5 Gifts Under $50 You Can Find in Rochester MN
Christmas is fast approaching! With so many great gifts out there, it can be hard to decide what to get your friends, family, or significant other. That’s where we come in! We’ll be sharing themed gift guides in the next few weeks, to help you find the perfect gift for every special person in your life.
Today we’re starting with gifts that won’t eat up your budget – everything on this list can be picked up today for under $50, and since we’re located right in town (on North Broadway in Rochester MN), you won’t have to wait for it to be shipped to your house!
We always offer free gift wrapping with every purchase while you wait, so you can check wrapping off your to-do list. We have an excellent return policy, so if your gift isn’t as well received as you had hoped, simply bring it in for an exchange or a full refund – which means all your gifts are risk free!
Ok let’s get to it, Here are 5 Gift ideas for Under $50 from KD Fine Jewelers
A Colorful Les Georgette Ring by Altesse – Ring + Fluid-perspex insert, $35 – $39
Made in France, these rings feature an open metalwork design with a colorful insert that shows through the design. Each fluid-perspex insert is reversible, so you get two colors options with each insert. In just a few seconds, you can change the color of your ring to suit your outfit or mood!
Each ring is open on the bottom, so it never needs to be sized (and you don’t need to worry about knowing your recipient’s ring size, either), simply squeeze or pull the ring gently to adjust the size. The rings are made of a durable metal base, with a high tech silver or gold plating applied to the top, which keeps them both affordable and beautiful. Two widths are available, 8 mm and 12 mm.
The Ring + Fluid-perspex insert are $35 for the 8 mm, and $39 for the 12mm size. Each additional colored insert is only $3 for the 8mm and $4 for the 12mm size, so you can easily gift extra colors and still stay under $50.
Perfect for the person in your life who loves fashion, color, design, or art, these rings are right on trend and they will love being able to customize the color to fit their mood or style.
Glass Eye Studio Hand Blown Glass Ornament, $25.50
You may want to gift this one a few days before christmas, as whoever gets this gift may want to enjoy it on their tree for longer than just Christmas day! These glass ornaments are made in Seattle, blown by glass artists at Glass Eye Studio using high quality material and techniques.
They put it best when they say, “All glass from our Seattle studio is individually crafted by artists, not machines. This ensures that each piece has its own unique characteristics, just like the individuals who collect it.”
There are many that are simply beautiful designs in their own right, but they also have a “birthstones” collection, so you can get an ornament inspired by “emerald” for May, or “diamond” for April.
Whether you gift someone their birthstone, their child’s birthstones, or just pick your favorite Glass Eye design, these ornaments will be loved for many holiday seasons to come.
Elegant Handmade Dangle Earrings by John Hasseler, $33 – $42
John Hasseler is also one of our featured local jewelry designers/makers. John’s dangle earrings come in both sterling silver and gold, and choosing the sterling silver option will keep your gift under $50. Each earring features a genuine gemstone bead, elegantly hanging on the end of a strong sterling silver wire.
Each one is slightly curved, to perfectly frame the face of the wearer, and come in multiple lengths, so you can choose anything from a close huggie style (hugging the ear lobe) to a long statement dangle.
Gemstone options include classics like white pearl or black tourmaline, to more trendy options like faceted pyrite beads and “classic blue” sodalite.
There are also some more unique gemstones you don’t see as often, like pink jasper, green jasper, and even gold coral (ethically and sustainably harvested).
These earrings are an excellent gift because they can be dressed up for special occasions, or dressed down and worn every day with jeans or leggings.
Incredibly realistic SoapRocks, $18
Perfect for the gemstone lover or rockhound in your life who is also into #selfcare. SoapRocks are made of high quality ingredients, including aloe, calendula, chamomile, comfrey, lavender, vitamin E oil, jojoba oil, olive oil, and almond oil. Each one is styled after a specific gemstone, and they look amazingly realistic. People often think they’re real rock specimens sitting on our shelf!
The soaps are the perfect size for a bath or shower bar. SoapRocks get more beautiful as you use them, they seem to light up in the water, and transform the most mundane of tasks into an inspiring daily reminder of nature’s beauty.
As the SoapRock is used, it naturally wears down to resemble a gemstone tumbled naturally in a river or the ocean, becoming more beautiful over time – and they last a long time. Each gemstone is a different scent, so stop in to smell each soap to pick your favorite gemstone and scent combination.
A Very Helpful Jewelry Care Kit, $15
If you know someone who has lots of jewelry already, they may enjoy this jewelry care kit. Each kit contains one jar of jewelry cleaner, one jewelry polishing cloth, and a crystal jewelry dish with a ring holder.
This gift is also perfect for your friend, family member, or partner who tends to lose jewelry – a special jewelry dish is the only way I’ve managed to keep track of my jewelry around the house. I keep one in my bathroom and one on my nightstand, and they look pretty while also helping me remember not to shower or sleep in my jewelry. (About 50% of jewelry wear and tear occurs from sleeping in jewelry!)
The jewelry cleaner will help sparkle up their jewelry, just in time for any fancy New Year’s Eve parties coming up. The jewelry cleaning cloth is the same model that we use in our jeweler’s shop, one half is embedded with red rouge, a powerful jewelry polishing compound, and the other is a soft cloth that lifts off the rouge while giving your jewelry a final polish.
One thing to note – make sure to never wash this cloth! It will get black over time, but they actually seem to work better the older they are, and if you wash it in the washing machine, all of the embedded red rouge will come out. Use the polishing cloth until it falls apart in your hands!
This is a gift that they will enjoy and find useful for years to come.
