When we first moved to America, we didn’t have much, but what our mother did have, she cherished.
And, like most girls growing up, we wanted to look just like our mother—our Eritrean Queen. We wanted to wear her eyeliner, paint our nails ruby red, be draped in ornate East African jewelry and put on the most elegant waist hugging Zuria. Our mother was our Goddess and she still is!
Years later, things haven’t changed much, and during Thanksgiving vacation, we raided her closet and snapped pictures in the backyard pretending to be her.
It’s funny…though our mother has adapted to the American culture, works tireless hours as a nurse, and wears a uniform everyday, she still hasn’t forgotten the African Queen that lives inside of her.
xoxo,
Feven & Helena #twinship
P.S. Our mother doesn’t wear 3 piece 24k gold jewelry, traditional dresses and tiaras to the grocery store – just on special Eritrean occasions.
Helena wearing our mother’s Eritrean gold head jewelry and Zuria (dress.)
Feven wearing our mother’s silver traditional Eritrean necklace and dress.
Feven wearing our mother’s gold necklace and earring set.
28 thoughts on “Playing in Our Mother’s Jewelry Box”
WOW!!!! Eritrean Godesses for sure!! I LOVE this! and if I owned these pieces, i’d wear them to the supermarket!!!
GORG!!
Thank you! xoxo
Helena & Feven: Your piece is a beautiful, heart-felt tribute to your mother – you’re all Eritrean Queens! Your fashion sense looks back while moving forward…so fresh, so now! Kudos on a terrific blog!
Thanks for “joining us, darling…” xoxo “twinship power!”
Thanks for sharing habisha culture with everyone. You two are gorgeous!
Wow, thank you so much for the complement. May I ask how you found us?
ERITREAN PRIDE BABY!!! Keep up the great work girlz..;)
We love our Eritrean culture. Thank you for visiting our site. How did you find us? Be in touch. xoxo F&H #twinship
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Jewellery may be made from a wide range of materials, but gemstones, precious metals, beads, and shells have been widely used. Depending on the culture and times jewellery may be appreciated as a status symbol, for its material properties, its patterns, or for meaningful symbols. Jewellery has been made to adorn nearly every body part, from hairpins to toe rings.”::;
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These kids jewellery boxes can not be damaged quickly .It would be always considered by the kid as something more valuable than all her other possessions. Such boxes are available with music. It operates in such a manner that when a kid opens the jewel box the musical sound of the box would be played to excite her. Unlike girls the boys can not be presented with such jewellery boxes.Kids jewellery boxes usually come in attractive and eye catchy models .It can be made of shiny steel with gold coating or of wood with ethical wooden carvings on it..The size of these boxes also varies with its price.^–..
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Your zuria’s look amazing especially the one which has green stripes running down it.Do you have it transported and made in ethopia,if so please tell me i am dying to wear one of the zurias to my cousins ethopian wedding.
Thanks for reading! That one is from our mom’s closet. She got it made in Eritrea, but we are you can get one made in Ethiopia. Either way, w’re sure you will look beautiful.
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where do you get those jewelery on your head?
Our mother gave it to us, but it’s from Eritrea. #twinship
Hey I was wondering where I can get a silver headpiece from? It’s doesn’t have to be real gold just cheap and fake.
our mother got that from Eritrea, but I’m sure you can find something on Esty. xoxo #twinship
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Wow, these pieces are stunning! The headpiece is particularly beautiful. I love that a piece of jewellery becomes infinitely more valuable when it belongs to your mother. xoxo
so true! our mother is our queen too!
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