Here's the lanyard I made for my ID badge and office key. The charms include a yin-yang symbol which serves to remind me of the duality of life and to remember that both sides need each other and to know that not everything is either/or but really both/and. Opposite of the yin-yang is a cupid with a blue piece of glass. This represents my passion for my work and to inspire and incite love within myself and others.

Next is a spring/nature goddess charm and opposite to her is a marriage license. The marriage license is obvious since I perform wedding ceremonies. The goddess charm symbolizes my love of nature, flowers, earth, and all things pagan.

The next pair is a recipe and oven mitt and then the word love with a heart. I love baking for people and sharing food and goodies. My expression of love and friendship most often is expressed by a container full of cookies or a cheesecake. I connect with people through food. Love almost need not be explained.

The last two charms are a pair of hands and a sun/moon. The sun & moon together remind me of the masculine and feminine, the night and day. The pair of hands struck me as interesting in that in the western world people would interpret them to be praying hands, but in the eastern world they could be seen as part of the namaste salutation.

The beads are blue goldstone, a man-made gemstone that sparkles brilliantly when in sunlight.