Comments on: The Things My Grandma Taught Me: Write Your Name On Everything

By: caryn verell

caryn verell — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:17:07 +0000

Grandma was right!!! When serving in the military you learn to do this the first week of boot camp..and not just your name but the service number that goes with it…spent a good part of a night with a govt. issued stamp kit stamping name and service number on everything from undies to outerwear..i still use that old service number with my name on many things just in case someone has the same name as mine.

By: kathleen

kathleen — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:56:09 +0000

This made me laugh right out loud.

I think I love your grandmother. Sounds just like something that my family would do.

By: Arr

Arr — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:43:10 +0000

I have been known to label my children.

Paranoia is the mother of invention as often as necessity, at least in my house. When my tiny little children started going on field trips with Day Care and School I would write my telephone number on them with marker. I felt that if they got lost someone honest and kind could call me.

I no longer tattoo my children with phone numbers, but I do send my calling card in their pocket, just in case.

By: Diaper Cake Becca

Diaper Cake Becca — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:43:30 +0000

What a great story, Ivy! I, too, am a firm believer in sending your children out into the world with clothing marked with their name (ESPECIALLY at daycares and school) and especially outler layers that tend to be taken off (coats, sweaters, gloves, etc).

We grew up labelling our covered-dishes with masking tape on the bottom with our names written on. A label maker would be much more modern now, I suppose! We also use our address labels to mark our books (whether it is the pool-side summer read or your child’s 11th grade trig text).

By: Deanna

Deanna — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:11:57 +0000

I like the idea of you sharing tips from your grandma. Grandma’s are smart! Mine, somewhat similarly to yours, writes the date on everything she buys. Medicine’s and foods for the most part. She no longer trusts the sell by date after opening a box of cake mix and finding an unpleasant surprise years ago. Thanks for sharing Ivy.

By: Judith

Judith — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:26:36 +0000

I’m with you, Ivy! And what a smart Grandma you had!
One of the best labeling inspirations I’ve had was to use my label printer and mark all the different electronic devices’ charging cords so we would know what is what and whose was whose (eg., Mom Cell or Liz iPod) That way, even if we had 2 the same (like cell phone chargers) the owner could claim his or her own. (And it helped me remember which was which of mine!)

By: Rebekka

Rebekka — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:13:32 +0000

I can’t believe that assisted living – “losing” wheelchairs and walkers from the residents! What cheek!

By: Angie @ Many Little Blessings

Angie @ Many Little Blessings — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:55:43 +0000

In a funny move, I recently put my name, with Sharpie markers, on all of my Sharpie markers.

Another woman and I were doing crafts for a church retreat, and we were both bringing markers, as well as using some from the church. So, knowing that ahead of time, and knowing that I have a bunch of cute colors of Sharpie markers, I thought I wanted to be sure that I got all of mine back. Apparently it was a good move, because one other lady also brought some, and they accidentally got put in with the church supplies. I’m not sure she ever got them back — but I definitely had all of mine.

By: gracie

gracie — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:57:06 +0000

my children knew that everything they were taking to camp had to have their names on, so to make my life easier they decided to do it for me — so now their names are written rather largely and not on the tags but on the shirts where it bleeds thru and can be clearly seen from the outside on all of their summer cloths and cannot be donated to the good will later, sigh

but i guess it beats last year — the night before the left for camp, i went to put their names on things only to have the electric go out for about 6 hours and i had to mark everything by the light of an oil lamp!

By: dani

dani — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:12:28 +0000

When my sister and I were little, my mom had one of those labelers that put your name on fabric, and our names went on EVERYTHING. (as it turned out, it came in handy at summer camp and daycare where we routinely lost things)

My great aunt belongs to a book club and gets a lot of books each month, and likes to share them with the rest of the family. Every single book has her initials and the month/year in it. It’s really funny, when we are trading books at family gatherings, all she has to do is look inside the cover to see if she has read it already!

Being in culinary school, where everyone gets the same standard knife kit, i learned to put my name on things or people steal them (unfortunately i only learned this after having things stolen). So now my name in on everything in my knife kit and my pastry kit….thanks mom! (Although even though my name was in one of my books, that still got stolen….I went to school in Baltimore, what can I say?)