Cheap Holiday Jewelry & Good Christmas Gifts Ideas
Christmas gifts between $10 and $50. Jewelry for girls, boys, women and men. Yes. Good Christmas gifts come in small packages from discount jewelry resellers, vintage jewelry outlets and cheap designer jewelry shops that offer unique, high quality presents within your budget. Here’s where to find what you need in cheap holiday jewelry and good Christmas gifts that will sparkle come Christmas morning.
Vintage Jewelry for Young Girls
Young girls don’t need diamonds and gold to make them happy, colorful baubles, dangling charms or Italian charm bracelets or lots of fun stacking bangles that match their outfits is usually very well received. Since retro styles are back, plastic jewelry makes a great cheap gift for young girls. If you want to go all out you can get some celluloid jewelry from a vintage shop online called Garden Party Collection. They have a fantastic collection of vintage celluloid bracelets but unfortunately their not very cheap.
Celluloid jewelry is in fact a collectors item, being made from some of the first plastic ever in the late 1800’s and popular into the 1900’s, many of these vintage pieces are around $100 or more. There is imitation celluloid in modern acrylic jewelry that copies the chunky colorful designs, but again it’s not ultra cheap costume jewelry.
For cheap vintage plastic jewelry that’s still collectible but affordable there’s Morning Glory Jewelry who has vintage Lucite, Celluloid and Bakelite bangles at great prices in a wide variety of wild colors and styles. Buying exclusive vintage costume jewelry is a great alternative to buying cheap costume or fashion jewelry from department stores. Consider buying Weiss vintage jewelry or even some pieces of Cini jewelry and both Morning Glory Jewelry and Ruby Lane Vintage Jewelry carry such pieces. In some cases there are pieces for around $30.
Cheap Kids Jewelry and Holiday Gifts
If you need cheap costume jewelry that’s closer to the $10 to $20 price range and isn’t vintage but is colorful and fun for young girls and kids, try Deep Sea Treasure who have things like their multi color glass beads bracelet for about $17 and their spicy color chunky glass beads bracelet for just under $14. They also have some funky Lucite pieces like their Lucite oval teal stretch bangle bracelet for just under $19.
The other place for cheap holiday jewelry for kids is Jewel Basket who carry real diamonds and gold in everything from charm bracelets to little baby bangles and cute kids rings, animal pendants and lots of holiday jewelry in the cutest shapes with gemstones and diamonds or simple sterling silver.
For really cheap kids jewelry, like beaded bracelets and birthstone sets, alphabet beads and the cutest little holiday childrens jewelry, try a place called Loveivy, which retails online and has lots of jewelry for kids between $30 and $100 .
Good Christmas Gifts for Men and Boys
Good Christmas gifts for men and boys also come in small packages, especially if what’s inside is a piece of titanium jewelry. It’s a high quality metal that comes in fashion colors and is one of the most popular metals for boys and mens rings because it’s so durable. Black titanium rings, as well as the newest hip blue titanium jewelry is very popular. This year, don’t buy socks and ties and shirts, get something that will last, like a pair of titanium cufflinks, a tie pin, a money clip or even a key ring with a sports car logo. For $10 to $50 you can give a stunning polished piece of titanium jewelry, and he’ll think you spent a fortune!
Young boys also love titanium skull ring designs and even titanium cable rings that are very masculine. For cheap cute jewelry, there are also pendants for boys that come on black leather strings with natural bone or horn inlays in the titanium pendants, or there’s always fun costume jewelry like the black Darth Vader Bracelet for just $22 that retails at Our 2 Peas in a Pod jewelry shop. They also have boys bracelets like their Soccer Camp Boy Bracelet for just $15 and for small boys there’s a Giddy Up Cowboy Sheriff Bracelet or the Fire Truck Bracelet within the same price range.
Womens Jewelry Gifts – A Few Tips
Womens jewelry earrings, rings or bracelets make good Christmas gifts, but don’t just buy the first thing that’s cheap or on sale just to be able to check a name off your Christmas gift list. Think about the person you’re buying for.
Handmade jewelry may be a great choice if she loves beaded jewelry, handmade bracelets and earrings, but remember it’s not a safe gift for all the ladies because many women don’t wear beads.
Silver jewelry is inexpensive but select it carefully because sterling silver jewellery is not all the same quality. Check for the .925 silver stamp, and try selecting handmade pieces by small jewelry designers instead of the pieces that are mass produced. There are some great options like Native American silver jewelry or even Mexican silver jewelry that is often sold exclusively online. Try some Thai silver with turquoise or some natural Balinese silver creations that are unique and affordable.
