I don’t know about you, but I don’t have much need or space for lords-a-leaping, maids-a-milking (not to mention the cows!), drummers, pipers, dancers, geese, swans, calling birds, French hens, turtle doves, or a pear tree with a partridge. I mean, can you imagine the noise and the mess all of that would make?

The gold rings? Okay, maybe I could find a spot for those. But wouldn’t this be a more practical and modern version of that extravagant gift for us jewelry designers.

On the Twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me

12 ball end headpins

11 sterling bead caps

10 Swarovski pearls

9 feet of brass chain

8 gemstone focals

7 spools of bead wire

6 tubes of seed beads

5 jump rings

4 toggle clasps

3 crimp tubes

2 Czech glass leaves

and a ceramic cabochon