A New Addition...

Looks are deceiving. My bracelet isn't tarnished. Bad light, I guess. grrrr

 When I was sixteen, I was given a sterling silver bracelet and my first

charm...a "Sweet Sixteen" enameled memory of a landmark birthday.

Over the years, I have added to it. I purchased charms to commemorate

special trips (ie., Montana, Grand Cayman, Washington, DC), life interests

and activities (like sewing, bowling, scuba diving, motorcycles), and life 

events (like graduation, my twenty-first birthday, our wedding) and so

much more. This bracelet is a silver scrapbook of my charming life.

I was recently showing my bracelet to Handsome and we smiled at the

charms that represented our shared memories. Or, "Why is there a cat?"

(I grew up with Siamese cats in our home.) I showed him my little

Labrador retriever charm, and that's when I realized that I was missing

a very important one. Tag stood at my feet as I told Handsome

that I had yet to add a Corgi to my collection. He said, "Well, don't

be going online and buying one for yourself now!" I didn't either.

 When I opened my gift from my dear husband yesterday, I found a

sparkling, bob-tailed Pemmie charm. I was so tickled! I ran and

grabbed my bracelet and we immediately attached it to my bracelet.

(Smooches followed, but we won't go into that here!)

Last night was our guild Christmas party, so I actually had dinner

with my quilting pals. I got all dressed up and Handsome helped me

with my bracelet. Tonight, when we go out together with friends 

(part of my "extended" Birthday scheme!), I'll wear it again. 

It's not so much "wearing my heart on my sleeve", but it is like

wearing my life on my wrist. You may not think so, but there's

still room to add a few more charms. There are many milestones

left for me to accomplish, and it's nice to know that I'll be able to

add them to my jingling, shimmering tribute to the days of my life.

Did you have a charm bracelet when you were a kid? Do you still

have it and do you add to it? I love to hear all about it from you!

 Thanks to everyone who left a Birthday message for me. I'll be
replying to all of you, I promise. I just want to take the time to
let you know how much I appreciated each and every note.
xo

Evidence of A Charmed Life...

Welcome to another installation of Silver Sunday here at Brynwood Needleworks. Today, I'm going to share one of my favorite silver pieces with you. It's the charm bracelet I've been building since the original link bracelet and the first charm were given to me by my mum. That first charm was my "Sweet 16" charm given to me on that birthday. (Yup. That's was a while ago.)
I've regularly added to my bracelet over the years and have amassed quite an assortment of meaningful mementos representing my travels, interests and activities. I can generate quite the "jingle" when I wear it!If you click on it any of these photographs, you'll see charms from places I lived or visited and loved; my interests, represented by the motorcycle, sewing machine, Grand Cayman scuba turtle from my scuba diving days, knitting needles and yarn, camera, a barn, a piano and a dog; but there are so many more. I'd probably bore you to death if I told you the stories behind each one...so I'll spare you the details.And, as if those weren't enough, there are even two more that haven't been added yet. My Handsome drummer boy and the "Welcome" pineapple to remind me of great days and nights spent in Williamsburg, VA last fall. All these are tiny silver memories of my charmed life.

Be sure to visit the rest of the Silver Sunday contributors, and our hostess, Beth over at Gypsy Fish Journal. There are so many wonderful silver pieces to see, you won't want to miss a single post!