{"id":27195,"date":"2015-05-05T18:00:34","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T23:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=27195"},"modified":"2015-05-03T18:01:28","modified_gmt":"2015-05-03T23:01:28","slug":"what-to-do-with-your-old-passport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=27195","title":{"rendered":"What To Do WIth Your Old Passport"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>My new passport came today, and I am not happy.\u00a0 It is so new.\u00a0 And smooth.\u00a0 And clean.\u00a0 And perfect.\u00a0 When I present it to the customs official for the first time, I might be embarrassed.\u00a0 He will think it&#8217;s my first trip.\u00a0 I do look forward to breaking it in, though.<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27196\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_0577-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Passport tray\" width=\"640\" height=\"961\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_0577-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_0577-215x323.jpg 215w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_0577-300x451.jpg 300w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_0577-900x1352.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>On the other hand, my old passport looks as if it has been run over by an airplane loaded with passengers, and I love it.\u00a0 It is soft, dirty, wrinkled, stamped and stamped and stamped some more.\u00a0 It carries a lot of my story for the last ten years.\u00a0 Like the trip Jordan and I took on our bicycles through parts of Africa, including the Sahara desert.\u00a0 And all of the trips to third world countries that we took to do volunteering.\u00a0 And the trips to Europe to ride our bicycles through the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium, England, Scotland, Wales, Luxembourg, and Spain.\u00a0 And the trips to Southeast Asia where we met the most charming people and also did some amazing bicycle tours.\u00a0 And our trips to work with the nuns in South America.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a part of me.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27199\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_0606-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Passport tray\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_0606-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_0606-430x286.jpg 430w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_0606-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_0606-900x599.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">I don&#8217;t want to just throw it into the back of a drawer and forget about it.\u00a0 When my last passport expired, I took the pages apart and decoupaged them onto a tray.\u00a0 Many of the stamps are really quite attractive, and it made a very unique item that I use or see everyday.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27197\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_0588-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Passport tray\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_0588-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_0588-430x286.jpg 430w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_0588-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_0588-900x599.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">Sometimes I use it as part of a vignette.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27201\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Passport-Tray-746x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Passport Tray\" width=\"640\" height=\"879\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Passport-Tray-746x1024.jpg 746w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Passport-Tray-235x323.jpg 235w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Passport-Tray-300x412.jpg 300w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Passport-Tray-900x1235.jpg 900w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Passport-Tray.jpg 1953w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">The rest of the time it rests on the counter top in our kitchen.\u00a0 I get to see it everyday, and it is a great conversation piece.\u00a0 Guests in our home really like looking at it and talking about it.\u00a0 I&#8217;m having a creative block, though, on what to do with my newest expired passport.\u00a0 Do any of you have suggestions?\u00a0 If so, please share.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">Take care.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My new passport came today, and I am not happy.\u00a0 It is so new.\u00a0 And smooth.\u00a0 And clean.\u00a0 And perfect.\u00a0 When I present it to the customs official for the first time, I might be embarrassed.\u00a0 He will think it&#8217;s my first trip.\u00a0 I do look forward to breaking it in, though. &nbsp; On the 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