{"id":1368,"date":"2015-04-19T19:10:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-19T23:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bellapamella.com\/blog\/?p=1368"},"modified":"2018-10-05T17:05:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T22:05:39","slug":"idea-76-make-a-cherished-hand-me-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/idea-76-make-a-cherished-hand-me-down\/","title":{"rendered":"IDEA 76: MAKE A CHERISHED HAND-ME-DOWN"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hand_Ben_Notype\"<\/p>\n

What is it about our off-spring\u2019s little hand and footprints that look to us like one of nature\u2019s most beautiful design motifs?<\/span><\/p>\n

When my firstborn came back from the hospital nursery with inky feet, I was thrilled to see that the nurses had captured the one-day-old feet on a beautiful document, and I requested they put another set right onto the page of his baby book.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Foot_Nell_Book\"<\/span><\/p>\n

When my baby daughter got to day-care, I received a \u201ccorsage\u201d made by one of the teachers. It was for Mother\u2019s Day, and was made using my daughter\u2019s tiny handprint in pink paint, cut out, laminated with a pin back, and festooned with small pink ribbons. I wore that corsage on Mother\u2019s Day for years.<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s why, when my colleague Jen told me about her handprint project, I knew I had to share it. It\u2019s just SUCH a BellaPamella idea!!<\/span><\/p>\n

With each child’s first birthday, she purchased a white tablecloth. The birthday kid was allowed to put a painty set of his\/her handprints on the cloth, which was then labeled with their age (1). As the birthdays commenced, the handprints collected. Each cloth is different, reflecting the \u201cdesign sensibility\u201d of each child.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Hand_Noah_Tablecloth\"<\/span><\/p>\n

The original idea was to bring out the special tablecloth to decorate the birthday party table. But, very quickly, Jen realized this keepsake was way too precious to expose it to spilled Kool-Aid and ice cream.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, it still comes out. It gets it’s annual set of prints, and becomes a wall hanging or other decorative drape for the duration of the celebration. Then it’s safely stowed, away from flinging food, until the next year. And one day, it just may provide a favorite story for her grand kids.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Helping_Hands_Link\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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What is it about our off-spring\u2019s little hand and footprints that look to us like one of nature\u2019s most beautiful design motifs? When my firstborn came back from the hospital nursery with inky feet, I was thrilled to see that the nurses had captured the one-day-old feet on a beautiful document, and I requested they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,24,33,34,35,37,38,41,43,46],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1368"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1368"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1951,"href":"https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1368\/revisions\/1951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellapamella.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}