My brother and I had a bet. Who could find the most beautiful crow jewelry online? You see, our mother has been collecting raven and crow jewelry her entire life, and this was going to be a very special birthday for her, her 60th. I’m happy to say that I won the bet with this glorious raven pendant from the magic zoo website. There were some other nice ones available elsewhere, but this particular example had such delicate craftsmanship that I thought it had the others beat by a mile.

Well, the big day arrived and Mom unwrapped the little silver box carefully. It’s not like she didn’t know what was in it; we’ve been giving her crow presents for years! But the look in her eyes when she saw this particular offering was priceless. “Where did you find this?” She was near tears!

We spent the next hour looking at all the artistic sterling silver pendants on the site, and I ended up buying something for myself as well. There’s something about the craftsmanship of animal loving artists that seems to come through in their art. It’s hard to express exactly what that is, but I know it every time I see it.