Here is a good example. Many travelers have a stash of foreign coins - not enough to exchange for US dollars but you can't bring yourself to throw it away because, after all, it is MONEY. And these coins are different from ours - exotic, embossed with other nation's heros and monuments, full of memories from your travels. They are tangible evidence of your travels.
My daughters saved their foreign coins in their jewelry boxes. That gave me an idea. In the spirit of sorting "like with like," I'd make them into something that belonged in a jewelry box. I drilled tiny holes in each one and strung them into fashionable charm bracelets. Their travels are now active memories because when people notice their bracelets they reminisce and trade travel stories. They have been transformed into wearable memories.
Okay, I was wondering about one of the coins in your second picture, the one with the square hole in the upper right. Where is it from and what is it called? I've been looking but I can't seem to find it.
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DeleteMy daughter says it is from either Nepal or Japan, Thanks for reading my blog.
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ReplyDeleteThese are super cute. What did you use to drill the holes?
ReplyDeleteone can also donate the old stuff to UNICEF via euromoney24.com/donations
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