Chelsea Watt is pictured with her salt and pepper shaker collection that her grandmother started in New Westminster, B.C., on Friday, August 16, 2024.
Chelsea Watt was given the vast collection of salt and pepper shakers when her grandmother moved into assisted living last year. With the aid of her grandmother's typewritten records, she's creating a visual chronicle of them on Instagram.Posted: Aug 18, 2024 9:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
The collection features many B.C. landmarks, animals playing tennis and doing backflips, and even more elegant shakers featuring theWatt, who lives in New Westminster, B.C., was given the vast collection of salt and pepper shakers when her grandmother moved into assisted living last year. Watt is quick to say that many of the shakers never actually had salt and pepper in them, but she has vivid memories of going to her grandmother's house and seeing hundreds of them on display.
Watt says she's had great feedback on her Instagram account so far, including from her grandmother, who is now in her early 90s. She says her family encouraged her grandmother and helped build the collection over decades, with every family member and friend on the lookout for souvenir salt and pepper shakers wherever they went.
The eclectic collection featured in Watt's Instagram profile came about as her grandmother received gifts from friends and family over 60 years.
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