I’m still trying to get rid of stuff, but it’s a slow process. I get so motivated when I’m driving to work or daydreaming during the day, thinking about the big organizational projects I want to take on: get rid of cassette tapes, VHS tapes, old clothing, etc. Then I get home, take care of baby and husband, eat something, and then at the end I see I have exactly 12 minutes left in my day to either rest or accomplish something. I usually choose rest.
My latest dilemma is what to do with old trophies and awards. There’s the one I got when I was Miss Orange
County, a cheerleading
trophy, a few Drama Club Director’s Awards from high school, and an
Environmental Award from a science fair in which I did an experiment involving
snails. I hate the idea of just putting them in the trash. Can’t sell them
because they have my name on them. They meant something to me at one time, but
now they’re just previously-sentimental knickknacks.
One Christmas I saw a magazine article in which the woman
used her old colorful award ribbons as Christmas ornaments on her tree. I liked
that idea. But what about trophies and plaques?
If I were super crafty – super thrifty – I would think of
some way to re-purpose these awards instead of adding them to a landfill. I
recently read a blog in which the writer took old trophies, painted them and
edited them, turning them into cupcake stands. But sometimes things like that
look a little…too crafty.
My awards could be…
Hot plates for hot dishes on the table?
Coasters?
A yard ornament?
Spray painted wall art?
An art sculpture?
I guess my awards are destined for the trash.
p.s. I did an online research and found a few interesting
suggestions. One was to remove the name plates and put them all together into
one framed memory. (See the link below.) The second was to donate them to a local trophy company, to
the Special Olympics, or to a school or rec center. Yea!
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