Ticket Stub Display

Ever since I was young, I always saved tickets from things I saw, visited, or did. I have movie tickets going back to Patch Adams, plane tickets from my third trip to Hawaii in 5th grade, and concert tickets like the Backstreet Boys Millennium Tour! I have them all in a little box and love added a new stack every once in a while after some have accumulated in my wallet and reminiscing about all the incredible times I've had. 

The sad part about them being in a box is that I can't share my collection and have it displayed. How do you display hundreds of plane, movie, museum, theatre, and concert tickets? Well, while killing time while waiting to pick up O from kindergarten, I found a way! This is what I made:

 I purchased a shadowbox frame from IKEA, added some cute scrapbook paper, printed and backed the 'admit one' label, added some tickets, and hung it up! Now, this frame only holds about a fifth or what I have and you can't see very many of them but I can mix it up as I please if I find a ticket I'd like to display. This is now hanging in my den and I love how easy it was and how nice it looks!

Another cute way of making your tickets a keepsake is through a ticket stub journal. I have one that got hidden in my last move but it has a slot for your tickets and a place to write memories and who you were with. You can find things like it on amazon or make your own! 

'Buy the ticket, take the ride.' ~ Hunter S. Thompson

Shutterfly Photo Share Sites

I love taking pictures to the point of my friends and family barely tolerating me at events. (I always tell them that if they smile the first time, I'll only need one shot!) Needless to say, I've been taking a lot of pictures of the kids I nanny, S and O. 

They just had their joint birthday party and I was trying to figure out how to get the photos to their parents. Prints are a waste of money if you don't know exactly which ones they'd want and discs are pretty convenient but would require me to, you know, have discs to burn. Then I remembered that after my wedding, my dad made a photo share page through Shutterfly to send pictures to family and friends to view and add on to.

So tonight, I took the time to make a photo share site for all of the adventures the kids and I have. We've been to the zoo, aquarium, beach, and done a lot of fun projects that their parents hadn't seen photos of yet! I even have their birthday party and first day of school photos! So I uploaded them all to albums on Shutterfly and will send the link to their parents. 

What is nice is the site is only available to those who have the link and that the kids parents will have the option to send that link to grandparents, family and friends. They will also have the option to print photos they do decide they want as keepsakes.

I can see this being a great idea to do with friends after an event, coworkers after a conference, or family after a new baby so everyone has the options to view, add, and print the pictures they like!

"It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Subway Art Holiday Frame

I am so very excited we have reached the 'holiday season'! Yes, Christmas isn't for a couple months but we are finally in the time of the year when I have months of holidays I get to decorate for. Starting with Halloween!

When I first began wasting my life away on Pinterest, I saw a wonderful post about holiday subway art by eighteen25 and pinned it to look back at later. My mom's birthday rolled around and I was thinking of something unique to give her. She always had our home decorated for holidays growing up so I went back into my pins and found this amazing project again!

The ladies from eighteen25 created this amazing 'subway art' for each holiday throughout the year! On their blog page, click subway art and be amazed at all the artwork! I printed them all for my mom and myself (I could resist!), picked a frame, and let the decorating begin! 

What I adore most about these prints is that it is a subtle way to have a frame constantly out but mix it up throughout the year. The prints are created for 16x20 but you can print them for 8x10. I used cardstock but there are instructions on how to get them printed at Costco. All of these are available to print for personal use. 

So get printing and enjoy the holidays to come! Now if only we could be through with the heat!


“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.” ~ Dr. Seuss