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This past May I participated in a themed giveaway hop with a few bloggers to celebrate Mother’s day. The event was called Something Special for Mom and the prizes had to be items that only a mother would appreciate. When Jessica, the artist behind the company, Memories in Clay, contacting me about sponsoring I instantly fell in love with her work.
Jessica takes clay imprints of your child’s hands, even your fur baby’s paws, and casts them creating a durable product that will help you remember where your child or pet was during that time and space. I’m sure you’ve felt the ticking of life’s clock like I have; it goes by too quickly and you cannot stop it. Jessica’s art makes you feel like the past is present with you.
For the review I did a sibling plaque (ARV $60). We followed Jessica’s directions that are laid out nicely here and my kids really liked getting involved in the process. Kendall, my two year old daughter didn’t quite understand what it was that we were doing. Thankfully the clay is moldable. If you mess up you can start over, no harm, no foul! Once we finished our part of getting the imprints into the clay I mailed it back to Jessica in an already addressed package that had postage on it.
What I’ve learned about Jessica and why I would recommend Memories in Clay to any is that she strives for quality. She would rather prolong the process, informing you of any mishaps along the way, than simply meet a deadline. When she first made my plaque she didn’t like the way it had come out of the kiln so she contacted me about it and suggested we not do an imprint rather we do a 3D outprint instead of the imprint I first wanted. I’m very pleased with the finished product.
It’s too early to think about Christmas, in my opinion, however, I think that if you’re looking to give someone something sentimental you must look into Memories in Clay. I put my plaque in the kitchen; it’s where I spend the majority of my day from making meals for the kids to cleaning up after them. Tell me, where would you put yours?
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This is so cool! I would love to have something like this made for my parents of my daughter’s hands!
It is a great idea and I love looking at mine!
This is super cute. Wish I’d done more like this when mine were little. We have a couple handprint paintings but nothing this unique.
This is a great idea! I might have to look into it for the grandparents for Christmas 🙂 Once it hits fall, Christmas presents are fair game, in my opinion 😉
That’s a cute idea for Christmas presents! You could something similar with salt dough ornaments, I think 🙂 But that looks so cool!
I love handmade things and their little hands/feet don’t stay little for long gonna have to look into making some up
It is a good way to memorise how your palms looked like when you were a child. I see nowadays many nurseries do the same for Christmas which make the kids play and enjoy while making a memorable gift to the parents.
What a wonderful keepsake. I would love to have one done of all my kids and placed in their rooms or on a bookcase.