Every family has a story, but without care and intention, a family’s memories can easily get lost in the shuffle of thousands of digital photos, boxes of printed memories, and forgotten videos. Smartphones have revolutionized the way we capture our lives, but they’ve also created gaps that we’re still learning how to fill when it comes to taking care of and preserving what truly matters. Creating a Legacy Collection can help fill those gaps.
Read MoreHave you ever worried about whether the things you store or share online are safe, or wonder who has access to them? In some ways, the online world is still the Wild, Wild West. Many of us have blindly trusted this newish landscape and unfortunately have been bit because of it. Here are some things to consider that will help you protect your privacy and keep your memories safe and a fun tip for capturing your social feed memories.
Read MoreWhen it comes to organizing your photos in today’s digital world, I subscribe to the ‘less is more’ philosophy. Less organizational structure and fewer photos. In Part 2 of this blog series, we’ll talk about the value of decluttering your photo collection and some easy and fast ways to do it.
Read MoreWhen it comes to organizing your digital photos in today’s digital world, I subscribe to the ‘less is more’ philosophy. Less organizational structure and fewer photos. In Part 1 of this series, we’re going to focus on how to simplify your organizational structure. One of the main goals when setting up your digital photo library should be to help you find things quickly and easily.
Read MoreIf we want our family stories to be passed on to future generations, we need to protect them. The future is digital, which means that we not only need to scan our most important printed photos, but we need to be intentional with how we safeguard our digital memories. Here are 4 essential steps for how to preserve and keep your family’s digital photos safe.
Read MoreCelebrations like graduation, a milestone birthday or anniversary, a retirement, a wedding, and a celebration of life are all occasions where we pull out old photos and memories to share and reminisce. I love a photo display, but I also love a keepsake, something tangible to have beyond the party, that can be enjoyed for years to come. One keepsake I like creating is a sign-in guest book customized with photos. Here are some tips for creating one.
Read MoreNovember is one of the best months of the year to engage with your photos. Once the holidays hit, it’s hard. Diving into your photos and memories in November is productive, gives you time to revisit and enjoy your memories, and best of all, gives you the opportunity to touch hearts this holiday season. Here are 6 ways you can prepare your photos and memories for the holidays.
Read MoreGraduation is an opportunity for parents, the graduate, family members, and friends to connect through their memories. While I love a picture board, my goal with photo displays is to not only display the photos, but to tell a story with them. Here are 8 ways I told my daughter’s story at her graduation party.
Read MoreI wish I could record the comments that people make when we talk photos. Friends will flat-out tell me their photo mess is the worst I’ve ever seen. Others tell me how much they or their mother need me. Photos can be powerful and amazing, but they can also be a source of stress and guilt when people are afraid of losing photos, are overwhelmed by how many they have, or are paralyzed because they don’t know where to start. Here are some actions for relieving the stress and creating a healthy photo mindset.
Read MoreEveryone has duplicate photos in their collection. Whether you’ve saved photos sent to you multiple times or you’ve lost track of backups, duplicates are both a constant and a nuisance in the digital photo world. There are 2 ways to remove duplicates, manually or with technology, like software or an app. My vote…100%…is to use technology. Here are my favorite deduplication tools.
Read MoreLast year, Heather contacted me looking for help with her photos before a move. Fast forward several months when an unexpected event turned the task of organizing her photos into archiving her family’s memories.
In practical terms, here are some tips and things to consider if you want to ‘archive' your family memory collection.
Read MoreWe use our phones differently today than we did even 5 years ago. People of all ages are overwhelming their camera rolls with reminder photos, shopping screenshots, and various documents to help manage their lives. One solution to help control and organize this clutter is to create a virtual bulletin board in your camera roll.
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