kemal helped me make a collage this morning. we buy a few souvenirs, but the most special memento i have is this light box that kemal made for me. well, i did help make the box.

anyway, kemal made the box out scrap wood. the shells and sand that are glued on it are from our honeymoon. we had a beach wedding and the sand is sand we were standing on when we got married almost 8 years ago. We were married on Fernadina Beach, Florida.

The shells come from there, as well as from Cumberland Island, which is off the coast of Georgia & Florida. We spent part of our honeymoon there. A few of the shells come from Gulf Shores, Alabama, where we stayed for 3 weeks on our vacation 2 years ago. We went with our best friends who got married there.

The orange rock on the top of the box is from Cave City, Kentucky (Mammoth Cave area). Kemal and i went there 1 month after we first met; it was our first vacation together. (yeah...we fell in love...not at first sight but pretty damn fast! LOL!)

anyway, Kemal wanted to make something special from our little mementos. he even wired it up. it has a small lightbulb behind it and we use it as a nightlight. i didn't have it lit for this image though.

the photos are all pics i when we were in Gulf Shores 2 years ago.

anyway, i took the pic this light box morning and spent about 4 hours on this image. i know it's not that good, but it made me happy to make it and to share it with ya'all! i did do my best. this kind of thing is really hard for me.

Richard...luv that glass piece!!! sigh I would love to see that island!
Cindy...what an extraordinary collection you have! so many wonderful things!
Kort...beautiful engraved art!
Erlik...wonderful collection!

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