Southern Weddings

My most favorite piece of Jewelry are some pearl earrings my mom gave me. I wear them just about everyday. I remember when she wore them while I was growing up and I’d look at them and just think that she was so beautiful in them. I find that whenever I need a little luck or some courage during my day I can put them on in the morning and handle whatever comes my way just as my mom would, with class and elegance! Just like her pearls!

Aside from my engagement ring (which is pretty high up there on the list of sentimental jewelry!), I have a little sapphire ring that means a lot to me. It was one of the first pieces of jewelry my late father gave my mom when they were young. Their wedding was in September, so sapphires are pretty special to my mom. When I wear it, I’m reminded of their commitment to each other and their love for each other, although death parted them much too soon. I’m planning to wear it on my wedding day as my "something blue."

My favorite piece of jewelry is a ring that my great grandmother had made from diamonds that she brought over from her family in Poland. When she arrived in Detroit she had them made into a ring. Later it was passed down to my grandma, mom and now me. Everytime I wear it it reminds me of the strong women in my family.

A pearl necklace from my grandparents. They gave me a chain with a few inches of pearls when I was 13, then every year added an inch of pearls. On my 18th birthday, they completed the necklace.

For college graduation my parents gave me a necklace with my mothers engagement diamond in the pendant. Its especially sentimental becuase a few years before that the same diamond had fallen out of my mothers ring into the garden and she couldnt find it! A few weeks later at a cocktail party, my moms friend was looking at the flowers and spotted the diamond in the dirt! Now that my grandmother passed, my mom wears her rings, and wanted to turn her lucky diamond into something special for me! I havent taken it off in 5 years!

I think in addition to my engagement ring, my most special jewelry item came from my parents — tiny diamond earrings that they gave me when I graduated from high school. The earrings are very, very small by most standards, but they were given in so much love, and it was an extravagant gift coming from my parents. The earrings may not be worth much in dollars, but I wear them every day, and they (and my parents!) are priceless to me.

My piece is actually a clutch. My grandmama was handing out her purses to her grandaughters.. I was given a small clutch completely covered in crystals, made in West Germany in the 1950s. Her brother had brought the the clutch to her. It’s small and retangular, with a sterling silver clasp. It is classic and beautiful and a wonderful memory of my grandmama.

My most sentimental piece of jewelry our my pearl earrings from my fiance. It is the first piece of jewelry a guy has given me and I wear them everyday. Engagement ring is right there too!

My most sentimental piece of jewelry is a cameo pin that I found after my grandmother passed away. I’m clipping it to my bouquet as my something old!

My most sentimental piece of jewelry is a small pair of cream earrings carved from giraffe bone that I found at a roadside shop while on a trip to South Africa. The trip changed my life in so many ways. Not only was it eye opening and spiritually challenging; it was during this trip that I met my fiance. The day I bought the earrings was the first day I spent with my future hubby. We spent the afternoon wandering through a small market getting know each other. Every time I see those earrings I go back to that day and am flooded with all the emotions of the beginning of our relationship.

My most sentimental is my mother’s aquamarine ring. Its her brithstone and I remember she always gave it to me during church services to entertain me

My ‘bad luck dragon’ necklace. My mother gave it to me when I was in middle school and I’d always bump into things when wearing it. Now I just think it’s adorable.

My most sentimental piece of jewelry is a mother-of-pearl brooch that was given to me when my grandmother passed. The pin was given to her by my mom and I used it as my "something old" at my wedding. Hopefully I can pass it down one day to my daughter as well.

When I was about 10 or 11, my grandmother (whose wedding you can actually see featured on my blog) made my great grandfather’s diamond tie pin that he wore in his wedding into a pendant on a chain. It is my favorite necklace that I still wear today. Something about it makes me feel so safe…

My most sentimental piece of jewelry is my Nana’s sterling silver charm bracelet. I love it because all of the charms signify an important event in her life. It is so cool to think that she received a charm when my mother was born, on her 25th wedding anniversary, etc. My Nana means the world to me and I’ll always treasure that bracelet!

We weren’t even blood-related, but my neighbor, who I lovingly called MawMaw, was a dear lady who I admired. She faced life’s struggles – even her own illness – with strength, poise, and an undying faith. She passed away five years ago, and every time I pass by her house, I find myself wishing that I could stop by to share iced tea and teacakes with her. For my high school graduation, MawMaw’s daughter gave me a red rose pin. "It was hers," she explained. This pin is one of the few pieces of jewelry that I am sentimental about. I love it, and every time I wear it, I imagine her, a woman full of beauty and grace, and I aim to emulate her. :)

mine is actually 2 pieces that i almost always wear together…..a strand of pearls my dad got me for my college graduation, and a strand my fiance bought me our first christmas together, only a few weeks after we started dating. one reminds me that i’ll always be my dad’s little girl, and he’ll always try and make me happy…and the 2nd reminds me that from the beginning, my fiance has known me better than anyone. put them together, and i have something from the two most important men in my life.

