fawn&forest

Memory keeping meets organizing + recycling: keepsakes in a jar. I'd like to think I came up with this idea all on my own, though I am certainly not the first one to put tiny memories in a jar and call it a keepsake!

For this project you can use new, empty jars or recycle one of those  condiments jars from the fridge.  With a clean jar in hand + tiny bits of this or that (relating to a particular time or event) + a bit of paper to create a tag, you're set. Place the goodies in the jar, write something meaningful on the tag and in a snap you have a very sophisticated keepsake.

I was initially inspired by Eliot's first trip to the beach last Summer. I could not part with all the smooth rocks + pieces of shell Eliot's little hands discovered on the beach (in addition to the sand that inevitably ends up making its way home!). With a stash of little jars I was saving for something, and the goodies from the beach, the first memory jar was assembled. I have yet to complete the rest of the memory jars that I have saved bits + goodies for. Once complete, however, it will be quite a lovely collection.