Locket Necklace as Perfect Gift for Special Occasions
If you are looking for a tried and tested gift for someone special, you can never go wrong with a locket necklace. It is a piece of jewelry that has a very long history. Lockets, aside from carrying photos as we know them today, have been used to carry other important items such as medicinal potions, ashes of a dearly departed, or perhaps hair of a dear child. In the old days, some used it to carry some poison for protection.
The Victorian era pushed the status of locket necklaces into new heights. During that time, a heart locket can be a status symbol and often embedded with precious gems such as diamonds, sapphire, ruby, or pearls.
There are people who also believe that a locket necklace can bring good fortune or protect one from sickness or bad spirits depending on the stones or other ornaments incorporated with the locket.
Nowadays, the locket necklace has kept its charm and is still a sentimental gift for people who are special. It is a piece of jewelry that never goes out of style. One can wear it with anything from that classic black dress, skinny jeans, tank top, that big sweater, and practically with any other item in your closet.
Vintage Lockets
Among the most popular design of a locket necklace are vintage lockets with classic look that never ages. You can pick from a wide range of designs such as vintage floral locket, oval brass locket, musical lockets, filgree lockets, among others. There are also a lot of options for gold or silver locket necklace.
Heart Lockets
A heart locket is finely-crafted piece of jewelry or accessory that can carry small mementos such as pictures. One can practically give it to anyone on any occasion. It can be a birthday gift for a small girl so she remembers her parents or siblings anywhere she goes. It can be a nice present for teenagers to remind them of their childhood. Likewise, parents or grandparents can treasure memories of their loved ones with heart lockets.
Cameo Lockets
Cameo lockets are engraved lockets that feature raised relief image. The design style is in contrast with what we call intaglio that features a negative or etched image. Traditionally, a cameo locket only features an embossed image in contrasting color to its background. Following such practice it is common to see cameo lockets featuring women, dancers, sea horse, flowers among others crafted in silver or gold against a colored element.
Anyone will be able to appreciate the intricate design and the meticulous process in producing such beautiful lockets.
Zodiac Lockets
Another popular choice as gifts are zodiac lockets. As the name suggests, these items will be perfect as birthday gifts so the design will depend on the birthday month of the recipient. Some may also incorporate birthstones to make the locket more elegant.
Whether you are buying locket necklaces as gifts or as additions to your collection, you will never go wrong with this piece. People who will receive them will surely have it close to their hearts and for those who collect, a small treasure to cherish through time.
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Submitted on: 2014-12-25 19:59:11