Garnet Pandora Charm

If you are like most of the Western world, your stomach will be bulging, your head just a little sore, and your wallet very empty after Christmas time! We wouldn’t swap it for the world, but it does mean that if you have a friend or loved one with a January birthday, you can either be just a little broke, or have a bit too much of a headache to spend weeks searching for the perfect present. And that’s why we are here!

Aquarias Pandora Bead

Very individual

Pandora bracelets and charms are the hottest jewelry gifts for 2008. They are great presents, whether you are searching for a gift for a close loved one, or a new friend. They are infinitely personalizable, and you would have to be very unlucky to find two the same in the world!

The most obvious option for a charm for a Pandora bracelet for January birthdays is the garnet charm, under the birthstone section. Garnet is a beautiful dark, stylish and understated stone, and if your friend already has a bracelet, garnet charms would work very well with silver beads, or the silver with gold range, or with green or darker blue stone or glass beads, like peridot, green or blue topaz, or sapphire charms.

The Murano Glass beads offer a wonderful, colorful, vivacious alternative to actual gemstones. You can stay true to the spirit of the January birthstones with Pandora charms like the Murano glass bead, brown mystic amber with circles. The color of this bead is very similar to garnet, and the beautiful delicately understated color progressions stay true to the old-fashioned and classy nature of the stone … and the people born in the first part of January (until the 20th), the Capricorns!

The alternative birthstone for January is Rose Quartz, the wonderful pale pink and ultra feminine cloudy stone. There are plenty of Murano glass beads that reflect rose quartz, so if you don’t find something that jumps out at you as a gift idea for your January birthday, start with one of the divinely girlish pale pink beads.

Capricorn is the ruling sign until the 20th of January, and these people are traditionally very formal, responsible … and cautious! So safety chains to include in your Pandora Bracelet are a good idea. We have a selection of decorated ones in both gold and silver – check the bottom category in the section where you can add beads to your Pandora bracelet. Spacers are another ingenious solution if you are stuck for a Capricorn gift idea – they will appreciate the simplicity, the traditionalism and the straightforward relief of the spacers, while your wallet will appreciate the relief of a gift that starts from only $9!!

Another very easy alternative for Pandora charms for January birthdays is a zodiac bead. If your loved one is born before the 20th, grab a Capricorn bead (it is very mystical looking!), and if they are born after the 20th, grab an Aquarius bead.

Aquarians are traditionally unconventional, rule-breaking, and very individual! While gold beads are often a little dearer than the glass or silver alternatives, that price difference is actually a great way to make sure your individual Aquarian friend won’t end up with the same beads as everybody else on their bracelet! The gold coiled snake bead pictured is one of our more unusual and striking beads – wonderful as a feature bead among spacers or plainer options.

So, congratulations on choosing such an easy, long lasting and classy gift to give your January birthday friend – and don’t hesitate to message us if you need any help!