Unique Christmas ornament glitters with love | The Kingston Whig Standard

Author of the article: Catherine Reynolds  •  Carveth Care Centre Marion Smith a resident of Helen Henderson Retirement Lodge. Supplied photo Photo by Helen Henderson Care Centre /supplied photo A unique Christmas ornament has generated a lot of attention at a retirement home in Amherstview. Advertisement This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. “When I was coming in here, I had a shoebox full of costume-jewelry collected over the years,” said 83-year-old Marion Smith, a resident of Helen Henderson Retirement Lodge since May 28, 2021. “I needed to downsize and instead of discarding them, my daughter took them and made a Christmas tree of brooches.” Brooch tree, supplied photo Photo by Helen Henderson Care Centre /supplied photo Approximately 12 inches high, the tree is covered in the beautiful brooches Smith has collected throughout her lifetime plus a few from friends. She received it in early December from her daughter, Laurie Finn. “I was hoping it would be something that would bring happy thoughts and memories whenever mom looked at it,” Finn explains. “I had help from friends who shared stories of their mothers’ brooches with me, and I shared with mom as well, so it truly…
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