Rescue Sale — The Last Pairs, One to Keep, One to Give Claim Your Pair →

By Harriet Vale, Contributing Editor · Paid partnership with Jarrah & Grace

"The One for You, the One You Give Away" — Jarrah (67), on the Necklace She's Never Sold Alone

For more than 40 years, a small Melbourne boutique has sold thousands of these little sapphire-hearted trees — and not once sold just one. This is the quiet reason why. And why the last of them are leaving now, to help fund getting the doors open again.

Jarrah holding up two little tree-of-life pendant necklaces — one silver, one gold — to the window light — Jarrah, who built this shop with her best friend Grace more than 40 years ago, holding a matched pair of her little sapphire trees — one silver, one gold. "I always ask them the same question: who's the second one for?"

Chapel Street, Melbourne. On a small velvet tray sits a scatter of little golden and silver trees, each with a single blue sapphire set low, where the roots would be. "People always reach for one," Jarrah says. "And I always ask them the same question: who's the second one for?"

Two little tree-of-life pendants, one silver and one gold, laid side by side — The way they've always left the shop: two at a time. One to keep, one for the person you'd root yourself to. See the last pairs →

The Day I Started Making Them in Twos

More than 40 years ago, when Jarrah and Grace opened their doors together, the little tree was just one piece among many. What changed it was Jarrah's own daughter, moving to London at twenty-four.

The night before the flight, Jarrah took two of the little trees from the shop. She kept one. The other she pressed into her daughter's hand at the gate. "As long as we're both wearing the same tree," she told her, "we're never really apart." "After that, I couldn't sell them any other way," she says.

What Makes This Necklace So Special

A sapphire set in the roots: the single blue stone shared between the pair — the same heart in the one you keep and the one you give.
The Tree of Life: branches for the distance, roots for the bond — a meaning anyone you love understands the moment they open the box.
Never sold as one: every order is a matched pair. One to keep, one to give to the person you'd root yourself to.
Silver or gold, made to be worn every day: a warm finish that doesn't fade with wear, on a delicate chain light enough to forget you have it on.
One size, made for anyone: an adjustable chain that sits right on every neck — which is why it makes such an easy gift, at any age.

Two sisters together, both wearing the matching tree-of-life pendants — one silver, one gold

A mother and her adult daughter out together, both wearing the little tree pendant

Two friends on the sofa at home, both wearing their matching sapphire trees

A group of four women — a mum and her three daughters — all wearing the same little tree

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Why a Tree Was Never Meant to Stand Alone

Branches spread out for everywhere life takes the people you love. Down in the roots, one small sapphire — the stone of loyalty and constancy. "One tree for you, one for the person you carry with you," Jarrah says. "The same blue heart in each. That's the whole idea."

The Notes She's Kept

Jarrah keeps a small box behind the counter, full of cards customers have sent over the years. One, postmarked from Perth:

"Dear Jarrah — I gave the second tree to my mum on her 70th, and I didn't expect her to cry. She wears it every single day now. When I visit and we're both wearing ours, she just holds mine for a second and doesn't say anything. Thank you for that."

"That's why I never minded the second one going out the door for free," Jarrah says. "It was never really about the necklace."

One for You — One for the Person You'd Root Yourself To

Ask Jarrah who customers give the second tree to, and it's never one answer. "A mother and her daughter, that's the one people expect," she says. "But it's sisters. Two friends of fifty years. A wife and her husband. One woman bought four — one for herself, one each for her three girls, so they'd all wear the same tree at Christmas."

Why the Last Pairs Are Leaving Now

Jarrah and Grace opened their doors together on Chapel Street more than 40 years ago. A few years ago, the lease went, and they lost the shop. "We never thought we'd be the ones putting the sign in the window," Jarrah says quietly.

Everything still on the racks that day — these trees included — went straight into storage. This is their Rescue Sale: every pair sold now goes toward reopening the shop they built together. "Take a pair home, and you help us turn the key in a door of our own again," Jarrah says.

What Customers Are Saying

★★★★★

"I bought it for my sister the day her son was born. We live in different states now but we both wear ours. It's the closest thing to holding her hand from 900km away."

Denise Farrow, 61 — Adelaide, SA

★★★★★

"My husband isn't a jewellery man, but he hasn't taken his off. The sapphire is really quite beautiful in the light — you can tell it isn't cheap tat."

Robyn Ashby, 66 — Ballarat, VIC

★★★★★

"Gave the second one to my best friend of 48 years. We're both in our seventies and we cried like teenagers. Worth every cent."

Margaret Nguyen, 72 — Gold Coast, QLD

An older woman and her adult daughter, both wearing the matching tree-of-life necklaces, sharing a quiet moment — Two people, one tree. The way Jarrah has always hoped they'd be worn — Chapel Street, Melbourne.

Where to Find the Last Pairs

The remaining trees are on the Jarrah & Grace website while stock lasts — each one still sold the only way Jarrah has ever sold them: as a pair. One for you, one to give away. You can choose your finish — silver or gold — here.

These aren't the cheapest little pendants you'll find online — you can buy a gold-coloured tree for a couple of dollars if that's all you want. This isn't that. It's a proper sapphire-set piece, made to be worn every day for years and handed to someone who matters. That's what you're paying for — and it's why it comes as two.

Jarrah's Personal Guarantee

30-Day Money-Back Guarantee. "If it isn't everything you hoped when it arrives, send it back and I'll refund you. Grace and I have stood behind every piece for more than 40 years — I'm not about to stop now."

Rescue Sale — The Last Pairs, While Stocks Last

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The Internet Loves These Little Trees

★★★★★

"I gave the second tree to my daughter before she flew out to work overseas. She texted me a photo from the airport wearing it. I don't think I've ever cried so hard at a departure gate."

Susan Petrakis, 63 — Newcastle, NSW

★★★★★

"Ordered the gold. The sapphire is tiny but it really does catch the light. My mum has the silver. We didn't plan it, but we both wear them every day now."

Helen Cartwright, 58 — Perth, WA

★★★★★

"Bought a pair for my twin and me for our 70th. Silly at our age, maybe. But there's something about knowing she's wearing the same little tree in Queensland while I'm down here."

Coral Bennett, 70 — Geelong, VIC

Only While the Last Pairs Last — Then They're Gone for Good

Jarrah and Grace aren't guaranteeing a next batch — the Rescue Sale is what funds the next step toward reopening, not the other way around. Once the last pairs are gone, that's the end of the little tree, at least for now — so if there's someone you'd want wearing the other half, now is the time.

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Closing Thought

I came to write about a necklace. I left thinking about who I'd give the second one to. Maybe that's the whole quiet trick of Jarrah's little tree — it was never really about what's around your neck. It's about who's on the other end of the same one.

— Harriet Vale, for Silver Birch Journal 🤍

Disclosure

This is a paid partnership. Silver Birch Journal was compensated by Jarrah & Grace to produce and publish this feature. All opinions and editorial judgments remain our own. Prices, stock levels and availability are set and controlled by the retailer and are accurate as of publish date — please confirm current pricing and stock directly with Jarrah & Grace before purchasing.

Australian consumers are entitled to guarantees that cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law, regardless of any additional guarantee offered by the retailer.

Some customer names have been changed and select photographs are illustrative, AI-assisted representations created to reflect real customer feedback themes rather than photographs of one specific named individual.