Silver Christmas gift ideas, by who you are buying for
Christmas gifts in 925 sterling silver, chosen by person: mum, nana, best friend, animal lover, a stocking. With last order dates for Australia. From ARKH, Melbourne.
ARKH · 2 November 2026 · 3 min read
Most gift guides sort by price, which is a good way to end up with something you could have bought for anyone. The pieces people keep are the ones that say something to the person they are for. So this guide is sorted by who you are buying for, and each section names the shelf to start from. Every piece in it is 925 sterling silver, and we hallmark every piece we sell.
For mum or nana
Start with the family and friends shelf, which has pieces for mum, nana, a daughter or granddaughter and a best friend. The card does the work here. A necklace that says what you would struggle to say out loud will be worn on the day and kept for years.
Start here for family
For a best friend or a sister
Look at the strength and self-love shelf for a card with words on it, or at the birthstone and zodiac shelf if you know her month or her sign. Knowing which one she is makes the gift feel chosen, not picked off a shelf.
The card is the part she will read twice.
For someone who loves animals
Our animal range has cats, dogs, a koala, a kangaroo, a cockatoo, an elephant, a sloth and the twelve Chinese zodiac animals, each with a card of its own. If she has a cat, there are five to choose from: the Cat Pendant and Cat Earrings, each with a card of “You are purrfect!” or “I’m not lazy, I just rest”, the Cat on Branch Necklace, the Cat Charm Pendant with its “All you need is love and a CAT” card, and the Cat Pendant Necklace in a party hat for a birthday. For someone overseas who misses home, the Australian animals are the ones to pick. There is a longer guide to all five, how to choose a silver cat necklace, if that is where you are headed.
Start here for animal lovers
For a stocking or a Secret Santa
The Christmas shelf has snowflakes, reindeer, antlers and Christmas trees, as studs or on a chain. Studs are the easy choice when you do not know someone well, because there is no chain length or style to get wrong. Any piece in the range can also come with a Christmas card at the same price: ask on WhatsApp or by email when you order.
Start here for Christmas
For a wedding party or a team
Buying several at once? See gifts in quantity for weddings, teams and events. For three or four bridesmaid gifts, the bridesmaid card is part of the ordinary range.
What arrives
An authenticity card states what each piece is and what it is made of. Pieces are held here in Melbourne and posted the next business day. Within Australia, postage is $7.95, and free over $100.
When to order
For Christmas in Australia, order by Friday 18 December. For Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Tasmania and regional areas, order by Monday 14 December. Australia Post’s own advice is to allow extra time to those places, and its dates are a guide that can change, so check auspost.com.au/christmas if you are close to the line. We do ship overseas, but the cut-off differs by country, so for an overseas Christmas gift order early and ask us.
Everything above, on one shelf.
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