...and thought it would really look cool in my new apartment. My mom had the idea right after the fire to make a shadowbox with the article about the fire and include the keys from the old place (you don't really have to return your keys when you no longer have a door!). I combined the two into one project, using the map and adding the keys into a cheap IKEA shadowbox frame and came up with this:
For now, I simply dropped the keys in the shadowbox, but as soon as I make a trip to Target I'll pick up some pushpins and put a yellow or red (Cyclone colors of course!) one into the box to hang the keys on. If the picture isn't very clear, its a section of map containing Ames. I traced over it with permanent marker and then colored in a little heart next to it.
I think I want to continue this project with other places I've lived and the keys to those place, like good ol' M-town and wherever I choose to live after Ankeny. But that requires more frames from IKEA and the nearest one is about 400 miles away, so this will have to do for now!
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