What are 5 of your favourite small things?

My current knitting.
My huge TV
Hubby napping
A basket containing sewing threads
A cuddly toy which was a present from grandson

My MIL engagement ring which I now wear as mine.

My late sons chef jacket from when he competed in a competition and came 2nd in the country.

All my immediate family photos on my bedroom wall

My late husband collection of small cottages and my own collection of teddy bear ornaments, which are side by side in a glass cabinet.

My late mother's jewellery which I dare not wear.

My late DH's wedding ring

A wonderful poem written on a pressed flowers card to me by my late DH for my fortieth birthday

My Royal Copenhagen collection of vases, ornaments and plates

My iPhone, iPad & iMac which I could not manage without.

So many more item I treasure I could go on and on.

Oh I forgot my little table that my dad made.
My girl insisted I had it when my mum died, and I reluctantly took it.
Now I love it, with the gold paint my mum redid every few years, and it's top made of a bus windscreen.

It's just my cup of tea!

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What a lovely thread! I’ve just been round the house to have a look…a photo of my daughter & elder son, taken about 35years ago, playing dressing up; we didn’t take so many photos in those days did we? Second is a cup & saucer from the tea set my mother used to keep for best. I gave the rest to a charity shop but had to keep this. Third is a fairing given to us as a wedding present from friends who were the only other guests apart from family 42 years ago. Fourth is a small plaster model of the Thornpuller which was a statue we had in our Old Hall at school, fifth is the toy lamb called Daffodil which was our youngest son’s favourite & went to hospital with him when he had leukaemia as a 5 year old. Can’t seem to add the last 2 photos….

I thought I had lost it forever till one day it popped out onto the floor as I was rummaging in my clothes closet - my mother’s very simple and plain rose gold wedding band from WWII era.

They (my parents) went through deportation and ended up living in a German (allied occupied) DP camp for years before coming to America.

I put it on immediately and wear it 24/7/365.

I've never heard of a fairing.

You can only post three pics per posting I think, so you would probably be able to post them now, if you felt inclined.

Back to this fairing, though...

My pets who are generally on my knee our wedding photo. The lovely view of our drive from out of our window. My set of electronic candles esp when lit at night . Vase of fresh flowers

My silver earrings ; gold Ola Gorie ear studs from husband ; little tin box , small teddy 🧸 and my white gold fish fish 🐟 who is 3 inches long ! But there’s loads of other small things I like of course .

It doesn't have to stop at 5.
That was just a ballpark figure.

But keeping to "little things" ..

1. A Krups kitchen scales, on my kitchen window.
2. A plastic round bright red screw knob taking pride of place on my bedroom chest.
3. A worn black photo album from the 1930's, safely tucked away.
4. Winnie the Pooh stuffed bear, with my son's school tag name sewed into his red jumper, on display in my bedroom
5. My theatre programmes - some signed, some in frames in my living room walls.

1. My paternal grandmother lived in cottage with dirt floors in rural Ireland. She won the scales in a newspaper competition for recipes in the 1960's and was hugely proud of it.
2. My fiance had this, called it (as lads in their 20's are wont to do) his big red nob, and it would be used on the gearstick of the cars he drove. He was killed on a motorbike aged 25, I was 23.
3. Belonged to my paternal aunt who died in 1943 of measles, aged 23; it's full of tiny black and white photos of her friends with her writing in silver pen.
4. My son would tuck this under his chin at night, I can picture it still.
5. It struck me that all of the above were treasured items of other people, and I feel I'm the caretaker of them. Of my own treasured items, I love my collection of theatre programmes and will often take them out and flick through - many times I had my best friend Sue with me at these shows. She died in 2021 aged 62, I hadn't seen her since the last show we went to in the Summer of 2019 due to Covid. I miss her so much.

