She was a collector!

When I was a young girl, I often spent a great deal of time with my Grandma Anna at her home. She was a collector!

When I was with her, I spent a lot of time sifting through these collections of treasures. I was always enamored by the glass tubes of colorful beads, buttons and trinkets that were capped with a cork and stored in a wooden cigar box.

I can still remember the scent of the wood, and the old cigars and, I can remember the beauty of the colors & sounds of the beads as I rolled them in my fingers. I wanted them to be mine! I am not sure why I wanted them, but they felt like treasures to me. As I got older, Grandma noticed how I loved them & offered them to me!

For years I kept these tubes of beads until I lost track of them except for one large one that I had kept! Now, I have been triggered by this tube as a reminder of what I was going to create with these beads, buttons, and trinkets. I am creating these horseshoes with treasures of the past.

What might trigger you to be part of your future?