Jewelry

 For two years now I have been wearing a necklace, non stop. I only had it off when I had my eye surgery and since I was hanging at the house I left it off for about a week. 

This is that necklace. My mom's thumb print. 

On the flip side it has her name, DOB and DOD.

I have TON's of necklaces and if I wear another one, I wear it with this one.

I added another one to my stash the other day. My friend Nancy (Ohio), sent me a late

Christmas gift. 

Its yellow gold, which I do not wear but....I have been wearing it with my other 

one and they are mixing just fine. 

Isn't it pretty.

When I was a teen I wore silver in all my jewelry. Then somewhere

along the line I changed to gold. My engagement/wedding rings were gold.

Everything I bought or got was always gold. Then I started wearing the 

gold in the winter and silver in the summer.....

haha....who knows?

When I went all silver in the hair, I went all silver in the 

jewelry. I had some really nice pieces in gold but there

was not reason to hold on to them so I sold them. 

I really love my silver. I am not a high maintenance woman,

I don't wear brand names and I don't have to have all

my jewelry to be in real silver. I mix and match

my silver with fake silver. 

I have only had one pair of diamond earrings and they

were set in gold. A diamond fell out of one so I took 

the diamond in and the earring to have it fixed. I asked

how much it would cost to put the diamonds in silver and

it was not worth it. But they had another thought, dip my 

yellow gold in silver. Yep, worked for me. I got these diamonds

shortly after my divorce, sort of a divorce gift to myself so that 

means I have been wearing them for .....

almost 29 years. They come out of my ears for cleaning,

and when I have had surgery, other then that, they 

stay put. Not a problem wearing others though, I have

five holes in my ears.

Years ago I took the diamond out of my engagement ring 

and traded it in on my daughters birthstone and cost for

enlarging that ring for Amber. The wedding bands I sold. 

When I was a teen, every (almost) had a ring on it. 

Here is one that I got for Christmas when I was 16.

I think I got this one below when I was about 15. I bought this

with babysitting money. 

Then there was the one that the love of life gave me.

I dated Larry for about three years.

Here are my rings.

Yes, I still wear anywhere between four to six.

I have two on my thumb that I never take off.

My watches, which I never wear anymore and my

bracelets. Before you ask, yes, they are displayed

on a coffee cup holder.

My necklaces that don't get a lot of wear these

days since I am not working.

I made the holder for the necklace with a 16x20 frame,

screen and drape hooks. 

Here are the earrings.

The holder for the earrings is a small cabinet door I picked up at 

Habitat for Humanity store. I paid maybe a buck for it. My thoughts

was to do a painting on it but that did not happen....and the holder did.

I painted it off white and with up upholstery tacks I hung some

black chain from side to side. Works great. 

Both the rack for the necklaces and the earrings hangs behind

my bedroom door. 

How do you store your jewelry?

Pam