Show and Tell Friday

Hello There.  As a new blogger, I am discovering all sorts of things and meeting new people every day.  Today I found My Romantic Home and Cindy's Show and Tell Friday.  I'd like to tell you all about something I found on the 3rd floor of my in-law's home when we were cleaning it out to sell.

As we were sorting, opening closet doors and looking in boxes I was hoping to come across something interesting that would tell a story about my mother-in-law.  I never knew her...she passed away several years before I met my husband.  I've always had a sort of curiosity about her...anyway in one of the closets was a set of leather luggage.  And it was red.  Gorgeous, rich red.  There were 5 pieces ranging in size from a little "train case" to a huge square suitcase.  They were lined in pink satin.  And each one had a gold monogram by the handle.  The letters EMD.  Which, by the way, are my daughter's initials as well.  She was named for my husband's mother.

I asked my sister-in-law if I could have the luggage and she of course said I could.  I brought it home and cleaned it up.  I got some cleaner at an auto store that is meant for leather car seats.  It did a wonderful job.  I have had  2 of the suitcases in my living room since then.  Here they are.

I use them for storage...all of my beading materials are in them.  They have become quite a conversation piece.  People ask about them and want to know where they came from.  I wish I knew where they had traveled and what they saw.  But I'll never really know for sure...

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