Name: Heart of the Prongs — Keepsake Chest
SKU: 421
Availability: InStock

The Story

There are moments when the world grows quiet enough to listen.

In those moments, the deer appears—not as a creature of fear or flight, but as a guide. It does not rush. It does not demand attention. It simply stands at the edge of your path, waiting until you are ready to notice.

In old stories, the prongs of the deer were never just antlers. They were branches of direction, points of protection, living conduits that carried messages between what is seen and what is felt. Each prong marked a path taken, a choice survived, a lesson held. Together, they formed a living map—one that guarded the heart at its center.

Heart of the Prongs was created as a place for that center.

A place to keep the words you are not ready to release.
The messages meant for later.
The promises spoken quietly to yourself or entrusted to another.

This box is not meant to hold objects alone—it is meant to hold intention. The prongs stand watch, turned outward, protective by nature. The heart remains inward, steady and listening. What is placed here is gathered, not hidden. Protected, not silenced.

I made this piece because I believe guidance does not always arrive loudly. Sometimes it comes as a pause. A sign. A knowing that settles rather than strikes. This box honors that kind of guidance—the kind that stays with you, walks beside you, and keeps what matters safe until you are ready to move forward.

This piece works equally well in rustic, woodland, and fantasy-inspired spaces.