Hair & Umbilical Cord Jewellery

A first curl or the tiny piece of cord that once connected you and your baby can hold so much meaning. Hair and umbilical cord jewellery offers a special way to preserve those memories in a keepsake you can hold close.

Every piece is individually handmade by me in the Scottish Borders using your own precious inclusions. You can choose hair, umbilical cord or a combination of both, with or without breastmilk.

Baby Hair Jewellery

Whether it’s a few delicate newborn strands or a lock from their first haircut, your baby’s hair can be incorporated into your chosen keepsake.

Hair can be softly placed through the stone, placed in a gentle sweep or arranged into a design, depending on its length, texture and the size of your jewellery. Fine newborn hair often works particularly well for delicate shapes, initials and details.

I usually ask for a small pinch of hair, ideally around 2cm long where possible. However, you don’t need to send that much for a subtle finish, just a few strands can be enough. If you only have a tiny amount or shorter hair, please get in touch before sending it so we can discuss what’s possible.

Umbilical Cord Jewellery

The dried piece of umbilical cord that falls off after birth is the part I use to create your jewellery. Only a small amount is needed, a snip approximately the size of a pea, so you can keep the rest safely at home.

The cord is carefully prepared and incorporated into your keepsake. Its natural colour and texture vary, often creating little flecks in shades of red, tan or brown. These details can look particularly striking against a breastmilk or lighter coloured background.

You can choose a subtle scattering or incorporate cord into a more detailed design, depending on your chosen piece. Any unused cord you send will be returned with your completed jewellery.

Make Your Keepsake Personal

Hair and umbilical cord can be kept separate within your design or combined together. You can also include breastmilk and choose from finishes such as shimmer, coloured opal flakes or metallic leaf.

Depending on the jewellery and inclusions you choose, designs may include a tree of life, flowers, hearts or an initial. Each piece will have its own individual appearance, shaped by the natural colour and texture of your inclusions.

Sending Your Hair or Umbilical Cord

Your collection kit includes a bag for hair and umbilical cord, along with instructions for sending your inclusions safely. Please keep different children’s samples separate and clearly label each one with their name, your name and your order number.

If you’re unsure how much to send or whether a particular design will work with the hair or cord you have, please contact me before posting. I’ll be happy to help you choose an option that makes the most of your precious inclusions.

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Past Works

  • Sterling Silver 10mm Round Ring

    • breastmilk with white shimmer, hair and umbilical cord fragments

  • Sterling Silver 10mm Pendant

    - I created this piece for a wonderful lady who had recently lost her daughter. Deeply moved by her story, I felt inspired to design something truly meaningful for her. She associated butterflies with her daughter, so I crafted a butterfly on one side of the pendant using her daughter’s hair and umbilical cord. The breastmilk took on a warm golden hue due to the colostrum. Since she had shared that she would often write her daughter’s name in the sand, I incorporated a soft gold shimmer into the piece and added her daughter’s initial beside the butterfly.

  • 9K Yellow Gold Round Pendant

    • breastmilk with white shimmer, umbilical cord and hair strands from mother and child

  • Sterling Silver Olivia Necklace

    • natural breastmilk, lock of hair and umbilical cord fragments

  • Sterling Silver Raindrop Ring

    • natural breastmilk, lock of hair and umbilical cord fragments

  • Sterling Silver Crescent Moon Necklace

    • natural breastmilk, lock of hair and umbilical cord fragments

  • Sterling Silver Medium Teardrop Necklace

    • Natural breastmilk, 2 locks of hair and 2 umbilical cord. Older Childs inclusions have been placed in the larger heart an the younger childs in the smaller heart.

  • Sterling Silver Round Pendant

    • natural breastmilk, with a wave made from aqua shimmer. Adorned with a few delicately plaed strand of hair and some umbilical cord fragments

  • 9K Yellow Gold Sunflower Ring

    - natural breastmilk, with subtle umbilical cord pieces and gold leaf

  • Sterling Silver Multi Gem Ring

    • breastmilk and white shimmer, with a lock of hair arched over the ring with a band of umbilical cord fragments

  • Sterling Silver Oval Necklace

    • breastmilk with white shimmer, lock of hair and umbilical cord pieces

  • Sterling Silver Medium Teardrop Necklace

    • natural breastmilk, with umbilical cord fragments

  • Sterling Silver Heart CZ Necklace

    • breastmilk with white shimmer, lock of hair, umbilical cord and opal flakes shaped into a tree of life

  • Engraved Silver Swarovski Charm Bead

    • breastmilk and white shimmer, hair and umbilical cord placed to look like a small bunch of flowers

  • Sterling Silver Round Pendant

    • natural breastmilk, with delicately placed strands of hair and umbilical cord pieces

  • Sterling Silver Heart Necklace

    • natural breastmilk, wiha few strands of hair and umbilical cord

  • Sterling Silver Ray of Sunshine Necklace

    • natural breastmilk, strands of haired umbilical cord to make a little bunch o flowers

  • Sterling Silver Olivia Ring

    • natural breastmilk with umbilical cord fragments and silver leaf

  • Sterling Silver Marquise Ring

    • breastmilk and pearl shimmer with umbilical cord and gold leaf pieces

  • Sterling Silver Medium Teardrop Necklace

    • natural breastmilk, with strands of hair down the left hand side, with umbilical cord pieces to the right

