Honoring a Beloved Brother - Heather's Guided Experience
One of the first GEMs I hosted came almost out of nowhere (or out of everywhere). I think the Universe was leading me down this path when a good friend asked me about making a piece to honor her late brother, a jeweler himself.
I mentioned the Guided Experience concept to her and her face lit up. She jumped at the idea. What a way to honor her jeweler brother, by being a part of making the pieces!
We actually made two lockets and a charm so she could gift to her mother and sister-in-law.
As children, Heather and her brother used to delight in watching the swallowtail butterflies down at the river behind their house. After his funeral, she walked down to that river to think of him, and was approached by a lone swallowtail.
She found a tattered wing, and we set that beneath a clear crystal for one of the lockets. His handwriting “love Dave” is on the back.
