Box Your Collection in Boxes - Or, Just Collect Boxes!

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The Shoe Box, Cigar Box, Hat Box, Jewelry Box, Bento Box, Lunch Box, BOX!

The box.  The best ones have a lid. You can close them and open them. You can stash your stuff in them! 

Kids love boxes. Whether they are the big refrigerator boxes that they can make-believe are a spaceship or a castle or a giant dollhouse, or the tiny single-ring-sized boxes for tiny treasures.

You can probably tell that I like boxes, too!

When I was a kid, I'd use old shoe  boxes to stash my "treasures"--the assorted rocks, seashells, MatchBox Cars, foreign coins, assorted change, and so on. 

My grandpa once gave me an old cigar box. What was neat about this box was that it was more sturdy than my shoe boxes and the lid was attached with a cool hinge that allowed the lid to close flush with the top of the box.

I plastered the box with stickers from our travels and started keeping small souvenirs (sometimes other stickers) in the box.

My grandma would sometimes send us cookies and other goodies during holiday season. She'd put these goodies in metal tins with seemingly airtight lids.  When my family was finished with eating all the goodies in the tins, my sister and I would inherit the tins. 

Again, these made fine storage for all the sea shells, pretty rocks, driftwood, and other treasures we'd find on our hikes to school and around our area.

 

Keepsake Box Used for Sea Shells (and Decoration, of Course!)

Keepsake Box Used for Sea Shells (and Decoration, of Course!) 

A box for the keys to your sailboat? Or saved cash for your Hawaiian vacatiion?

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Plumeria Ablaze in a Hawaiian Sunset--A place to stash your coasters?

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An Eye-to-Eye with a Shark Box! Great for the kiddos to keep their stuff safe!

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A Shark from Below Guards The Stuff In This Box!

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What Can I Say? Sharks Are Good At Guarding Treasures of the Deep!

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Flowers to Hide the Jewelry and Other Goodies In this Box!

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What better place to hide your corks (or bottle opener) than a Vineyard Box?

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A Good Place to Stash the Cash that Accumulates in Pockets -- Time for a Trip to the Bank!

A Good Place to Stash the Cash that Accumulates in Pockets -- Time for a Trip to the Bank! 

You can stash those special napkins for a nice time shown on this box here!

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A Box for Cruising! Keep those keys in here for that special ride!

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Keys or small souvenirs from your travels--Here's a good place to stash 'em!

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You found a nice seashell? Or a bunch of 'em? Here's a place to hide 'em!

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Find some pretty flowers? Or Interesting Seeds? Here's a Box for Them!

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A Place to Stash Cash, A Place to Keep Keepsakes, A Place to Hide Goodies!

Box holding spare change - looks like it's time to go to the bank!We've turned a few of our tile boxes (from Cafe Press, of course) into our "Vacation Savings" boxes. Every night when we come home, we empty our pockets and the spare change goes here. When it's time for a vacation (even a "mini-vacation"!), we take the change to our bank and convert the cash into bills for the trip. A cool way to save!

The kids have a place to put some of their baseball cards or their "hello kitty" small toys.

Also, another box we keep by the door is for keys and badges and sunglasses.

Not only do the boxes provide handy containers for items, they provide some additional decoration for our home (because we choose the pictures on the boxes to match our decor!).

Bento Boxes--The Japanese Version of a Lunch Box... Kids Love 'Em!

You can use them for lunch, but they are cool for storing other things as well!

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Bento Boxes... Lunch Boxes.... Boxes!

Bento Lacquered Lunch Box w/ Cover No Design (5 Compartments)

Bento Lacquered Lunch Box w/ Cover No Design (5 Compartments)

In Japan often time, rice, main dish such as teriy more...0 points

Japanese Bento Box / Tray with Lid #L8534

Japanese Bento Box / Tray with Lid #L8534

This Japanese Lunch box, or Obento box, measures 10 more...0 points

Laquer Three tier Jubako box #L8527

Laquer Three tier Jubako box #L8527

Beautiful Japanese Jubako box with a flying crane design more...0 points

PIRATE DOME LUNCH BOX

PIRATE DOME LUNCH BOX

These classic Dome Lunchboxes hearken back to a ti more...0 points

Traditional Japanese Bento Box w/Cover - 5 Compartment

Traditional Japanese Bento Box w/Cover - 5 Compartment

Japanese Series- In the tradition and vitality of more...0 points

Eagle Harbor Bento Box Gift Set

Eagle Harbor Bento Box Gift Set

This brand new gift set from Alaska Smokehouse wil more...0 points

Retro Industrial - Gift Box / Lunchbox

Retro Industrial - Gift Box / Lunchbox

This cool silver dome lunch box makes a great gift more...0 points

SESAME STREET ELMO Cookie Monster Oscar Metal LUNCH BOX

SESAME STREET ELMO Cookie Monster Oscar Metal LUNCH BOX

Sesame Street Elmo Bert Ernie, Etc Metal Lunch Box more...0 points

The Good Ol' Lunch Boxes--and Bento Boxes--and Everything In Between!

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Come on! Get Out of That Box and Drop a Note!

  • pmolinero Oct 13, 2010 @ 1:35 am | delete
    Love your lens! It somehow made me think of a matryoshka doll for those who like collecting a box in a box in a box...
  • CollectorsCottage Oct 24, 2007 @ 9:46 am | delete
    Welcome to the Collector Clubs group! 5 star lens!
  • Mister_K Oct 20, 2007 @ 10:24 am | delete
    Very interesting lens!
    You have been added to our hobby Squidoo group.
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