Jakesprinter’s Sunday Post : Sentimental Value

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Jake gave us a beautiful post this week for his theme, Sentimental Value, and I almost decided not to take part.  I have so many silly, sentimental things that I’ve hoarded down the years, and some of them are deeply personal.  But this is a travel blog, isn’t it, so in the interests of “the show must go on”, I’ve found some things that I can share with you.

Ticket montage

Ticket montage

Over the years I don’t know how many ticket stubs I must’ve pushed into a handbag pocket as a souvenir of whichever boat ride or ancient monument.  Some of them, I forget are there till months later.  But recently I had a great idea.  I’m going to compile some of the more colourful ones (as above) and decoupage them onto a coffee table top.  Well, if I’m truthful, I hoped that my daughter might do this for me, as she’s so much better at crafty things.  Still, I think I might manage.  What do you reckon?  It would make a great conversation piece, wouldn’t it?

I’ve kept old Snoopy watches that no longer work, cards that I have to cull every year otherwise they’d flow down the stairs, and, of course, postcards.  I used to buy them in quantity, in case the holiday photos weren’t a success.  In these digital days that’s not such a problem, but I still struggle to pass a postcard stand without a surreptitious glance.  I also used them as a holiday diary.  Nowadays I’ve progressed to a notebook.

Let’s share a couple of favourites.  Why would I want to part with them?  The memories are invaluable.

The Dalyan peninsula, Turkey

The Dalyan peninsula, Turkey

Salzburg in Austria

Salzburg in Austria

Kas, also in Turkey

Kas, also in Turkey

Sukiennice, Krakow

Sukiennice, Krakow

And, of course, Tavira

And, of course, Tavira

I’m feeling thoroughly sentimental now.  Thanks, Jake.  I’ll be over to check out the other entries later.  Click on the lucky snake logo or the links to go with me.

58 comments

  5. so sweet jo … go with the coffee table idea and you can reminisce about all the fun you have had while you sit with your hot drink and chat to friends … i have things like this too but have no idea what to do with them … they will all be tossed out one day when we are gone!

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  9. Such colourful tickets stubs, a shame for them to be hidden away, considering the memories attached.
    I don’t have a coffee table, but if they were mine I’d probably make a picture frame collage 🙂

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  12. I’m a postcard collector .. and I love writing postcards to .. love the coffee table idea too. I have also collected matches from all hotels and restaurants I visit … very rare those days …. have a massive fish bowl with them .. and all my friends love to check them out. Have to do something with all the postcards … that friends send me. Lovely post and memorabilia.

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    1. I used to collect the little books of matches from hotels too, but I don’t often stay in them any more, and as you say, they must be rarer these days. Many thanks, Viveka.

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      1. They were great collector items .. my friends always pick up some matches and ask me the story about them. Got matches from a restaurant in Chicago last year. No smoking everywhere those days.

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  14. Oh wow Jo! I love the ticket montage idea and it would make a great conversation piece for sure! I love the postcards too! They are beautiful! Great memories sweetie and they are priceless for sure! Great post! 🙂 *hugs*

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  16. Jo, your ticket stubs and postcards are so colorful and enticing, I think they would make a perfect coffee table top collage!! I think you should go for it. I might even steal your idea when I get back to the USA!! 🙂

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      1. you don’t know all the original movie posters I used to collect from cinemas when I was in my teens – I wish I had kept them… they’d be worth something now. 😦

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