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How can I safely keep old baby clothing, without them getting smelly and moldy?

I have some of my children's baby clothing that I would like to save. Whenever I have ever kept clothing in plastic storage containers they always get musty smelling. Sometimes I have found them to become spotty/moldy. How can I safely keep old clothing, or any old keepsakes (ie babybooks, journals, etc.) for that matter, without ruining them?

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1. Throw them in a plastic vacuum sealed air-tight bag with a bunch of desiccate packs.
2. make sure they are completely dry before putting in storage. Then get some of those space saver bags, where you vacuum seal them. Then store in a cedar chest or hope chest of some sort that is lined in cedar. Cedar is a natural insect repellant and will keep the bugs away.
3. put them in those space bags. like the ones you see on tv they actually work really well u put em in an vacuum out the air. stays safe.
4. I have baby clothing that I have had storred for several years now. I purchased one of the aire space bags that they advertise on TV. You vaccum seal then and i openned them about a week ago for my sister to look through them for her son and then smelled the exact same as if i was to have put them in yesterday.
5. Wrap the clothes in acid free tissue paper, you can find this in most chemists, Make sure that when you do store them , store them some where that has plenty ventilation, otherwise they become musty and quickly decay,