Shabby Treasure Nest - "a family story"

Every family has a story~

stories that link our past--

 to our future

~

stories that tell us not only who we are -

but WHY we are~

stories that live on forever

in our hearts~

we pass these stories on to our children,

and they, in turn,

pass them on to their children,

and on, and on
and on~

Precious mementos-- 

fragments of our lives,

often hidden away for years~

tucked inside

tattered boxes,

cluttered drawers,

places long forgotton.

Now,

 brought back to life-

a beautiful new place to be 

honored and cherished

forever~

This is Lisa's story~

   " the pocket watch belonged to my husband's Grandfather.  He lived on a 150 acre farm way up a holler in Greenbank, WV.  After he passed away, his family all gathered there to clean out the house.  This watch was found in an old drawer and the family was going to throw it away.  I just couldn't let that happen~"

"I found the ivory piece in and amongst a drawer of

 my Grandma's stuff. 

 I believe that it belonged to her sister,

 Laura."

 ~ "one of the rhinestone sets belonged to my Grandma Ella.  The other set belonged to my Mother.  The beautiful lace pieces came from a blouse that my Grandma Ella loved.  The other lace piece was from the tattered remains of her wedding dress. That crown pin was also a favorite piece of my Grandma Ella's jewelry."

~ "those dangle laces were made by my Grandma Meallie--

we found them among her sewing things.  She became a tailor in Italy at the age of 14 and later emigrated to the states when she was 19 years old.  She made wedding gowns for all her daughters, and for my Mother, when she married her son.  I still have that gown.  She made that doily and also the tatting."

~ "that vintage heart belonged to my Mother. 

 It was a gift from her sister Lois  (who was 11 years older than my Mom.)  

The heart was originally a gift to Lois from her boyfriend Byron, who was a merchant marine in the war.  During the war, when so many things were rationed, Byron saved so that he could buy gifts for Lois and for my Mom. That heart was gifted to Lois along with a box of chocolates and some silk stockings.  My Mom always treasured that little heart  ~"

These Shabby Treasure nests are a little variation

 of my Shabby Chic nests. 

 Like Lisa's nest--
each of them will be as unique and personal
 as the family stories
 that they tell.   

For more info regarding these little nests --

you can visit the "Nesting Updates" page

located on my sidebar --

 or

click here

I want to say Thank you to Lisa

for allowing me to share her personal family story

with all of you~ 

xoxo

Coming up next~~

I've saved your emails and notes for the last year and have compiled some of your questions into my yearly "20 Questions Answered" post.  Perhaps your question will be one of those that was chosen! (Although I have already answered each of these emails, I've been saving the questions to share with all of you in this special post.) 

Well, it snowed again. Big surprise there. First we got the ice -- then the snow -- thank goodness our power stayed on, I am so very thankful for that. I am telling myself that this is the LAST storm of the winter -- spring will be here shortly. Sometimes I can fake myself out like that~

Love,

Vicki