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Wedding season is here. Every detail of your special day is personal. Your gown, your colors, your family gathered around to celebrate. You thought of each moment and created your perfect wedding. Your jewelry should be just as special and created from your own personal desires.

Looking for unique and custom gifts is something that all of us do at one time or another. It could be in search of the perfect Valentine's Day gift.

Stanhope Microphoto Charms are beautifully designed to suit every taste and budget. They are available in a variety of styles, from vintage to contemporary.

Stanhope jewelry, also known as peephole jewelry, is jewelry with a tiny piece of artwork or a written passage embedded in it. The picture usually is the size of the head of a pin and so small no one will know it is there. It is positioned under a small magnifying lens. The owner can look through the lens for a crystal-clear view. A Stanhope piece is recognizable by a glass bubble on the surface.

John Benjamin Dancer made the original microphotograph in 1851 but it required a microscope to view the tiny picture since it was the size of a pin. This problem was solved by Britain's René Dagron in 1857. Dragon discovered that by attaching small photos or microphotographs to an altered small cylindrical Stanhope lens it allowed the jewelry owner to view the photo without the need for a microscope. This winning combination was coined Stanhope jewelry by Dragon and pendants began to sell all over the world.