Look-see: Giselle La Ronde Children's Collection

"Over the years, I've always had to look for Children's gifts for my boys to give to their friends. And whenever I'd try to find tasteful, playful jewelry for kids, I'd have a really hard time!

So early one morning, I started doodling the kinds of jewelry I would like to see - you know, charming and elegant, but age-appropriate for kids. I came up with little frogs, butterflies, flowers and such - delicate, fun little accents - and I just explored the notion of actually creating the pieces!"

And that's how the newest children's jewelry collection was conjured up by Giselle La Ronde-West. The P.R. maven for Angostura Ltd, Martial Arts knockout, mom, wife, and not to mention, Miss World 1986 winner, recently launched The Giselle La Ronde Children's Collection, a cutesy-cool set of whimsical jewelry for young kids.

Launching on December 5th at Mouttet Jewelers in Ellerslie Plaza, La Ronde-West worked on the collection with the Jewelers for 2 months, revealing a simple and accessible range of earrings, chokers, necklaces and bracelets adorned with crystals and enamels, and mounted on silver and silken cord.

Chatting via email, La Ronde-West added that, "it's not only for girls, you know! There are a few pieces exclusively for the little men, and I've even seeing adults snapping up some of the jewelry."

Not hard to believe: I'm angling behind the green dragonfly on the cord, myself! I wonder if the pendants can be doubled and tripled up on a single cord, like a charm necklace?

On show now, the range retails between $125.00 - $250.00 TTD, on average. What's nice, is that the pieces - with the exception of the scalloped silver necklace - don't seem too fragile. Which is a concern with children's jewelry, because even the most vain little girl in the room has the ability to unwittingly twist, jumble, or burst accessories off her tiny limbs, so it's good that the collection seems generally fuss-free.

Perfect for those nice kids on your gift list, right?

LMN Harris

NB Images courtesy Giselle La Ronde Children's Collection