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Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Treasure Tuesday






Yes my treasure for today is this small collection of costume jewelry/clip on earings.

They used to be my great-grandmother's.

My great-grandmother lived a long, full life; she passed away the year I turned 16.

Since I grew up in the military and moved around a lot I didn't get to visit relatives as often as I would have liked - especially when relatives lived in WI and we never lived anywhere near there!

So when we did go to visit it was always a wonderful time. As a kid I remember thinking that my great-grandmother was just a little extra special - maybe it was because she had the word "great" before "grandma". She was everything you imagine a grandparent to be. I used to love going over to her house and "digging" through all her "treasures". She would let me go through this one room in her house (which was more like a storage room)...I found it so fascinating to go through boxes and boxes of old pictures, cards, letters, clothing etc. But most of all there was her jewelry. I don't think I ever saw her without a piece of her jewelry on ... and she had a drawer full of it! She would let me go through it and pick out pieces to take home. I remember one time telling her, "I can't take your jewelry!" and she said, "I won't need it when I'm gone and it has to go to someone."

I'm glad I have this small collection because whenever I pull it out and look at these peices I am transported back to a time when I was much younger and I have a smile on my face remembering my great-grandmother. So while these pieces aren't worth anything monetarily, they do hold treasured memories.

This is one of my favorite pictures of us:

Edited to add: To see other "Treasure Tuesday" posts click here

10 comments:

Diane Viere said...

Oh how I wish I had a photo of my grandmother and me! Since she was the photo taker...I have tons of just me alone....but none of the two of us! What a treasure!

MY TT is about my grandmother too--must be Grandmother-treasure Tuesday!

Diane

Beck said...

Aw! My grandma really loved costume jewelry, too - and I have several of her pieces now, which I often wear, and smile. I wish, like Diane, that I had a photo of me and my grandmother too. What a treasure that is!

Kim from Hiraeth said...

: )

such wonderful memories!

Sandra said...

I love this, I miss my greatgrandma so much, she was an amazing lady :)

Love the memories you shared and thank you for stopping by my blog :) REally must be a grandmother thing going around :)

Anonymous said...

That is an awesome treasure!!! I was really close to my Great Papa...I miss him so much he was such a cool guy...See now everyone is remembering their own treasure...you rock!

Overwhelmed! said...

What neat jewelry! My grandma had jewelry like this in her jewelry box and when I was younger I'd look through it all.

When she died, her children got the jewelry and I haven't seen any of it since.

Great photo with your great grandmother!

My TT is up as well. Stop by and take a peek. :)

Anonymous said...

Michelle, I remember doing the same thing at your greatgrandmother's, my grandmother's house. She did have a lot of costume jewelry and I loved going thru it all. She kept it downstairs in a chest of drawers she had in her dining room. Remember that? Her bedrooms upstairs, only two, had some neat things, I especially liked the little storage closet in those two rooms. I sure miss my grandma, Cap. Love, Aunt Debbie

Amy Flege said...

what a wonderful story of your grama. i remember alway getting into my gramas jewelry box when i was little and thinking.. oh my gosh she is sooo lucky to have all this!! she always let us play with it!
ahh....the memories!

Anonymous said...

This is soo sweet. What a great treasure. This is nice how you've got everyone reliving fond memories and really thinking of loved ones. I like this treasure Tuesday thing.
love you!
P.S. haha... great picture of you in the unicorn blouse. Doncha miss the 80s sometimes??

Anonymous said...

Michelle, I am so glad you have this picture.. Can you make a copy and send to your brother? I know he would treasure the pic..Make a copy for me too, because I do not know if I have this pic.. I want to frame..You evoked a lot of memories for everyone by your treasure tuesday, Great Grandma.. See there was a reason why I had you and Mike when I was just (19) when I had you and almost (21) when I had Mike.. But, also, because Great Grandma was still around... :) Love Mom