Memory Jewelry with Stephanie

My son Justin, his lovely wife Stephanie, and my beautiful grand baby Willow, were visiting last week. During their stay Stephanie and I got to spent some bonding time my art studio. We created memory pieces out of sterling silver, PMC, copper and crystals.

Stephanie made a gorgeous bracelet with several charms that represent special dates in her marriage to Justin. One PMC charm is stamped with a stylized chrysanthemum texture on one side and the date of her marriage to Justin stamped on the other. We made another PMC charm with Willow's thumb print on one side and her birth date on the other. This was so much fun we did it twice, one for Stephanie and one for me... actually we did it several times (we had a little trouble getting a good impression of Miss Willow's tiny little thumb, she wasn't so sure she wanted us holding her thumb down). Stephanie used some of my scrap silver to make a tag stamped "wedded" and a tag stamped "birth" (as their family grows we will be making more charms to add to this side of the bracelet). Centered is a copper bird stamped with "joy", a charm left over from a project I did last year.

My memory project is a necklace. I used my PMC Willow thumb print charm, a scrap piece of sterling silver stamped with "Willow", and a topaz crystal (Willow's birthstone). I love my necklace. Because I am so sentimental I gravitate toward making pieces that evoke closeness of heart and memory. One day I'll share more of my memory or sentiment pieces.

I hope this inspires a desire to honor an event or person(s), immortalizing them as a treasure that can be passed on with love and memories held close to the heart.

Now, I am off to the gym with my mother... we have a Hatha yoga class to attend.