Family Heirlooms

Last night I was going through some of my mother's jewelry and came across her charm bracelets. One silver and one gold. Both she had as a teenager but the gold one she added some charms to over the years. Including that little picture of me when I was four. A while back I had ordered some charms from Andrea planning to make a charm bracelet for myself one day. How lucky am I, that I can now add them onto my mothers old bracelet!!?? So I started thinking about old family pieces and wanted to share these pins. When I was little my Aunt and Granny started this collection for me. Antique baby pins. I used to just keep them in a box untill a few years ago when I found this neat frame. I knew it would be perfect for some of my pins. I cut out small pieces of styrofoam and wrapped them in silk...TAH DAH! I wore some of these growing up. My mother would pin them onto my shirt collars.


This little floral one is the only one I bought for myself. I found it in an antique shop while on my honeymoon in CapeCod.

Isn't it great when you still have these kind of things that you hold so dear to your heart? For me, it's always comforting to have these reminders of what a lucky girl I am to have had such a wonderful mother and childhood!