Charmed Bracelets

I was browsing one day at the Gardner in Berkeley, CA and saw this book. I bought it for a friend and it was so fun that we decided to start charm bracelets of our own. The fever caught on and now there is a group of us that are trading and swapping stories. My bracelet is becoming my history and its great to watch it evolve. The book is beautifully designed and written.

I started collecting charms and started a charm bracelet a few years ago, picking up charms from places we've visited, that's my theme. I loved this book, it's filled with photos of vintage charms, some of those bracelets are crammed full! Charms you wouldn't believe, little advertising charms that look like products, photo frames, mad money charms, and even vintage bra and panty charms! Photos are nice, and some are really creative, like the heart shaped box with charms in the empty candy wrappers. Uses for charms besides on bracelets, chart showing what certain flowers stand for, and some celebrities and their bracelets. I can go on but why spoil it for you? Even my sentimental husband enjoyed going through this book!

"Charmed Bracelets" is a delightful book, lovely to look at it and nicely written. The bracelets featured are amazing, especially the gem-set examples. I view jewelry books the way I do charms - you can never have too many. "Charmed Bracelets" is a visual feast and a stylish addition to any collector's library.

Having collected charms and charm bracelets for many years I am always on the lookout for books on the subject. This is by FAR the best, most comprehensive, stunningly photographed, and "charmingly" written book I own on the subject. I highly recommend this book for charm collectors or anyone who who just appreciates a well done and thought out book. You will not be dissapointed.

This book is a gem! The writing is wonderful, the photos beautiful, and the stories -- really vignettes -- are fabulous. The perfect size, it is also readable -- exactly what every woman wants to have on her bedside table. This book is sure to inspire women across the country to reach into their jewelery boxes and take out their own charm bracelets and wear them again and to start bracelets for their favorite girls to help them create their own "personal histories on a wrist" as Zabar describes these wonderful treasures. This book will my gift of choice for all my female friends for all their special occasions.