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A small box under the Christmas tree is often more exciting than a big one, because jewelry is still the number 1 best Christmas gift for ladies and children. The problem is the cost. How much jewelry can you afford to give? If it’s cheap holiday jewelry that you’ve bought at a discount for say $10 to $50, then you can probably afford several pieces. For good Christmas gifts in jewelry, there are some alternatives that you may not have thought about, and they include buying vintage jewelry that is often very reasonably priced.

Vintage Jewelry Specials

For example there’s a small outlet online called Garden Party Collection that retails vintage jewelry, colorful baubles, Italian charm bracelets and lots of dangling and stacking bracelets in all the best retro styles. They have a few vintage classics in the newly popular celluloid jewelry that’s more pricey, but stunning. You can also find some cheap holiday jewelry in vintage Lucite and Bakelite designs at a place called Morning Glory Jewelry that have vintage costume jewelry like Weiss jewelry and the special Christmas line they make, or even Cini jewelry. You can also get vintage and holiday jewelry from Ruby Lane Vintage Jewelry who have almost all the retro designers for affordable prices.

Costume Jewelry Treasure for Christmas

If you need something less unusual but more trendy in silver or beads or charms, there’s a great place for cheap kids jewelry and holiday gifts called Deep Sea Treasures that offer a great selection cheap costume jewelry for about $10 to $20. They have things that kids love like colorful glass bead bracelet and fun chunky bead jewelry and even some Lucite bangles for around $20.

Gold, Diamonds and Charm Bracelets for Kids

If you have a little more in the budget and want genuine gold or silver, there’s some great bargains for cheap holiday jewelry, especially for kids, at an online jewelry shop called Jewel Basket. They have diamonds, gold, charm bracelets, baby bangles, cute cheap jewelry for kids. For beaded bracelets, birthstone and alphabet beads and gift ideas for kids from about $30, there’s also a shop called Loveivy, and another one called Ku-Ki.

Men and Boys Like Jewelry Too

Most men don’t want gifts that they can buy for themselves and that includes things like socks and ties and dress shirts, and soap on a rope and designer shampoos or colognes. They get used up or worn out and often they can’t remember what they even received for Christmas last year, or the year before because all the gifts men tend to receive have one thing in common, they’re boring and useful and not very memorable. Make this Christmas stand out for your man or men, by buying something in titanium that lasts a lifetime. Titanium jewelry comes in wild fashion colors and even pure black, and there are sets of rings, cufflinks, bracelets and pins that are really fun and memorable but don’t cost more than about $10 to $50. Naturally there’s titanium rings for men and boys that cost more, but there are lots of polished titanium jewelry options that are affordable and look anything but cheap.

If your man is actually a boy, then how about a cool titanium skull ring or a cable ring for a teen or young man, or a pendant on a leather necklace, or some bone and titanium inlays or a carbon fiber inlay in tungsten or titanium….

And for young baby boys or toddlers who need cute cheap jewelry just for fun, try a place Our 2 Peas in a Pod jewelry shop that have plastic and colorful pieces of jewelry for boys in cowboy themes and bead bracelets that have fun and silly characters that will be fun on little wrists or necks….

Womens Cheap Holiday Jewelry and a Few Faux Pas to Avoid

It’s commonly thought that buying women’s Christmas presents is quite easy because there is so much selection, but while buying a GIFT is easy enough, the RIGHT GIFT is a totally different mater. Women are selective, individual, detail oriented and like to be recognized for being unique, not just a cliché of womanhood. That is why buying jewelry is not just as easy as picking up any old pair of jewelry earrings, rings or bracelets nd wrapping it and expecting to get a hearty smile and a hug that’s genuine.

Don’t fall into the handmade Jewelry Faux Pas

One big faux pas that many people make at Christmas time is that of giving handmade jewelry to all the women, or buying a bunch of beaded jewelry, bracelets or earrings and that’s what all the ladies get no matter who they are. It’s worse than buying socks for men, especially if the ladies in question don’t wear beads.

Silver or Gold not Both

The next faux pas is silver and gold or plated silver or gold jewelry. It’s very rare that a woman wears silver and gold colored jewelry equally; most ladies are silver jewelry wearers or gold tone lovers. So don’t go out and buy the most amazing Thai or Mexican or Bali style silver jewelry for a woman who mostly wears gold.

Genuine 925 Sterling Silver

The next problem is with silver jewelry. There is no reason why cheap holiday jewelry for Christmas gifts need to be fake. Silver is so inexpensive it might as well be real. Don’t buy plated silver or silver bathed because it won’t last more than a month without turning copper color and it’s just a waste of money. Sterling silver jewellery should be.925 silver even if it’s imported or is hand crafted Native American silver jewelry or Mexican silver jewelry or set with turquoise from Indonesia or Thailand. Genuine sterling silver can be bought for about $10 or less and stunning creations can be had for under $50. For some great silver go to Zeelver. Yes, they have a minimum $100 order requirement but you can get two or three pieces and make a set that will look like you spent thousands. Order early, it takes a few weeks to get the orders because they come from abroad and are all handmade.

A Little Common Sense Jewelry Tip

The next Christmas gift faux pas that everyone makes from to time is buying gifts that the giver loves without really stopping to think if it’s appropriate for the receiver. Contemporary, handmade jewellery with beads, vintage fashion jewelry with rhinestones, pearl necklaces and even gold is not for everyone. Buy what suits the person you are giving the present to. This seems like common sense but it’s amazing how many people shop for what they wish they would receive instead of shopping for the person or people on their lists. If you really have no idea what a person would like, then perhaps a simple jewelry box or a jewelry gift certificate may be better than getting the wrong piece of cheap costume jewelry as a present.

Christmas Charms

There are a few jewelry items that almost always go over well with young ladies, and that is charm bracelets like the Juicy Couture bracelet collection or some Italian charms or a single Pandora charm. Just find out what bracelet they collect or wish to start and you’ll probably not go wrong no mater what charm you choose.

Christmas Body Jewelry For those with Piercings

The other sure winner is body jewelry for anyone on your list that has piercings. Cheap body jewelry is genuinely cheap and fun and easy to buy for under $10 from a few online body jewelry experts like Body Candy, Painful Pleasures or even Hollywood Body jewelry.

A Socially Conscious Christmas

If you want to do something a little different this year, try giving some organic jewelry or ethnic jewelry or even some Fair Trade jewelry from places like Ruff and Cut or Ten Thousand Villages, Wedge World Wide or The Pangea Collection and make a difference to those in other countries while putting a smile into your socially conscious loved ones hearts.