When I was pregnant with Mazzy, Mike was searching high and low for the perfect push present for me.
Ummm… maybe I should be more clear.
When I say Mike was searching for the perfect push present for me, I mean, I was searching for the perfect push present to tell Mike to get for me.
This is just how things work.
I decided a necklace engraved with my baby’s initials would be the perfect gift, but thought it was bad luck to get it before the big day, so Mike gave it to me closer to my first Mother’s Day. Three years later, I added a second child and a second charm to that necklace; a necklace I have worn almost everyday for the past five years.
“Mom Jewelry” is a term I didn’t know before I was a mom, but now it appears to be everywhere. Sentimental necklaces, rings, bracelets that do double duty as a pretty piece of a bling and a handy reminder if you ever forget your children’s names.
“I said stop pushing your sister— ummmm… uhhhh… what’s your name, again?”
Stop. Look down at necklace. See the letter M.
“Oh, that’s right, Mazzy.”
You laugh but you have no idea how often I have stumbled over Harlow’s name or how many times I have called Mazzy by my sister’s name.
There are many options for Mom Jewelry out there, but sometimes it’s hard to know what you are getting. You want something significant but don’t want to spend three years worth of diapers in one shot.
Carved Creations, a jewelry shop based in Austin (every New Yorker’s favorite city in Texas), makes substantial mom jewelry (they call it “mother’s jewelry” because they are fancy like that), using a blend of old world craftsmanship and the latest technology to customize high quality pieces with names, birthstones and birth dates. They will even do it in Roman Numerals if you prefer. There is nothing more significant than Roman Numerals.
I went on the site planning to get their stacking ring set. You can stack bands personalized with your children’s names and birth dates on top of gem rings with your child’s birth stone. I got one set for Harlow and one set for Mazzy and stacked them together.
Then I saw their LifeNames Toggle Bracelet and had to have that too. I put all four of our names around the circle enclosure just to drive it home that Mike and I will not be having any more kids.
And lastly, I saw their collection of men’s rings and thought of the perfect holiday gift for my dad and stepdad. My father was known as Jerry most of his life, then Dad once he had kids. But within the past five years, a new name has superseded every moniker he’s had before.
His name is Poppy.
That was the name he selected instead of Grandpa and it stuck. So much so that I have switched his name from Dad to Poppy in my phone. (This was partly because every time he called I said, “Dad is on the phone” and then my kids would get confused.)
The other Grandpa in my life is my stepdad. We have always just called him Sam. So, five years ago, I came up with the perfect new name for him too.
Grandsam.
Can you think of a better gift for Poppy and Grandsam than engraved rings making their new names even more official?
Me neither.
I got the LifeNames Sleek Band for Poppy and the LifeNames Channels Band for Grandsam.
I actually think “nickname jewelry” should be the newest trend in family fashion. Do you have a special name for your mom, dad, grandparents, aunts or uncles?
Leave a comment below telling me the nickname you would like to make official on a customized piece of jewelry and you could win one of three $250 gift cards to Carved Creations (CCforLife.com).
If you don’t think you’ll get lucky, you can use the code SHORTS50 to get $50 off any Carved Creations purchase through 12/31/14.
Giveaway: Three winners, $250 Carved Creations Gift Card each
1) Check out the jewelry on CCforlife.com and leave a comment answering the following question:
What nickname would you love to make official on a piece of jewelry and which piece from CCforLife.com would you put it on?
2) For a second entry, follow @CarvedCreations on twitter and tweet the following:
I just entered to win a $250 gift card to get my [insert nickname here] customized jewelry from @carvedcreations! http://bit.ly/1wyaQAv via @mommyshorts
That’s it! Three winners will be announced on December 17th.
You can find the full rules here.
Good luck!
UPDATE: The winners are 1) Gregory Tom with the 3 grandpas who want to be called “Gung Gung”, “Papa” and “Pepe”. 2) Jennifer whose mother likes to be called “Gigi” and 3) Cara F whose daughter calls her grandparents “A-Mi” and “A-Pa”. Thanks for playing!
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This post was sponsored by Carved Creations but all thoughts and opinions are my own.
I would love to get my mom a Love Tags Necklace with 4 charms. 3 tags for her kids, barbie, beanie and cody and the last one for her “midget” (grandson) and of course would add more charm with future grand kids.
I would get Nanny for my mother-in-law….
Lovelinks Madeline bracelet for my MIL who is now Nana to my boys and my neice and nephew. I’d have it engraved with all four of their names. She would cry for sure.
I would put Roo (that’s what we call my daughter) on a stacking ring.
I would love to get jewelry for our Nonna, Nonno, Nannie and Papa!
My now ex-stepmom (through no decision of her own) has gone above and beyond to be a part of my family. I would love to get Jou-Jou on a life love bangle bracelet for her.
I would put my nicknames for my grandkids Sweetie Girl and Landman on LIFENAMES
STACKING RING SET on set for each of them
Papa Pat is what my dad goes by and I love it.
I would put Mimi on it as that is what my step daughter called me when she came into my life 15 years ago. 🙂
I would get the stacking rings for my mom….aka Gammy!
I love Mac & Mas on the LifeNames Bangle.
I would put both daughters initials on a ring
LifeLove Channels..my boys call me MamaLlama and I love it.
Where Kir used to be my favorite nickname..MamaLlama is my new one. 😉
I’d get “ah ma” on a toggle bracelet. It’s what my kids call my mom.
I tweeted! https://twitter.com/lisacng/status/543157509498748928
I’ve been hinting for my boyfriend to get me a mom ring since the day our son was born… it’s been almost three years now and still no ring.
