Charm Links
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Jkm | Friday, September 26, 2003 - 08:36 am     Ok -- help -- I'm letting my fingers do the walking.... Last Christmas I got my girls the base and some links from a country store going out of business. Found some more at our Halmark store. They were all over the place at Christmas last year -- now not so much. The mall is a ways a way -- I'm a Wal-mart one stop shopper these days (ah to be young again and enjoy shopping....) Anyway -- where, what kinds and how much -- have any of the rest of you found -- |
Draheid | Friday, September 26, 2003 - 08:44 am     Jkm: There are many sites on the web where you can shop for these online. Google Search has quite a few links to a variety of possibilities for you. I'm not sure if this is the kind of info your looking for but I hope this helps. |
Jkm | Friday, September 26, 2003 - 11:11 am     Thanks Draheid -- I'm not a big online shopper (Hey I finally got a debit card this year -- so I'm moving into this next century) More wondering if they have found these at stores other than Hallmark -- Like have you seen bunches of these at Kohl's or at some other place I wouldn't think to look -- I might have to make a trip into the big city to check them out.... Trying not to run all over town to find the stores that carry these things.... |
Cinder | Friday, September 26, 2003 - 06:39 pm     I had never heard of them before I moved to Illinois this summer. (Assuming the ones Draheid found are the ones you are talking about) They are ALL OVER THE PLACE here. I still find it funny how some things are popular in one region- and a year or so later it finally makes it to another region. There are carts in the mall here. I have also seen them in Claires. |
Nancy | Saturday, September 27, 2003 - 10:03 am     http://www.thelevgroup.com/enamelgoldcharms3.html this is where i got my bracelet to celebrate my reaching goal weight  |
Tabbyking | Sunday, September 28, 2003 - 12:43 pm     do you mean the italian charm bracelets? they are way big here in central california for going on 3 years now. mine is full up of all my favorites--shamrock, slot machine, bowling pin, etc. we are just going to send some to 3 girls we know in virginia. if those are the ones you mean, you can find the links at long's drugs, on eBay, at personacharms.com etc.; they also make MUDD watches to fit. they take the space of perhaps 3 links. |
Tabbyking | Sunday, September 28, 2003 - 12:48 pm     yep, you mean the italian charm bracelets. there are disney characters and all kinds of things. i have paid as much as 38 bucks for one charm and as little as 2.99 (long's drugs, which we have to go out of town for). my daughter has a beautiful link of the world trade center with an apple behind them. hard to explain, but very special. at the time we started our bracelets, you could only get the 'smooth' stainless links for your 'starter' bracelet. they scratch pretty much. since then, they have come up with the 'brushed' metal, a dimpled metal and one with recessed hearts. what we do in my family is save our removed starter links when we get new links to add to our bracelets. when we get together, we all put our extra links together and start a new bracelet for another family member, with our old links and a new, special charm link for the person we are giving it to. there are 5 or 6 relatives wearing bracelets that have at least one link from my original starter links. they are also great gifts because people can add to them for special occasions. my daughter and i sent one to another tvcher for her birthday last winter. we like that some of our links are in texas!  |
Jkm | Monday, September 29, 2003 - 06:56 am     Thanks everyone -- I'm at our local Wal-mart and haven't seen any there at all, wonder why? -- Our towns pretty limited -since Wallyworld showed up - only places are dollar stores, CVS & Walgreens & Fashion Bug to shop -- Our remaining hardware stores are going to take a hit soon - Lowes opens up across from Wallyworld next month. A much larger town isn't too far away -- just going to have to bite the bullet and choose one of the malls. |
Tabbyking | Monday, September 29, 2003 - 07:39 am     Jkm, i have never seen the charms at wal-mart. do try a long's drugs if you have one around. i wish we had a lowe's! we have a walgreens, wal-mart, k-mart, fashion bug and that's it. our hardware store is a mom and pop operation, and we like the couple, but it's very expensive and doesn't have much. we have to go 45-75 miles any direction out from us to hit a home depot or lowe's. we have 30,000+ people now, plus all the ranches and farms, and 2 towns of about 4,500 people ten miles away on our north and on our east side. i know they would do well, because there is so much construction and remodeling going on. have you tried looking for the charms on eBay? go to "italian charms" and you will see about 400 pages of them! you can get charms for 4 or 5 dollars and postage will include sending as many as you buy for the most part, if you buy multiple things from one seller. if you see a charm you like, you can push "see seller's other items" or however it's worded and see what else they have in the way of charms and get them all from one person. the cheapest way to go is eBay or long's, at least here where i am. i bought my first starter links and charm at our fair. it was about 50 cents a link and 25 dollars for the one charm link i got--my initial in gold and cz. then i could only get additional links at our expensive jewelry and country crafts stores--not like michael's, stores that people sell stuffed animals, quilts, collector's plates, candles, etc. some of the charms, i.e., disney, are on sale right now for half price, but they are still expensive at that because of the trademark. i just paid about 15 dollars for half-price on mickey ears. i want an eeyore one for my daughter.... |
Joni | Friday, October 03, 2003 - 12:49 pm     We have a Lowes opening up next to our wallyworld soon too. I am looking forward to it. Is it wrong that as a woman I LOVE hardware stores??? I think I have watched too much Trading Spaces. These bracelets sound sooo cute. I will have to start looking for them |
Tabbyking | Friday, October 03, 2003 - 01:09 pm     joni, to look at them, go to www.personacharms.com it is not the only place to buy the bracelets or the links, but it should show a good representation of them. |
Jbean | Saturday, October 11, 2003 - 12:29 pm     tabby, i hadn't seen your suggestion about going to ebay to look for the charms, and was coming here to say the same thing about it. i got a GREAT deal on a siamese cat charm.....$3.50 including shipping. that is cheaper than i can find them here anywhere....except claires. but i couldn't find any cat ones that i liked anywhere in town. the siamese one was perfect since my baby is a siamese-marked mix. i suggest ebay to anyone who wants one of these too. great suggestion tabby! |
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