangle from a bracelet or a necklace as a pendant charm. With 2.4 grams of gold, this large charm is a good buy at just $143. For those who love making home runs or sliding into base, there’s no better gift, unless it comes with a hotdog and some beer.

If sports, bikinis and hearts isn’t what you’re after, but you need an elegant gift for someone who dreams or loves to travel, there’s an delicate Eiffel tower design that costs just $83.

There’s also a lacey filigree butterfly charm in solid 14k gold for just $53 that can be part of a lady’s white gold charm bracelet or a pendant on a chain necklace. And if you’d prefer a more solid look, there’s a similar creation that features a butterfly with textured wings with 1.6 grams of gold and costs under $100. Remember, these are not gold plated charms, and although they’re white, they are solid gold pieces. This is fine gold jewelry, not cheap costume imitations.

Gold Italian Charms

Some of the trendiest gold charms are nothing like the traditional dangling designs that clip onto a chain link bracelet. Instead they are modular gold Italian charms that slide or snap onto special bracelets that have flat, square or rectangular, surfaces where charms may be added. These are some of the hottest and most fashionable designs that have altered the classic look of a bracelet that usually would jungle with little trinkets.

It’s a much cleaner and more streamline way to display modern charms. Although they may be trendy, they are by no means intended only for children or teens, in fact some of the most elegant diamond and CZ charms for charm bracelets come in the Italian versions. They are ultra chic when planned carefully, or fun and frivolous for those who like personalized or picture charms of their friends, boyfriends and girlfriends or even their pets.

One great thing about Italian charm bracelets is that many places, including the JewelBasket, offer a free starter or basic bracelet when you buy just 5 charms. And each charm can cost as little as $9 to $13. Naturally there are more expensive ones, but you can a great collection started for a lot less than you might have thought.

Many of the cheapest pieces are gold plated charms for the famous Zoppini bracelets. These charms cost about $9.

Gold Cross Charms

Whether it be for used as a religious icon or as a fashion statement, some of the most beautifully crafted designs are the gold cross charms, which are often two-tone and encysted or accented with diamonds or cubic zirconia. Some are so ornate they cost several hundred dollars, but there are lovely simple designs for just over $50. These usually come with a clasp that can easily be added to a chain link bracelet or be worn as a pendant.

For more suggestions on charm bracelet designs, cross necklace styles, gold jewellery in the UK and gold jewelry buying advice in North America, as well as recommendations about where to buy affordable silver charms, please read the related topics that Jewelry & Accessories has to offer.