Keeping Cards from Showers

lefnc82 · September 2013

So I tend to be a keeper of anything that has potential sentimental value, such as cards. I was wondering if anyone is planning on keeping cards from their baby showers. I don't necessarily want to keep all of them, but the ones where people went to the effort to write actual personal messages in them I'd like to keep. I was just wondering if any of you had any fun ways of displaying (for the short term) and/or keeping them for the long term. I know I could put them in a scrapbook but I just think that may take up too much room. Anyone have any thoughts?

Gatorsgirl731 · September 2013

I don't plan on displaying them, but I did keep them. I keep all cards from big events I still have cards from when DS was born, and every card DH has ever given me. You could use them as matting in a frame with a pic of baby.

CousinVicki · September 2013

mine are thrown in a box ha

Scientist23 · September 2013

Mine are also in a box... And I had some lovely helpers who wrote what the card giver gave as a gift. Super useful when I wrote thank you cards lol

PixiesDust · September 2013

I kept them all and have grand plans to put them in some sort of album or book, but knowing me they'll probably also end up in a box

cdbayes · September 2013

Kept ours...they're in a box in the basement

BrittanyCupcakes · September 2013

Mine are in a box. We did have a little guest book at the shower where everyone signed and wrote nice little notes, and that will probably get tucked into the baby book.

BlessUrHeart29 · September 2013

Another vote for "mine are in a box" along with other keepsake type things.

lefnc82 · September 2013

All our wedding and other cards are just in a box as well! I'm sure that's what I'll wind up doing with these cards too but just thought I'd see if anyone had any other ideas! I did see on pinterest an idea of basically turning them into a 3-ring binder scrapbook by punching holes and using the rings to attach, not a bad idea, even if that goes in a box at least it'd be a little more organized!

Jalee85 · September 2013

Mine are sitting at the back of my baby book!

Crinita · September 2013

I keep cards too. I had a decorative box that one of the shower gifts came in and I am storing them all in that. It's pretty much the same thing my mom did for me, and I did enjoy looking at the cards when I was older, especially the ones from relatives that had passed on.

Throw3ks · September 2013

I stole the idea from Pinterest but I cut the cover of each card into a heart and made a collage type thing to hang on her nursery wall.

givemepenguinss · September 2013

I'm planning on using a heart-shaped punch to punch out some artwork from the fronts of cards and then the persons signature, making a pattern of them and framing it. It sounds terrible but it's going to be great.

hartsl01 · September 2013

All of our wedding cards are in a bag somewhere, kept mostly because of giving to those who got married after we did. For Christmas cards and pictures, I've put them together like a little booklet. I'll probably do the same with shower cards after Sunday.

babydoll22308 · September 2013

Pinterest had some cool ideas of making a book type thing out of cards. It was a neat idea.

calibr8te · September 2013

I admit to having a drawer full of cards and keepsakes. Problem is it's finally full, so I will have to sort through all of it and come up with a new plan.

vargasgurl · September 2013

I looked at my wedding cards about a month ago and decided to only keep cards from very close personal friends and family ... I did find 3 that I thought were cute and decided that I may frame them for the nursery. In the end the keepers go in a ... You guessed it .. A BOX!

So this is probably what I will do w my baby shower cards

ClomidCrazed · September 2013

Don't laugh!

I cut mine in half to display the main message and then the inside with the writing and put them in a photo album with pics of all the gifts and a pic of who gave them to me. It's a little much but I only plan on doing this once and it's a highly anticipated baby after 4 years of trying so there were great, thoughtful messages I wanted my child to have some day.

babygiantquest · September 2013

If you're only interested in keeping the personal message on the inside, St. Jude's has a recycled card program. Basically, you send them the fronts of your greeting cards, then the children at St. Jude's Ranch create new greeting cards out of them. These are then sold to raise money for St. Jude's. They accept any type of greeting card front.

You can learn more about the program here (clicky).

Arya207 · September 2013

Scientist23 said:

Mine are also in a box... And I had some lovely helpers who wrote what the card giver gave as a gift. Super useful when I wrote thank you cards lol

Same here

Nikdayday · September 2013

I bought one of those 5 gallon rubbermaid totes when DS was born and that's where I put all of his special stuff. I just stacked the cards and put a big rubber band around them and they are in there, I also had saved all of his cards people sent for 1st Christmas, Easter, etc. Also in the box is the front page of the paper from the day he was born, the church bulletin announcing his baptism, movie stubs, zoo tickets, things like that.

I figure down the road, WAY down the road lol, when I have time I can put it all together nice for him.

calibr8te · September 2013

awwwpuddin said:

I don't hoard paper.

I have ALWAYS purged things from my house every season, but in this pregnancy I discovered that I am a secret paper hoarder.

I had filing cabinets and boxes full of all of my uni notes from two degrees! Getting rid of it all was a huge and heavy task.

taylormarie923 · September 2013

I will probably affix an envelope inside the baby book or scrapbook that I make for the baby to hold all the cards.

However, my wedding cards are also sitting in a box.

Staceylynn602 · September 2013

CousinVicki said:
mine are thrown in a box ha

Same here

huntjul · September 2013

petdocd said:

I feel bad, but I never keep cards. Sorry shower goers.

Me either. I remember kindness but don't need a token of it I'm never going to look at again since it would surely end up in a box.

slh6363 · September 2013

Didn't want to toss them, but keeping them in a box....did the same with our wedding cards.

Amcdonnel1028 · September 2013

I could care less what we do with them. My husband is the one that's all sentimental abut them and wants to keep them/display them.

caseyp10 · September 2013

Throw3ks said:

I stole the idea from Pinterest but I cut the cover of each card into a heart and made a collage type thing to hang on her nursery wall.

I did this as well, but in the shape of a fish instead of a heart to match the theme of our nursery. It turned out really cute. A couple of the special cards, like from my parents, I'm keeping in a memory box.

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