three generations

grandma

mom

grandma (note that calendar in the background!!!)

grandma and me

mom (bowl cut, so rad!), me (bday hat), sister (yellow dress, so cute!)

mom and me this spring

It's Mother's Day and I thought that I would share some vintage photos with you of my mom and her mom and also myself. I've talked lots of times about how proud I am of the accomplishments of my family members. My sister and I are the first generation on my mom's side to not live on the farm and the first kids to be born and grow up in the bustling city of Halifax! My dad's parents were also incredible people, and I'll share some photos of them soon. There was one picture in particular that I was looking for but couldn't find today. My mom is 25 years old and holding baby me. I saw that photo when I was 25 and was so struck with how much we look alike. I can see the resemblance in these photos, too. Note the birthday party shot. That's gotta be most of the moms in our neighbourhood! And that's my sister in the yellow dress, proving once again that she was the cutest kid in the freakin' world!

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there, including my own, of course!

I should have called it "jewelry week"...the pink and green miriam necklace

the Miriam necklace

Hi everyone, here is one more fresh item that's going live in the Sadie shop now-ish. You might remember that I introduced the Miriam necklace a while back here on the blog. Well, after I did that, I was totally unable to find a source for more of these incredible pink and green agate triangles for weeks! But I got my hands on a few more and they are just as amazing as the first two that my mom sent me. So, seeing as how Mother's Day is on Sunday (don't forget! what are you doing for your mom?) I thought that I would list the Miriam necklace, which I named in honour of my own mom. I'm actually sending her one as a Mother's Day gift because she loves these stones as much as I do. I'd be worried that she's going to read this and find out, but she's in Nova Scotia right now visiting her mom (my 92 year old grandmother who I wrote about before, too), and I'm pretty sure that she doesn't have great internet access out on the farm. So, take a look at the Miriam pieces that are in the shop and have a wonderful weekend celebrating Mother's Day, whether you're a mom yourself and your kids will be treating you to a special day or you're celebrating your own mothers. I'm hoping for some sunshine and maybe a coast-to-coast phone call to my mom.