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Personalised hand stamped necklaces, rings, bracelet and bangles. They would make a great gift idea For Mother’s Day ;) (you had better get in quick to order to insure delivery in time).

I have been looking around for a necklace myself for months, there are so many..it is hard to decide.

Here are a few great Aussie and OS Personalised jewellery designers and artists (all post to Australia) I have collected in my travels.

• Koolman designs[AUS]

• Pocket full of poesy[AUS]

• Oh My Giddy Aunt [AUS]

• Sue Ella Signatures [AUS]

• Love Stamp [AUS]

• Made to Inspire[AUS]

• Uneik[AUS]

• Small Print[AUS]

• Heart on your wrist

• Lisa Leonard Designs

• Delias Thompson

• The Vintage Pearl

• Christen Largent

• Cinnamon sticks

• Birth Designs

• Three Sisters

• Pink Papillion

• Fingerprint Jewllery

If I could justify spending $200 on a piece of silver jewellery, I would be buying this in a heartbeat:

I can’t quite explain why, but I’m head over heels in love with this necklace from Oye Modern, a Sydney-based online store for limited edition designer jewellery.

I discovered Oye Modern through Elizabeth of Scarlet Words.

As part of Breast Cancer Awareness month this October, Pandora have released a Limited Edition Breast Cancer Awareness bracelet.

The bracelet is made from pink leather and features the new Pandora Breast Cancer Awareness charm (which can also be purchased separately)

Pandora will donate 15% of the proceeds of sales of the Pandora Breast Cancer charms and the Limited Edition Breast Cancer bracelet to The National Breast Cancer Foundation. In 2008, they successfully raised $256,293 and this year hope to top $400,000.

You can purchase on line from Gillett’s Jewellers or any other Pandora retailer.

Based in Melbourne, Narelle makes beautiful hand crafted silver jewellery.

She currently has this cute little cupcake charm on offer for just $20! What a bargain, but the best part is that 100% of sales for this piece are donated to the Lort Smith Animal Hospital Party for Strays campaign.

I have purchased mine already. Donation listings will close on the 19th of October, so hurry over and grab yourself one for a great cause. Be sure to check out her other great items while you’re there.

Smallprint creates unique keepsakes of  your little one’s first years with personalised silver jewellery.

A few years ago I would have found the idea of thse things a bit… much… but I must be getting older/cluckier because I really like the idea of these now.

Smallprint can provide finger/hand/footprint jewellery and miniature replicas of artwork as charms, keyrings or cufflinks.

The way the company is run is interesting, too. Their website lists franchisees  in your area who are trained especially to create Smallprint keepsakes.

The packaging looks great, too!

My bracelet, you can click through to see the details of each bead on flickr

Pandora beads and bracelets have become increasingly popular in Australia over the last few years but they have actually been around since 1999.

Pandora has a great range of beads in silver, gold and glass, as well as bracelets and necklaces. But they can be a little expensive compared to the other brands that have now started flooding the market and considering once you buy one… you can’t stop!  Just because you have a Pandora bracelet, does not mean you have to only buy Pandora beads.

There is a great range of good quality beads that are compatible with your Pandora bracelet:

• Lovelinks — Lovelinks has a great range of beads, all compatible with Pandora bracelets. Check out the 300 new beads released this month! (I would probably not buy a Lovelinks bracelet; Pandora and other brand beads do not fit on it). They also have a petite range of smaller beads and bracelets
  
• Chamilia — Another quality brand of beads that fit the Pandora bracelet. They have a large range of Disney-licenced beads
  
• Biagi — A nice range of breads, they have also just launched a kids range
  
• Personality — fairly new to Australia, they have a huge range of beads — some really made from really unusual materials for something different
• Prouds — Prouds’ add-a-charm is a great budget range, with most beads $20.

Online stores:

• Gillette’s Jewellers
• Lovelinks Online
• Charms4u
• Charm me
• Amante
• Nelliemae
• eBay — can be a great place to pick up a bargain, but as with anything on eBay. Read the listing carefully 3 times. There are people selling fake/plated beads so beware of what you are buying.
• Etsy — We LOVE etsy. There are some beautiful glass bead makers, I have a few myself. Great prices and you can get something really unique that you won’t find in any shop.