shangrila

I try to pick up something small in each place we visit. I use them as Christmas tree ornaments. When Christmas time rolls around, and we set up the tree. It is so great to sit and remember the special things of each little place that we have been. Plus it also makes our tree a definiate one of a kind.

Timlin

I love that so many of you treasure small inexpensive treasures .... great thread.

I have a couple things I love. One is a table cover.....it's about 18" around and white linen with hand embroidered daffodils in the middle. It was for sale in a second hand ...something like a garage sale in the market in Pori Finland. The old lady quoted my 30mk and I didn't quarrel. I liked that she thought she had really pulled one over on me and that she seemed to really need the money. I love that piece!

Another is a dolphin shapped pepper grinder that sits by my range and I use it everyday......it was not at all expensive but everytime I pick it up I'm transfered back to Sweden.

I have others but all are about the same thing......tablecloths from Venice and earings from France just easy everyday things that I love.

atravelynn

A lion hair ball was my prize souvenir since 2003. This past summer I added some grizzly hair and zebra tail strands to my favorite souvenirs. If you find rather than buy the souvenir, I am assuming it can still count according to Fodor's souvenir etiquette rules.

Whenever I've written about my lion hair ball in past threads, it has generated strange emails from people wanting to sell me more hairballs, to people asking how much I'd sell it for, to some real oddballs. Even odder than those who'd treasure a lion hairball.

Happy souvenir hunting to you all.

ozlindy

6 handpainted clay Peruvian musicians bought from TLaquePaque Sedona & a stunning Kochina doll..Memories of my trip are never far from me!!