Ooak Gifts Sitemap

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This site has shop pages for various different kinds of gift as well as pages with further background information for many of these.

To follow links page-by-page can be confusing so look here to see which background pages are associated with the items in which you're interested.

Personalised Gifts

Made to order just for you

1. Toy Handbags

About Toy Handbags

Background to the creation of these handbags for children.

4 toy handbags in different colour combinations

Order a toy handbag

Options for ordering and how to go about it

2. Astrology Necklaces

About Astrology Necklaces

Information about the different styles of astrology necklace available here

About Beaded Gemstone Astrology Necklaces

This page describes in detail what is represented in the single strand necklace and why. It also details the different options available.

Single strand astrology necklace in crystal beads

About Crystal Beaded Necklaces

A delicate version of a beaded astrology necklace made with Swarovski crystal bicone beads.

Order a Beaded Necklace

Options available and details of how to place an order for a beaded astrology necklace.

About the Loved Ones Gemstone Necklace

Full description of the multi-strand Loved Ones Necklace made with semi-precious gemstones - how it's created and what it shows.

Section of a crystal bicone multi-strand necklace

About the Loved Ones Crystal Necklace

A description of the multi-strand, floating, Loved Ones necklace made with coloured crystal bicone beads to represent the planets in the charts.

Order a Loved Ones Necklace

How to place an order for a multi-strand floating style Loved Ones Necklace with either gemstone or crystal bead planets.

Tiger Eye birthchart necklace on a celestial map

The Planets in Astrology

An explanation of the significance of each of the planets in the birthchart necklace. Each planet is represented by a semi-precious gemstone bead.

Aventurine birthchart necklace on silver box

Gemstone Beads and their Meanings

The semi-precious gemstone bead representing each planet was carefully chosen because it had some similarities in significance to the planet it represents in the necklace.

This page describes the meanings attributed to the different semi-precious gemstones used.

3. Keepsake Dolls

About Keepsake Dolls

What a keepsake doll is and why you might want one.
Suggestions for different occasions for which a keepsake doll might be an appropriate gift.

Order a Keepsake Doll

This page lists the various different options for the doll and then how to go about placing an order.

Dolls as Souvenirs

This page considers the many types of doll that are or have been souvenirs or commemorative tokens of various kinds in different cultures.

Non-Personalised Gifts

1. Hand Knits for Babies

Baby hand knitted cardigan in blue with white heart decoration

This shop sells hand knitted cardigans, beanie hats and blankets for babies and toddlers. Items are created in plain stitches and embellished with little crochet motifs, hand embroidery or intarsia patterns.

All are made either in pure yarns (100% merino wool or cotton) or in Cashmerino yarn by Debbie Bliss.

About Knits for Babies

Background information about the knitting stitches used to create these garments, garment sizing, information about yarns used and care instructions.

The knitted teddy is the brand mascot and is not for sale

Navigation image showing baby dressed as 100 years ago.

Some of the History of Baby Clothes

A look at what babies were wearing 100 years ago. Also how we came to start using blue for a boy and pink for a girl.

2. Special Occasion Handbags

Handbag Shop

This shop contains a variety of fabric handbags for special occasions. This might be a wedding, a bag to take on a cruise or holiday, or to take to the races.

Bags are made from good quality quilting cotton.