Preserving Memories

I am a very sentimental person and try to preserve as many memories as I can. I have two large Rubbermaid boxes full of stuff collected over my lifetime. What do I keep in these Rubbermaids you might wonder? Any and everything. They contain some of my schoolwork, diplomas, medals, postcards, tickets, brochures...and the list goes on. I've tried to go back and sort through them and get rid of some things. I just can't. Each time I go back to the boxes it tells my life story.

In order to document my daughter's life story, I've been very careful to preserve and document things for her. An Aunt gave me a newspaper from the day she was born, I have her feet stamped in a frame (the ink didn't come off for 5 days...), as well as her newborn outfit preserved in this shadowbox:

I got the shadowbox 50% off at Michael's...cost me about $12. I used sewing pins to hold all of the items onto the board. The background is her receiving blanket, the hat and onesie she wore in the hospital, as well as a picture of her in the clothes, and the first letter of her name (with scrapbook paper glued to it). Used the crocheted flower and scrapbook paper to match her room. 

While it took me awhile to pin all of the items to the board, I think it was well worth it!