jewelerman
Ideal_Rock
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Date: 8/25/2008 11:07:46 PM
Author: scuna
I wore my grandmother''s rose gold and Alexandrite ring which she brought over from the USSR sewn into her clothes. As a kid, I would stare at it for hours and I was honored to wear it in her memory at my wedding.
SWIMMER,Date: 8/28/2008 7:29:54 PM
Author: swimmer
My grandmother wore a headpiece much like Pandora''s when she married my grandfather before WWII. He died during the war and she never remarried. My sisters and I wore pieces of that headpiece in our hair and veils at our weddings. For the ring exchange, DH gave me a ring that he ''purchased'' from my grandmother, (Jewish ceremony dictates that your ring be worth more than two silver pieces) I purchased my father''s ring from him to give to DH. Dad had never worn his ring. I also had a pin of my Nana''s in the bouquet and used her purse for asprin and lipgloss that day. I really wanted to use things from everyone...but I learned my lesson at a sister''s wedding, don''t carry a handkerchief of a recently departed loved one...it just makes you cry more when you take it out.