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Personalised Christmas Gifts for the Family

personalised christmas gifts for the family

Personalised gifts for the family will make them smile on Christmas day and beyond.

All handmade in the UK, these personalised jewellery gifts capture the love and affection of family members.

Fingerprints are a unique part of all of us but have you ever considered capturing those of someone you love?

Reasons to do this is to preserve a memory of them, remember a time when they were young or to ensure you have a special part of them, with you forever.

The process of capturing a Fingerprint is simple. A Fingerprint Kit is sent with your order. The instructions, clearly show how to capture your loved one’s prints. A quick ‘How To’ photo guide is incorporated too.

The prints are sent back to me and I’ll begin making your charm with any personalisation you’ve asked for. To find out more about this process, see my Fingerprint Kit Article.

large fingerprint personalised heart charm necklace
A heart fingerprint charm such as this is a Christmas gift a family member can continue to cherish for many years to come.

Fingerprint Charms for the whole family – Sentimental Christmas gifts

If you’re buying for a Mum who loves to wear necklaces, a heart fingeprint charm would be the perfect gift for her. She has the option to choose 1, 2 or 3 charms depending on the number of fingerprints she wishes to capture. 

This is an extremely sentimental charm necklace for Mum to wear, featuring the precious prints of her children. 

True Love Keepsakes Fingerprint Bead Charm
Fingerprint Heart Bead for Charm Bracelets – Perfect Christmas gift for a Mum who wears a charm bracelet.

Does Mum have a charm bracelet she likes to keep adding to?

A Fingerprint Heart, Bead Charm would be a special addition to her collection. She could incorporate an initial on the front or a name on  the reverse of the charm.

Something personalised for Dad

Dad would enjoy a Fingerprint Dog-tag charm or a identity bar, leather bracelet, Fingerprint charm. Both have the option to add a name to the front of the charm.

The bracelet can incorporate a short message on the back to make for a meaningful gift for Dad to wear beyond Christmas.

Leather, Fingerprint Charm Bracelet
Leather Fingerprint Bracelet with Personalisation on the reverse – A thoughtful Christmas gift for Dad

Maybe Dad would love a keepsake keyring of a loved one to cherish. This Fingerprint Keyring is one he can keep as a sentimental piece in addition to his usual, everyday keyring.

Personalise this keyring with a name on the front or a short message on the reverse. It comes attached with a keyring ring chain and comes presented in a gift box.

Handmade Silver Fingerprint Keyring
Fingerprint Keyring. Add a name or short message on the reverse.

Personalised gifts for the rest of the family

Nan or grandad would love a hand-drawn picture their child has created and have it engraved onto a steel keyring for them to carry with pride. Add a message to the reverse of the charm to capture some precious words.

staninless steel handprint footprint engraved keyring
stainless steel, rectangle doodle drawing keyring
Stainless Steel Keyring – You have the choice to capture the hands or feet of a loved one or a precious doodle/drawing both can have a short message on the back.

A card wallet would make for a lovely personalised gift that their nieces or nephews can contribute to by providing their handprint, footprint or drawing.

Stainless Steel Engraved Keepsake Card
Stainless steel card wallet.

The process for engraved Keepsakes is easy and a handprint/footprint kit is included should you need one.

Whatever personalised gift you decide on, whether a Fingerprint Charm Necklace, Fingerprint Bracelet or other, all items are lovely, meaningful Christmas gifts that are proudly handmade, here in the UK. 

Turnaround time for Fingerprint Keepsakes is 2-3 weeks from the date we receive your prints back and 2 weeks (from the date we receive your prints back) for all engraved Keepsakes.

Keeping you informed of the progress of your order is what we do best. In addition, your order will include free, (mainland) UK delivery.

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Paw Print Necklace for Marly’s Mum

teardrop paw print necklace modelled by marlin

Back in August 2020, I created a Paw Print, Teardrop Necklace for Marly’s Mum. Marlin (Marly for short) is a Red Fox Labrador who, at the time of going to press, is adored by almost 15k followers on Instagram. Marly’s account has the most gorgeous photos featuring Marly and her Mum’s adventures.

Having a Paw Print Charm is the best way of capturing a special memory of your dog. Your dog’s real paw print is used to make the charm. When Marly’s Mum placed her order for a Pure Silver, Paw Print, Teardrop Necklace, I sent her a Paw Print Kit, consisting of an Inkless Wipe and Special Paper.

Capturing Marlin’s Paw Print

At the time, Marlin’s Mum was one of my ambassadors and she did a fantastic job of taking a short video of her using the Inkless wipe to capture Marlin’s paw print which you can see below.

Marly’s Mum captured her paw print perfectly using the inkless wipe and paper

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Once this was achieved, she sent me a DM of the prints to check that they were suitable for use. The prints were gorgeous! I chose the best paw print and got straight to work with making the charm.

marly's paw print captured using the inkless wipe on special paper
Mary’s Mum captured her paw print using the kit sent with her order

A special technique is used to create a negative of the paw print which is then transferred onto a rubber stamp. This rubber stamp is then used to imprint onto silver clay.

Next, Marlin’s name is added to the front of the charm and the charm is then left to dry for 24 hours.

sanding to finished polished silver paw print charm
Once the silver clay has been imprinted with the paw print and name, it is left to dry for 24 hours

Final Stages of Making the Paw Print Charm

Once the silver clay has hardened, it is hand-polished, then hand-fired using a blow torch to reveal a Pure Silver charm. I’ve captured a short video for you to see this process.

Firing the silver clay charm using a blow torch

My favourite part has to be the final stages of polishing! I love seeing the transformation. A high shine is achieved using three grains of special sanding paper. A polishing solution is also used to highlight the paw print detail and personalisation.

highly polished silver teardrop paw print charm featuring marly the Labrador's paw
Final Stage of sanding to produce a high shine

Once the charm is finished, it’s attached to a Sterling Silver chain. For this particular charm, I used a beautiful, fine diamond-cut, belcher chain at 18 inches long. This length allows the chain to sit elegantly, just below the collar bone.

Finally, the Paw Print Charm Necklace is ready to be sent to Marly’s Mum. It’s placed in a lovely, grey gift box and is packaged safely, to be delivered by post.

Marly’s Mum was so happy to receive this gorgeous charm and months later she was still enjoying wearing her necklace, Marly reported:

“The human still says this is the best thing she has ever gotten, has pride of place round her neck everyday.”

I love hearing this kind of feedback from my customers! Now Marlin’s Mum will always have a special part of Marlin with her. Wherever she is, an imprint of Marly’s Paw Print will always be with her.

marlin the red fox labrador proudly posing with the teardrop silver paw print charm made for her mum
Marlin perfectly posing with her Mummy’s Paw Print Necklace!

If you’d like to create a memory like Marly’s Mum has and have your very own, pure silver, paw print necklace, you can see the product details for the Teardrop Necklace which is currently part of our January sale!

Follow the adventures of Marly and her hooman on their Instagram account: marlin_the_red_fox_labrador. You’ll discover featured dog products, exclusive discount codes for Marlin’s followers, and an insight into the life of this gorgeous Labrador. From, ‘Tongue out Tuesday’ Posts, to beautiful sunset pictures, Marly really is living her best life!