Naomi’s Legacy

For years our mom, Naomi kept a button tin that ended up with me after her passing in 2018. As a kid I would spend hours running my fingers through the buttons, imagine what I could make with them and loved the feeling of the buttons between my hands and fingers. Even now, every time I open the tin, I run my fingers through them, and those memories come flooding back. 

Our mom was a beautiful seamstress, making all 5 of us kids our clothes when we were growing up. The button tin is a treasured collection of buttons she’d been gathering for over 70 years. Each one has a story: a missing shirt mate, a sewing project long finished, a color she just couldn’t leave behind, the extra buttons from a maxi coat she made me when I was in 5th grade. She surprised me at Christmas and to this day it’s one of the best gifts I’ve ever received. And the prom dresses she made for her granddaughters so that no one else had one like theirs. The wedding dress she made for her granddaughter. It was sadly, one of the last pieces she sewed as arthritis took over the use of her hands in her later years.

Now those tiny pieces of her sewing passion are getting a brand-new life. I’ve been turning the buttons into keychains/purse charms—small keepsakes that carry decades of love, memories, and charm. It feels like I’m sharing a piece of her heart with every keychain/purse charm I make.

These charms keep Naomi’s legacy alive. If you would like your own customized legacy piece, click on the Order Yours button.

Thank you from all her kids,

Lee, Jan, Daniel, Claudia and Melinda

and granddaughters, Emily and Amanda