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Memory box

I’m a hoarder and I’m not afraid to admit it! This is why my job as a curator is perfect as it allows me to collect, catalogue and keep for ever! I’ve always kept momentoes of events – I have boxes full of ticket stubs as well as photographs, programmes and keepsakes. When we got married two years ago I squirreled away a selection of items to remind me of our wedding day – a programme, an invite, some wedding cake, a thank you card, as well as our official wedding album and guest book.

I knew I wanted to do something similar to commemorate the birth of Edward so straight away I started collecting items to remind me of my pregnancy and his first year. I’ve used an old Orla Kiely box and so far I have his birth announcements, Bounty photograph, first babygro, scratch mitts and hat as well as his hospital name tag. I’ve also started to collect items from events we’ve gone to as a family, including tickets for his first steam train trip and air show! I’m looking forward to adding to the memory box over the year and hope it is something that Edward will cherish as much as I do.

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    World Wide News Flash
    October 27, 2010 at 4:01 pm

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    Pumpkin and Piglet
    October 27, 2010 at 9:28 pm

    Another hoarder here! I have two memory boxes, one for me and my husband and also one for my daughter. I love them and keep all sorts of things on them. I really like being able to look through them and remember days out and events and hope that my daughter will love looking through hers when she’s older too!

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    November 4, 2010 at 12:42 pm

    […] is a lovely set of Christmas stamps and I am happy to be able to add them to Edwards’ memory box. I expect they’ll be really popular stamps and look forward to sticking them to our Christmas […]

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    January 19, 2011 at 10:59 pm

    […] A few months ago I saw Mother and Baby magazine appealing for women who had breech births for a story they were running. I put myself forward and I appeared in the November issue. The story has been dramatised quite a lot but the basic facts are there. I definitely didn’t sob uncontrollably when I signed the consent forms and I definitely don’t remember what we ate the night before the c section. It’s strange seeing my story in print and I can’t quite believe I’ve shared pictures of me high on morphine. However, I’m one proud mummy and it’s another souvenir for Edward’s memory box. […]

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    January 4, 2012 at 11:18 am

    […] in, beautifully wrapped in tissue paper and in a lovely box. Little Sis now has her own memory box (like her brother’s) which contains her hospital identity bracelet, birth announcement and first […]

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    May 6, 2012 at 8:07 pm

    […] a few of my favourite brands and must admit I’ve even been keeping the wrappers for the children’s memory boxes! The Jubilee and Olympics are big events in their little lives and even though they are too young […]

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