Celtic Moment

If you want to express yourself with jewellery, you can do it very easily with gold bracelets. Even in situations when you are limited with the amount of jewellery you can wear, you can still create a look that is truly your own and anyone will be able to tell what kind of person you are just by one look at your wrist. In fact, there are cultures where a woman declares her status with the bracelets that she wears. Gold bracelets and bangles jewellery can help you express your personality.

Dressing up and matching your outfits with gold bracelets and bangles jewellery is also a lot of fun. These bangles and bracelets come in all sorts of forms and designs so that you can mix and match them with your clothes to your heart’s content. It is not tricky to do that at all, and here are a few ideas that you can use.

1.Going to work. Many workplaces enforce a strict dress code amongst their employees. Whilst it is far too tempting to put some sparkle on a dark-coloured suit with the use of jewellery, it is always advised to resist the temptation of putting on one too many. For one, it may not conform with the image that the company is trying to project. For another, you can distract your co-workers with the noise that your jewellery can make. A pair of bangles jewellery, matched with a simple brooch or a pair of earrings, are enough to dress up your corporate attire.

2.Going on a date or a night out. When it comes to going out on a date or a night out with friends, your choice of bracelets or bangles depends on the kind of look you want to project for that night. If you want to go for flirty and fun, a set of gold bangles will do the trick. If you want to go for the soft and feminine look, you may want to try charm bracelets done in the style of fanciful Celtic jewellery. A dramatic gold cuff with semi-precious stones is a good choice if you want to project a feminine but independent image.

3.Spending a day of casual fun. If you plan to spend your day doing something fun, like shopping or taking a stroll at the park, you can definitely use this day as an opportunity to look nice with a few gold bracelets around your wrists, even if you are not dressed to the hilt. For example, charm bracelets look very nice no matter what you wear, even if it is just a plain old pair of jeans, a shirt and rubber flip-flops. Do make sure that you are dressed appropriately for your planned activities. For one, you should not really wear charm bracelets if you intend to go for a long hike because you might end up damaging your bracelet.

You should have a few gold bracelets in your jewel box. They are fun to wear and fun to match with your clothes. They look good on anything. Also, they are great in helping you express your own personal style.

In Robert MacIan’s Victorian drawings of The Clans of the Scottish Highlands, many of the men wear this.

I recognize giving him a blingy gold cross would be a mistake.

I would like to give him a silver celtic cross, or a saint’s medal (St. Brendan or St Nicholas). Will this be a problem?

I have googled this question, and some say very dressy. However I don’t want to show up dressed to the nines and everyone else is wearing jeans.

I don’t want to make a big deal about race or anything, I just want to know whether is would be weird for a person of Mexican descent to wear a celtic cross pendant. I just really think that celtic crosses are very nice and ornate, so I would like to wear a necklace of a small celtic cross – nothing too big or flashy, but one that is a modest size

Ever wondered about the small badges and feathers worn by people at highland games? You might be interested to know that there are 120 types of clan crest badges, featuring a range of mottos and slogans.

The popularity of crest badges, owe much to Victorian era romanticism. They developed from the use of specific plants worn in bonnets. Today, they are very popular at clan gatherings, and generally when wearing highlandwear

Crest badges are made out of silver or white metal such as pewter. In fact ‘clan crests’ belong to the clan chief rather than to all members of the clan. Secondly, in Scotland Coats of Arms and crests belong to individuals rather than families.

Clan crest badges – are referred to as ‘heraldic property’ which is the assigning, and marshalling of a coat of arms. The Lord Lyon is the sole King of Arms in Scotland. He has juristriction over all heraldic matters in Scotland. The office of Lyon King of Arms dates from the 14th century.

Members of clans can only wear the badge to show allegience to the clan and it’s chief – the crest is the sole property of the clan chief and is protected under law. Only Clan chiefs are entitled to wear three eagle feathers behind the circlet of their crest badge.

Clan chieftains, like clan chiefs, may wear their own personal crest within a plain circlet inscribed with their own motto or slogan. Two eagle feathers may also be worn by clan chieftains.

Armigers, bearers of arms, like chiefs and chieftains, may wear their own personal crest within a plain circlet inscribed with their own motto or slogan with a single silver eagle feather. If they are also a member of a Scottish clan he or she may wear the crest badge of their chief, which must be encircled by a strap and buckle.

Women can also wear the clan crest as a brooch. If they are chiefs, chieftians or armigers in their own right they can wear feathers.

The use of a strap and buckle around the crest is to show that the wearer is a follower of the person who own the crest and motto.

Individuals who pledge allegiance to a clan, become members of that clan, unless the clan chief refuses them.

Surnames such as Smith, Wright, Fletcher, and Miller, which refer to trades, are associated names of many clans, so it falls to the individual to explore their personal ancestry and discovery their own clan.