Anyone buy jewelery for infants/little ones?

[ccuheartnurse]

Hi All,

Am considering some jewelery for my baby neice for her Christening. Trying to find something pink, either rhodolite garnet(she was born January) or another pink gem would be fine. Want to avoid diamonds right now for her. It's over the top I agree for a 3mth old but gifts of gold is traditional for Europeans, especially for a christening. She'll get a necklace with a cross or medallion from her godparents. Was thinking of a pair of earings, maybe a bangle bracelet and a baby ring. And somehow incorporating teeny pink gems in these items. Stuller has a section for "Youth" settings. I dont know of any other casting company that would. Anyone know, maybe on Etsy...

Have any of you purchased such small gems/jewellery for little girls? And if you have, can you post pics? A gem company has 3 Rhodolites of 4.5mm available. She'll have to grow into those, she is so small.

J

 

[Rhea]

As a child I had a small gold heart locket necklace and my sister had a very small bangle bracelet which we wore to church only. They were made by Kiddie Kraft. http://www.marathon-co.com/

 

[madelise]

It's tradition in my culture to give wee ones gold jewelry. I had a couple of gold ID bracelets with my name engraved on it, and a few catholic (I think..I'm not catholic anymore, so I really don't know what the heck they are!) saint- looking amulets? and pendants. I think I got those all during my baptism. That was from my European side of the family.

My Asian side of the family also spoils children with yellow gold. I have multiple gold amulets with Chinese characters on them, and a few with my zodiac sign.

Yes, it might seem "over the top" for a child, but the child never actually wears it except during special occasions. I think the thought is that, after you grow up, you have a nice collection going on already. But I wouldn't know my mother sold all of them when she decided she's too good to work.


my last remaining piece of the collection was a delicate yellow gold id bracelet with my name that I got from my deceased grandmother.. the boyfriend wanted to wear it and he lost that

I never got gemstones, though, until I was in high school.. and it was a dud of a birthstone.

 

[Trekkie]

I'm sorry your gold has been lost like that, Madelise.

I was also given gold as a baby. Some of it is 22ct, some is 24ct. I have pictures of myself as a baby wearing rows and rows of itty bitty little high karat gold bangles.

When I have kids one day (hopefully soon!) I hope to start them off with gem collections too!

 

[ccuheartnurse]

Thanks Addy, thats great! Will contact them for a list of vendors that carry them.

And sorry Madelise that you no longer have your gold. I'm sure though you are building up a great collection as an adult.

I do see a lot of Asian, and South Asian children wearing gold as well. True that my neice will most likely only wear her gems on special occasions or when I babysit her and put em on her while her parents are out.

J

 

[jeweln]

if you have an Indian gold jewelry shop in your town ,you can check them out .they usually have small gold pendants ,earrings ,bangles even rings with gemstones for little girls.

 

[zoebartlett]

I got my goddaughter a simple pearl necklace for her christening. It's not the one shown below but it's similar in style. I gave it to my friend and asked that she give the necklace to daughter when she's older.

ETA: The necklace I chose is not kids' jewelry. I wanted to get something that my goddaughter could grow into and hopefully keep for years to come, rather than potentially give away something that she had outgrown as a young girl.

 

[madelise]

if you have an Indian gold jewelry shop in your town ,you can check them out .they usually have small gold pendants ,earrings ,bangles even rings with gemstones for little girls.

That's where i was thinking of going to get my replacement bracelet! Except this time, not an ID bracelet, maybe a bangle or two? It might have to wait a few years, though haha.

 

[TooPatient]

I got my goddaughter a simple pearl necklace for her christening. It's not the one shown below but it's similar in style. I gave it to my friend and asked that she give the necklace to daughter when she's older.

ETA: The necklace I chose is not kids' jewelry. I wanted to get something that my goddaughter could grow into and hopefully keep for years to come, rather than potentially give away something that she had outgrown as a young girl.

My grandmother did something similar for me. It was a really wonderful gift.

She bought two pendants for me -- one little one for me to wear as a baby and one full size that she gave me when I was older. The pieces are identical, just diffent size. I was given the tiny one for my baptism and the larger one just before my confirmation. I never knew about the one I had as a baby until the day of my confirmation when she presented me with the dress I wore for my baptism and the necklace.

