Gifting Collection to Family?

[tealocean]

That is an awesome suggestion! Thank you!

Maybe i can make it a regular thing each year instead of gifting it all at once! I would love to be able to connect with them in that way since I don’t have a daughter.

What a special memory for you with the pens! I hope they find the bags equally as delightful!

It's sweet you want to connect with the girls, and now they'll know! If one or both of them don't love purses yet, maybe you can find out what they're interested in. It's so good for kids to know they have family and grown ups who value knowing them. So often we just don't realize it when people are far away. I don't have any daughters either. Imagine how fun that would be!

 

[Pagan]

I have two daughters and all three of us have different taste in handbags. There is some overlap, but not a lot. They have first refusal of any bag I get rid of. If they don’t want it, I donate it to Dress for Success (Toronto charity that helps women dress for job interviews). I have neither the space nor the inclination to hold onto bags I’m not using.

If I was getting rid of a premium designer bag then I’d look to sell it, but It’s not worth my time for a contemporary brand.

I wouldn’t take it as a given that these children will even like your bags; tastes vary and they are older styles. I think sometimes we make a gesture we hope will be appreciated and then are upset when it isn’t ‘suitably’ received. I know you have thoughts of passing on your collection; as the mother of two girls, let me just say that what you like and value is often not what younger women will.

It’s a nice thought, but please don’t be hurt if they don’t share your love for these bags.

 

[MooMooVT]

Ahh okay good points ladies! Thanks! I would rather though have them sit in my handbag closet as art than get rid of them for pennies on the dollar that I spent. I am reminded that not everyone may appreciate the bags like I would. I would hate for them to get destroyed but you are right that is a risk I would be taking.

I think I realized that what I may do instead is when they are a bit older and are visiting me and it’s ok with my cousin, ask them to take a look at my collection and pick out something. That way it’s more of a fun memory and bonding experience.

I like this idea! I recently gifted a vintage Dooney to my BFF's 18yo daughter and she was THRILLED with the bag. She got compliments from an SA while in a Coach store and really loved the fawning! I asked her mom first though. The daughter is my first go-to for bag gifting though I should consider my cousins daughter as well.

 

[vickenator]

I feel like I could have written this post myself. I don't have children of my own and my 17yo niece is "not into purses" though I'm still hoping that will change. Thanks to you for the initial question and to everybody else for the tips for my own collection.

When I did my last cross-country move I purged my handbag collection (a mostly ragtag bunch of non-luxe items with a couple Coach thrown in) by taking photos of all of the bags I wanted to get rid of and sending the collage to friends asking them which, if any, they were interested in. Some wanted several, some wanted a couple, some wanted none, and that was all fine, but at least I knew they were taking ones they were interested in. That worked out pretty well and I'll probably have to do it again as my collection seems to be back to near triple digit levels.