Shadow Box Memories

Hello Readers!!!  I am very excited for my next few days of blogging.  Every day this week I have decided to showcase a different project that I did around the house.  My house is no where near perfection or real fancy, but I like it.  And please excuse all the pictures, I meant to clean up before I took them, but I just ran out of time! 

This first project of mine was inspired by things I have seen on Pinterest {what did we do before that by the way?!?!}  I wanted a way to showcase the outfits I brought the girls home from the hospital in...it made me sad to thing of them just sitting away in the attic. 

So when I was at Michael's a few weeks ago, they had some shadow boxes on sale...perfect!  I grabbed two and headed home to get to work.

This was seriously one of the easiest projects ever.  I wrote up the girls stats on the computer {name, birthday, birth stats} in Microsoft Word, printed it out, and cut them to fit inside the box.




Then I just attached their outfits to the back of the shadow box and voila!!!



I simply LOVE how they came out and get soooo many compliments on them!  I cannot tell you how easy and quick it was to do as well.  I will be making smaller shadow boxes with their hats {or bow in Baby C's case} and their hospital bracelets, though you could include those into the bigger shadow box instead!

I added them to my already set up photo wall area and think the completed it just perfectly!


Comments

  1. ErikaApril 23, 2012 at 8:36 AM

    That's a great idea! I may just have to try it...at some point;-)

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  2. RustiApril 23, 2012 at 8:36 AM

    LOVE them!! the wall looks great!! I've been wanting to do something with Goose's too - her hospital bracelets are in her scrapbook, but clothes will definitely NOT fit in there ;) how very cool! what did you use to attach them to the back of the shadow box? I might have to do this with Goose & Duckie's outfits :) thanks for sharing Mandy!

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  3. BriApril 23, 2012 at 8:45 AM

    Is it bad I don't remember what my kids wore the days we brought them home?

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  4. Melissa at Tall BlondeApril 23, 2012 at 10:11 AM

    What a great idea! I've seen these before and thought it would be a fun way to do it! Thanks for sharing.

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  5. AndreaLeighApril 23, 2012 at 10:22 AM

    so so cute! i should really do this.

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  6. Sarah-Life is what you make itApril 23, 2012 at 2:08 PM

    love this idea!

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  7. ErinApril 23, 2012 at 2:54 PM

    Love them!

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  8. KimApril 23, 2012 at 5:40 PM

    I LOVE these! I've seen them on Pinterest but seeing that someone I *know* (damn country keeping us from meeting in person) has done them, I like them even more!! Might have to get one for Preston!!

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  9. BrittApril 24, 2012 at 7:37 AM

    LOVE!!! Totally doing this :)

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  10. D @ Naptime in SuburbiaApril 26, 2012 at 6:21 AM

    What a great idea! I am so far from being crafty, but I think that even I could swing this!

    P.S.
    I love your house posts-everything looks great :-)

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  11. Perfectly ImperfectApril 28, 2012 at 1:12 PM

    this is really, really cute!! I really need to do this one.

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