Now on to the point of this post...
One of the gifts I was hoping for this Christmas was inspired by Andi at SpouseBuzz in her "I've Got Bling" post. Yes, I too wanted service bling. And when I say bling, I, of course, mean something with some sparkle to it. It doesn't have to blind me, but I like sparkly things.
I perused the site Andi mentioned, but nothing caught my eye. For a while I was at a loss as to how to best bling-up the National Guard. I remembered one necklace I have that I bought, years before I met Stonewall, that I love. The pendants on the necklace are a mini-dog tag and an eagle. The mini-dog tag is the cutest and I still love to wear that necklace. Which got me thinking. Wouldn't a mini-dog tag be good bling? Plus, I can personalize it. Now I was not about to list name, religion, DOB, and SSN on my bling, but I could personalize it with Stonewall's and my names.
I happened to mention this to my mom. My mom, being the awesome mom that she is, searched the internet to find a mini-dog tag with some sparkle. Come Christmas day, under the tree, just for me was my very own Army Bling!!
I don't have a picture of mine, but here is the site she bought it from and she had it personalized with birthstones and names.
Picture courtesy of morgueFile.
2 comments:
Ooo! That's nice. I could use some girly dog tags...
The only military bling? (it may not actually qualify as bling - maybe just a slightly-less-cool-than-bling charm, okay?) I have is a set of mini wings. just a silver miniature of my hubby's wings.
Your mom is so cute to get that for you!
Sounds like a cool little bling....the whole dog tag thing never worked for me since I got my own set with my "credentials" on them....morning, noon and night, jingle jingle ....so no tags for me...I still have them actually on my key chain....when I miss being a soldier, I just look at my keys and flash back, no more missing it .... :D I do however, wear a sterling bracelet that I have made each year my husband deploys with his deployment information engraved on it....you might be interest in this beautiful cuff bracelet found here you just type in what you want. I put his name, unit and OIF 06-08, they have a larger one that has more room that I bought the time before this, but it was too wide and I found that it was too heavy as well...so this one was perfect!
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