I Hear the Pipes Calling

I Hear the Pipes Calling, originally uploaded by marcydebbie.

This necklace and matching bracelet feature WWII Military buttons as accents....I was working on them at a craft fair when an older women came up to me and asked me what I was making, I showed her and I explained that I use old clothing, blankets, etc...for materials. In these particular pieces all of the buttons where vintage, and when buying a pound of buttons at a local thrift shop I found some Airforce buttons from the second world war in the bag.
She took a look at them and sighed...she had grown up in Occupied France, had to make her own clothing out of whatever she could get her hands on, including a skirt for school made out of a pair of her dad's pants. He was not happy. After the liberation she dated and married a man from the USAF and eventually moved to America with him. Now a widow she still lives in her adopted home, near her children, and grandchildren.
We traded a pair of my earrings for one of her pins..Sometimes it's not about the money you make but the people you meet. And the memories they share. Thanks Marie.