Memory Jar

I promised more jar and container ideas, didn't I? I'm really having fun putting all kinds of stuff into our cute jars. Today, I decided to make a memory jar. This is an original way to display small keepsakes from vacations or special days.

You don't need a lot for one of these jars; essentially, all you need to have is a jar and some sand or filler for the bottom. Everything else that you insert is going to be your own small souvenirs or photos. One note on this particular jar, I used an American Crafts Slick Writer to write my date on the glass. It works really well, and won't wash off unless you use alcohol.

You can include small shells or rocks or other natural items which you picked up on that special occasion. 

Feathers add a pretty, soft touch. I also made a small fence out of craft sticks and wire to add to the scenery.

Jars like this make great displays that allow you to share those special times with others without having to force them to sit through a slideshow or flip through a photo album.

I hope this inspires you to get container creative.
Puna @ Enchanted Lake

A Sand Keeper

Don't you love it when inspiration strikes you at the most unforeseen moment? My inspiration for today's blog came to me when a friend of mine was shopping for a tray to place some small flowers in. After searching through the store, he settled on this wooden piece that has small partitions and a sliding glass door. When he added the small, corked bottles to it I knew that we had a great idea in the making.

 

Here is my take on what he and I put together that day. I'm going to call it a sand keeper  but really it could hold any small mementos from trips for a beautiful display. I painted the box with our Americana Multi-surface paints in a few beachy colors and later added some shells to the outside.

Craft bottles are in each compartment to hold sand or small shells. Mementos could also be simply placed inside the keeper. To distinguish one section from the other, I just wrote out small tags with place names on them and attached them to the bottles with bakers twine.

I hope you like the idea, you could stop by our Enchanted Lake store to see it, if you wanted to.

Puna @ Enchanted Lake