How it works: the photograph is micro-etched inside the lens stone at the centre of the heart pendant. Hold a phone torch behind it and the picture appears on a pale wall, about the size of your palm, soft-edged and dim.
The pendant held up in one hand in a darkened bedroom, with the picture from its lens stone cast on the wall behind — a soft, warm circle with a face inside it.
Silver Hidden Photo Necklace worn at the collarbone
Silver Hidden Photo Necklace held between finger and thumb
Silver Hidden Photo Necklace laid on cream linen
Silver Hidden Photo Necklace worn with a black t-shirt in morning light
Silver Hidden Photo Necklace, full view of the pendant and chain

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Made to order

The Hidden Photo Necklace

Sale price $59.99 Regular price$79.99 Free shipping · Made to order

Add the matching keychain for $20 in your bag ($39.99 on its own).

A photograph you love, set inside the stone. You cannot see it by looking at the pendant. Hold a phone torch behind it and their face appears in the palm of your hand.

Any clear photograph works — a face, a pet, a whole family. We crop and set it in the stone by hand, and we will email you if yours will not read well before we make anything.

You do not have to choose it now. Order first and we email you straight afterwards to collect the photograph — nothing is made until you approve it.

Your photograph is used only to make your piece. We never use customer photographs in our advertising, and we delete yours on request. How we handle your photograph

Pay by card or PayPal at checkout

  • The photograph is inside the stone, not printed on the surface
  • Free shipping on every order, no minimum
  • Gold, rose gold or silver — the same photograph stone set in each
  • Wrong photograph on our end? We remake it free
  • Made to order · most orders arrive within two to three weeks

How it works

Three steps, then it's yours

Send us the photograph

A face, a pet, a whole family. The one in bad light you have never been able to delete works too. Add it when you order, or send it straight afterwards.

We make it and post it

Your photograph is set inside the stone itself. Not printed on it. Inside it. Then it is posted to you from our production partner overseas, and most orders arrive within two to three weeks.

You hold it to a light

Any phone torch behind the stone, and the photograph appears on whatever is in front of it.

What it actually is

We'd rather tell you than have you find out

The photograph is set inside the stone in the pendant. It is not printed on the surface, and this is not a locket — it does not open. You see it by putting a light behind it, which is the whole point: nobody else notices it.

The metal is a plated finish over a base metal, in gold, rose gold or silver. It is not solid gold and we will never suggest otherwise.

The photograph Inside the stone, not printed
Finish Plated — gold, rose gold or silver
Pendant Open heart outline with a projection stone
Chain Fine cable chain
To see it Any phone torch
Made To order, nothing held in stock

If any of this turns out to be wrong about the piece you receive, that is our mistake to fix, not yours to live with.

Before you order

The questions we actually get

How do I actually see the photograph?

You hold a phone torch against the back of the stone and point the front at something pale — a wall, a ceiling, the inside of your hand. The photograph appears there.

Plainly, so there are no surprises: the projected picture is about the size of your palm, soft at the edges and dim. It looks like a small slide projection in a dark room, not a sharp photograph on a screen — faces read clearly, fine detail does not, and it washes out in bright daylight. In ordinary light the stone just looks like a small dark stone, which is the point.

Is it a locket? Does it open?

No. Nothing opens and there is no paper photograph inside. The image is in the stone itself, so there is no paper to fall out and nothing on the surface to rub off.

What kind of photograph works best?

A clear one where the face is reasonably large in frame. Group photos work but everyone ends up small. If yours will not read well we email you before we make anything rather than sending you something disappointing.

How long does it take?

Each one is made to order by our production partner overseas and then posted to you. Most orders arrive within two to three weeks of being placed. If you send the photograph after ordering, count from the day you approve it, because nothing is made before then. We would rather tell you that plainly than promise a few days and miss it.

Can I return it if I change my mind?

Not for a change of mind — it has one person's photograph in it and cannot be sold to anybody else. What we do cover: if we set the wrong photograph, or it arrives damaged, we remake it free. You approve your photograph before we make anything, either when you order or from the proof we email you afterwards, and that step exists to protect you.

Can I pay with a card?

Yes. You can pay by card at checkout, and PayPal is available as well if you would rather use it.

What if I did not upload a photograph?

That is fine, and it is why the upload is optional. Order first and we email you straight afterwards to collect the photograph. Nothing goes into production until you have sent it and approved it, so nothing is lost by ordering before you have chosen the picture.