By now you know that I am pretty obsessed with keys and all that they represent. But did YOU know that giving a key is a traditional 21st Birthday gift that is still a tradition in many European countries. 

It was thought that when a person reached the age of 21 they were responsible enought to have the keys to the family home and come and go as they wished. In most cases a pretty fair assumption I suppose. Most of us are given keys to the house at a much earlier age now as so many parents work and such. But this tradition lives on. 

When I first started GreeKeys I put the keys in my store window. One week there was a large convention of European people, several came in and wanted to buy the sorority keys for their children.... I didn't understand at first until a woman from Great Britian told me about the tradition, then a woman from Australia, and Canada. And then there was a man from Paris who came in, his wife never got one and if he didn't get her the one she wanted from the window (for their 30th wedding anniversary) he wasn't sure he would make it to the next anniversary!!!

So here we are again, symbols..... TWENTYONE. I am GreeKeys, I didn't want to put the Arabic numerals... hmmmm I love the Roman Numerals! My watches always have Roman Numerals, so that is how XXI became your 21st birthday key! I love the look. You know what it is I know what it is, and you can wear they key forever, as those Roman numerals are timeless!

Any sorority symbol can be used as the top of your 21st Birthday key, or if you have something else in mind, please contact me to have one custom made for you! The one picutred above is my Infinate Love heart key with the XXI as the magic that opens the door to your future, to a lifetime of adventures, of success,.... what do you want to find behind the magic door? 

Who do you know that is turnng 21? Who didn't get a key?