We have a wonderful new addition to our fantastic boxes that have been preserving wedding dresses and other special clothing memories for 85 years! I have received many random calls over the last 26 years when I started with Foster-Stephens. Some people called after moving into a new home and finding a box with a […]
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New Enclosure Cards with Self-Adhesive Pockets
September 30, 2021Published In: boxes, preserving memories
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Preserving Family Memories
February 21, 2020Why you should preserve family memories. Did you know that the single most important thing you can do for your family may be the simplest of all: develop strong family stories. This conclusion comes from studies done by Marshall Duke & Robyn Fivush of Emory University. Their “Do You Know?” survey asks children 20 questions […]
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How to Pack Your Wedding Dress (Video)
July 12, 2018Foster-Stephens has several videos online to help our customers with preserving their precious family clothing. You can see them all at our YouTube Channel. Below is ‘How to Pack Your Wedding Dress’. I hope you enjoyed this video which shows, not only the best way to pack your gown, but how all the accessories work […]
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What to do with your wedding dress after the wedding?
June 29, 2018Your wedding dress is one of the most memorable, and the most expensive item of clothing you’ve ever bought. What you do with your dress after the wedding will be indicative of your new life. In nearly every case, you will want to have your gown cleaned and preserved. A gown that is dirty will […]
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May is a Month for Honoring our Military
May 9, 2018How to Store and Care for a Military Member’s Uniform Military uniforms of our servicemen and women deserve respect. Preserving these uniforms for future generations is easily done. The key is to protect them from the elements especially light and moisture. With proper handling, the uniforms should last for hundreds of years. The first step […]
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Caring for and Storing a Military Uniform
November 8, 2017The military uniforms of our servicemen and women deserve respect. Preserving uniforms for future generations is easily done. The key is to protect them from the elements especially light and moisture. With proper handling, the uniforms should last for hundreds of years.The uniform and support pieces should be as clean as possible before storing.As much […]
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EarthDay 2017!
April 20, 2017It’s EarthDay 2017! Foster-Stephens is proud that we have taken an environmental leadership position by joining Carbonfund.org’s CarbonFree® Program. In our quest for a better environment we will offset our carbon emissions with the Carbonfund.org Foundation, one of the country’s leading carbon offset organizations.We can all do our part to correct are negative impact on […]
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New Fold-able Wedding Dress Bridal Storage and Travel Box
March 15, 2017Foster-Stephens’ is excited to announce our new option for the destination bride, traveling bridesmaid, mother of the bride, groom, father of the bride and the list goes on and on. Our New Fold-able Storage and Travel Box comes in three fabulous colors which means there is something for everyone, whether female or male. Our bag […]
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Preserving Your Wedding Dress
August 31, 2016The Wedding Season is in full bloom here at Foster-Stephens’. While we are busy shipping products to carefully store and preserve one of the most special dresses a woman will ever wear, the fact is, one of the last things a bride normally thinks of is who will clean her dress.The time to look for […]
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Tornado Blows Wedding Dress Across Mississippi!
April 10, 2016The weather here in the Mid-West can be quite violent in the Spring and this Spring has been no exception. What is unique is that a wedding dress, packed in 1987 in a corrugated preservation box survived when the house it was in lost its attic and much of the second floor. Luckily, no one was […]
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