Sentimental Journey

I don't usually post on Sundays, we're usually busy or sleeping. But Cha Cha over at Sit Relax and Read, which by the way is one of my favourite blog titles ever, is hosting a Sentimental Sundays linking party.

The idea is to share the sentimental side of our homes instead of the Crate and Barrel side so here's a sentimental corner of my home...

My Nan (Grandmother) collected Bells when I was a child. She had a beautiful bureau full of them. Mostly Crystal and mostly fancy and I loved every one of them. I would willingly dust and polish just to have a chance to play with them (don't tell her I played with them).

When she began to downsize I inherited her bells. Most of them are still in England in storage (at her place, I really helped with the downsize!) but last year my mum bought over a suitcase full of my favourite ones.

Funnily enough my favourite ones were not the fancy crystal ones I used to love playing with (don't tell her I played with them) but the painted ones that I believe were an Avon purchase. My Nan to me is Crystal bells and beautiful flowers (don't ask me why it's just a memory) and so the flowery bells have a special place in my heart and my home. You can tell they are special because they take up valuable real estate atop a bookshelf. I don't give up book space lightly.

And remember - every time a bell rings an Angel gets his wings.