JC Jewelry Design has thoughtful gifts for a dictionary's worth of occasions—even ones for your in-laws on your wedding day. The company specializes in jewelry hand-stamped with initials, dates, and touching phrases, all of which can be customized to suit the recipient. Mothers can pair charms inscribed with the names of their children with the appropriate birthstones or choose colored pearls for a Peas in a Pod necklace. Other pendants are personalized with sentiments such as "You are my sunshine" and "I love you to the moon and back."

Although pieces from JC Jewelry Design have appeared in Parents magazine several times, the company's catalog covers all sorts of relationships. Its gifts for men include guitar picks, dog tags, and money clips, whereas necklaces for mother-in-laws might read "Thank you for raising the man of my dreams." There are even bamboo charms in the shape of each state, which express a love of one's birthplace even better than sending a thank-you letter to every state resident.