The most sentimental piece of jewel i’ve head was a ring of pear and diamonds of my mom that died 7 year ago. She gave me it when i was around 20 and i put it back on her the day she was burried. It belonged also to her mom.

My engagement ring holds the most sentimental value. My family has never really given me too much jewelry because I’m so picky. My fiance worked so hard to pick out my e-ring and it fits my personality perfectly. I love looking at it because it shows how much he loves me.

My most special piece of jelewry is a simple silver band I wear on my right hand. We had a tradition in my sorority in college. Every year, the freshmen pledge class would buy the graduating seniors a silver band for a graduation gift….but ours was a different from other bands. When we were freshmen, one of our pledge sisters passed away in a tragic accident. The accident was the worst tragedy most of us had every experienced and we all clung to each other, bonding in a way that was so special and unique. On the inside of our bands, the freshmen pledge class had a special message engraved. It included the initials of our pledge sister we lost. These bands are a reminder that we never know what life may bring us and we should cherish every moment with the ones we love. I’ve had the ring for almost 4 years now and have never taken it off.

My most sentimental piece of jewelry is a ring my dad made for my mom when they were newly married. He made it from melting gold crowns and then shaping them into a figure 8 design (he’s a dentist). I find it hilarious that he would make her a ring out of dental crowns, but also a very touching gesture. It’s mine now and reminds me of the things I love most about my dad–his sense of humor, his resourcefulness, and his thoughtfulness.

My most sentimental piece of jewelry is a ring my mom gave me. It contains a couple of my grandmother’s diamonds from her original wedding band and some earrings my grandfather had given her. She had the 4 small diamonds set into a leaf pattern that she designed and gave it to my mother when she was 21. My mom passed it down to me in my early twenties as well. sIts so neat to wear it each day and know how old and special it is. Its a constant reminder of my sweet grandmother who passed a few years back.

A diamond bangle bracelet that I purchased for myself with money I received as an award for working really hard/excelling in school. It always reminds me that when I put my heart into something, I can do anything!

My most sentimental piece of jewelry is the set of pearls my grandmother gave me when I graduated from high school. I call them my lucky pearls and I’ve worn them on every major life event since then — college graduation and graduate school graduation. I plan to wear them on my wedding day in January 2010.

I have a couple of pieces that have great value and meaning to me, but there is one piece of jewelry that stands out among any of the others. It does not have the greatest montary value but it is priceless to me. It is a broach that was my maternal grandmothers. The broach is a poodle. It was given to my mother and my mother recently gave it to me. I love the poodle because I never knew my grandmother but it shows me a part of her personality. Not only is the broach beautiful and one of a kind, but when I look at it I can just imagine my grandmothers love and sense of humor that I have heard so many people say that she had her whole life. I also see that I inherited some of her spunkiness and individuality.

My favorite jewelry is a pair of earrings I made with my aunt. She has always been my muse in life and in my craft endeavors. She taught me the processes and gave me a bag of beads. I made the dangling earrings out of big and small green jade beads in various shades. Then I added a small red garnish bead among the green. The red symbolizes specialness. The jade may be more precious, but the red bead is unique and it stands out. Yes, my earrings are metaphorical, and I love it. Not only does it serve to remind us of our uniqueness, it also reminds me of the fun time I spend with my aunt.

When I was 13, my grandmother allowed me to go through all of her jewelry and let me pick anything that I wanted. As I went piece-by-piece, trying to find the perfect accesory, I came across a gaudy, purple pendant, with big flowers and leaves…it’s huge (about the size of my palm)! At the time, I thought it was absolutely fabulous! Now, I love it, because it came from the most beautiful woman that I have ever known…but I guess you can say that my taste has changed, just a little bit!

I love my engagement ring, but my favorite piece of jewelry is the promise ring he gave me six months after we started dating, which was almost 9 years ago! I was a freshmen in college and he was a junior – we met at the dorms, so we saw each other all the time. The year was about over and I wasn’t allowed to date (strict Asian dad!), so he gave me this ring so I would have something that would remind me of him every day. I eventually told my dad that summer, which was scary & not fun (haha), but I think my dad is very happy now. :)