...parting with my children's clothes and shoes! Seth is now 5.5 and I have never disposed of the shoes he has grown out of!! Last week, a family that goes to Eme's daycare lost everything in a house fire...and their contents weren't insured! Totally devastating for them! Their son is only 1, so I thought I'd go through Seth's things and pass them on. As you can see from the pic below, we can certainly spare a few pairs. It motivated me to sort them into piles of still wearable, donate, ebay and totally trashed and no longer good to anyone! Seth is now down to only a few pairs and I feel a lot better! btw...this picture doesn't show all of them!
While I was at it...I sorted out Eme's as well! They're all so tiny and sweet, and I'm so attached to them, but I have to let it go! We're not having any more babies, so no point hanging onto them. I have kept their first pair of shoes for their memory box. Check out how brown Eme's legs are compared to Seth's!
I have been teaching some school holiday scrappy projects at
Scrapbooking Delights over the last couple of weekends...and now its time to share. This first one is a photo frame by Kaiser, using Kaiser papers, bling, flourish and flowers. Super easy to make and the girls loved it!
This next one is a hanging keepsake (again by Kaiser) with paper and lettering by
Bella. Another simple project that can be completed in less than 2 hours and looks delightful as either a door or wall hanging. This one is now hung above Eme's bed, and she loves it! In fact, she was really annoyed that I had to take it into the shop to teach it! lol.
This weekend I'll be showing the girls how to make a couple of layouts and a card...will share once the class if finished.
How's your Project 365 going? I'm going strong and haven't missed a photo since I started on 28/12/08! So proud of myself - I really feel like I'm going to finish this project. I'm still deciding how to put them all together, but I have started printing them off and keeping them in order. I've also been making a diary note each note so I don't forget what I took a photo of and why!
Cheers, Lis.
4 comments:
You'd love this- for christmas my one month old granddaughter was given a teeny tiny pair of pink and white check shoes.(they're those slip on jogger type shoes, I can't remember the brand name). Sooo cute! I bet Trish will have trouble parting with them too! Lynne D.
OK - now that is a LOT of shoes -- that sure is more than I have. You need to part with the shoes ...
Love your creations - that photo frame is beautiful! Great job!
I can join you in these issues, except mine are clothes!!! I have all Chloe's (13) baby clothes and all of Aimee's (5) *blush* I so need to sort the really, really specail ones and get rid of the others!!!
I love the recent projects that you have made! Love the photo frame!
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Hey Lisa... what size shoe is Eme in??? I dont mind hand-me-downs, especially some of those cute little sparkly ones he he!!! I think Charlotte's pile would be just as bad if i took the time to do what you did... sad i know!!!! Alicia
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