As I went through the boxes my son brought home from the end of his four years as a Midshipman at the Naval Academy I came accross his work uniforms. I asked him if he wanted to keep them and he said no... the uniforms had his name and ID on them so I couldn't give them away. I looked at the buttons and each button had an anchor on it. I just couldn't throw them away. (...that is a problem for me... at least I did something with them!)
I decided to make some jewelry from them for his favorite girl in the whole world! He wore those buttons through lots of hard work and I knew she would appreciate them.
I made an elastic chain bracelet and hung lots of buttons on it. I also added their initials and a few heart and "love" charms. The "love" charms are appropriate because that is what he calls her..."love"!
I also made some earrings from the buttons and charms. They are not the same... drives some people crazy but I think it makes life interesting when things don't match!
One has a heart charm...
The other has a "love"charm...( it has "love" stamped on it really... sorry I didn't get that part in the picture)
She loved them and looks lovely wearing them. We called the bracelet her "hoo-ray" bracelet. That is a Marine thing. It makes noise when she moves!
I am a happy momma knowing that someone else loves my boy as much as I do!
Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!
Super cute! Ane even an OCDer like me can appreciate the asymmetrical earrings!
ReplyDeleteMarian, the bracelet and earrings are very pretty and a neat idea to repurpose items no longer need in their original purpose. The bracelet and earrings will be charised for a long time by your Son's girl.
ReplyDeleteHappy Holidays and all the best for the New Year,
Therese
What a great idea for a way to save something from 4 years of his life, and to make his girl feel special too! You are a very good momma. Have a wonderful Christmas!
ReplyDeleteWhat a special jewellery set :-) and I absolutely love the non matchy earrings!
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