My Childhood China Garden

This bracelet is my reminder of my childhood home.

More and more violets grew in the grass of the lawn every year. The flowers started out with very different colours but the insects cross pollinated them until there many different shades ranging from white, through pink and blue to deepest purple.

My mother and father collected china and it covered every surface inside our house. Many of the pieces had oriental themes.

My old home has been demolished but it lives on for me on my wrist.

You've got a beautiful bracelet, and the story behind it is lovely- as is the plate your bracelet is resting on!

Wow BB, that is really, really beautiful! Are those all TB OAF?

Yohanna wrote:Wow BB, that is really, really beautiful! Are those all TB OAF?

I do believe so.

Brightonbelle wrote:

Yohanna wrote:Wow BB, that is really, really beautiful! Are those all TB OAF?

I do believe so.

What a great collection, I love seeing all the variations in colour and they look so good with the LE silvers.

Beautiful. My mom always has african violets and I have tried to keep up the
tradition but they do not bloom as hers did. What great memories though.

DblJJ wrote:Beautiful. My mom always has african violets and I have tried to keep up the
tradition but they do not bloom as hers did. What great memories though.

My Mum grew African Violets too. Mine never flowered as well either.

Beautiful story BB and (of course) I love the OAF !

Brightonbelle wrote:

DblJJ wrote:Beautiful. My mom always has african violets and I have tried to keep up the
tradition but they do not bloom as hers did. What great memories though.

My Mum grew African Violets too. Mine never flowered as well either.

Try this;

http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_2387004_care-african-violets.html

Such a beautiful beacelet and a beautiful story. Thanks for sharing both with us.

Pandabee(uk) wrote:

Brightonbelle wrote:

DblJJ wrote:Beautiful. My mom always has african violets and I have tried to keep up the
tradition but they do not bloom as hers did. What great memories though.

My Mum grew African Violets too. Mine never flowered as well either.

Try this;

http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_2387004_care-african-violets.html

Thank you but they are all dead now. I can't get any more because my cat eats plants. This house also lacks window cills.

BB, one of the best bracelets ever
I can see the wild violets in early spring and wish TB hadn't changed the OAF.

This bracelet is so beautiful and I adore blue and white china, loved hearing about your childhood home and so sad to hear that it is now demolished but lovely to hear that you wear this lovely bracelet as a reminder of your childhood home

Pandabee(uk) wrote:

Brightonbelle wrote:

DblJJ wrote:Beautiful. My mom always has african violets and I have tried to keep up the
tradition but they do not bloom as hers did. What great memories though.

My Mum grew African Violets too. Mine never flowered as well either.

Try this;

http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_2387004_care-african-violets.html

Pandabee thanks, My mom's where on a table in an East facing window and mine face west.
I will have try to move them though my dog uses the east facing windows as look outs.
When he gets excited Look Out !

The most wonderful OAF flowers I´ve seen so far - beautiful together with all the chinese silver! Thanks for sharing your childhood memories

I LOVE your China garden!!! Great idea,the loveliest silver beads combined with loveliest glass ones!

what a great bracelet! the old antique flowers are really some of TB's best! And bracelets with a meaning are always more precious than normal one's!

Thank you for sharing!

WOWZA!! So many wonderful OAFs and such a lovely way to remember your childhood, gorgeous bracelet.

That is one stellar bracelet, will you take it apart or is it going to be permanent?

Thank you ladies. It seems to be a permanent bracelet at the moment but I might be tempted to use my Chinese Silvers for something else.

What a wonderful bracelet and memories

Beautiful bracelet !!

This is such a beautiful bracelet BB I'm sitting here with a cuppa admiring the wonderful range of colours the violets have..... I have lots growing in my garden too

Truly lovely BB and thankyou for sharing the story behind the design.