For years I have saved gorgeous shopping bags from fabulous places as keep sakes.  To me a special bag is one from a store I wouldn't regularly buy something from like Tiffany or Chanel. Or it may be that the bag is just too cute, or the place I visited had only a little trinket I could afford but they put it in the a fabulous bag to be cherished forever.  

One day last week we were leaving for a dinner party and My Mike needed a bag and went into my sacred stash.  And there he was by the front door with my Henri Bendel shopping bag, Circa 1999!  I hurled myself through the air and tackled him to the floor.  He's still recovering. OK, so maybe it wasn't that dramatic but he did get a lengthily explanation of the importance of my bag collection.

The next day, coincidentally, I found this idea while I was perusing shelterpop and I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT! What an inexpensive and unique decorating  idea.