Decluttering- too much lovely artwork. Help !

[tillergirl]

Please help- what to do with the reams of paper covered in lovely art by my 2, 5 and 7 year old ???? I'll ask my toy questio in another post...
Hugs,
Pam in Nova Scotia.

Scan it and store it digitally? (says the woman whose child is too young to draw)

throw it away, except for one or two great pieces.
or post it to granny.

take photos of them?

Get a lovely scrapbook and frame just one or two special pictures.

Don 't throw it away... it's irreplacable!!!

Concertina file. Anything A4 or smaller, and flat can go in there.

Anything lumpy, edible, yukky etc has a photo taken and the photos are stored in the same concertina file.

tillergirl, are you really in NS?

keep it all - you'll find next time you come across it, you'll chuck most of it away.

wow guys...you're sooooo helpful

and yes, anneofavonlea, I am in NS. you wouldn't be in PEI by chance ??

Pick a wall, divide it into 3 spaces (or a wall each, depending on how much wall space you have) and cover it entirely with artwork. As time goes on, change it over - just chuck ones you don't care much about, but if there are ones that stay up for months because you can't bear to get rid of them, then get a document wallet for each child and keep them for a bit. Review regularly though.

Send some to grandparents/godparents too

I am brutal about artwork. Ds produces about 5 a day - we would drown in it. also i wd have little interest in looking at my artwork from that era.

MODELS are the problem IMO. they spend a week in ds's room then out.

was me, and nope, I'm in London.....but grew up in NS. Miss it a lot

I like the art wall idea....

sorry ramonaquimby, I misread who posted what...where in NS are you from ? I'm living in the Annapolis Valley- buried in snow...I grew up in the UK, and haven't been back since my honeymoon in 2000....I do miss some things about the UK...but I love the open spaces here

I agree about scanning it.
You can then use the really nice stuff to make calendars, mugs, fridge magnets etc at photobox, snapfish or wherever.

Halifax.
Annapolis Valley is gorgeous, lucky you.

Not been back in 8 years - that's a long time. I go home every year.