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Celebration Cards
What do you do with old cards? I feel guilty for throwing them away especially if they're from my grandparents or a very sick Aunt...but I have HUNDREDS of them. What about graduation and wedding cards? Should I just get rid of them?
Jackson W. Holler born 12/9/10 at 7:52 a.m. He is my little miracle baby!! pPROM'ed at 23w1d and delivered at 34w
Re: Celebration Cards
I have the EXACT same issue! I tend to keep all cards that are given to me. DH thinks it's a problem. haha. As far as wedding cards go, my best friend had a great idea! When she scrapbooked her wedding, she typed up quotes and advice that she felt was most meaningful and put them in the scrapbook. Also, if she had a card that had a 3-D decoration on the front, she removed it and used it as an embelishment. Very unique/cute way of keeping those "special memories" together.
As far as birthday cards go, after moving in with DH, I had ot cut back on a lot of stuff. What I did was tossed the ones that didn't have any real meaning... OR if I coudln't remember what they were for/year I got it... I tossed it. If the card just said "happy birthday" or signitures, it got tossed too.
I also like the box idea. I use a photo box for my cards and it's perfect!
Good Luck!
I only keep cards from H my parents, the inlaws, sympathy cards for my daughter (which I scrapbooked) and my grandparents. Even then I only save the ones that have something really nice written in them.
I chucked our wedding cards, save the ones from really close family.
I do scan other cards in our digital frame then throw the cards out, so they are on "Display" and "Saved" until I feel the need to get rid of the them altogether.
I keep cards that are from a special family member (grandparent, etc.), that mark a milestone (a couple of graduation cards, wedding, etc.) and ones that are meaningful (thank yous from students if they have a special message in them). Otherwise, I throw them out. They usually get piled and kept for a while and then I go through them and toss them.
I like the Christmas tree ornament idea!