My Latest Work – Upcycled Handpainted Keepsake Box

The Keepsake Box: Do you still have your grandmother’s pair of glasses, which she kept near her bed to help you with your silly craft projects during the summer vacations? Or maybe you still have that ribbon that you took off from the car, the very first you owned after it came out of the showroom? Your first ever Rose from that boy? A few Rs.10 currency notes from your first salary? Your baby’s first drawing of you?  

These are memories…tucked between the pages of an old novel, or a journal you used to keep or folded between a soft mulmul dupatta inside an old vintage trinket keepsake box. Memories are special. They are full of flashbacks, of your childhood, your grandparents’ love for you, your fast-paced college days…and so much more. They are like treasures that never lost their value. You might forget the details surrounding it as you age, but the tinge of warmth that they bring to your heart and the smile to your face will never change.  

You have to keep them safe. They fade away…slowly.  Keep them safe, within your reach, so you can go through them whenever you need to rewind an old incident in your head.  

Life in a keepsake box …sometimes sweet, sometimes sad, some funny and some plain old romantic. It could be a picture, a handkerchief, some dried up flower petals, a few coins, some glass bangles, a handwritten letter, a single earring (but you do remember where you lost the other one… don’t you?!), an old watch…it could be anything. It doesn’t have to be expensive, vintage or antique…if it’s your memory and you don’t want to forget it, it’s priceless.

Do you have any such precious treasures? Do share.

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