As a former bride, you may consider the following uses for your wedding jewelry:

1)      Scrapbook: If you find that scrap booking is one of your favorite past times, then you have probably already started a wedding scrapbook. One suggestion that you might consider is dedicating a page or two to highlight your bridal attire.

2)      Prom: You might consider preserving your bridal jewelry in a safe place and saving it for your daughter or niece to wear to her prom. What a kind gesture! Isn’t it?

3)      Something Old: Although having children may be years down the line, it’s perfectly okay to start planning ahead. Every bride needs “something old” to wear down the aisle on her special day. Why not your bridal jewelry?

4)      Anniversary Party: Many couples choose to celebrate their milestone-wedding anniversaries. Whether it’s your first, tenth, twentieth, twenty-fifty, fiftieth, or sixtieth wedding anniversary, wearing your bridal jewelry to the celebration is the perfect complement to such a special event.

Great ideas, Smartneil!

Another thought is to use your bridal jewelry as Christmas tree decorations. Outgrown baby jewelry can be used this way too.

I have a lovely glass charm bracelet that's too dangly to actually wear, but I hang it on the Christmas tree every year and WOW! It adds sparkle, charm - and attracts lots of comments from holiday guests!

And speaking of using sentimental items as Christmas ornaments, I also have some of my son's newborn socks hanging on the tree. They look like tiny Christmas stockings, and I enjoy the memories when I hang them each year - especially since now, as a teenager, my son would barely be able to fit his big toe into one of those darling little socks! :)