 

[ccuheartnurse]

All great ideas, thank you. I am being impatient. I know as a baby she wont weart the stuff I get her apart from her earings. (Have to keep them holes in her ears open). A vendor reminded me that I may have forgotten one thing during my excitement to having this project completed. That the ring can be considered a small item risk for choking. In light of that I may wait till latter on to make this a full set. LOL I think I'm going to buy those 3 little 4.5 mm stones and have to prioritize just exactly I should get.

J

 

[madelise]

I got my goddaughter a simple pearl necklace for her christening. It's not the one shown below but it's similar in style. I gave it to my friend and asked that she give the necklace to daughter when she's older.

ETA: The necklace I chose is not kids' jewelry. I wanted to get something that my goddaughter could grow into and hopefully keep for years to come, rather than potentially give away something that she had outgrown as a young girl.

My grandmother did something similar for me. It was a really wonderful gift.

She bought two pendants for me -- one little one for me to wear as a baby and one full size that she gave me when I was older. The pieces are identical, just diffent size. I was given the tiny one for my baptism and the larger one just before my confirmation. I never knew about the one I had as a baby until the day of my confirmation when she presented me with the dress I wore for my baptism and the necklace.

that's such a cute/good idea!! what did you end up doing with the tiny first one? :]

 

[AGBF]

I was given some jewelry when I was born and and gave some to my daughter when she was born. All my life I had a beautifully made 14K gold ring with my birthstone in it that my mother said was given to me by one of my great aunts when I was born. (It was stolen when one of our houses was burgled many years ago.) I also had a small, child's gold bracelet in 14K gold. I still have that.

Since I adopted my daughter in Colombia, I picked out some small emeralds for her there, although they are not her birthstone, and had them made into a tiny necklace and ring that she could wear as a little girl. I still have those safe for her. I also got myself a matching necklace and ring, but they are truly not objects of envy! They are very light green for emeralds, not fine quality at all. They have no inclusions (I examined them under a microscope), but they were really just bought to match my daughter's set!

My mother started an add-a-pearl necklace for my daughter shortly after her birth. So, although I eventually got my daughter another strand of cultured pearls when she was still a child, she always had the graduated set of pearls her grandmother built for her over the years. As a baby, the tiny pearls were very appropriate!

Deb/AGBF


Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend

 

[TooPatient]

I got my goddaughter a simple pearl necklace for her christening. It's not the one shown below but it's similar in style. I gave it to my friend and asked that she give the necklace to daughter when she's older.

ETA: The necklace I chose is not kids' jewelry. I wanted to get something that my goddaughter could grow into and hopefully keep for years to come, rather than potentially give away something that she had outgrown as a young girl.

My grandmother did something similar for me. It was a really wonderful gift.

She bought two pendants for me -- one little one for me to wear as a baby and one full size that she gave me when I was older. The pieces are identical, just diffent size. I was given the tiny one for my baptism and the larger one just before my confirmation. I never knew about the one I had as a baby until the day of my confirmation when she presented me with the dress I wore for my baptism and the necklace.

that's such a cute/good idea!! what did you end up doing with the tiny first one? :]

It spent a year on the doll my grandmother found that fit just right into my lace baptismal gown. My aunt gave me a beautiful display case for the doll. After I converted, both of the crosses got moved into a box for safe keeping. I'm thinking of adding the little one to my charm bracelet, possibly linked to the heart I've been planning to engrave with my grandmother's name and something special.

My original plan when she gave it to me was to pass it on to my daughter for her baptism. (since I've converted this won't happen even if I do have a daughter, so I may pass the full size on to my little cousin when she's ready for it)

 

[Black Jade]

I haven't bought from this site myself but heard they are very reputable.
http://www.goldpalace.com/page/gpji/ctgy/CH
I had on jewelry from three months old (when I had my ears pierced). No idea what happened to the earrings and bracelets I wore then. I suspect they got passed on to my little sister and then to my cousins.

 

[AGBF]

I haven't bought from this site myself but heard they are very reputable.
http://www.goldpalace.com/page/gpji/ctgy/CH

I, also, have never bought from them and have no idea whether they are reputable (one would certainly hope so)! I have been eyeing their gorgeous website for many, many years, however, and I have to say that they have longevity! They have been around for as long as I have been looking at high karat gold on the Internet!

Deb/AGBF