My mother was born 89 years ago this month.
She was raised in Bountiful, Utah...
...and was the valedictorian for her high school.
She met my dad at the University of Utah.
Every summer we traveled to Utah to be with our extended family.
Being the only daughter, I inherited her jewelry.
What to do with all of her costume jewelry from the 1950's?
You google "jewelry Christmas tree on velvet" and get to work. 
This "jewelry Christmas tree on velvet" hangs in my dining room
and every day when i see it, I think of my mother...
....and I am reminded daily how blessed I was to be raised by her.
I did a jeweled Christmas tree with my maternal grandmother's costume jewelry. It's in Eliza's house now. It was over 35 years ago that I made the tree - Ida Smith helped me - but my biggest takeaway was the knowledge that all the "jewels" I thought my grandmother wore were not valuable gems - as I had thought! I still love her and love her jewelry - and she never pretended they were real - I just assumed she wore real sapphires and emeralds and rubies!!
ReplyDeleteI saw my first jeweled tree at Ruby Gaebel's house. I loved it!
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