Saving Stuff

No. I have kept a few very meaningful ones. I'm not a saver. I like to get rid of stuff and make space! But everyone is different!

Yah, I have them and save them.
Keep in mind, my Hubby does not give a lot of cards, to me.... as the years have gone by.

Ugh.. We save them for quite a while then we toss them.. We have been together since we were 13.. we are now almost 50.

Here is what we have told our daughter.
"All of this (waving our arms at our home, cars, property) this is not us. Some of this has meaning to us, but they are not us. If you want something or all of it great, but this is never to be your burden. Sell it, give it away, throw it all away. I will tell you what has dollar value, but never feel you must keep any of this."

I do special events and one of them is Estate Sales. All of those cards? Not one person I have ever worked for has kept those cards from their parents.. So keep them if they make YOU happy, but know that in the long run, they are either sold in the Estate sale or thrown into the recycle.

My mother in law cut them out, spread them out into a 4 squares and had them laminated into placemats..and uses them alot of the year..one side is the front of the card and the back side is whatever it said on the inside...whether it was his writing or whatever the card said. I think its sooo neat. i havent saved mine though...wish I did

I have always heard people say "just take a picture and then get rid of the item" but for me that never felt right and you just end up with a box full of pictures instead of a box full of stuff (I'd rather have the stuff!).

I do like the idea though of scanning the cards and putting them on your computer. You could also make a shutterfly book with the images so you have them all together without the bulk.

I might even take this idea and use it to remember some of my girls' baby things that I don't need anymore but don't want to part with. A nice hardcover photobook would be wonderful for the memories. Makes it special without the clutter. (thanks for the suggestion, Denise...my husband will be so thankful too!).

I'm all about pitching out & streamlining!
So, no, I don't keep all cards from my hubby. I keep them for awhile, then pitch.
Why not SCAN them & keep on the computer?

I agree with the other ladies points. Mine was going to be a little different though. I am one of those clutter free people. my son gets upset when i toss his homework. I explain to him that if mommy kept everything that he made at school it would be a paper mess all over house. I let him pick special things and he gets to put it on his school year door. Each kiddo has a door with their class calendars and special things and so on...

As for cards, I am not a very sentimtal person. My gma andher hub were hoarders. when they passed there was soooo, oh my god. So I only keep them for a certain amount of time. then i cleanse/ purge an area. He did get me the world best mom trophy specially design and made for me. I am keeping that forever.

everything will eventually end up being purge and new stuff will come aorund. after the new school year starts we will take down all his art he kept and put it in a box. My son though will purge that as he gets older.

My mom kept everything from school. and us growing up. so when i got married that was my shower gift..all my old school stuff. and baby stuff and it just added to the stress of getting married/ moving. So I have and agreement with my hub we willnot leave that for the boys. i took photos of each of their homecoming outfits when they were born. I saved picture of their bapitism gowns. That is just how I am though. If you are sentimetal go ahead hang on to them....my short answer turned into a novel sorry:)

-Libby

I save my few favorite... maybe about 10 of them.

Others you can cut out and make a collage with or do some other craft.

why don't you use them to make a collage or you can probably do the thing where you soak them in glue and lay them on each other and make a pretty out of it ... I can not for the life of me remember what it is called though ... it could be a fun artsy fartsy thing to do with them since you have saved them and all! I have a few that I have saved like my mom-to-be card and that is kept with all of my pregnancy pics. The few that I have are with corrosponding pictures or in albums.

save them....they are unique & special to your relationship. You will regret eliminating them.....

I save all of my cards in a small container with a lid. I just toss them in there when I'm done displaying them. My husband saves his also. Cards from others I throw out if there isn't a message inside. As far as my children's artwork I will be saving more now than I did since a friend of mines child died and it makes me think about how everything he makes is special in a different way. I am going to find ways to fit them into scrap booking designs. Always save a card from your grandparents if they are still alive so that you have their hand writing and can look back at it when they are gone. My gma passed and we found a card in her desk for my son(baby at the time) with an ornament. It was so special. I will hold onto that for ever. Her writing is so comforting to me as well. I don't have cards from my other gma because she died while I was a child but I have a ornament in a box with her handwriting on it.

We've been together nearly 25 years and I have all the old notes and cards. They are sooooo funny to read. Our handwriting hasn't changed much either.

I tend to "cut out" the personal note part and have saved a couple that are really beautiful (or really stupid b/c they're intentionally funny), but not all of them.

I had cards saved from when my mom was pregnant with me. When my husband and I renovated our master bedroom and walk in closet a year and a half ago, I decided it was time to sort through "the box" I had which contained every single card I had ever gotten from anyone and everyone. It was so out of control that the lid no longer fit. It was time to purge and purge I did. I went to Ross and purchased two decorative boxes...I'm sure you know the kind I'm talking about. They are not huge, but rather large. Next, I sorted through all the cards and organized them by who they were from. All cards from my parents went in one pile, another pile from my sister, another pile from my husband, and so on. Next, I went through each card and if there were no sentimental words hand written, I tossed those. Anything with sentimental words I kept. All the cards from my husband, the same thing...if he took the time to write something other than "I love you," I kept it otherwise I trashed it. I put all the cards from my husband in one separate box while I took ribbon for the piles of cards remaining and tied a ribbon around each pile so when I put them back into the box, they are already organized and sorted and now when I get cards from various people, I just slip the card in the appropriate bundle. I have been married for almost 19 years and yes, that's a lot of cards but not all of them are sentimental so I have purged a lot.

Hundreds!? That is awesome! I have been with my hubby about 5 years and I have held on to every card he has gotten me, all 5 of them! Lol.

I say sit down and read through every single one and throw out any that don't make you feel all warm and tingly. You may end up keeping every single one, just make room for them if you do (storage tub, or perhaps there is something creative at the container store). Plus, going through and reading each one for this task will make you love him all over again!

You could always make a scrap book with them.
I think you'll regret getting rid of them if you do.
Its nice to look back on things like that.