“By the 1920s, the original cardboard box had been replaced by the more durable distinctive metal tins of today.” reports the Altoids website. That’s over 100 years of creatives and innovators finding clever and practical ways to repurpose the curiously useful metal tins from “the original celebrated curiously strong mints”.
The popular phrase “thinking outside the box” is commonly used to describe thinking creatively without limitations or rules. I’m a big proponent of this approach, but lately I’ve been busy thinking inside the box! Inside repurposed Altoids Mints tin boxes, that is!
Are you a maker who loves to travel? Or a traveler who loves to make? If so, I have a great new challenge for you―can you condense your travel memories into a mere six cubic inches?
The idea is to reflect upon your travel experience and identify the few most significant qualities, tangible and intangible, of the place you visited. And then to capture those qualities, as concisely as possible, in a pocket-sized box.
The result is a tiny, three-dimensional work of art which I’ve dubbed the Travel Memories Mini Tin.
It’s not unusual to stop and reminisce while taking down and putting away Christmas decorations. But this was my first time storing away the miniature glass flamework ornaments I purchased last month and I got completely sidetracked with memories of the amazing town of Lauscha Germany and its rich heritage of glassmaking.
It’s time for my annual New Year’s tradition of selecting a word for the year.
As we close the book on 2024, I combed through my photo archives to find the most noteworthy captures of the year.
