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J is for Jewelry Box

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This jewelry box belonged to my mother and it was one of the first things I brought back to my house after she died. I bought it for her for her birthday in 1975 when I was 10 years old. I saw it at the store and fell in love with it because I thought it looked like something a princess would have and of course my mom was a princess to me.

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Honestly, I don’t know if she truly liked it or not. The green certainly didn’t match her bedroom and the style was probably a little fancy for her taste. But she used it for the rest of her life and that’s saying something.

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Even though it’s been on my bureau for over ten years now I’ve never actually cleaned it out and moved my jewelry into it – it’s still filled with her rings and necklaces, earrings and pins. Boy did she have a lot of big pins!

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When I was little I would go in my mom’s bedroom and play with her jewelry. I would put on her rings and necklaces and pretend I was a princess.

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Now all this jewelry belongs to me and someday it will belong to Hannah. I love the continuity of that. J is for a Jewelry box full of memories.

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  1. That is sweet indeed, and I love the box. You had good taste even at ten.

    I recently inherited my mother’s and my grandmother’s rings (being the only daughter of an only daughter). They will be Miss B’s eventually.

  2. What a great story and a great jewelry box! I love the pink lining with the green. I love how moms keep everything their children give them.

  3. This is just a delightful post…I have something similar (all metal and quite ornate, tho’ my mom wasn’t the least bit princess-y) and lots of her really LARGE pins!

    I enjoyed thinking of hers, as I looked at your mom’s…
    Thank you!
    ((((hugs))))

  4. What a lovely thing to have! My mom didn’t have a jewelry box. She made fabric rolls instead complete with pockets and ties and some were made of recycled towel material. As I emptied her house I realized I couldn’t find them- had last seen them in Greece before she moved. It wasn’t until the day before the men hired to clean out the basement came that I found them in a cabinet on the floor off the pantry wrapped in many layers of plastic bags. I almost threw them out! It contained jewelry from my great-grandparents and grandparents. She feared being robbed and had hidden them only to forget where she had put them. The things my mom wore were kept in her room- a small collection of pins and earrings.

  5. My dad isn’t ready to part with the jewelry box, but I did collect some of my mom’s jewelry. This is especially meaningful to me since we share the same birthstone.

    Treasured memories Carole. Thanks for sharing.

  6. Aww – wonderful! Your mom’s jewelry looks a lot like my mom’s did – I saved a bunch of it and gave the rest to my girls. Is that an Eastern Star ring I spy? I have a ring and a pin with that same symbol on it from my mom’s collection…

  7. Such great memories! How sweet that you gave her something that she used forever. A true mother’s love! I love that you have all her jewelry, too.

  8. that’s so cool. i remember my grandmother wearing lots of pins too, although i have no idea what happened to most of her things. love hannah’s comment above!

  9. A bit belated, but HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Dale! He and my mum share the date, so I know it’s a good one! 🙂

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