I got this idea from the Nate Berkus Show. It is a great show with lots of ideas. What you do it take a bottle put some sand in it, some shells, a picture, then wrap some ratton around the top and it's just that simple. I took some sand that I brought home from our trip to Florida in 05. And the picture was from Daytona Beach. The shells are from all over. So now I have my memory bottle. It was hard to get a picture because of the flash.