When I married this serious, mature man I knew what I was getting…
I knew I was getting a man who had spent half a lifetime NOT wearing a wedding ring and who probably never would.
So I spent a few (and I do mean just a few) bucks on a plain silver band just to have something at our back porch ceremony among the fallen November leaves. The man wouldn’t even consider going to a jewelry store… I had to print out a ring sizer off the internet and measure his finger that way. It was just a few dollars, I wouldn’t even care if it got lost.
But he did end up wearing it. A lot. And it has beautiful dings and scratches and nicks that show how hard he works because he loves us so much.
So I spent a little more money on this ring today because this husband of mine left his two dollar ring in the shower on our vacation and the motel owners saw me coming a mile away and charged me thirty dollars to return it.
I paid it. I just couldn’t bear to let go of this ring that I refused to invest much money in so that I wouldn’t care if it got lost. I could not let it go. I won’t be quite settled until we get it back. It has dings and scratches and nicks that I love, you know.
To make me feel better and brighten my day, my friend Jennifer at Silpada Designs (she also has a way-cool advertisement on the left over there) is letting me give away these earrings.
I love these! I love the design, I love the size… I would wear these with almost anything.
In addition, Jennifer says that for anyone who books a Silpada show in September or October she is throwing in an additional $50 in free jewelry on top of the already fabulous freebies they get as a standard!
To enter, click on “comments” and tell me about something you have of sentimental value… or what color the sky is, or your favorite smell or – well, anything in the world. Just tell me somethin’!
The winner of the random drawing will be announced on Thursday, August 26th at 12:00pm EST.
Good luck!
Hello. Love the pictures you take. They are amazing! I never saw cotton on the plants til I found you here off PW’s site.
My husband had my engagement ring made for me from his Grandmother’s diamonds that were left to him for when he found the “right” girl. At the time, I had no idea he was that serious about me! I’m glad he was. I treasure it almost as much as I treasure him.
Ummmm, what should I tell you? I just saw your post on Dee’s website. I love reading her stories. You were like the 4th to post so I thought you were probably a regular. I saw your website address so I thought I would check it out. I can’t sleep. Too worried about my daughter. I should pray….I have been. Well, that’s my thoughts. Oh ya, it’s my birthday!
Married a farmer. New what I was getting into. Love it every minute of every day for the last.. ummmmm 33 years
When my grandmother passed away she left a note with her wedding ring telling my mother to split the diamonds up and make rings for herself and the 4 granddaughters. My mom designed unique rings for each of us and passed them on. When my mom passed away, her wedding ring was worn so thin that it was worn almost through. I don’t know how she still wore it. We took her ring and had a mold made of it and had the jeweler remake it. My sister and I pass it back and forth. So, I have little pieces of the enduring marriages of both my mother and grandmother that I cherish daily.
I have a little statue of an old man golfing. I gave it to my Dad for Christmas one year as kind of a joke thing. He kept it on his dresser. After he suddenly passed away almost two years ago my Mom returned it to me. I kept it on my mantlepiece but it became too hard to look at so I have him packed away until the hurt lessens.
I just happened on your post in the comments from Pioneer Woman. This is a great giveaway. Sentimental value? I don’t know. We live out in the country, and the sky is absolutely beautiful! we love to look out at see Mr. Rainier almost in our backyard!
I stumbled upon your site today and I must say you are so talented w/ a camera, love your photography!
I love the “herby” smell of the woods after it rains.
Love the picture and love the smell of wet dirt when it’s raining. Adorable earrings too.
When buying my husbands wedding band I let him pick it out. He chose one that was nice, and was suppose to be very durable, we both loved it and went on our way. He works with his hands and by the end of the first week it already had dings and stuff in it! So we returned it to the jewelry store and we replaced it with a TUNGSTEN ring. It is yet to get one single ding!! Although I love to see the rings as you ladies are describing (old, tattered, bent and dinged) because they show what those hands have been through and strived for so I like to take my husband and thing of it as the bond we have as a married couple. Strong and Indestructable!! Beautiful giveaway!
I have a wooden box, with a mirror inside the lid, that my dad won at a punch board in the 1920s. I love it!
Found your blog from the Pioneer Woman’s. Thanks!
My engagement ring and wedding ring, because it was a commitment and symbol from my boyfriend (now husband) that he would love me unconditionally for the rest of my life. He was the one I realized that yeah, I could live with him the rest of my life, but when I thought harder, I knew I COULD’NT live the rest of my life with out him.
A keepsake box my grandmother gave my oldest son Noah the day we dedicated him at church. She crossstiched his name with a Bible verse and it is framed into the top of the box. So, so special.
I am a school teacher and a volleyball and soccer coach and singing and photography are 2 of my passions. I would have to say that my camera is very dear to my heart.
My mom’s simple gold wedding band. I’ve worn it everyday since the day she died nearly 40 years ago.
Love your photos! Found you from PW. I’m inspired. I love being a country gal, too. What I love is the sound of the old 2 cylinder tractors that my grandpa had. That just sounds like a REAL tractor to me. Sort of makes me homesick for the good old days when you could make a living on 60 acres.
I hold precious a silver charm necklace made with a long bit of charm bracelet chain and lots of charms i have collected and have been given to me over the last 45 years.
i love silver jewelry!
I love Silpada jewelry. I have a Silpada bracelet……….I love it! But my most sentimental piece of jewelry is a silver ring I bought for just 5.00 in Canada over 40 years ago. I’ve worn it forever, because that is how long 40 years is and it still looks as good as the day I bought it.
I have a watch that my husband gave me. 13 years ago, 7 days before the diamond engagment ring. He was trying to throw me off. Sorta worked, but every time I wear my beloved watch that is all scratched and out dated, I remember how much he loves to surprise me. I would definitely double back for that watch…
I have my grandfather’s wings from the Army Air Corps that I put on a necklace and wear every day.
I just found your blog and I hope I’m not too late for your drawing! The earrings are fantastic-it is the first time I have heard of Silpada. Well, no excuse, except I stay home a lot.
Jennifer, although I hold many sentimental items close to my heart, I’d have to say the most precious to me are my grandparent’s wedding rings that my mother wore around her neck for years before she died. Just thin, plain gold bands that weren’t very round after 50 years of marriage. Although they are not valuable to anyone but me now, hopefully someday they will be even more valuable to my daughter.
Earrings are like icing on a cake. They make everything complete.
I love your site and I love silver jewelry!!
I still sleep with my Raggedy Ann and Andy pillowcase from my childhood. I just turned 28.
I wear the same ring everyday and i have for probably 5 years. Its not a particularly special ring or one that i paid alot of money for but it means something to me. My hand feels naked when i don’t wear it.
Anything that brings me memories of my precious mother that passed away 15 years ago. I gave away all her jewelry to her granddaughters and daughters in law so they would always remember how glamorous and special she was and I kept the things that made no sense to anyone but me and my close relationship with the funniest woman on earth. Like her favorite sewing kit with crazy buttons she never found a use for.
my favorite things are two pictures of clowns my grandmother painted before I was born (50 years ago) and they hung in her house all those years and when she passed away I inherited them. I love them.
I used to live in Norfolk, Va. I really miss it