Don't Forget Your Keepsakes: 5 Ways to Store Your Memories

Notes from your first love, your child's first drawing, photos from camp in 1984, dried leaves from walks with your fiancé, a fortune cookie quote from your engagement day… sound familiar? These faded, old items hold a wealth of memories. Your task is to store them in a way that the ravages of time don't affect them too much, and without your home's style taking a hit. How to do it? That's where we come in with our invaluable advice.

There are some keepsakes that, due to their shape, are particularly difficult to hide at the bottom of a drawer – seashells from the Baltic Sea, a commemorative locket from school days, a wristband from THAT concert, a wooden bracelet handmade by your friend (of course, you'll never wear it, but throw it away?!), and many, many more. Don't arrange trinkets on every available surface – choose a spacious, aesthetic photo box and store all your treasures in one place. In the container, they'll be safe, nothing will get lost, and when you take them out once in a while to take a trip down memory lane, a wave of memories will flood over you. There's an added bonus too – no unauthorized person will see your secrets when they visit… and your other half won't find letters from your first love. After all, we all get sentimental sometimes!

Notes once had to make do with a squared notebook; today, there are many beautiful notebooks and calendars on the market catering to specific needs. Do you want to capture memories from the time you were expecting your first child, preserve great travel stories that you'll later regale others with, or perhaps you lament spontaneously invented perfect recipes that you have nowhere to write down? For all these special tasks, there are suitable aids – colourful and clear, who will gladly help you organise the past, or special guest books. Don't forget to collect memories; it might be too late later! And if you're interested in notebooks and jotters, we recommend the Magazine: Jot down plans and memories. An overview of calendars and notebooks.

…so it no longer languishes in a drawer! There are keepsakes you want to keep just for yourself, but some are worth showing off. Artistic photos of friends or landscapes, postcards with dedications, amusing quotes, maps with visited places marked – these are all things that will energise you, evoke warm memories, and motivate you to plan more wonderful adventures. A traveller's room can't do without a large map; the life and soul of the party will feel most at home surrounded by photos from shared outings, and a painting enthusiast will surely happily glance at postcards of artworks. Your memories speak volumes about who you are, and by preparing a wall decoration, you decide what you want to tell others. It's worth seizing this opportunity!

Photo frames are a classic that never gets old. Consider which photos or drawings you want to see every day? Which places do you remember best, what brings you pleasure, what sights do you miss? Choose stylish photo frames that can showcase your best memories. Can't decide? Choose a multi-photo frame! We wrote more about this solution in the Magazine: Multi-photo frame – a place for many memories.
Try to highlight the photos that are particularly important to you and whose sight brightens your mood. It's good to have photos of loved ones at home if you have a good relationship with them – the pictures will remind you that you have friends and family around you. We prepared a Magazine about this: How to display family photos? Discover our methods!

Who said traditional solutions are boring? It certainly wasn't us! Photo albums are a family treasure that you can later pass on to your grown-up children. This is how your family's history is written. You can opt for a traditional photo album with pockets, which protect photos, or let your imagination run wild and create something yourself by choosing a stick-in photo album. Stick photos onto the pages and add anecdotes, comments, drawings. You'll create a unique masterpiece that will bring a smile to the face of everyone who sees it (whether by its content or the level of your artistic skills is another matter entirely).

We hope you've managed to find something for yourself. Regardless of which way of preserving memories appeals to you, we know one thing: it's worth keeping keepsakes! You'll thank us for it one day (if you don't forget).