There’s a great wholesale silver jewelry company called Zeelver, and although they have a minimum $100 order, they have some very cheap jewelry options that are unusual and high quality. You could select 3 or 4 pieces and meet the minimum requirements but have gifts for all the ladies on your list. Here are just some examples of what they have: Topaz dangle earrings set in titanium for about $20, or Thai Hill Tribe Silver Bracelets in 97-99% pure silver for under $10.
There’s thousands of styles and silver jewelry options in this and other price ranges, so if you have several presents to buy you may want to consider buying $100 of jewelry, which is the minimum order and divide it up as good Christmas gifts to all the girls and ladies you have on your list. Remember that this is cheap costume jewelry tat looks expensive and is in fact all hand made by jewelry designers abroad. It’s definitely better than buying some cheap fashion jewelry accessories from a department store. Oh and by the way, Zeelver ships internationally, but it can take a week or two, so order early enough to have all your Christmas jewelry gifts on time.
When buying gifts, try to avoid buying the items you love and instead think carefully about who you are buying for. If you are selecting contemporary silver earrings, handmade jewellery with beads or vintage fashion jewelry with rhinestones and pearls, think if these are items the giver will appreciate. If you don’t know the style or taste of the lady you are buying for, I recommend playing it safe and not giving jewelry but instead a simple jewelry box that’s less personal, or even a small jewelry box with a jewelry gift certificate inside. That way she can select a piece of jewelry to her taste, but the box shows you gave it a personal touch instead of just giving money or a certificate that’s totally impersonal.
Although we have recommended beaded jewelry and pearl jewellery in this article, it is not a gift for just any women. Bead and pearl jewelry is a good Christmas gift only for the ladies you know well, because not everyone wears pearls or beaded jewelry. It may be better to select a pair of cheap CZ earrings or a small silver bracelet or pendant if you aren’t sure.
Charm bracelets, crystal jewelry and fashion necklaces are almost always welcomed by young girls, but these days charms are your best bet. Just be sure to find out what charm bracelet the young girl has started to collect, be it Juicy Couture charm bracelet, an Italian charm bracelet or the Pandora charms. A good Christmas gift is one that you have taken the time to consider a little, ask what charm bracelet is best so you don’t end up buying the wrong one, especially if you don’t know the subtle differences that make a lot of difference to a young girl.
If you want to score some points with a young girl or boy who has piercings, a really good Christmas gift would be a selection of cheap body jewelry. If you don’t have a clue what to buy when it comes to jewelry for piercings, then just find out if the young person in question has a piercing on their lip, nose, ear or belly. Then select an inexpensive packaged sets that will have a variety of pieces. It’s super cheap to buy body jewelry, as little as $1 a piece, and there are sets of assorted body jewelry collections for about $10. Body jewelry makes a fun gift even if the person doesn’t have piercings yet but is talking about getting them. For example there are non piercing body jewelry pieces that stick on with adhesive. There’s also temporary tattoos that are fun and just stick on. These are great ideas for stocking stuffers because they will be an activity the kids can have fun with on Christmas day. If you don’t know where to get cheap body jewelry, then try Painful Pleasures, Body Candy or Hollywood Body Jewelry who offer great deals online.
Natural Organic Jewelry and Ethnic Jewelry Gifts
At Christmas time we often get so busy that we buy from the closest jewelry shops or department stores out of habit and forget that there’s a whole world of options in jewelry designs that are unique and surprisingly affordable that come from less well known places, from small artisans and international craftspeople.
Ten Thousand Villages, Ruff and Cut, Wedge World Wide and Pangea Collection
Here are some suggestions for you to easily order something unusual this year, perhaps some ethnic, Indian jewelry, Balinese or Thai jewelry. Indian wholesale jewellery resellers often carry unusual and intricate designs from all over Asia and Africa, and don’t forget about the many Fair Trade jewelry shops that have unique ethnic pieces.
Christmas is a time to buy gifts and why not spend your money helping the world’s artists and designers instead of supporting the large manufacturers. You can get great Fair Trade jewelry Christmas gifts at places like Ten Thousand Villages, or Ruff and Cut, or Wedge World Wide Coop. There’s also The Pangea Collection that specializes in supporting Indian women who make a living through their traditional craft of jewelry creation.
Bario Neal handcrafted Ethical Jewelry
If you need high-end gifts then Bario Neal is one place to get unique jewelry handcrafted from reclaimed precious metals and ethically-sourced stones all packed in the most environmentally conscious manner possible, small cloth bags, wooden boxes and recycles glass bottles.
The jewelry is gorgeous and affordable, and part of the price goes to fund the Association for Responsible Mining. Also, the metals used are 100% reclaimed precious metals from recycled jewelry or industrial materials. The stones are ethically sourced gemstones and conflict-free diamonds. The chains are made from vintage or from manufactures who produce chains from recycled metals. Bario Neal jewelry can be purchased in the USA, Canda and Japan.
