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By: Reduce Sentimental Clutter By Photographing Your Memories

Reduce Sentimental Clutter By Photographing Your Memories — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:31:32 +0000

[...] here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Yesterday I shared one of my favorite organizing tips at my friend Laura’s blog. To reduce sentimental clutter I live by the motto, “Take a [...]

By: Tanna @ Complete Organizing Solutions

Tanna @ Complete Organizing Solutions — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:46:17 +0000

Maybe one day you can help her realize that the explanations are enough, that you don’t need the physical stuff. It is great that she is at least explaining the items but yes, the tough part will be saying no to receiving the actual stuff.

By: DebraC

DebraC — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:30:12 +0000

Sentimental items are the hardest to part with. You don’t always necessarily want to display the items. But somehow a part of you is missing when you throw it away.

By: jen

jen — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:22:47 +0000

I wish I could get my mom to do this. Instead, she catalogs everything she has with labels and explanations, thinking that one day we might want this stuff in our own houses. Hate to think about that day coming . . .

By: Allison

Allison — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:42:26 +0000

I have a ton of stuff like this, that I’m learning to let go of. I have done the photograph thing a few times now though, and I’m learning to love that as an alternate because you are right. I’m not going to wear that sweatshirt from 18 years ago that all the kids i went to Japan signed. it’s in a box in my crawl space. I should photograph it and put the photos in with my photos of my trip, and get rid of it. I really need to do that.

I did that with my bedroom when I moved from my parents home. I had a very, eh-hem, unique, room. All of my friends and people who came to visit signed my walls. In marker. Or paint. Or sketches. It was a total tribute to my teenage years. I loved my room. but my parents didn’t and they painted it almost the day after I moved out. :-P but I have my photos of my room! and I love them!

By: Susie's Homemade

Susie's Homemade — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:01:14 +0000

I am hanging on to EVERYTHING! It is a problem:-(

By: Tanna @ Complete Organizing Solutions

Tanna @ Complete Organizing Solutions — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:07:08 +0000

Exactly, I think a lot of people miss the point when holding onto this stuff. We forget the memories and then it is just stuff, it is nice to have something to go off of.

But remember this stuff eventually gets passed on to someone else. Once your children are grown ask them what they would like. See what other family members want and make your wishes known before your pass. We don’t want to pass on that guilt of getting rid of stuff to our kids!

By: Laurah

Laurah — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:47:36 +0000

Even if you’re not going to get rid of things, I think it’s a good idea to take photographs of them and have the stories attached written down somewhere. I have so many heirlooms from either side of the family that come with, “This came from your [grandmother's] [jewelry box]. I think it belonged to your [great aunt].” It’s like playing Mad Libs with relative’s names!