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Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Keepsakes

I have sometimes been told that I am not sentimental. And that may be true- I have not kept every drawing my children have done and when we were cleaning out my mother's place I kept a few things to remind me of her and gave the rest to charity (or threw away). I have a box of things that she put aside before she died and put my name on but haven't been ready to go through that yet. 

Anyway, I've always liked jewelry. I have a few funky pieces that I like to wear and when I travel I try to find some jewelry so that when I put it on it reminds me of where I've been. 

I've been intrigued by the horse hair jewelry. After Steele died I didn't even think to get some hair but I found some from a brush I had and I put it in a bag and set it aside. A few weeks ago I saw a post that a neighbour (Vanessa) was making jewelry from horse hair. I contacted her and and she dropped it off last night (let me know if you want to get in touch with her): 


It's a bracelet that is a mix of Irish, Carmen and Steele's hair.  It's simple which I like. 

Maybe I am a sentimental fool after all. 

12 comments:

  1. I think it's safe to say horses bring out the sentimental in all of us.I've always loved the concept of horsehair jewlery.

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  2. Oh I like that! Neat how its all three of them too.

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  3. Beautiful bracelet. A nice combination of colors. My mother left her jewelry collection to me, and I've had a hard time going through it until recently. Now I'm wearing this huge blue topaz ring of hers and I get comments on it everywhere I go. It's so big and bright that it's hard to miss. For a long time I couldn't wear her jewelry without feeling some sense of guilt, because she used to forbid me from touching it when I was a child. Then when I had to take her jewelry from her before a surgery, she gave me a mistrusting look like she worried that I'd either lose it or steal it from her. I guess I was a obsessed with it as a child and always digging around in her jewelry box. Who knew I'd have such a hard time wearing it now that she wants me to have it?

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  4. Oh, I love it. She did a great job. Love the gemstone. I had a simple one made when one of mine passed, Cowboy's nephew, Sonny. I'm pretty sentimental.

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  5. The three colors are so lovely together! Or is it four colors?

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  6. Sentimental? Or caring? I suspect some of each. The bracelet is wonderful for so many reasons. I love it!

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  7. Gorgeous bracelet! What a wonderful way to remember your equine companions.

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  8. I love that bracelet. I tend to like simple jewelry and the colors are beautiful, with the blend of horse hair. Like you, I like to have a piece of jewelry from places I've been on vacation; it brings the memory of those places back when I wear them. ...like a diary in my jewelry box.

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  9. That's a great bracelet. I'm surprised you were able to get enough hair from the brush. I'm always pulling the hair out and throwing it away.

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  10. Beautiful - I just cut Suzie's mane tonight and bagged all the hair I cut.

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  11. I've always wanted to do this with the hair I've taken after my geldings died, but I've never gotten around to it. I really should.

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  12. Thank you everyone. I'm glad that you like it too.

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