Our Hopeful Home: St. Therese of Lisieux

May 9, 2011

Wow. I didn't know she said that. Saint Therese of Lisieux, France, that is. Otherwise known as The Little Flower. I should have known since this is my second charm necklace featuring a vintage Saint Therese medal plus vintage bling. You can read about her and the first one I made here.

I will spend my heaven doing good upon earth.

Who among us has the foresight and wisdom, not to mention maturity (she was very young when she said this) and saintliness (I know not I!) to be able to say those words?

I will spend my heaven doing good upon earth.

It's like she already knew she'd become a saint.

The back of the medal actually has those words inscribed on it. I'm loving that about it.

The front of the medal pictures her holding a crucifix while it says Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus.

I will spend my heaven doing good upon earth.

To think she's up there somewhere watching over us. At least I HOPE she's watching over me.

Pretty amazing, don't you think?

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January 18, 2011

I received a lovely note from someone named Eva back in December regarding my vintage St. Therese of Lisieux necklace. She said she found it on Etsy while researching items for a Treasury she was putting together. I'm top row, second one in from the right.

Here's a closer look.

You can find this vintage treasure in my Etsy shop here, while my blog post about it is here. So it seems this kind soul, Eva, chose to create an entire Etsy Treasury filled with St. Therese ~ and my necklace was featured, along with other artisits' renderings of the Little Flower, as she's also known to some. Stop by and visit the Treasury and check out some of the beautiful works of art. I am always amazed by these people who take the time to create a Treasury in order to spotlight their favorite items on Etsy. You should stop by and visit Eva's Etsy shop as well, Prayers in Purple, here.

I've figured out how to do a screen grab of the Treasury pages, but not how to have it link back to the actual page. Sorry, that's why I've given you the link above. If anyone has any tips on this, feel free to comment and let me know, please!

Surprisingly enough, I also just found out that another one of my treasures was placed in an Etsy Treasury entitled "Remembering the Romance." I'm second row, fourth picture to the right.

My Copper Penny and Turquoise Charm Necklace was featured, along with many other beautiful romantic works of art. The treasury was created by Terrastreasures1. Here's a closer look at the charm necklace.