An idea stolen from Mella.
My brother gave me this chest for Christmas when I was eight, a place for treasures ever since. I treated it rather badly, unintentionally. Messy child, I cared poorly for my possessions. Now it holds everything we want to make sure not to lose, from beach rocks, the stamps to mark my pottery, marbles and small toys. The calculator I bought for Trig in high school, still works perfectly - bought with the contents of my change jar. D's old guitar tuners, our military insignia, oh and some jewelry.
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You are fascinating...
So glad you did this. (And the rest of the photo's you've been posting lately too...)
Sometimes, we hope that the things we're given when we aren't ready for them, will survive until we are.
As a child I kept everything pristine, obsessed over every scratch and chip.
I've coveted that chest of yours for years.
A lovely collection for nosey blog readers. Please enlarge on the handcuffs.
Anna,
Click to enlarge.
Handcuffs?
That's just the sort of thing I would save for my grandkids or nieces to go through on special occasions because I remember loving looking through my grandmother and aunts jewelry boxes and drawers. It was like a real treasure hunt.
I wish I had such a chest, but I think somehow that one can't just go out and buy it for oneself: it must be a gift or a found object. My treasures tend to be lined up along the front edge of the shelves of my bookcase.
Udge,
Second hand store count as found?
Mella,
I once wished for an interesting life. I think I've managed one, at least it's interesting to me.
PMP,
I gave my nieces some nice stuff, not kid stuff, in those same hopes. No idea if it worked.
P,
A great skill, that. Must be innate, I think. My Aunt Evelyn had that, I never could. Even when I really really cared about something.
moira,
It's yours if you survive me. Or your daughter's. I keep looking for an analagous chest, now that I know.
colleen,
I would love to let a child sift through it. Likely in the next few years, as my fairygodchildren get old enough not to shove stuff in their respective noses.
oh, this is just lovely. The best antique store I ever went to had a gigantic chest of tiny drawers, and you had to open them all up to see the tiny little bottles, buttons, carvings, and other goodies for sale. It was like being six again.
Yes, second-hand counts as "found" in my books. I'm not quite sure now what I meant to say then in my jetlagged state, probably that such a thing must come to you with a history of its own.
All your treasures look very contented contained in their container.
Oh, er, um. Not handcuffs, a puzzle. Naughty me, my glance was too cursory. Forgive any implications, I thought they were souvenirs from your military days..
Anna,
I wasn't offended, just confused. Any handcuffs small enough for these little drawers would be doll size. The rings are for paper, or keys, don't remember what I bought them for, I just keep them because they have occasionally been useful.
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