I'm 16 and I started a sterling silver charm bracelet many years ago, adding a new charm each year. The charm bracelet is a wonderful memory of my disney trips and just shows my love of disney. My only advice to starting the bracelet is that the sterling silver charms are a lot rarer than the "lobster claw" charms as explained by PP. Last November when I was in Disney I only found the sterling silver charms in the jewelry store on Main Street in MK as well as World of Disney in DTD. Another tip, the charms that you get are mostly link charms. A little circle link is given to be opened than attached to the charm and then attached to the braclet. My advice would to take the bracelet and go to a local jewelry store to get the charms welded together. You can attach them on your own, but they fall off easily. I ended up losing one of my charms because of this. Otherwise it is truly a wonderful bracelet and a great keepsake of memories. HTH!