Heirloom Party

I am taking part in Marie's party, please make sure you go check it out and visit everyone to see what heirlooms they treasure. Thanks so much to Marie for hosting this great party!

This is the afghan my paternal grandmother made for me when I was a baby. It is on top of a toy chest my paternal grandfather made years ago, I think when my dad was a kid. It is now used as a toy box and coffee table in our family room. It needs a bit of a makeover, but I have not been able to decide what I want to do yet...

A closeup of my afghan:

We have been so blessed to have my grandmother in our lives, she also made an afghan for little Jimmy, her first Great-Grandson. He was followed by 3 more great -grandsons all in the same year! They each received a beautiful handmade afghan from Grammy the Great! =) Here is Jimmy's:

This is an Amber or "Bernstein" pendant from my Oma (German, maternal Grandmother). She actually found it at the Baltic Sea, she has many pieces she collected when she still lived in Germany before she married my Opa during the war and moved to the United States.

And this is my mother's engagement ring. I think she told me it only cost about $100-$200 back in 1968 when her and dad got married. It just has a little tiny diamond and little bitty chips in the points of the star. She said she wanted something unique so dad got her this in the shape of the star of David. It is so very special to me as my mom passed away 3 years ago from early-onset Alzheimer's. If you are interested in that story, please click here. (Sis, I hope you aren't jealous, did you even know I had this?!) ;-)
I do not wear my mom's ring as the setting is a bit too tall, I would get it snagged on everything, but I did get a unique ring that has a meaning to me (it is not the only one of its kind, but there aren't a whole lot of them out there). I have a bit of Celtic heritage on both sides of my family and I have fallen in love with all things Irish. Here is my ring, I wanted trinity knots to signify the importance of Father-Son-Holy Spirit in my life and it also symbolizes my husband and I joined together with the Lord:

Well, there you have it. My family "heirlooms" at least some of the ones that aren't packed away. I don't have too many, and they aren't worth much, but they have a lot of meaning to me. And hopefully they and the "new" ones will have a lot of meaning to our children and so on. Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to go back to Marie's and check out all the other heirloom posts.