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Miniature shoes, gifts, gloves and a guest book line the lower shelf of a keepsake miniature armoire for a wedding or anniversary.
Treasures on the bottom shelf of a minaiture wedding keepsake.

Miniature shoes, gifts, gloves and a guest book line the lower shelf of a keepsake miniature armoire for a wedding or anniversary.

Photo Courtesy Lin of Lin's Top Shelf Creations Copyright 2008 Used With Permission

You don't always need to be exact in creating miniature mementos. Here a set of silver shoes, lace gloves, and a simple guestbook are enough to serve as reminders of items they may resemble only generally. When making memory frames like these, the more information you have about the event the better, but even suggestions, like the gifts in the background, and familiar phrases, "Always" and "Happily Ever After" do their part to bring back a surge of memories.

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