I am absolutely in love with the stackable rings. I love that one says the name and the other has the birthstone. My son is March so he has the beautiful aquamarine. If I got this, I would probably put Noah bear on it since that’s been his nickname since he popped out of my womb (in utero, it was Noah Bamboa).
Fingers crossed because I want those rings!
Papa and Didi are our nicknames.
My father-in-law is known as Pop, he is most proud if this. After nearly 30 years in the Navy he has several others but Pop always makes him smile!
Hi Mommyshorts!
I would purchase the Lifemates Pendant!
I would put our wedding date with my husbands initials and my initials!
I call my husband David “D” as a nickname so it would be perfect!
I TWEETED!!!!
https://twitter.com/saraeh26/status/543188643654144000
I’d put my kids’ nicknames, Munks and Cakes, on a toggle bracelet!
It is my family tradition to call our kids Bubba. I am Bubba to my father and my daughter is my Bubba, as is my son. So I would get the stackable rings with Bubba G and Bubba E.
I love the lifename spiral necklace. All our family names are pretty boring. But I call my daughter “love” so that would bs nice with her name.
My boys call my mom mamaw and my mother in law mama lou those would make two excellent gifts!
I love the toggle bracelet for my mom. She has everything and is so hard to buy for. We call her Mimi!!!
I’d love to put my mom’s name Sharon on a stacking ring and wear it myself, with her birth stone on it 🙂
Love it
I would get the page signet ring for my grandfather who goes by E.O. (not his initials) for one set of grands and Bebop for the other. I’d also get my mother a page pendant that says MiMi, though she desperately wanted to be Grammie (and auto correct keeps trying to name her Frannie. Every. Time. )
I love the universe pendant or the life names bangle. I would put Mimi for my mom as her grand kids call her
My husband’s mother is Nonnie, and his grandmother is Nana. His step father is Paw paw Perry, and his dad is Pops. My family is simply gramma and grampa.
I would love to put the nickname “Mamaw” for my son’s grandma and would really like “Grandma GG” for his great grandma. She just fell in love when we gave her that name and adores being able to spend time with him. It’s for sure true love and she would be happy if I gave her nickname Jewelry saying “Grandma GG” Thanks!
I would just get it for myself, and get the stacking rings – my girls share a birthstone so I would just get one birthstone and then their nicknames on the rings: Berries and Bumbles!!!
Both of my daughters have nicknames (May and Kate). I’d love to put their nicknames on the stacking rings. Thanks for introducing us to carved creations!!
If put ‘Grandma Disney’ on a pendant for my mom. She’s grandma Disney because of her passion for the mouse! Dearly loved by her grand babies as you can imagine with a name like that! 😉
My mom wanted to be Grammy B, but shockingly, small children couldn’t say that and she has become BB. I would put BB in the
My Mom wanted to be called Grammy B, but, shockingly, small children couldn’t say that and she became BB. I would put BB on the page pendant cross and put a birthstone for each of her 5 granddaughters with it.
I’d love to get Bubbe on a pendant necklace for my mom.
Mimi or Nana (both grandmothers) would love something from here. Thanks for chance to win!
I’d put “Gran” (which is what my kids call my mom, who I call Marma) on a pendant with their birthstones. She’d love it!
https://twitter.com/HiGregTom/status/544081661818716161?s=17
The three grandpas want to be called “Gung Gung”, “Papa”, and “Pepe”, while all the grandmas want to be called “Grandma” (go figure).
We never decided on a name for my brother, but “Uncle, MD” is more likely to make it on a piece of jewelry than “Druncle”.
Oh and thanks for the post, my wife has been following for a while and shared this one with me (hint hint). I want to get two of the LifeNames stacking ring sets for her but the shorts50 code wouldn’t work. I’d really appreciate it if you could help me with that.
big eyes, & sweet pea on my on the toggle bracelet 🙂
the coupon code doesn’t seem to be working 🙁
We would love to put my Dad’s nickname “Buppa” (my son totally created that one) on something, but I doubt he’d wear any jewelry. Maybe just Grammie (for my Mom) on one of the rings accompanied by some birth stone stacking rings.
I would put Super Noni, my grandmother (my Noni) and my kids’ great-grandmother. Tradition said that she would be referred to as “Big Noni,” but what lady wants “Big” in their name, so we bucked tradition and went with Super Noni. She has 4 great grandchildren, and she’s awesome.
and I’d put it on a page pendant!
My Dad would love a Papa ring!
I would love to get stacking rings for my son’s grandma. She said she doesn’t want to be called grandma, and since her mom has already taken nanny all she could think of was nana. We, however, think those are too close and confusing so we came up with our favorite- Granmammy!
I’d love to create a personal page heart pendant for my Mother- Nana as my son calls her. Beautiful jewelry- beautiful gifts!
My son’s name is Christopher but we call him Kit. It’s the nickname in England and a kit is also a baby fox, baby badger, etc. We have two dachshunds (the breed are supposed to be badger hounds) so we thought it all tied in together!
My oldest daughter name my mom “Mammy” so I would get that on the page pendant.
I’d put the nickname “Gramma Meme” for myself on the LifeNames Heart Charm Starter Necklace
I would love to get a set of stacking rings for Mema!
My ex-boyfriend and I took a typo and kept it. We still call each other Sneetie. He plays around with it. Sneets. Sneeter. Sneetie Pie.
I’m a grandmother equivalent to my younger 1st cousin’s children, as both of her parents are diseased, and I have a disabled childless son. I would love to have a nickname but none has come along. The closest I’ve come up with is Prima for first.
I’m in love with the stacking rings!! I would get my babies’ names on them for sure. 🙂
Did all the Twitter things too!
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