Lovely post but I can’t decide. Not counting wedding jewellery I treasure a black opal ring that came from my DH s godmother. We hit it off the first time we met and she said then I’m going to leave you my opal. I thought nothing more about it until I was given it when she died umpteen years later. I have a small picture of dd1 sitting on my mothers knee at my brothers wedding and a black bowl with white flowers which I fill with dried lavender. My mother had it as part of her bottom drawer but the chap ditched her. She later married my father who was a widower with a child and her parents didn’t approve so didn’t goo her wedding. So much history in a piece of China.

A sapphire and ruby ring given to me by my mum
A silver “I Love You” bracelet given to me by my husband when we were 18 (now in our 70s)
A little “pocket hug” given to me by my daughter during lockdown
A small holding cross from Jerusalem
A miniature beagle given to me by my best friend

Looking at my garden.
A stained glass star I made for our anniversary.
A photo of my husband and daughter on her wedding day.
A picture my brother bought us one Christmas.
The rings on my left hand.

A Capodimonte dog that I bought for my DM,it should have a tiny butterfly on the end of its nose, but somehow DD managed to remove it as a toddler without doing any other damage, a coffee mug chosen by my youngest grandsons, my engagement ring, a tiny eternity ring that was my grandmother's, I can't get it over the knuckle of my little finger, and my dog.

Oliver is a real darling, Spuddy. I have a few little teddy bears, he looks special.

Hard to choose, but probably :

The photos of our children and grandchildren that crowd our mantelpiece. They include our eldest daughter and her four children, now so far away in America.

The photo of my DH as a teenager on an Outward Bound course, standing on the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. (Although, as his brother said, "You'd think he could've taken off his balaclava before they took his picture.")

Henry the gonk, knitted by me and now sitting on top of the bookcase in the living room. My granddaughters - the three still here in the UK - loved him so much that I had to knit one each for them.

My wedding ring. I didn't wear it for years because I got fatter and I told myself that I should wait till I got slim again. Eventually I realised it was never happening, and I got it re-sized. I love to wear it now.

A photo of my mum when she was very young. She had such a gentle face.

Lovely thread - thank you.

Mine are
A Welsh loving spoon, mounted on a beautiful piece of Welsh slate, given to us for a wedding present

A wooden wall clock with owls with eyes that move in time with the ticking of the seconds - one of the last gifts that my lovely mother in law gave me

A small heart shaped wall hanging plaque (is that how you spell it?) with a personalised message from someone who went from being a work colleague to a very good friend, on the occasion of her retirement

My collection of Swarovski crystal, especially a beautiful eagle bought for a wedding anniversary present one year

A print that my mother had, depicting a school playground and all the different children's games from when she was a child. It reminds me of her so much. And reminds me how much I miss her.

My daughters 0level painting on my wall
Mums t service x my husbands field trial rosettes x and mums sober locket

Silver

Too many to mention, but these are my favourite things - children and grandchildren’s drawings

Sorry, I didn’t realise Grandkids not included ….

I'm not in charge of the thread. 🙂
I think everyone including me has named item given or made by their children or grandchildren.

Its lovely to read.

Playgroup photo of DS 2 beaming at camera, with a forgotten tear running down his cheek.
My Dad's old hammer, very tactile & I never seem to hit my thumb with it!
Gold bangle from my M-i-L.
Dog collars from beloved lost companions.
My 5y diary from 16-21.

Gorgeous thread MissAdventure!
My faves are :-
My father’s music case with some of his written music inside.
Treasured family photos.
A professional sketch of my mother drawn at the seaside 1948 (she was 21)
My gold heart pendant from my husband which is worn constantly.
Presents brought home from my sons’ school trips - a tiny pair of clogs, a candle snuffer, a blue crystal.
A lovely photo album my eldest gave me after my 70s theme 50th filled with snaps he’d taken of the lovely evening.

A model Ford Anglia, exact replica of our first car.
A little China mouse chosen by GD1 when she was a toddler.
A china Teddy with a sign that reads " Grandmas are angels in disguise'.
Framed photograph of DH and me at his investiture.
Two coasters that sit side by side, one has DH's name on and the other has mine. I never separate them, they stay together on a table in the music room.