Happy Monday friends! This photo essay of treasures our friend, photographer Melissa Kaseman, found in her son’s pockets after preschool totally brightened our morning. It’s such a unique way to catalog this time in a child’s life, which is always, always full of surprises. See some of our faves from the series…

Love how she captured all the fun colors too.

Wouldn’t this be a neat way to preserve some of the treasures your little collects when playing and exploring? You never know what you’ll end up with.

It’s like keeping all their well-loved finds right at home.

The project has won 2^nd in the Editors Choice awards through the CENTER, and Melissa will be showing the work during Review Santa Fe in an exhibition with the other award winners. She’ll also share the work at the Review SF with curators, editors, and publishers. Congrats, M! Thanks for sharing this with us!

Photography: Melissa Kaseman