Newborn Keepsakes
Baby hair, umbilical cord and breastmilk are small materials, but they carry some of a family's earliest memories. M·E first reviews the material and the family's intention, then decides whether it belongs in an ornament, jewelry piece or another keepsake.
A resin keepsake for a first birthday
Baby hair, a fragment of umbilical cord and a few drops of breastmilk are arranged by hand before they are sealed in clear resin. The first year stays visible, close to the family.
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A home ornament built around a child's first year
Layered resin is poured to suggest distant mountains and a quiet shoreline, with a small window left for the family's own memory material at the centre of the piece.
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A hand-knotted agate bracelet for a first-year gift
Small beads are strung and knotted by hand around a keepsake bead that carries the family's own material. It can be worn on ordinary days, not only taken out for ceremonies.
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A music-box keepsake for the earliest days
A small resin sphere sits inside a music box, holding a lock of baby hair suspended in clear resin, so the object can be opened, wound and looked at again as a child grows.
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A folding hand mirror with a botanical frame
A metal hand mirror is framed with pressed botanical detail and a small keepsake window, made as a first-year gift that stays useful long after the ceremony is over.
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An ebony wood bracelet for a newborn milestone
Dark ebony beads are paired with a single keepsake bead in a quiet, restrained style, made for parents who want a memory piece that reads as jewelry first.
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A fine necklace for an everyday memory piece
A small silver-toned pendant leaves room for one lock of hair. It sits quietly near the skin, close enough to be felt.
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A pearl bracelet for a newborn celebration
Freshwater pearls are strung around one memory bead. For a full-month or first-birthday gathering, it still feels like a small piece of jewelry.
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