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Very neat memory project

’Scrap’ is a series of photographs taken by Rebecca Moseman from an era where writing notes in margins, and keeping mementos from experiences was the only way to hold onto memories.

This particular series spans the years of 1954-1955 and reflects a teenage girls memories, hopes, friendships, summer experiences, and first dates. 

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Love the project and the presentation. Super cool.

Cafe Du Monde Worker in New Orleans, Louisiana | February 1978 & April 2014 A new generation of workers at the famous Cafe Du Monde in the French Quarter. 

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#digitalbackup for #keepsakes -- better to at least have those copies for your favorite treasures. So glad Ms. Leoni got her cedar chest back.

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#FoundersKeepers  Small statue. Wedding gift from the artist. 

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OTHER PEOPLE’S POCKETS

Today, from a sidewalk book vendor, I bought a used copy of Edie to replace the copy my friend never returned to me. I found this ticket stub inside of it. 

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A nice reflection on keeping over at the “Paper of Record” 

So though my trash failed to bring me joy, I decided that it might, in the future, bring somebody else joy (that somebody might be me), and in preparation for that possibility, I should preserve it. I should make a keeping society — a virtual one, exhibited online, where there’s plenty of space — from my desk trash. And so I have.

We think everyone should have a Folded Clock journal in their pocket.

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#FoundersKeepers A recent keepsake from the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta on July 4. A little rain (well, a lot of rain) couldn’t stop the 55,000 or so runners from completing the 10k race. #Peachtree #Atlanta #MuddyPiedmontPark. Great t-shirt design this year! 

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Good tip from Simple.Organized.Life.

Of course the Cedar team loves the spirit behind this post at Simple. Organized. Life.

You can start doing this slowly, by picking a single box of mementos and going through them one by one. You can make a nice background out of some white or black paper, set your item up, and snap a few pictures until you get one that you like. Continue going through the box, being careful to get the shot you like of the items, until you have finished taking pictures of each one. Then, when you put them in the computer, tag them with keywords like “vacation”, “kids”,”hobbies”, or whatever.

That said, we want to make this process much easier, intuitive, and fun with Cedar. On top of that, we’re building cool new ways that you can interact with your digitized mementos, rather than just storing them in a folder somewhere on your computer. And you get to have all your keepsakes in your pocket! 

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#FoundersKeepers I vividly remember saving up for this baseball card as a kid. I had a notepad where I kept track of my savings and updated it every time I could add anything. If I added 25 cents I would update the ledger. I did extra cleaning, mowed lawns, got "reading bonuses" from my generous aunt and uncle, and collected any change I could find. Still love this card, probably because of all that effort. 

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Guest post from a Cedar visitor: 

Memorial brick honoring my parents in a town that is very difficult to visit. 

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Cedar with Family

Over the July 4th holiday, the team at Cedar added a bit of homework to our family visits. We emailed parents and grandparents and siblings to bring out their mementos so that we could photograph them and document some of the stories behind the saved items. 

It was great fun!  

If the Cedar app sparks these kinds of activities for families, especially for young folks with their grandparents or even great grandparents, we think it will add a lot of smiles to the world. 

Family mementos create a great sharing platform and capturing them with Cedar ensures that you will remember these stories for years to come. 

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#FoundersKeepers: An old lift ticket saved by my grandparents. The ski hill, managed by my grand-uncle, was across the road from the farm where my grandfather grew up in New Hampshire. My grandmother remembered taking the bus up to ski there as a little girl as well.

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Image Dan Neville / The New York Times

A great story in the New York Times that reflects on the lost value of ticket stubs in a new era of print-at-home or mobile entry passes: 

“Every time I went to the game I would usually keep the ticket stub just as a memento and a memory,” Jones said, harking back to a time when real tickets were torn in two at a gate entrance as a way to audit attendance. “You never know what can happen that game. A record could be broken.” 

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#FoundersKeepers: Frank Lloyd Wright pillow, purchased from the Fallingwater house gift shop in 2009.

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A good friend of Cedar sent us this highly relevant keepsakes clip from the movie, Amélie. Imagine having your special keepsake box in your pocket with you at all times!    

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#FoundersKeepers Alpaca wool blanket, purchased at a market in Chile somewhere near the Atacama desert around 2003.