https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:04:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-outgrown-personalized-items-for-los#post-2601598 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 08:19:12 +0000 SweetiePie 2601598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gingerbebe: I may do that when we're completely done having kiddos and make one out of all the stuff I don't have the heart to give away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-outgrown-personalized-items-for-los#post-2601596 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 08:17:18 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2601596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gingerbebe: that's a good suggestion too. Im not crafty myself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-outgrown-personalized-items-for-los#post-2601594 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 08:13:46 +0000 Alivoo01 2601594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@caterw: that's absolutely brilliant! I'll have to keep that in mind for my kiddos! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-outgrown-personalized-items-for-los#post-2601587 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 08:01:46 +0000 caterw 2601587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Alivoo01: My mom used to get us brand new backpacks from Land's End that had been returned for an incorrect monogram and save tons of $$$. You can't even tell once you've washed it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-outgrown-personalized-items-for-los#post-2601576 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 07:42:41 +0000 Alivoo01 2601576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@caterw: Why didn't I ever think to rid the monogram with a seam ripper?! Thanks!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-outgrown-personalized-items-for-los#post-2601572 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 07:25:11 +0000 looch 2601572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetiePie: I did it myself. I started by doing some lap quilts that were made from bandanas, to practice lining up and binding. </p> <p>For the baby clothes quilt, I want to keep the fronts of the pieces intact. I plan to make a large panel and then integrate the pieces by hand. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-outgrown-personalized-items-for-los#post-2601570 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 07:17:55 +0000 SweetiePie 2601570@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: did you make the tshirt quilt yourself? Or commissioned it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-outgrown-personalized-items-for-los#post-2601551 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 06:45:43 +0000 looch 2601551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetiePie: I've done it twice, now, those sentimental quilts...I have one I made out of old tees of mine and one that is places we visited together.</p> <p>I plan to do a baby clothes quilt for my son some day, and I will use the monogrammed blanket (we only have one and it has his name and birthdate on it, so not likely we can resell it) as part of it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-outgrown-personalized-items-for-los#post-2601537 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 06:20:28 +0000 SweetiePie 2601537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: @caterw: Yeah, good points about donating. I'll probably end up doing that. Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-outgrown-personalized-items-for-los#post-2601464 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 21:35:25 +0000 caterw 2601464@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You could still donate it if you can't resell it! It is really easy to take the monogram off of stuff with a seam ripper. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-outgrown-personalized-items-for-los#post-2601439 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 20:47:25 +0000 Smurfette 2601439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pickle: we are in the same group. I don't have a ton of stuff, mostly all initial, but I will send it to you when we are done with them. Most are all bigger sizes so you won't need for a while. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-outgrown-personalized-items-for-los#post-2601401 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 19:42:30 +0000 Truth Bombs 2601401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One of my best friends has a daughter with the same name so I sent it to her. She gets hand me downs and I get crap out of my house. Win/win </p> <p>For things with her initials monogrammed on there I try to sell on a Facebook group and then eventually just donate if they don't sell. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-outgrown-personalized-items-for-los#post-2601390 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 19:14:15 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2601390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@babybean404: I'm in one for the letter R. I actually don't know of a general group. Sometimes people will post monogrammed items in the group "Smocking Hot Mamas." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-outgrown-personalized-items-for-los#post-2601380 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 19:02:02 +0000 babybean404 2601380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pickle: What group do you recommend? I am having trouble figuring out which groups are active. It looks like there's a bunch of "First Letter" groups but it would be awesome to have one huge general group with searchable posts! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-outgrown-personalized-items-for-los#post-2601361 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 18:28:17 +0000 gingerbebe 2601361@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Commission a quilt out of his things and baby clothes and what not.</p> <p><a href="http://www.vintagegiggles.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.vintagegiggles.com</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-outgrown-personalized-items-for-los#post-2601357 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 18:26:49 +0000 ShootingStar 2601357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would just give them away. Just because something's personalized doesn't mean it's worth saving. And lots of people in need won't be that picky about whether there's personalization. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-outgrown-personalized-items-for-los#post-2601313 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 17:02:52 +0000 Foodnerd81 2601313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I reuse it for the baby for now- c has recently learned to read her name and noticed that the baby's towel says her own name- oops. But @Mrs. Pickle: idea is great, even if you offer it free. </p> <p>I remember growing up a babysitter had the same name as me and I got a bunch of hand me down name clothes from her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-outgrown-personalized-items-for-los#post-2601305 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 16:53:07 +0000 youboots 2601305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You can recycle it. Textile recycling is a thing. The North Fave has a been. So does Thread up but you have to be selling things. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-outgrown-personalized-items-for-los#post-2601300 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 16:43:52 +0000 SweetiePie 2601300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pickle: that's a good idea! They are all his first name only so someone else could use them!</p> <p>@MaryM: Well, I also should have added I'm not sure if I'll have another. Waiting for my next round of IVF and I'm only doing one round (for my sanity). Which is another reason I hate to hold on to something that's not ideal. Our apartment is jam packed and monogrammed/personalized stuff is very popular among our circle of friends and family. So I'm positive that if the miracle of another happened, I'd then get boatloads for that baby. </p> <p>@looch: I probably don't have THAT many. But I am doing that with my husband's sentimental t-shirts as a surprise! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-outgrown-personalized-items-for-los#post-2601291 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 16:31:56 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2601291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pickle: that is genius. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-outgrown-personalized-items-for-los#post-2601284 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 16:22:43 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2601284@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You can join a monogram resale page on FB and sell them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-outgrown-personalized-items-for-los#post-2601281 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 16:16:14 +0000 looch 2601281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can you sew them into a larger blanket? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-outgrown-personalized-items-for-los#post-2601279 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 16:07:46 +0000 MaryM 2601279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My SIL is still using a personalized towel from her first on her ninth. If you're going to have other kids, does it really matter if it's personalized? They likely won't even know </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-outgrown-personalized-items-for-los#post-2601270 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 15:52:49 +0000 SweetiePie 2601270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In my case, it's hooded towels and small blankets. Because they're personalized it's not likely I'll use them again. So, yeah, it sounds nice to keep them because they're sentimental. But...I'm in an NYC apartment. Enough said.<br /> Even donating them is kinda weird since they're personalized. I kinda want to toss them but feel guilty. </p> <p>What do you do? Bonus if you have zero storage space. </p>