White and grey rhinestone rabbit keychain

Everyday carry for a 7 cm rhinestone rabbit keychain

Seven centimetres is small enough to sit flat in a coat pocket and large enough to find by touch at the bottom of a bag. The clasp opens with a thumb, so the rabbit moves from keys to a rucksack zip and back without any fiddling. The wide round ring threads straight over a bag handle, so the figure can hang on the outside instead of rattling about among the keys. It belongs to a section that mixes cast metal charms with soft plush figures, and it clearly sits on the metal side.

Heart-shaped settings seen from behind

Turn the rabbit over and the back is anything but plain metal. The silver-tone metal is pierced rather than solid, and every cup holding a stone has been cut as a heart. Ears, back and paws end up covered in small hearts, which is why the piece still reads as decorated when it lies face down on a table.

Where it sits among the plush rabbits

Rabbits turn up more than once in these accessories, but most of them are plush figures of fourteen to twenty centimetres dressed in tulle or lace. This one works the other way round. It is seven centimetres instead of twenty, it reflects light where the others absorb it, and it keeps its shape instead of flattening in a pocket. The two sit happily on one ring, the metal catching the light and the fabric softening the knock against a door.

A gift that needs no size

Keyrings make easy presents because nothing has to fit. What decides whether one is still in use a month later is where it ends up, and this shape tends to stay on the outside of a bag rather than disappear into the lining with the keys. That is also the only position from which the three small red stones are visible at all, since they are the single point of colour on an otherwise white and charcoal figure.