Today I was storing away some baby clothes. I could of just cried. I held every little outfit and cuddled it! I came across a baby sock and it fit right on my thumb.
As all mothers do, I want to keep lots of outfits because they give me the warm fuzzies. It seems like such a shame to stuff them into a spacebag and have them just sit there though.
Aha! An idea!
I have this shadowbox frame that I super glued some keys in. I'm not really happy with the frame color or the fact you can see the glue all over the keys. Oh and it fell off the wall and got busted.
I gave the shadowbox many many coats of white paint. I did not sand or prime. I know, I know. By the way, a dish green scrubbie doesn't do well as sandpaper. LOL, just a little FYI.
I popped in a light piece of scrapbook paper, pinned the socks in place, and used letter stickers for each kiddos initial. Tada! Laundry room art!
Now when I'm standing in the laundry room folding my life away, I can remember when they were sooo tiny and it will make it so much better.
Keep an eye out for more laundry room projects! The laundry/mudroom is my current project. Here's what's up- a little laundry organization, shoe storage, de-brown laminating, family calendar, and bench seating.
Until next time!
Nicole
Cost: FREE
white paint: found in house when we moved in
baby socks: obviously used and free
shadowbox: reclaimed free
pins: had on hand
scrapbook paper: had on hand
letters: out of craigslist lot that I had
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That is really such a cute project. I have a shadow box I haven't done anything with. This might be a perfect use. Thanks so much for linking up to my party. I hope to see you at next week's party again.
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What a precious idea!!!! My youngest is 21 - I wonder if I have any socks left laying around the house..... Oh! Oh!!! I just remembered those cute little white socks with rows and rows of lace on the edge that they used to wear to church!!! I see a frame in my future!
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What a great idea. I am often wondering what to do with various things that I want to keep but just end up storing in a box. My kids are 5 and 2 so a lot of memorabilia and precious things. G
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What an adorable idea! Great way to remember just how tiny their feet was.
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ReplyDeleteThat is so stinkin cute! Get it? LOL...no babies feet are edible, certainly not stinky til the get about 9! Thanks for joining in. XO
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ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful idea! The sock monster lives at our house and always eats just one sock. We have dozens of lonely socks waiting for their mates to return home. However, when your kids are 16 and 20, their socks aren't quite as charming!
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Oh my gosh, that is so adorable!!! what a great idea.
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I was cleaning out behind my dryer and guess what?! I can do this project! I gave away all of my baby clothes from all three children because they were doing me no good. Then I saw this post and thought "shoot... I should have thought of this". (I always wanted to do bronze baby shoes but I never put them in shoes until after 12mos and by then the shoes were torn up). Anyhow... I now have about a dozen mismatched baby socks from the kiddos! And cleared out a fire hazard.
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