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What to Do With Old School Uniforms After Your Child Leaves School. As another school year comes to an end, many families find themselves facing a familiar question: what should we do with all those old school uniforms? Whether your child is leaving primary school to start an exciting new chapter at secondary school, or they’ve just completed their GCSEs and are preparing for college, sixth form or work, school uniforms often carry far more memories than we realise. While some uniforms can be donated or recycled, many parents find it difficult to part with items that represent years of...

Classic memory bears are where it all started for Handmade by Kirsty Louise five years ago, and they are still as popular as ever. These are such a versatile keepsake and absolutely any type of clothing will work for a memory bear. Babygrows are a very popular choice for the keepsake bear and you can even select between two different styles. Can you spot the knitted item used too? One of these memory bears also has personalised embroidery too which shows a name, date of birth, birth weight and birth time.  School uniforms are also such a great choice for...

When you’re having keepsakes made from baby clothes you may think that you can only include babygrows. Here at Handmade by Kirsty Louise I’m able to include most fabric items within your baby clothes keepsake, whether you’re ordering an animal, cushion or quilt. These are some of the fabrics and items that work perfectly.   Knitted clothing; I’m regularly asked if knitted items can be included and the answer is 100% yes. It doesn’t matter if it’s a lightweight and fine piece of knitwear, or a chunky knitted piece of clothing. I can incorporate these within your keepsake.   Swimwear;...

What do you do with your children’s outgrown baby clothes?   I bet that all of us are guilty of having bags of outgrown baby clothes sat in storage that our children will never fit into again, but what can we do with it all? Here are six different ideas for what to do with all of those old baby clothes. Baby clothes keepsakes are the perfect way to keep the most special outfits that you can’t part with. Pick out all of your favourite or sentimental items and have them turned into a quilt, cushion or animal that you...

Memory keepsakes are somewhat a speciality of mine and whilst running Handmade By Kirsty Louise over the last 4 years, I have made hundreds of memory keepsakes which are now treasured by people up and down the UK as well as internationally. I make these memory keepsakes by hand using sentimental pieces of clothing including babygrows, children's clothes, adult clothes and uniforms. Memory keepsakes can vary in shape and range from bunting to lions and our most popular keepsake, elephants. SHOP SPECIAL KEEPSAKES What are living memory keepsakes? There tend to be two main reasons why people would like sentimental...