Last night Matt and I were deciding what to put in it. I was thinking of a succulent like the below picture but I knew our vase was too thick.
I am still keen to try the succulent plant one day though. I have just the vase for it, but I might leave it till we get to the new place as for now, it is one less thing to awkwardly move when the day arrives.
So we were back to square one, then Matt came up with the idea of pens. You see, every place we go to, whether locally or overseas, we buy a pen to remember the trip. The places vary, from the city itself or one of their local attractions. We have quite a collection but didn't know where to put them. They were sitting in a shoe box under the bed in the second bedroom which is such a shame as there are some hilarious pens in there, from baguettes to fingers and all things in between. We decided it was about time we got them out.
We had a laugh going through them all and it brought back amazing memories. It also made us realise that we have done a lot of things together in our ten years as a couple.
They all fit very comfortably with enough room for us to add more. Here is a view of them looking into the vase.
Once they were all in I put the vase back where I had it. I hope, when we are in our new house, it can be displayed in a more convenient spot, but for now, I think it looks nice there. That side board holds our stereo, a lamp and the two ceramic animals. But now it holds so much more. I love glancing over and seeing all those pens. It's a great salute to all the fun times we have had on our holidays and I look forward to adding many more.
Question. How do you display your holiday memories?
I'm strange because I keep every piece of paper (tickets and receipts) but never know what to do with it all. So it's in random boxes and such lol. I love this idea, very cute and creative!
ReplyDeleteThank you:)
DeleteYes we have those boxes of random things too. Just too good to throw away. Too many memories. I think you could do that with them. Say, all your ticket stubs, they could go in a vase like this, that could look quite nice and artistic really. Beats having them tucked away I say.
Exactly. If I did scrapbooking, that would be another way to go ..but that just seems like it's more patience then I have, lol.
ReplyDeleteI think it's a pretty awesome idea :) It looks real neat and is a conversation starter, that's for sure.