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| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Apr 16 2007 : 3:23:10 PM
Wanted to share this really nice website with the moms here that have daughters.
It is a really nice concept and has items to include in a hope chest, etc.
The website is called "Hope Chest Legacy"
http://www.hopechestlegacy.com/index.php?main_page=index&zenid=ed5277ca095c002a8dcb6c27336b1316
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| mom2knk |
Posted - Apr 18 2007 : 3:01:56 PM
That is such a neat site! The first year dh and I dated, for Christmas, he bought me a Hope Chest! I have had it for 24 years now and I have been filling it with wonderful things to pass on to our dd who is almost 20 now!! |
| westernhorse51 |
Posted - Apr 18 2007 : 12:09:39 PM
Tina, thanks thagt is great. My husband is making one for our daughter and I have lots of stuff ready for it. Great site.
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| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Apr 17 2007 : 11:14:00 PM
you are ever so welcome. I love finding little "nuggets" and getting to share them with others.:0)
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| Buttercup |
Posted - Apr 17 2007 : 11:10:58 PM
Tina,
How neat! Thank you so much!! I had a hope chest. My parents bought me a cedar chest when I turned 18 because I wanted one so badly. I did not make things but bought things for my furture life and it was over flowing by the time I got married!! I started buying things for my furture home/child when I was about 14 or 15. By the time I married at age 20 I had many of the bare necessities, but I never once thought to look it up online or check out books on the subject. Having two girls of my own it would be a wonderful tradition to share with them!! So thank you for reminding me!!! You are the best!
Hugz!
Talitha
PS My son still has a teddy bear that I bought for my first child when I was 16 and I still have the casserole dish set that I bought on sale at an outlet when I was 17 for my hope chest!!
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| Alee |
Posted - Apr 17 2007 : 09:28:26 AM
What a great site and a wonderful tradition to revive!
I am named (my middle name) after my Great Great Aunt Nora who willed me her hope chest along with a now over 100 year old quilt when she died. I didn't fill my hope chest with linens and such, but I am hoping to do so for my daughter- Nora!
I think some of these "old" traditions that have been lost along the way really need to be revived. I know it is a more common place tradition these days to give very lavish wedding presents and that sort of takes place of the hope chest, but having a set of linens, towels, kitchen supplies, and hand towels is not only something special that moms and daughters can share- but extremely practical!
Have you ever noticed how most of the olden traditions were extremely practical?
Alee
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| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Apr 17 2007 : 08:09:38 AM
you all are very welcome..I knew that you gals would appreciate the idea.:0)
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| Mumof3 |
Posted - Apr 17 2007 : 05:54:09 AM
What a lovely site full of wonderful ideas. It's never too late to start something like this!
Thank you for the link!
Karin
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| levisgrammy |
Posted - Apr 17 2007 : 05:22:07 AM
Thanks for posting that site. I have been to it before but did not bookmark it and could not remember the site address.
I have my grandmother's hope chest. I was named for her so when she passed away my grandfather gave it to me and said she meant for me to have it. It is all cedar inside and matches her bedroom suite which I also have now.
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| Mikki |
Posted - Apr 17 2007 : 04:55:45 AM
My grandmother gave me a small trunk when I was very young to use as my hope chest. It belonged to my great grandmother, I just moved it into my cabin Sunday. You don't hear much about hope chests any more, it's sad huh?
~~Blessings, Mikki Jo
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| Beemoosie |
Posted - Apr 17 2007 : 02:39:33 AM
Tina, that is a wonderful site! Thanks for sharing it!
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| mommom |
Posted - Apr 16 2007 : 3:26:25 PM
What a wonderful site! Thanks. I have two daughters. Maybe someday they'll need things for a hopechest! Susan |
