Promise rings. Friendship bracelets. You like your jewelry to mean something.

Local gal Asha Patel’s necklaces will satisfy your sentimental heart.

In addition to just-plain-pretty labradorite hunks strung from leather cord, her new East-meets-West pendant collection, Threads, features nine aura-centered emblems laced on corresponding colored silks.

Among them: Om (the all-connecting sound of the universe), Hamsa (to offer protection, happiness, peace, and prosperity), and Clover (the universal good fortune symbol).

Patel’s mantra is to take a step back and just breathe.

And everybody could use a little of that.

Available at Mitzi & Romano, 1038 North Highland Avenue, Virginia Highland (404-876-7228); Alex Boutique, 14 West Main Street, Cartersville (678-721-1123); online at ashapateldesigns.com.