Grandma saved her sons first pair of shoes and when they confirmed their baptism at 15 she had them plated and used them as decoration on the table. When they married they turned up again…

I think the idea was that when you married and left your mother`s home one shoe was left behind with your mother. Not so sure my sister in law have this under control but most important – there was a shoe to decorate the evening before her fourth grandchild`s baptism…

Her first grandchildren was eager to “help” and I bet I know what she is about to say right now…

One shoe is brand new and the other one is 30 years old…

She made decorations like this for all her grandchildren…