Personalized jewelry to celebrate your new baby

If you want to honour your newborn with something simple, Alex and Ani have many gorgeous options to choose from. You could go with initial bangles, stamped with script letters and available in a gold or silver finish. Want a stack of bangles? Pair your initial bracelet with a birth-month bracelet that features a Swarovski crystal or your child’s zodiac sign. If you want something that focuses more on your baby, check out the stork (in pink and blue) and baby-block charm bangles.

Initial, zodiac, baby-block and birth-month bangles, $28 to $32 each, alexandani.com

Sometimes simplicity is the best way to go! Honour your little bundle of joy with this adorable necklace by Etsy’s Hammered Heart Design (hammeredheartdesign). Personalize it with your baby’s first initial and birthstone.

$25, etsy.com/ca

You have rings for your engagement and your wedding day, so why not have a ring to mark one of the most pivotal moments of your life? Announce your approaching parenthood with these adorable expectancy rings, designed by Toronto-based fashion designer Suzy Yahya. Moms and dads alike can celebrate and commemorate their baby on the way with an assortment of customizable rings. Whether you choose a pink sapphire for a girl, a blue gemstone for a boy or a clear sapphire to keep it neutral, this brand will have you covered with many beautiful options. You also have the option to engrave your child’s name and birthdate if desired.

Starting at $395, expectancyrings.com

These lovely studs are the perfect everyday accessory with a personalized touch to them. The seller will send a mess-free inkless print pack with easy-to-follow instructions so that you can send along your baby’s handprint or footprint. You scan or take a picture of the prints afterwards and send them back to her to impress on the oval, silver-fronted earrings. Jewellery by Nicola (JewellerybyNicl) even creates custom cufflinks for Dad.

$113, etsy.com/ca

Add any of these adorable, baby-themed charms to your Pandora charm bracelet. Our favourite is the heart-shaped sterling silver baby handprint with a pink or blue cubic zirconia. Bonus: When you flip it over, it says “It’s a girl” or “It’s a boy” engraved on the back. If you’re looking for something more generic, the baby carriage, pram and pacifier are cute options.

Baby carriage charm, $35, baby girl/baby boy and baby pram charm, $50 each, and pacifier charm, $55, pandora.net

Record your baby’s heartbeat in the womb or once he or she is born and turn it into a piece of jewellery that you can keep forever. You can engrave a message or sound that is up to five seconds long, with the option to have it on one or both sides of the sterling silver ring. You’ll literally have your baby’s heartbeat wrapped around your finger! This seller offers a heartbeat bracelet, among other cool options.

Starting at $53, etsy.com/ca

This beautiful bar necklace by Stella & Dot is simple and modern in design. Engrave your new baby’s name, initials, birthdate or birthplace coordinates—or whatever sentiment you hold near and dear to your heart—on the bar, which is available in a sterling silver or gold-plated brass finish. As the website says, use this necklace to “tell your story” or, in this case, your baby’s. 

$74, stelladot.com

If you’re looking for a symbolic accessory, check out this Mother & Child ring. This beautifully moulded heart looks as though there are diamonds surrounding mom and baby, but there aren’t, which makes this an afforable yet stunning piece of jewellery. Whether you’re buying this for yourself or as a gift for someone else, it will definitely be a well-worn accessory and a personal favourite.

$79, michaelhill.ca

For a classic yet customized piece of jewellery with your child’s name, look no further than Etsy. We love these scripted name necklaces, handmade by CaitlynMinimalist, which come in a variety of fonts. You have the option to add your child’s birthstone, and the necklaces are available in multiple finishes—we love the rose gold one! Necklaces not your thing? This California-based seller also creates beautiful bracelets and rings that can be designed with a full name, a roman numeral or initials.

Name necklace or rings, etsy.com/ca

Whether you’re having a boy or a girl, this beautifully personalized pendant is the perfect keepsake for your little one. Peoples Jewellers will customize this sterling silver baby footprint necklace with your child’s name, birthdate and 2.5-millimetre birthstone. If you want something more original, you can choose whichever scripted message you’d like (up to eight characters in length per foot). 

$199, peoplesjewellers.com

The Mom Knows Best collection from Kate Spade includes charming earrings, brooches and bracelets. Just like mom, the elephant symbolizes strength and power. We love the necklace option, which is handcrafted with shiny 12-carat gold-plated metal and glass stones for the eyes and is 17 inches long. It’s a sweet and understated way to honour your baby.

$58 USD, katespade.com

With their delightful little hands and chubby feet, we all want our babes to stay babies forever. Why not get an imprint of your newborn’s tiny fingers to keep as a memento from his or her birth? These customizable rings from Dimples range in size and colour. Whether you want stackable rings for more than one child or a standard four-millimetre ring, they’ve got you covered. You can also engrave the inside of the ring with your child’s name or birthdate or anything else that’s meaningful to you. Bonus: If you aren’t sure that you’ll like the design, Dimples lets you approve the proof before handcrafting the piece for you.

Starting at $259, dimplescharms.ca

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