Artistic Artifacts

 My parents 50th Wedding Anniversary was in late November.  I am very close with my parents both geographically and emotionally. Many of you have met my Mom while vending at shows,  but might  not know that I worked with my father for over 20 years.  I have great love, respect and admiration that they successfully stayed married, started and grew a business while raising 3 kids. 

50th Wedding Anniversary Gift

And I think they still love each other! 

So they deserved a special anniversary gift. I had a vision a couple of years before their anniversary and began gathering stuff, some with emotional meaning and others that worked with my vision. 

We have only 4 photos of my parent’s reception from an old pocket camera, they are collaged to the back of the clock case and one stepped out. My Mom’s birthday is June = the pearls, we vacationed at the beach each and every year in August = the shells. My father raced Porsches professionally for many years = the monopoly race cars. My parents now spend the month of February in Florida = pink sea shells.  Later we added the draw to hold anniversary cards, photos and documents.