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How A Pop Star’s Family Memorialised Their Mom With Jewellery
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How A Pop Star’s Family Memorialised Their Mom With Jewellery

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I recently had the pleasure of creating some beautiful memorial jewellery for the late Johannah Deakin or ‘Jay’, mother of One Direction band member Louis Tomlinson. Her sister-in-law, Sally, asked me to commemorate Johannah’s wonderful spirit in the form of little memento necklaces and cufflinks to gift to her children and family members.

Sally sent me a dusky pink rose she dried from Johannah’s wedding bouquet, which would form the basis of the design of each piece. I firstly started by restoring the rose petals back to their original colour, as they had faded and lost some of their vibrant tones. I used a specialised process to bring their colour back, and I then created ‘flower confetti’ with the petals in my signature design.

The ladies were gifted beautiful rose confetti natural resin heart necklaces, in either gold or silver, while Louis and the men received cufflinks. The result is a tiny happy memory encapsulated into a wearable memento that will hopefully help and offer comfort to those who face a difficult journey ahead.

More info: lost-forest.com

Flower ‘confetti’ necklaces for each loved one

The Bride’s rose and her sister-in-laws thank you note

Rose petals and silver leaf cufflinks for the men in her life

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Memories kept close to ones heart in gold or silver

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Lost Forest Jewellery

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Artist Gillian Corcoran from Lost Forest creates miniature wildflower landscapes using natural pine resin and native Irish botanicals and fungi since 2012.

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Lost Forest Jewellery

Lost Forest Jewellery

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Artist Gillian Corcoran from Lost Forest creates miniature wildflower landscapes using natural pine resin and native Irish botanicals and fungi since 2012.

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Bethany
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't believe I just happened across this! As someone who has been a fan of Louis for quite some time, I think I can vouch for the family in saying how much Jo meant to them all. I hate to think how much it must have hurt her kids when she passed away, but I do know that she passed on a legacy of passion for life to her kids and an ability to take on the world that they probably wouldn't have had she not been their mother. I don't know how much you know about Louis, but here is the performance he did just a couple days after she passed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U__F3jK0Sw and here's a little fan-made tribute to him and his mum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGxufzomLac On behalf of the fandom, thank you so much for creating these beautiful mementos to her life <3

Bethany
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't believe I just happened across this! As someone who has been a fan of Louis for quite some time, I think I can vouch for the family in saying how much Jo meant to them all. I hate to think how much it must have hurt her kids when she passed away, but I do know that she passed on a legacy of passion for life to her kids and an ability to take on the world that they probably wouldn't have had she not been their mother. I don't know how much you know about Louis, but here is the performance he did just a couple days after she passed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U__F3jK0Sw and here's a little fan-made tribute to him and his mum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGxufzomLac On behalf of the fandom, thank you so much for creating these beautiful mementos to her life <3

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