Friday, March 11, 2011

The Wear on my Jewelry Parallels Wear on my Body

Y'all! Two of my favorite pieces of jewelry are falling apart. Just like me. A bracelet I bought in Acapulco at the age of 19 and which has been worn dang near every day since has a big ol' dent in it. Made me nervous before today, but especially nervous since today. My body has dings and wrinkles and so does my bracelet. I'm afraid it will break.


There's a moonstone ring I wear nearly every day. I bought it when I was 28. It's 17 years old and things are dropping off of it. Things are dropping on me too. I won't give you a picture of those things, but you know!
Here's the ring as it should look--with stacked silver balls on the side.

I looked down today to realize that the balls had fallen off the other side! If I can find the stack I'll have them soldered back on. If I can't then the ring is unbalanced and weird.Check it. Unbalanced ring. Sad.

If you happen to find a stack of 5 sterling balls all together in your home, card or yard, please save them and let me know. Since I can't afford to solder this body back together, I might as well keep my jewelry in shape!

1 comment:

Jill said...

I see the dent...I don't see the wrinkles.

I would say by your description, though, that you and your jewelry both have character. How's that for looking at the bright side?

As for finding a stack of balls in my car or driveway...haven't seen anything like that 'cause if I did, they would probably now be a part of some crafty project around my house. :)