Vintage charm meets modern elegance with the newest additions to The Legacy™ Collection: The Gratitude and Wish Lockets. Wishes do come true when you hold them close to your heart. Count and carry your blessings in these exquisite, heirloom quality pieces you will cherish for years to come.
I am not sure if I have shared it here (I’ve been writing here for about 4 years) but I have told a few people my early fascination with lockets. And if you are reading this now, I share it with you too.
When I was little, money was something we did not have. What I did have was the SEARS catalog and various other store catalogs coming in the mail FOR FREE. Oh, I cherished these catalogs! I circled the things I wanted. Time spent with these catalogs were times of wishing and dreaming of what I could have some day. It was a time of happiness for little me.
As I grew up, went to college, got married and had my kids, I no longer had to resort to wishing and catalog shopping for things I wanted. I couldn’t just buy anything and everything (I’ve stayed frugal for the most part) but I am grateful for the life I have, brought on by the life I had. I give thanks to God in my mind, my heart and literally with my lips. Life was no longer tough like it was when I was a child. I live daily with a grateful heart because I have everything I need.
Fast forward decades later from that little girl on the rug and those catalogs… I was on my iMac in my heated home looking through Origami Owl’s website. The company had only been open a month. What was this? Lockets? Sparkly things?!!!
I was transported straight back to my childhood; those days I would catalog shop and wish I could have things – some were very basic things along with some wishes and wants.
Why?
Because catalog after catalog, whenever I came across them, I circled lockets. Yes, LOCKETS! I just loved how they looked. I loved how it could keep a person’s picture, a memory, or something small from someone special inside of it. Maybe, the musical Annie had something to do with it, but I always knew since I was a little girl, I wanted a locket too. Thinking back, I’ve wanted a locket WAY MORE than I wanted a wedding ring.
Here I am today, 4 1/2 years with Origami Owl. Not only do I get to have all the lockets I want, I get to share a bit of my childhood wishes with you and perhaps, help you grant someone’s wish too. With our new Legacy Collection added this Fall of 2016 after 4 1/2 years in existence, you have even more ways to carry your story, hold the things that matter to you, or gift something meaningful to those you love most.
I invite you to take a look at our new lockets. The rose gold one is called Vision of a Wish and the silver one is called The Legacy of Gratitude. The Vision of a Wish really struck me the moment I laid my eyes on it. It reminded me of another childhood memory: My 3rd grade teacher who was from England took the class to see The Faberge Eggs when it was on tour here in San Diego. I have never seen anything so beautiful. I didn’t know such beauty and sparkle existed. I was in awe of it all. And here, decades later, a locket looking like one of those magnificent eggs (and not costing a fortune)! I couldn’t believe it. Maybe I am overreacting, fueled by childhood nostalgia of the happiness lockets and bejeweled eggs have brought to bleak years I remember very little of. Whatever it is, I am glad these lockets are here today and I have the opportunity to not only have what I’ve always wanted, but to share them with you too. May you love these lockets like I do.
<3 Jennylou
