Pandora Bracelet and Beads

As a kid, I had a charm bracelet that I used to wear everywhere - for just about all of my elementary school days, I had a battered silver chain with a collection of charms that was part new, part very well-loved, part scratched, and constantly being replaced as they were taken off and lost. It gave me years of pleasure as a child - and the people at Pandora jewelry obviously have similar fond memories, or they wouldn’t have created the Pandora bracelet collection, adulthood’s answer to that battered old elementary school bracelet! If you are looking for a birthday gift for a female this October who is charming and sophisticated, with just a little childish sweetness, read on for our perfect Pandora present suggestions for October birthdays!

Tourmaline Bead for October Birthdays

Pink Cubic Zirconia Bead

Row of Smokey Quartz Charm

Pandora Garnet Flower Charm

Pandora Garnet Flower Ring

Golden Orange- Fire Orange Ribbon Bead

Pale Aqua with White Spokes Bead

Infinity Silver Bead with White Zircon

Pandora Silver Rosebud Spacer

Pandora Gold Rosebud Spacer

Pandora Sunburst Clip

One of the nicest things about Pandora charm bracelets as opposed to the ones that children wear is that it is possible to make patterns, color themes and very definite styles, with a range of beads to choose from that it a hundred times larger than in your younger days! You can even have several bracelets, to coordinate with different outfits. The bracelet at the top is a great example of a well-coordinated Pandora piece - a lovely mix of pattern and variation, with glass beads that echo the lovely markings of the birthstone for October birthdays - the opal.

If you are starting (or even continuing) a Pandora bracelet for a lucky lady this October, then the proper birthstone bead for October is a great place to begin. The tourmaline bead is shown - and before you shout me down, reminding me that I just said that the opal was October gem (!), tourmalines are actually a very legitimate alternative. Along with aquamarines, they were actually the traditional birthstone for the month, and they are quite a lot more cost-effective than opals are. Pandora often substitutes less expensive stones for the birthstone beads, to help make them accessible.

While this is the only actual tourmaline stone available, there is a wide selection of pink cubic zirconia beads, that have close to exactly the same shade and tone as tourmalines. The pink cubic zirconia bead set in sterling silver pictured is one of them. This lovely simple charm is quite cost effective, and a great pattern-creator for a Pandora bracelet or necklace.

But when it comes to pink, most girls either do it, or definitely do not do it! Pink is a love or hate sort of color for women nowadays, and if you have a cooler, calmer, more natural girl to buy for this month, you might want to look beyond the birthstone-like beads. Use her starsign for a bit of inspiration - Libra takes up the first part of October (1st to the 22nd), and these gals are balanced, fair, graceful and very charming. Scorpio rules the rest of the month, from the 23rd onwards, and Scorpio women are passionate, intense, deep and magnetic. Scorpio sisters are likely to be attracted to beautiful deep gemstones and mysterious patterns … the row of smokey quartz charm is a lovely, very individual choice for Scorpio women.

For a bit more color but just as much depth and passion, Scorpios will love garnets. This stone is the color of hearts blood, and is just as tough, resilient and vivacious as your October-born Scorpio is! The gold garnet flower charm has matching jewelry available, including a ring and earrings; the ring is pictured. They are part of the recent expansion of the Pandora range into more than just charms … but more on that a little later!

And of course, if you need the passion and vivacity of color, without the cost of gemstones, the Murano glass range has a solution for you. The name of the Murano Glass bead pictured, the Golden Orange-Fire Orange, no doubt reminds you of how your Scorpio lady can be when she wants something badly enough! This very popular pattern is usually kept in stock, so if you have left things a little later than usual, this could be your solution.

The Murano glass range also has something for balanced, graceful Libras - however they will probably prefer something with a little more symmetry, like the pale blue with white spokes bead, to the ribbon design which is slightly offset.The pale aqua charm is set on sterling silver, like most of Pandora’s jewelry, and is quite budget friendly.

Grace and delicacy, and also balance, are the defining characteristics of the Infinity Silver Bead with White Zircon, pictured at right. Your Libran lass will love the flowing grace of the infinity scroll, along with the fact that it is perfectly weighted, balanced and symmetrical. The white zircon makes a great base to build on with stronger colors, or you can use it to dominate the color scheme, creating a diamond-like sparkle.

And of course, ever important for Librans, are spacers in Pandora bracelets, which help create balance and regularity, preventing all the charms overwhelming each other. Spacers are quite cheap, with the simplest designs costing less than parking in the city for a few hours! The grace and beauty of rosebud spacers are likely to appeal to Librans - the silver and gold variants are shown. Note that there is quite a difference in price - but also quite a difference in look and feel!

And of course, clips are the other main way to create balance and regularity in Pandora bracelets and necklaces. They allow you to preserve some ‘white’ space in the piece, without having all of the charms fall to one side every time your hand or head moves. The silver sunburst clip pictured is great for either starsign, with a bold pattern for passionate and daring Scorpios, as well as perfect balance for ever-fair Librans! They are also quite reasonably priced.

And if you see a bead that you like, remember to click on it to load the large picture and preview at the bottom of the screen, because this will also show you the matching jewelry that is available for many styles (although most frequently for the gemstone beads). There are rings, bracelets and earrings that your October baby can use to complement their bracelet or necklace - and that you can use to give them a smile a mile wide! Just click to keep browsing the range of Pandora jewelry, including charms for bracelets and necklaces.