Dressing the Dresser

 

Today I gathered a few mementos that were my Mothers to decorate my dresser top. None of the items are expensive or fancy-my Mother was neither.  But I think they all look pretty together and most of all they remind me of her.

This lovely lady belonged to my Aunt Vi. When she passed my Mom displayed the vase on a shelf in her spare bedroom.

 I've always wanted to start a collection, I've seen so many pretty variations, but they are a wee bit pricey to me!

 This gold watch was the one Mom wore when she was dressing to go out.

And she wore this silver watch  for every day.

Mom gave me her wedding ring set several years ago and I wear them underneath my own wedding rings every day. She had only a plain gold band for many years.

On their 25th wedding anniversary my Dad bought this set for her. It's hard to see the diamond in the set, it's so tiny.

 With seven children to feed, my Dad did commercial fishing on the Mississippi River after working a regular day job to bring in extra money. I expect that's the only way he was able to have the extra money to buy this ring set for my Mom. She was a stay at home mother at that time.

So now you can see how my little dresser vignette

is going to bring me a lot of happy memories of days gone by every time I pass it!

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I am joining these parties:

Make the Scene Monday

Budget Decorating Party

The Scoop

Masterpiece Monday