tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407290036128954207.post6159619990915354088..comments2023-05-22T00:48:25.389-07:00Comments on Get Organized!!!: Kids' art work: to keep or not to keep it!The Amandas: Clutter Prescriptionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10124436688498669600noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407290036128954207.post-62106176198033016832008-12-17T13:39:00.000-08:002008-12-17T13:39:00.000-08:00I have enormous tubs for each of my children which...I have enormous tubs for each of my children which are overflowing with every scrap of paper each one has put a pencil to. In an effort to de-clutter and create something sentimental as well, I photographed all of the images and created a photo album on Shutterfly to be kept as a coffee table book. One page features 8 different images of painted "paper plates" and allowed me to condense 6 pieces of my child's art onto one FLAT page. <BR/>Miller Callen, Nashville, TNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1407290036128954207.post-81241611896073522042008-10-29T07:49:00.000-07:002008-10-29T07:49:00.000-07:00I am a sentimental fool, so this hits close to hom...I am a sentimental fool, so this hits close to home. I am up to my nostrils in fine works of art and cute little notes from my kids. My oldest is now 18 and my youngest is 7. That's a lotta paper, I tell you!<BR/><BR/>I do go through every week or so and purge the stuff that just isn't tugging on my heartstrings. I NEVER dispose of anything in front of my daughter, though. What I plan to do (you know, one day soon, when I've got some free time on my hands...haha)is to scan the papers into my computer and keep them in organized folders, perhaps by age for stuff from her preschool days and then by grade now that she is in school). Then I will burn these folders onto a CD or DVD and store them like any other important papers. Yes, it will be time-consuming, but always trying to find space to store the zillions of scraps of paper that come through the door is time-consuming, too. I think the new scan and store system will be well worth it in the end. Besides, the electronics form will probably outlast the paper form anyway.<BR/><BR/>~GraceH.R.H. The Queen Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06191875459188183550noreply@blogger.com