Tuesday October 25, 2011 at 6:29pm
If you had invested in silver only three or four years ago, you would have seen the value of your holding increase by nearly 400% at todays prices. This is all well and good if you had the foresight and capital to make such an investment, but, unfortunately we are not all so lucky and the cost of silver is having a dramatic knock-on affect in other areas.Here at CHRISTENINGsilver, we have tried very hard to keep the price of our sterling silver Christening gifts as competitive as possible, red....
Tuesday February 1, 2011 at 8:20pm
We are always adding to our range of Christening presents and now have 8 different egg cups and egg cup and spoon sets to choose from, with prices ranging from £59.99 to £155 The latest addition to the range is an egg and spoon set from a respected Birmingham silversmith. We chose this Christening present for its simple lines and quality of manufacture.
Egg cups have been a consistently popular gift on the CHRISTENINGsilver site, with the added bonus that some can be personali....
Tuesday January 18, 2011 at 12:41pm
The price of silver on the world markets is increasing month on month, putting enormous pressure on the price of our sterling silver Christening gifts.In January 2009 an ounce of silver cost around £8 and by January 1st 2010 this had risen to £11.37 an ounce. This was a pretty impressive hike in overhead for the silversmiths and gift manufacturers to absorb, so some products started to creep up in price during 2010.Unfortunately, the price of silver has continued to rise rel....
Thursday September 9, 2010 at 9:28pm
Our range of traditional and contemporary Christening Gifts is growing as we add new products to the range.Sterling silver children's cutlery sets have been popular Christening gifts since Victorian times, but, unfortunately, the cost of silver over the last year has made such sets prohibitively expensive. A child's sterling silver cutlery set will now set you back over £200, which, in today's economic climate makes such items a rare purchase. For this reason we now have in stock a range o....
Thursday November 26, 2009 at 12:04pm
After four successful months, our Christening gifts engraving service is proving increasingly popular.The St Christopher pendant with initials has been the most regular choice, offering a personalised, lasting Christening gift for under £30, whilst sales of napkin rings, bookmarks and cufflinks have increased month on month. However, the Christening gift to benefit most from the new engraving service is undoubtedly our traditional silver egg cup.A classic Christening present, this silver e....
Thursday July 16, 2009 at 8:00am
A new sterling silver cross bookmark has been added to our Christening gifts range and at under £30 it represents excellent value for money.
Containing 9 grams of silver and at 2 inches in length, this bookmark is an elegant present for those on a budget. We also offer an engraving service for this product, providing a personalised sterling silver gift for under £40.This bookmark is manufactured and hallmarked in London.More information can be found at our Christening Bibles &....
Tuesday July 7, 2009 at 11:16am
We've added another super Tooth Fairy box to our Christening gift range.
This is a substantial tooth fairy box, weighing in at over 30 grams of silver. Beautifully designed by a London silversmith and hallmarked at the London Assay Office, this is a great Christening gift or new baby present. A charming little fairy sits on the lid, whilst the pot has ample space on the side for engraving of a name or initials. A magic gift!
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Sunday March 8, 2009 at 11:45am
Over the past three years, taste and fashion may have changed, but our range of keepsake Christening gifts has maintained its position as one of our most reliable Christening gift lines.Our first tooth fairy keepsake box, from a celebrated Sheffield silversmith, has always been popular and, at under £40, offers an attractive gift of high perceived value at a very competitive rate.
We are now adding another tooth fairy box to the range. This cute hinged box with a fairy seated on the li....
Thursday February 12, 2009 at 7:08pm
Another exciting Christening gift has been added to the Christening Silver product range. This pretty Silver Baby Rattle is competitively priced at only £79 and comes in an elegant presentation box. As Christening gifts go, this is definitely a winner - a great present for a baby girl or boy.Our range of silver baby rattles has become increasingly popular over the past 12 months and as a result we are adding three new rattles to the gifts on offer. This first rattle is hallmarked in Sheffi....
Sunday January 25, 2009 at 9:50pm
Over January and February 2009 we have more than 30 new Christening gifts to add to our site.The first Christening gift to be added to our stock has been requested regularly over the past year. A simple silver icthus fish pendant:
This pretty little necklace is competitively priced at only £16.99, but is the sort of Christening gift that will last a lifetime. The baby that receives this icthus on her Christening day will probably still have it in her jewellery box and be wearing it well....
Tuesday January 20, 2009 at 9:45am
The Christening gift market is flooded with all manner of trinkets and gewgaws. These Christening gifts are often beautifully packaged, nicely branded and usually presented with a cute eye-catching gimmick. Attractive as these gifts are, they lack substance and longevity. More often than not, they see little use and end up unloved and forgotten at the bottom of the household bits'n'bobs draw.A Christening gift should last a lifetime. Christenings are about the child's future, so anything they re....
Monday January 19, 2009 at 9:56am
It's not all doom and gloom in the current economic climate. The weakness of the pound may be making us Brits think twice about our overseas holidays, but it has helped generate interest from overseas in quality British products and, more particularly, our very own silver Christening gifts range.Christening gift sales to the USA from the CHRISTENINGsilver website have increased as the pound has declined. Not long ago, one of our best selling sterling silver Christening bibles would have cost a b....
Monday January 12, 2009 at 10:53am
Sales of Christening gifts over the last week seem to have concentrated on the tried and tested classics like silver napkin rings and silver egg cups. However the most sought after Christening gift in the first week of 2009 was ... drum roll for added tension ... our Sterling Silver Birth Record Stork Spoon ... and you can't get any more traditional than that.Our Stork Spoon is an excellent baby Christening gift based on a Victorian design. It is still made in the UK by local silversmiths using ....
Friday January 9, 2009 at 1:54pm
Christening gifts should last for years - timeless treasures your godchild or grandchild will cherish well into adult life and even hand down to later generations.In the current economic down-turn, with everyone's finances under a bit of pressure, it is tempting to skimp when selecting a Christening gift, but reducing your budget doesn't mean you have to compromise on quality. It's still possible to reduce your spend and still give a Christening present that has a high perceived value, offering ....
