Back in June of last year, I enjoyed the Lift Me Up! workshop taught by Mou Saha at BPC and created a memory jar. The basic idea was to take a discarded glass jar and turn it into a memory capsule. I called my jar Melissa's Mementos, and I believe it will be the perfect start to my Pick Your Precious stories for 2013.
I chose an empty jar from the few I had on a shelf in the garage. I then put several mementos from my childhood & teenage years in the jar, along with a note about what each item is and where I got it. I decorated the top of the jar and added a tag. The items I chose for the jar had been stored in a box with other items in my closet, but now this Memory Jar sits on a shelf in my craft room where I can enjoy them & the memories the evoke.
The mementos in this jar have traveled with me for many years and remind me of snippets of my childhood & teenage years.
1. Red "M" - hung from the rear view mirror of my first car.
2. TJ pin - one of many spirit pins worn to football games.
3. Leo shell - can't remember where this came from but it always had a place on one of the shelves in my room.
4. Ten Commandments in pink ViewFinder - another item I've had so long I can't remember where it came from or not having it.
5. Indian headband & necklace - from visit to Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation.
6. Red Puppy Dog charm was from a necklace I had.
7. Ice Skater Pin from our trip to see the IceScapades.
Melissa June 2012
A few of my friends started memory jars last year, but in a completely different way to you. I like how you have done yours. Their's was more about memories made during the year and not one that stirs thoughts from the past. I really like this idea. I think that Sian has hit on a winner for this year :-)
ReplyDeleteLove the idea of a Memory Jar, Melissa...I am off to get my post organised!
ReplyDeleteAlison xx
What a great idea! I have a feeling that quite a few of us will be out jar hunting after reading this post!
ReplyDeleteYes, definitely! I'd love to make a jar too now that I've seen this one - what a perfect inspiration piece for the first StS of 2013. I have a little mouse I made from a shell when I was at Guide camp, and a couple of badges and..when I'm picking out my treasures for the rest of the year I'll be putting the little ones aside for this
ReplyDeleteThanks for this Melissa - you have got us off to a flying start for the New Year
I think a memory jar is a great idea and yours is full of lovely memories. Thanks for sharing them :)
ReplyDeleteOh I love it! thank you for sharing
ReplyDeleteLove the thought of your memory jar - definittely something to consider to put some of the smaller "treasures" I might unearth whilst looking for future "preciousness". Thanks you for sharing. J xx
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ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! We should have at least one of them!
Have a nice Sunday,
Cheers from Bordeaux, France
What a lovely idea,Melissa.
ReplyDeletei like this idea. great post and it's not the first time today someone has mentioned the hobbit!
ReplyDeleteI would love to create a memory jar but would have far too much I wanted to fill it with!
ReplyDeleteLove this idea of a Memory Jar, think i need to make one for me know :)
ReplyDeletemany thanks for sharing x
What a cute idea!
ReplyDeleteOh how lovely - one of my friends (Town Monkey) has a collection of these - I'm always intrigued by the contents. Glad you've recorded these preciouses and shared 'em with us :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely way to save those precious momentos from years ago. Now where did I put that pretty jar I was saving to use for something special?
ReplyDeleteThat's a wonderful way to keep together a number of little but important items - a super idea!
ReplyDeleteThis is a new idea and looks really fun to me! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you shared your memory jar as the first of your precious things. It is a wonderful way to house all those little things you want to keep but never know where to place them. I may even have to have quite a few jars!
ReplyDeleteSuper cool idea! That is awesome!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to gather memories. I have a few mementos that I really need to search my memory about the particulars of their origins too.
ReplyDeleteMy SIL and I made a memory jar for my mother-in-law for her 80th birthday. She absolutely loved it. I never thought to make one for myself. What a perfect start to Sian's Pick Your Precious!
ReplyDeletegreat idea! Might do one for my kids and give it to them in the future :)
ReplyDeleteI love this idea. The jar is so adorable.
ReplyDeleterinda
LOVE this jar. It's a wonderful idea. The memories in there are priceless.
ReplyDeleteI love this idea! A great way to gather those precious memories.
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