Jewelery Pillow

I love most types of crafts and especially a simple one which yields fabulous results.

This is a ‘jewelery pillow’ which has great meaning to me and it’s a simple way to ensure my costume jewelery is displayed beautifully but never stolen if thieves break in to my home. They can have the TV, the DVD player, heck - take the microwave too, but don’t touch MY personal STUFF.

Many of the brooches on this pillow belonged to my Mom, others were given to me over the years and they all have great sentimental value. The three snowflakes are made with swarovski crystals and are very special as my husband started, three years ago, to buy one each Christmas for me. Swarovski puts out a different one each year and I love them.

So how does any of this relate to thieves stealing my jewelery? Well, if all these brooches were in my jewelery box on the dresser, they’d be easy pickings, if they were in a safety deposit box I’d rarely see them.

Each morning when I make the bed, I put this pillow in a prominent place in the center of the throw pillows - then whenever I walk by, I can admire the beauty of all the brooches. When we go away for a day or a week or longer, I just turn the pillow so the brooches face down on the bed - tadaaaa! They are hidden in plain sight - and I don’t think there are too many thieves interested in pillows. Well, I hope they aren’t. It’s like hiding your treasures in the tampon box - who’d think to look there?

Now, don’t tell those thieves where to look for my stuff, okay?