  • Sterling Silver 10mm Round Ring

    • natural breastmilk, with a lock of hair and umbilical cord pieces

  • Sterling Silver Infinity Ring

    • breastmilk with white shimmer, with umbilical cord shaped into 3 little hearts

  • Sterling Silver Multi Gem Ring

    • natural breastmilk, with a lock of hair, rose gold leaf and umbilical cord

  • Sterling Silver Mothers Love Necklace

    • natural breastmilk, with a pink wave on top of the breastmilk inclusion. Made from pink shimmer with some umbilical cord fragments

  • Sterling Silver Teardrop Ring

    • natural breastmilk, with a few srands of hair on the top left edge and some umbilical cord pieces on the bottom right

  • Sterling Silver Raindrop Ring

    • natural breastmilk, with a lock of hair and umbilical cord pieces swooping accoss

  • Sterling Silver Teardrop Necklace

    • natura breastmilk, with a lock of hair and umbilical cord pieces coming down from the left side

  • Sterling Silver Double Upside Down Ring

    • 2 breastmilk samples, natural. 2 umbilical cord samples. One heart for each child

  • Sterling Silver Oval Ring

    • natural breastmilk, with a strand of hair and lots of umbilical cord fragments

  • Sterling Silver Teardrop Studs

    • natural breastmilk, each stud contains a different child hair and umbilical cord pieces

  • Sterling Silver Teardrop Ring

    • natural breastmilk, with a rock of hair and umbilical cord pieces shaped into a tree of life

  • Sterling Silver Twist Ring

    • natural breastmilk, with umbilical cord and strands of hair

  • Sterling Silver Oval Necklace

    • natural breastmil, hair, umbilical cord and gold leaf flakes. Shaped into a tree of life

  • Sterling Silver Oval Ring

    • natural breastmilk with a scattering of umbilical cord flakes

  • Sterling Silver Double Heart Upside Down Ring

    - natural breastmilk, with 2 different umbilical cord samples (note the difference in colour between each child)

  • Sterling Silver Mothers Love Necklace

    - breastmilk and white shimmer, with a tree of life made with hair, umbilical cord and blue opal flakes

  • Sterling Silver Full Marquise Birthstone Ring

    - breastmilk and white shimmer with a tanzanite birthstone colour. a strand of hair and some umbilical cord flakes have been added to each breastmilk segment

  • Sterling Silver 6mm Round Ring

    - breastmilk and white shimmer with a few strands of hair and some umbilical cord flakes placed to look like a bouquet of flowers

  • Sterling Silver Large Teardrop Necklace

    - natural breastmilk, the client requested I use my artistic flair to create this piece with natural breastmilk. One of her child’s hair strands had a unique shape, so I chose to preserve it as is, adding a touch of umbilical cord flakes to the ends for a special finishing detail

  • Sterling Silver Oval Ring

    - natural breastmilk with some flakes of umbilical cord up one side of the ring

  • Sterling Silver Medium Teardrop Necklace

    - natural breastmilk, with a lock of hair swooping the lower part with some delicately placed umbilical cord flecks

  • Sterling Silver Infinity Wave Ring

    - breastmilk with pearl shimmer, opal flakes have been placed throughout the breastmilk channel. with a little bouquet of flowers created with hair, umbilical cord and rose gold flakes

  • Sterling Silver Full Marquise Birthstone Ring

    - breastmilk and white shimmer with a may birthstone, umbilical cord fragments have been added to each section

  • Sterling Silver Medium Teardrop Necklace

    - natural breastmilk with a tree of life, made with a lock of hair and some umbilical cord flakes

  • 9K Yellow Gold Multigem Ring

    - natural breastmilk, with hair and umbilical cord to create a bouquet of flowers

  • Sterling Silver 10mm Round Pendant

    - natural breastmilk with strands of hair and umbilical cord flakes

  • Sterling Silver Olivia Ring

    - natural breastmilk with a tree of life made with hair strands, umbilical cord and blue opal flakes

  • Sterling Silver Crescent Moon Necklace

    - natural breastmilk with a heart made from umbilical cord flakes

  • Sterling Silver 10mm Pendant

    - breastmilk and white shimmer with a tree of life from hair and umbilical cord flakes

  • Sterling Silver Small Teardrop Necklace

    - natural breastmilk with a lock of hair and umbilical cord flakes

  • Sterling Silver Heart Charm

    - natural breastmilk, with some umbilical cord and silver flakes along the top right and a little “C” made from a strand of hair

  • Sterling Silver Round Pendant

    - breastmilk and white shimmer with a lock of hair swooping across with a line of umbilical cord on top

  • Sterling Silver Sunflower Ring

    - natural breastmilk, strands of hair and umbilical cord flakes

  • Sterling Silver Heart Necklace

    - natural breastmilk with hair and umbilical cord

  • Sterling Silver 10mm Round Ring

    - natural breastmilk with hair and umbilical cord

  • Sterling Silver Heart Charm

    - breastmilk and white shimmer with umbilical cord flakes

  • Sterling Silver Mothers Love Necklace

    - natural breastmilk with umbilical cord flakes

  • Sterling Silver Heart Ring

    - breastmilk and white shimmer with a bouquet of flowers made from hair and umbilical cord flakes

  • Sterling Silver Round Pendant

    - breastmilk and white shimmer with a heart made from half hair and half umbilical cord

  • Sterling Silver Oval Necklace

    - natural breastmilk with flecks of umbilical cord