Charmed to meet you.

When I was younger I remember being completely fascinated with my grandmother's charm bracelet. I can see it now jingling around on her wrist. It was absolutely gorgeous & every time I see a vintage charm bracelet I think of her. My grandmother's gold charm bracelet dated back to the early 60's or perhaps even earlier. It was filled with charms that held special memories for her. One of my fondest memories was sitting with her as she described each charm & what it meant to her. The one I remember most was a calender charm my grandfather gave her with the month's stone placed on the date they met. Such a romantic gift. I never would have thought my grandfather was the sentimental type to remember the date he met my grandmother. My grandmother's bracelet was not only about her memories but those that loved her and gave her these special gifts to remember a special date, place, or event.  She also had one that said "Mother" with pearls surrounding the charm that my father gave me when she passed away.

I've always wanted a charm bracelet & for Mother's Day this year Lil' C & S gave me one. It's very different from my grandmother's bracelet but like her's it holds some beautiful memories for me. I absolutely love it. The very talented Mia from Formia Design created the charms from Lil' C's drawings. Mia did an amazing job capturing all the details in C's drawing.

What makes this bracelet so special is how most of the charms represent different stages in Lil' C's life. Like the various art periods Picasso experienced. lol! When C was about 2-4 years old he went through his rainbow period. All he wanted to draw were rainbows. Rainbows, rainbows, rainbows... they were everywhere. S & I constantly were asked to draw the outline of a rainbow so C could color it in. During those days, he'd line up his toys to match the order of the colors in a rainbow. If there was a color out of place, you could be sure C would make the appropriate changes. ;)

Towards the end of his rainbow stage, he started drawing butterflies. He loved creating butterflies in the Charlie & Lola Butterfly gallery. And of course his most recent interest... fairies.

The three other charms were from a drawing he made especially for my gift.  The middle drawing is of Snowflake, our visiting cat, a heart symbolizing love and on the right is a drawing of him & I. I love all the details C included... a little handbag, my necklace & hoop earrings, high heels, and his backpack & lunch bag.

So for this Father's Day I wanted S to have a little C creation of his own. So we sent Mia this drawing and she created a simple yet classic key chain for S.

Years from now I have no doubt we'll look at these keepsakes and it'll bring us back to these precious early years.

Comments

[Mia Van Beek]

Thank you so much for letting me create such a memory for you!
It was a pleasure to work with you and your family,
yours sincerely Mia

[G]

What a gorgeous bracelet. They did a fabulous job.