Yesterday, I ventured to Hoboken to revisit the stomping grounds my three-year-old self called home and visited my best friend at her trendy place of work — Poor Cat.

The New Jersey-based jewelry boutique pairs leather & metal to create the ultimate modern charm-bracelet collections. Each individual strand hosts a charm with powerful meaning and the most skillful craftsmanship I’ve ever seen. Can you believe my elephant was made by hand!?

The various charms work in platinum, 24-karat and 18-karat gold, 18-karat white gold, 18-karat rose gold and sterling silver. If you read up on PC’s About page, you can get an idea of how powerful the spirituality of these charms can mean to anyone. Plus as a Jersey native, I couldn’t be prouder to support a state business that’s close to my front door.

Durability means you can wear these babies in the ocean and they still retain their looks. I never take mine off because I don’t have to worry about them not being able to survive the environment of my daily routine.

Be sure to check out their site — I know you’ll fall in love with it all — and consider Poor Cat to be your next investment piece of quality jewelry with symbolic meaning.

P.S. The cat logo is too perfect — it looks just like my Manny!