Creative Ways to Remember Your Vacation

Vacations are important, just ask Terri. She really needed to get away and just returned from a wonderful jaunt to Mexico where she saw sail fish, whales, dolphins, and turtles. She also visited a location boasting more than 400 species of birds! And she has the tan to prove it. Quite the trip, one she won’t soon forget.

But sometimes that’s just what happens, you forget. Real life hits you full force and the memories begin to fade. We thought of some great ways to help preserve some of the memories. Hope these ideas inspire you too!

•  Journaling each day documenting breakfast at cafes, stunning art at world-class museums, and foreign words mastered is great. Train tickets and postcards can be tucked inside the pages. Write down names of people and how you met, favorite shopping excursions, and quirky customs you observe while away.
•  Create a yearly calendar of your travel history as a gift to share with family and friends.
•  Small boxes or pottery purchased at your travel destination can become mini treasure chests filled with favorite keepsakes from your vacation.
•  Mount a menu or tear sheet from your favorite restaurant as art for your kitchen.
•  Use labels peeled from beer and wine bottles native to your destination to create a collage on canvas.
•  Old-fashioned scrapbooking is fun too. Creating a vacation album is a great way to bring other family members together. Have everyone design their own page and relive the moments.

And on a simpler note, the tried and true photograph inside a great frame is also a way to keep your vacation at the forefront of your memory. The Willows has a great selection of frames. Stop by!