A studded tennis racket hanging from your neck, gold lizards with piercing emerald eyes dangling from your ears. Roses and hearts, guitars and violins, in the form of pins, pendants, and bracelets.
A piece of specialty themed jewelry gets everyone taking notice and looking closely at the interesting details and uniqueness, triggering some great conversation. For thee wearer however, a specialty themed pendant may have some special significance, as well as being a telltale sign of her or his personality.
Animal Jewelry
Animal themed jewelry pieces are said to symbolize the wearer’s free spirited self and quest for freedom. There is a wide range of animal themed jewelry pieces that seemingly never go extinct, never go out of style.
In fact, animal inspired jewelry items are becoming more interesting with added touches and impressions. On displays at specialty jewelry shops are sterling silver crocodile brooches designed with a graceful curve to the body and tail. There are also crystal turtle pins with eyes set in glistening emerald or ruby.
In the league with charming butterfly brooches and trinkets, there is also a myriad of insect pins which never fail to amaze: a sleek dragonfly, a petite ladybug or a bumblebee with stretched wings. Equally fascinating are the parrot and flamingo pins with bodies jazzed up with glistening crystals – feathers never looked this vibrant! In true flamingo fashion, you may find the classic flamingo pose with the bird standing on one leg.
Then there’s the cats and the kittens – with their adorable feline moves, they’re a favorite inspiration for animal themed jewelry such as an exquisite sterling kitten pendant with a dainty amethyst collar decorating its neck and a tail down and curved for added interesting detail.
If you’re looking for attention-grabbing themed jewelry, a stylish piece is a ring with an encrusted part shaped into an exotic panther and features pave set diamonds and onyx stone chips.
Sports Themed Jewelry
Talk about looking sporty and chic at the same time, people with active lifestyles are wearing sports charms, sports pendants, tie tacs and cuff links in 14K gold or sterling silver. If one is a baseball fan he can support his favorite major league team in style with a wide selection of baseball-inspired jewelry pieces.
Considering that anyone has her or his choice of sport, the range of sports-themed jewelry is extensive: NFL team charms, MLB team charms, soccer charms, football charms, basketball jewelry, tennis jewelry and jewelry with swimming, lacrosse, hockey, darts, skateboarding and roller skating, bowling and billiards, horseracing and equestrian designs.
Many a basketball fanatic has been spotted wearing a 14K gold and enameled basketball net pendant. Others prefer the sterling silver enameled basketball picture frame charm.
For the collectors of equestrian jewelry, what easily comes to mind is the Hermes men’s ring designed with an epic double horse head, in sterling silver and rendered in a beautiful vintage finish, all the more enhancing its classic feel and intricate details.
Music Themed Jewelry
Music themed jewelry such as necklaces, pins, tie-tacs, cufflinks and watches is a personal fashion accessory that sings of one’s music lifestyle.
Lovely as classical music are jewelry pieces that depict cellos and violins. Fantastic as any jazz piece are jewelry pieces with saxophone and clarinet designs.
Of course, a timeless piano pendant or charm is essential among music lovers who are also jewelry enthusiasts. A popular design in this kind is a crystal set grand piano pendant hanging on a long gold or silver chain.
In the jewelry shops today, particularly interesting finds are sculpted music pewter pins which may feature crystal and semi-precious gem accents. Another unique music-inspired piece would be sterling silver guitar earrings or drumset earrings set on french wire.
How about Opera singers: a tenor pin or a soprano pin? Because if it’s music themed specialty jewelry, the world of Opera, its characters and settings, could be an inspiration on its own. For one, “The Tales of Hoffman” that took place in the Romance era of the early 1800s can be interpreted in a necklace depicting the enigmatic nature of Hoffman’s three beloved ones. One can find a jewelry collection that beautifully combines a hint of modern design and oriental Chinese motifs recalling “Turandot,” the well-loved Opera that relates the bittersweet love story of a charming princess from ancient China.
Literature Jewelry
The beautiful imagery of nature set in a poem: “Oh fountain lovely, near thy side, into thy depths I gaze as clouds above cast shadowy forms across thy limpid face” — “By the Fountain” by Johan Ludvig Runeberg, the national poet of Finland, has inspired a number of jewelry designers to make jewelry pieces using topaz, a gemstone that subtly shimmers like moonbeams, and silver to look like a reflection of calm, clear waters.
More than the relevance of the design to the verses, literary jewelry is also a tribute and admiration to literary masters, hence literary enthusiasts cannot miss owning a piece of literary jewelry.
The words uttered by literary icons such as Henry David Thoreau’s “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams…live the life you’ve imagined” or Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “a friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature” are now inscribed in precious metal cuffs and gold and silver pendants.
Ladies can keep company with a necklace with a pendant inscribed with a verse “hope and keep busy,” a profound line from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. Meanwhile, gentlemen can feel motivated by the famous Latin quote “carpe diem” (seize the day) etched in a gold ring.
Indeed, there is no lack of sayings that can inspire different persons in different ways such as a necklace inscribed with Helen Keller’s “the best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart.”
Valentines Day Themed Jewelry
Among the many holidays to take inspiration in, Valentines Day is most admired, for obvious reasons. The shape of the heart, of course, makes for perfect Valentine’s Day themed jewelry rendered in all designs imaginable as pendants, earrings, pins, charms and rings.
However dainty, heart design is always a darling. When set with dazzling diamonds or sparkling rubies, heart themed jewelry signifis both the giver and the wearer’s mood – that mood of utter love. Modest but nevertheless chic are vintage heart charm bracelets featuring several heart charms with red rhinestones centers, made to appear as trinkets.
Another beloved Valentines themed jewelry design is a rose or a bunch of them. Usually set in 14K gold, a ring with rose designs in red or pink gems combined with clear rhinestones is a thing ladies love.
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