The Perfect Pear - Downtown Lodi: October 2012

Chamilia beads make a terrific gift item for anyone who loves jewelry. With all the charms available today, it's easy to put together beautiful custom bracelets and necklaces.

First, decide on the length of the necklace or bracelet, and choose your material: leather, gold, silver, rope, etc. It is important to choose a good quality material for your bracelet or necklace. Some gold and silver electroplates can wear off and you know what happens then. Someone's neck or wrist is going to turn green. And don't forget, leather can shrink if it gets wet, so if the person receiving the gift is a swimmer, take that into account. Now you want to choose beads that will personalize your gift to your friend or loved one's personality and character. Chamilia beads are very exquisite and stylish, and are similar to Pandora type beads. My wife and daughter use Pandora and Chamilia beads interchangeably.

If you're not familiar with Chamilia beads, you will find that, like Pandora beads, they come in sterling silver, gold, analisa glass, Murano glass and crystal, among other styles. You are also going to want spacers, which as the name implies, maintain the space between the beads and hold them in position. Google Pandora or Chamilia bead spacer, and you can see what they look like.

Chamilia beads come in all designs including religious symbols, Disney characters, and those love messages like on those little heart shaped candies that sell like hotcakes every Valentines Day. There are more charms than I could even try to mention here. Musical notes, shopping bags, turtles, drama masks, police badges and flip-flops just to name a few.

For those who like classical looking jewelry, the Murano glass, Swarowski crystals and semi precious stones are simply elegant. There is also the "give back" collection where a percentage of the profit goes to support causes such as breast cancer, autism, children at risk and so forth.

A gift of a bracelet or necklace made from Chamilia beads will be a true expression of love, whether or not you decide to design everything on your own or give it to your friend or loved one to select her own gems.

A note about buying Chamilia beads: According to their website, chamilia.com, they sell only through authorized retailers, mostly boutiques and fine jewelers. There is a Where to Buy tab at the top of the site. There are a lot of websites showing inventories of Chamilia products, but a lot of the ones I checked had contact info that consisted of only an email address or online contact form.

Most of what you find online will be knock offs. Chamilia beads are high end products as far as beads go, and you don't want to find that you've paid top dollar for fakes. A retailer who is authorized to sell online will have, at a minimum, both a physical address and a phone number listed on their website.

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