They are slightly cheaper overall than the Pandora line, and don’t carry beads with precious stones either.  Aside from that, they do have some absolutely charming Chamilia charms that can be added to a bracelet, either for appearance sake only, or to signify a special occasion or time that is worth remembering.

They are also great to give for gifts. You can either give a completed bracelet, or if your budget is a bit tight, they look every bit as good with just three or four charms on a bracelet, given as a starter bracelet. They also have a complete range of Disney charms, which feature different Disney characters on the charms.

Delightful gifts for women of any age, and not too expensive, they are definitely worth looking at if you’re trying to think of a suitable gift for a women.  You can also order them online which makes the whole buying process quite quick and simple.

What does this mean? Well, if you’re interested in purchasing one of these lovely charms you’d better do so pretty soon, otherwise you may find that they are no longer around.  Stocks in some jewelers are already getting low, as the demand for this particular Pandora charm has been quite a bit higher than originally expected.

The Pandora Grape Charm retails for about $40, though if it truly does become a ‘retired bead’ you may find that prices go up, if you are even able to find one.

A recap on the bead: It’s made from Sterling Silver, with either a green peridot stone or a purple amethyst stone hanging from the charm.  The actual bead itself features a grape vine with a bunch of grapes on it, as the design. Very pretty, and it would look good on any Pandora Charm Bracelet.

So, if you’re seriously considering getting a Pandora Grape Charm for yourself, you’d better hurry up.  They’re not even that easy to order online anymore, so you may have to physically go to your favorite Pandora jewelry shop to get yours.

Well, there’s on exception to that I suppose. I was just checking out the local Pandora Spring charm releases and I noticed that they have a very nice sterling silver Pandora grape charm. There’s two different choices, you can either choose one with a green semi-precious stone, or one with a light purple semi-precious stone, which I suppose is meant to signify either green or purple grapes.

The purple stone is an amethyst and the green stone a Peridot.  They are both attached to the charm itself with a small silver chain.

Anyway, aside from that one charm I really find the idea of hanging food-related items around my wrist rather distasteful.  In fact, when it comes to Pandora charm bracelets, my favourite charms are those that look nothing like real things. Isn’t that weird?

Even if you don’t know your friend’s birthstone, just look up pandora birthstone charms on line and they’ll give you the complete list of which stone goes with which month, so there’s really no guess work involved at all.

They have charms available in silver, with the birthstone dangling down from the actual bead. The cost is pretty good, under $40 for each stone. Of course you only need to buy one, so that makes them a fairly easy and not too expensive gift that you can get for someone’s birthday, that is also special because it relates very personally to them.

This spring, Troll beads released a total of 44 new beads and they’re all really pretty. I love their new glass beads too, and the colors they’re using this spring are very good.

Another good brand of charm bracelets is the Italian Charm bracelets. They also have very nice charms and beads and they release new beads on a regular basis too.

Of course, if you’re looking for something different than a charm bracelet, you could always try a gold cz tennis bracelet. They’re all the rage now, but not really in the same ballpark as the charm bracelet. Still…

Still, when it comes down to it I still prefer troll beads. Of course, that may change with time, and if it does I’ll be sure to post it here.