Mementos Dress
Elizabeth gave me the idea for this dress and completely stumped me for months, because I don't really have anything I consider mementos. But as I recently unpacked my bedroom stuff, I realized that I actually do have a few trinkets that I have carried for years that have sentimental value to me. From top to bottom here they are: the plastic salamander I bought at a zoo store when my kids were small and always wanted to make into a brooch, a shell I brought back from the Atlantic Ocean several years ago, the tiny Oriental wooden dolls I have kept in a tiny Oriental box since college, a gorgeous stone heart I bought in Nauvoo a few years ago, my go-get-em list of tags that sits on my nightstand to jumpstart creative ideas, my favorite aunt's compact that was given to me when she died, the painted Oriental fan that I've carried for so many years I've forgotten where I got it, my gold D pin that I sometimes wear on my jacket lapel and got way back in college, and the hematite and gold rosary my mother bought me several years ago when we went to a spiritual retreat together. What a memory-filled dress! Thanks, Elizabeth!
Elizabeth gave me the idea for this dress and completely stumped me for months, because I don't really have anything I consider mementos. But as I recently unpacked my bedroom stuff, I realized that I actually do have a few trinkets that I have carried for years that have sentimental value to me. From top to bottom here they are: the plastic salamander I bought at a zoo store when my kids were small and always wanted to make into a brooch, a shell I brought back from the Atlantic Ocean several years ago, the tiny Oriental wooden dolls I have kept in a tiny Oriental box since college, a gorgeous stone heart I bought in Nauvoo a few years ago, my go-get-em list of tags that sits on my nightstand to jumpstart creative ideas, my favorite aunt's compact that was given to me when she died, the painted Oriental fan that I've carried for so many years I've forgotten where I got it, my gold D pin that I sometimes wear on my jacket lapel and got way back in college, and the hematite and gold rosary my mother bought me several years ago when we went to a spiritual retreat together. What a memory-filled dress! Thanks, Elizabeth!