Take Home Memories

Most families go on at least one vacation or short-term trip during the summer time. Souvenirs can really add up but most people like to “savor” the memory of their trips in some form or another.

If your family finds themselves at the beach this summer; you can bring home a piece of it by scooping up some of the sand and inserting it into a tiny bottle with a cork lid. You can also put a few of your favorite shells on top to complete your little beach scene. My husband and I did this when we went to Jamaica for our honeymoon. I will probably never return there and love to look at the sand and shells that we collected together.

Even if your family doesn’t find itself on a beach somewhere this summer, you can still bottle up some favorite memories from your adventure. You can put leaves from trees, rocks, bottle caps, ticket stubs and more inside a pretty glass jar to create your own masterpiece of memory.

If your family uses the same kind of bottles or jars on each vacation, you can even line them all up and label them with the date and location. What a fun conversation piece and special memento for your whole family.