Pin It/Do It: Ticket Stub Memory Box

Months ago, I pinned a great idea to my Craft and DIY Projects board - a shadow box for storing and displaying ticket stubs. I'm happy to report that I finally got my act together and made one!

This is my take on the ticket stub memory box:

Here was my (p)inspiration:

I decided to go with two tickets instead of just one, because my intention with this project was to create a place for B and I to store mementos from things that we've done together or have special meaning for us as a couple, including:

• lift tickets from a recent ski trip
• my first commuter rail pass from when we moved in together
• movie ticket stubs from dates

I'm hoping that we'll continue to add to it, and be more mindful of saving these little mementos now that we have somewhere to keep them that doesn't create clutter.
I'm having an issue with everything just falling to the bottom behind one another, instead of standing up and being seen, so I may end up tweaking this down the line somehow. Any suggestions?
Do you save ticket stubs or receipts from special moments? If so, how do you store them? Tucked away in a memory box? In a scrapbook? Something like this?

What I Wore: Week of February 25

Monday
dress: Tahari; necklace: handmade


Tuesday
skirt and scarf: thrifted; tee and cardigan: gap; belt: mom's closet


Wednesday
sweater and pants: old navy; shoes: nine west


Thursday
skirt: talbot's; tee and cardigan: old navy; shoes: nine we

love. hope. equality. family. joy. peace.

Holidays recap

Now that the holidays are over, and the new year is underway, I'm able to relax a bit (without feeling guilty about doing so).I'm relieved that the holidays are over - it was a really exhausting stretch this year.  B's busiest time of year is always between Thanksgiving and the New Year (hello, retail!), so to make it through the month with our sanity in tact, we usually just stick to the system that works for us. And by system I really just mean that I pick up some of the slack for a while. In turn, she has to go along with whatever crazy plans and projects I come up with. I muster up enough holiday spirit for the both of us and eventually infect her with my enthusiasm. It's worked out pretty well for us the last few years. This year, though, not so much.

Problem this year was that I too was crazy busy at work during the same time, rolling out a project I've been working on for two years (!).  Needless to say, we were both exhausted, and the normal holiday things just didn't happen.  I was tired and stressed out, and just couldn't get into the spirit. I felt bad that the apartment was a mess, wasn't decorated, and didn't feel festive at all. I put in a valiant last-ditch effort and had a few successes. I think the wrapping turned out really nice, and I fully decorated the mantle and hung our stockings.

By the 23rd, I'd made progress, but it still didn't feel like Christmas without a tree, so I went out and got one while B was at work. I'd planned to just get a little table-top one and call it good, but the smallest tree I could find was about 5'. So what did I do? I bought it anyway. A la Dr. Seuss, I somehow found the strength of ten Grinches, plus two - I shoved it in the back of the Jeep, drove it home, managed to get it up the back stairs, into the house, into the tree stand, and strung up with lights before she got out of work. How that happened, I still don't quite understand. It was pretty and twinkle-y, albeit bare. We never got around to decorating it, except for the 2012 ornament I bought this year.

I didn't get to everything I wanted to, and it wasn't perfect, but you know what? It didn't matter. We spent Christmas morning together, at home, in our pajamas, and just enjoyed the moment and each other's company. Oh, and napped. We all did a lot of napping.

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we're all a little weird

isn't that the truth...

Reading List: Week of 10/21/12

Single Dad Laughing shares 16 things he would have done differently in his marriage(s) in the post 16 Ways I Blew My Marriage

Just found this great blog that I'll be adding to my reading list: Fit and Feminist

A Special Olympian's open letter to Ann Coulter:  Incredible. Perfect. Thank you.


Simmons College's World Challenge program is incredible and so powerful. Watch the video here. I well up every time I watch it. So proud of my alma mater!

And, as the political is personal and the personal political...

Kergan Edwards-Stout's letter asks that, if you're planning to vote for Romney, then please de-friend him - while I completely agree with his reasons, and much of what he says, I don't know if I could truly cut out from my life everyone with whom I disagree. This is an article I'll likely be thinking about long after election day.

This Salon.com article recounts playwright Doug Wright's recent Facebook post: 

"I wish my moderate Republican friends would simply be honest. They all say they're voting for Romney because of his economic policies (tenuous and ill-formed as they are), and that they disagree with him on gay rights. Fine. Then look me in the eye, speak with a level clear voice, and say, "My taxes and take-home pay mean more than your fundamental civil rights, the sanctity of your marriage, your right to visit an ailing spouse in the hospital, your dignity as a citizen of this country, your healthcare, your right to inherit, the mental welfare and emotional well-being of your youth, and your very personhood." 

It's like voting for George Wallace during the Civil Rights movements, and apologizing for his racism. You're still complicit. You're still perpetuating anti-gay legislation and cultural homophobia. You don't get to walk away clean, because you say you "disagree" with your candidate on these issues."

Reading List: Week of 10/21/12

Single Dad Laughing shares 16 things he would have done differently in his marriage(s) in the post 16 Ways I Blew My Marriage

Just found this great blog that I'll be adding to my reading list: Fit and Feminist

A Special Olympian's open letter to Ann Coulter:  Incredible. Perfect. Thank you.


Simmons College's World Challenge program is incredible and so powerful. Watch the video here. I well up every time I watch it. So proud of my alma mater!

And, as the political is personal and the personal political...

Kergan Edwards-Stout's letter asks that, if you're planning to vote for Romney, then please de-friend him - while I completely agree with his reasons, and much of what he says, I don't know if I could truly cut out from my life everyone with whom I disagree. This is an article I'll likely be thinking about long after election day.

This Salon.com article recounts playwright Doug Wright's recent Facebook post: 

"I wish my moderate Republican friends would simply be honest. They all say they're voting for Romney because of his economic policies (tenuous and ill-formed as they are), and that they disagree with him on gay rights. Fine. Then look me in the eye, speak with a level clear voice, and say, "My taxes and take-home pay mean more than your fundamental civil rights, the sanctity of your marriage, your right to visit an ailing spouse in the hospital, your dignity as a citizen of this country, your healthcare, your right to inherit, the mental welfare and emotional well-being of your youth, and your very personhood." 

It's like voting for George Wallace during the Civil Rights movements, and apologizing for his racism. You're still complicit. You're still perpetuating anti-gay legislation and cultural homophobia. You don't get to walk away clean, because you say you "disagree" with your candidate on these issues."