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Feeling nostalgic? OLD KEYS Collect some old keys and tie them together with ribbon. When we went to visit Irene Moy in her house in Christchurch, Dorset, we got snapping away in her house. The keys looked great and it was only after we captured them she told us they were the keys of the first house she bought with her husbund and where her two children grew up. We were under the impression she’d bought them as they were. So have a rumage through your draws and you’re sure to find some old keys lying around that will make for a great feature in your home.
FIND YOUR WAY Maps are cheap to buy and can be put towards making presents that bring back great memories. If it’s a loved oned birthday coming up but you’re watching the pennies why not use old maps of a place where you had a memorable experience with that person to put in photoframes. Be creative and cut out shapes or keep it clean and simple. Maps also make for great wrapping paper. If you’ve got the present but forgotten wrapping paper why not run out to the car and get that old map that’s been sitting on the back seat for years. Rip out the pages that are memorable for the person and it’ll look like you’ve put a lot of though into it.
DINNER TIME Have a rumage through your loft or your Mum’s kitchen for old cookery books. They always hold great idea’s for proper traditional grub. Host a dinner party and remenise on some old classics, or if you’re pinching the pennies this month, give as a present with a nice message in the front saying ‘remember this?’. Cookery books are aways appreciated. Be advnturous and try cook something from that cookery book you bought on holiday all those years ago, or try a recipie from your grandmothers cookery bible and see if you can match her talent.