Love Scrapbooks But Hate To Scrapbook?

A hand-made scrapbook is a work of art.  It can be a coalescence of photo memories, written history, and artistic creativity. If you love scrapbooks the hours it takes to create them are nothing compared to the joy of seeing your visions come alive.  And the boxes of special papers with their textures, patterns, and colors , the ribbons, the ... Read more ›

What will you do with your photos when you downsize?

https://youtu.be/X1-u0tQgrOQ In this video Tiffany Richards of Samson Properties interviewed me to get my ideas of the best ways to handle photos when downsizing. When someone lives in a home for 30 or more years, they usually collect a large number of pictures.  Waiting until moving day to decide what to do with them only creates stress a... Read more ›
Categories: Memories, Photo Stuff

Tags: digitize your photos, old photos

July 6, 2017

How do I organize my photos?

How many times have I heard “I’ve got boxes of old photos. I’ve got to organize them and I don’t know where to start.” When people tell me this I envision them thinking that they have to organize them by some scheme, i.e. all of parents photos, then organize by date. Next, organize all of siblings photos by year, and possibly by sibling. Just... Read more ›

What Should I Use to Mount My Photos and Special Documents?

Have you ever picked up someone’s photo album and found photos scotch-taped or glued to the pages?  Or stuck in those self-stick magnetic pages?  If they are not already irreparably damaged they soon will be. Remember those little black triangles you used to mount your photos in?  The advantage of using them was the photo was inserted intact—... Read more ›