craftgrrl | Mama Mac's Texas: Made Decades Ago By an Original Craftgrrl

The stars at night are big and bright
Deep in the heart of Texas

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The stars at night are big and bright
Deep in the heart of Texas
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The prairie sky is wide and high
Deep in the heart of Texas
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The sage in bloom is like perfume
Deep in the heart of Texas

Reminds me of the one I love
Deep in the heart of Texas
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Made by my great grandmother (aka: Flossie or "Mama Mac").
She took some of her favorite costume jewelry apart and glued it to the white background, backed it with black velvet, and framed it in a big oval frame with domed glass.

As a child I would stand on the chair that sat underneath it and stare straight into it. I couldn’t stop staring. My mother and grandmother were slightly ashamed of the tackiness. I just couldn’t figure out what it was: Tacky? Beautiful? I’ve decided it’s the synergy of both. Now I’ve inherited it, it has moved to California with me and I still stare at it…

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x-posted to my own journal