Keep it Simple and Personal
Teen aged girls are notoriously difficult to purchase a Christmas gift for and 2009 is no exception. Anyone who has a daughter, granddaughter, niece or sister can attest to this. Jewelry is a great way to please any girl, teen or not.
Jewelry can be as individual as your girl is. Does she prefer silver or gold? Silver is a cool metal and very popular right now. It is also much less expensive than gold and allows you to provide a larger gift or gifts. Stainless steel is also popular for contemporary jewelry.
Charms are a very hot gift for a teen girl. There are several manufacturers who produce a wide variety of silver, gold, glass and enameled beads. The best known isPandorabut othersTrollbeadsandCamiliaalso offer lots of options. The typical way to wear these charms is on a metal cord bracelet. Some of them offer the option of spacers so that you can make the beads stay in place.
The beads are decorated the way charms are. You can find ones that represent hobbies and interests like a diary for a girl who likes to write or an ice skate for a girl who loves to skate. If she is a fashionista there are charms that resemble a purse or a high heal shoe. You get the idea, no matter what she loves there will be a charm to fit her. They have little cell phones, charms that say Dive with glittery stones and others that say friend, daughter or niece.
Maybe she is a bit of a Goth, instead of a bracelet get her one of the cord necklaces. They come is a wide variety of colors, black of course is a favorite. Chose a skull charm and it's the perfect jewelry gift. For a religious girl you can go with a cord and a small cross attached to a barrel so it can slide.
The glass beads come in every color you can imagine. You can create a Southwestern necklace with turquoise colored Murano beads or a Christmas necklace with a red cord and a Santa charm. There is a cuff bracelet option that also accommodates the beads. One end screws off and you slide the beads on. If you really want to wow her you could buy her a pair of hoop earrings and buy two charms and place them on the earrings.
Beads are a great gift for a teen aged girl. How she displays them is up to you. The beauty of this jewelry gift is that it is something that she can add to herself as well as other family members. It takes a lot of charms to fill the bracelet, you will be able to buy her many jewelry gifts over the next few years
