A highlight of the week — I absolutely love this book by Jeannette Montgomery Barron.
In the book she takes still photographs of some of her mother’s clothes and personal belongings, then writes a paragraph or two of memories associated with the item. I am totally going to copy this idea and record, in my own way, some of my mother’s things.
One of my favorite passages:
“In the last few months of her life, she invented new phrases and words. ‘Very plus’ obviously meant when something was really great”. I think this book is very plus.
Also, it reminded me of another book that I adore which is Love, Loss and What I Wore.
Tags: belongings, my mother's clothes
I love this idea!
I have a few outfits (non-wedding dress) in my closet because their evocative of a special time in my life – is that sick or what? My closet’s become a really large scrapbook I think.
Oh totally Linda. Me too. And there are pieces of clothing I no longer have that I pine for (even though they probably wouldn’t fit anyway). It’s funny isn’t it.
love love love this. i can’t wait to see what you come up with — i hope you blog this, photos and all.