O is for Owls

My mother collects owls and has done since I was young which has meant that my brother and I have brought numerous owl gifts over the years.   I recently came across some great owl posters on Zazzle that would make a great gift idea for any owl lover.   There are posters derived from photographs of actual owls, retro feel owl posters and also fantasy owl posters like the one below -

2 FANTASY OWLS Poster by BY_CYRA
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I have never given mum a poster before, but I think I might get one framed for her for this year's birthday.   The closest to a poster that I've given her was a cross stitch of a snowy owl that I made for her and framed - it still has pride of place in the family room.

One thing that mum has received a lot of over the years from various family members has been owl figurines and they are scattered around her house on different shelves.   This set of  miniature owl figurines would make a great gift idea.

The four different styles of owls would look great on a shelf or desk and are each 2.25" tall and 1.75" wide.   They look so cute I'd even love them myself!

Another gift idea that has been popular is an owl pendant - I have given my mother a beautiful owl pendant and she has also brought herself a couple of other owl pendants as there are some great selections of owl pendants available.   Also on the subject of owl jewelry - owl brooches are another great gift idea and one which one of my nieces gave mum last year.

One piece of owl jewelry that I had never come across until I was looking on Amazon for some gift ideas recently was a ring.   An owl ring had never crossed my mind before and yet there are quite a few in lots of different styles.   

The one I've selected here is a turquoise and coral silver ring which I think looks fantastic.   The turquoise really makes the owl seem to 'pop' and the reviews sound fantastic.   I think this could easily be added to the must buy 'owl' list - what do you think?

Another great gift idea for any owl lover is an owl Christmas ornament for the tree.  This could be given as a birthday or as a Christmas gift and is bound to be a hit.   I have compiled a webpage with a lovely selection of designs available online at - Owl Christmas Ornaments.

I hope you've enjoyed looking at some owl gift ideas, let me know if you have any other great gift ideas for an owl lover as I'm all ears :D

Celtic Jewelry Makes A Great Gift

I love the look of Celtic jewelry and with St Patrick's Day only a few weeks away it seemed like a good idea to feature some.   I have written about silver Celtic jewelry on a page - Buy Silver Celtic Jewelry Online - which features both Celtic knot pendants and Celtic cross pendants.

Another popular choice of celtic jewelry is the Claddagh ring.

What I particularly like though is the bracelet above, this is a great unique twist on the usual Celtic jewelry available which makes it ideal for this blog.

This ring is available from Amazon and looks gorgeous, well worth a gift at any time of the year.   Here's the product description from Amazon -

Product Features

• Silver like beads, green glass crystals and pearl like beads make this a great gift to share with fr
• May this celtic knot of friendship be forever at your side, to bring you love and laughter and lots
• May this celtic knot of friendship be forever at your side, to bring you love and laughter and lots of Irish pride!
• Great for birthdays, graduations, holidays or special celebrations.
• Send a special and meaninful gift to a friend or family member any time of year.

Not an expensive piece of jewelry at all and yet it looks beautiful and speaks volumes, this would be a great 'just because' gift or a small thank you gift for a friend.