Framing Baby and Vintage Clothing

Not to get all TMI on you all, but we're in the thick of some big family planning decisions around here. I would love to have more babies I think, but we're trying to be thoughtful about the timing and about what makes the most sense for us and for our future.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album%203/meohmy_MG_2415.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://meohmymama.blogspot.com/2011/02/presleys-room.html" target="_blank">Me Oh My</a></i></div><br />Before <a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2012/05/no-sleep-til-brooklyn-rip-mca.html" target="_blank">we moved</a> this summer, I donated, gifted and tossed basically all of our baby clothes. Truthfully, it was a little heart-breaking. I'm the kind of person that can remember what I was wearing at every single important (and semi-important) event in my life. Isn't that weird? There's a similar memory attachment to my kids clothes too.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album%203/eddieross6a00e55391c48e883301157070367f970b-400wi.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album%203/eddieross6a00e55391c48e88330115707036b2970b-400wi.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Both images above from <a href="http://www.eddieross.com/eddie_ross/2009/05/inside-the-box.html" target="_blank">Eddie Ross</a></i></div><br />But, after three girls in a row, most of the clothes had been passed down once or twice (poor Evie!) and they were just <i>done</i>. It made sense to not waste precious storage space any more. I did keep a couple of really special pieces - blessing dresses and some of the really teeny tiny clothes from the newborn days. And I love to have one or two of those items framed - maybe in the hallway to the girls bathroom?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album%203/luciteframes.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.scwinteriors.com/" target="_blank"><i>SCW Interiors</i></a></div><br />I also love all the vintage bathing suit ideas that have been floating around for the past couple years. Shoes, purses, wallets, jewelry, glasses - all of these would look great for those heirlooms you'd like to be able to enjoy, but that need protecting (<a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2011/05/heirloom-button-art.html" target="_blank">like my grandmother's buttons</a>).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album%203/Image11.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://www.kdhamptons.com/featured/exclusive-kristina-davis-shares-her-navy-beach-design-diary/" target="_blank">KD Hamptons</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album%203/jeffreybilhuber59109813829945806_bJY7KEyR_c.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Jeffrey Bilhuber design</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Camila from Effortless Style recently framed her son's going home outfit in a standard acrylic frame from the craft store. It was a really cute and easy DIY that I might just have to copy! <a href="http://blog.effortless-style.com/2012/12/diy-lucite-shadow-box-framed-outfit/" target="_blank">Check it out here.</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album%203/effortlessstylefinishedshadowbox-520x643.jpg" /></div>

Framing Baby and Vintage Clothing

Not to get all TMI on you all, but we're in the thick of some big family planning decisions around here. I would love to have more babie...

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