The overwhelming favorite piece of jewelry for mothers are personalized mothers rings. One of the most favored and cherished of the mother’s jewelry selections, these personalized rings use birthstones, names, or birth dates to signify the members of the family. One style of ring includes the birthstones of the husband and wife as the center setting, then the birthstones of all the children and grandchild either as chips or full stones around the center setting or around the band. Another option is to have a band for the mother and father each and then place a band for the children in the middle. Either style can range from very elegant and stylized to more modern or even antique in appearance.

Thin rings that can be stacked have become an increasingly popular mother’s jewelry choice. These delicate rings are most commonly worn together on one finger, but can also be spread across several fingers. Each of the bands will typically have the birth stone, name, or birth date of each child or family member. Slender stackable rings have become a very popular mothers jewelry design and come in a great number of design styles and precious metal choices.

Pendants and lockets are a wonderful choice for mothers and grandmothers alike. These pieces are available in a wide variety of precious metals and can include birthstones and names and birthdates also. Pendants, typically in the shape of hearts, can also be used as a base to add a gem for each child or grandchild, with the husband and wife’s birthstones forming the center. Necklaces and bracelets that allow Mom’s to continue to add pendants or charms as their family increases are also a great gift idea and one that can be added to for years to come. Since pendants and charms can be changed or varied, each of these types of mother’s jewelry gift ideas will become a one of a kind creation as the family grows.

My first foray into presents from Wales was embarrassingly enjoyable. I picked out a few nice pieces of jewellery for a female friend’s birthday and she simply adored them. The fact that they had personal significance made them even more special. The design was a flower from her homeland, and it was set with some stones that matched her eyes perfectly. The jewellery was small and packaged snugly in some little cases so when she travelled back to her university (in Aberystwyth) it fit in her luggage perfectly.

I went a little mad on cufflinks, buying my male relatives and my boyfriend a shirt and cufflinks for every conceivable occasion (Christmas, birthdays, Fathers’ Day and even Easter). Followed up with the odd tie and pair of socks, my men were the best dressed in town. The trouble with that was we had to co-ordinate who was wearing what to which event. Once, several family members wore the same shirt to a birthday dinner and none of us have lived it down. The art of remembrance of embarrassing incidents is one my family holds proud.

After the rush of engagements and weddings, for which I was fond of personalised glassware and mugs, came the inevitable baby boom. Soft toys were showered upon babes everywhere, and no newborn’s nursery was left unadorned. Fleece blankets were also draped across prams, and I had the idea to embroider the names of the babies along with their birthdates in a corner. The new mums loved them!

I became a gift buying expert, and people began liaising with me to find out what to buy for upcoming occasions. I started to keep lists, and then my friend (from the university in Aber) put me onto a website where I could find all the presents I needed for every family event. Everything from novelty to serious gifts was on the website, and I began to organise who would buy what. T-shirts for boyfriends’ birthdays, tankards for twenty-firsts, mugs for mums and dolls for daughters. Christmas was now a time of year I looked forward to, and I got right into the whole present thing.

And of course, everyone I knew gradually got a dragon as a gift – somewhere along the line, people received a little reminder that I was Welsh.