Family Memories

What could be a better gift than reliving good memories?  It could be memories from the previous year or memories of a lifetime or even memories of a specific vacation. These are my favorite gifts: Calendars I found that a great way to relive the previous year and...

Do you have photos everywhere?  Has your mom or your aunt passed along her photos to you, to add to your collection?  Are you overwhelmed?  Find out the answers to these and other questions during Save Your Photos Month! Step One The first step in getting order...

What better way to preserve summer memories than to create a photo book.  The photo book could then be shared with everyone! Gathering Memories When my kids were little, they spent two weeks with their cousins at my parents’ house in upstate New York.  We called it...

Are you tired of thinking about your messy photo collection, and would like to do something about it? There are several steps to organizing photos, some could be delegated, some are best done by you. The steps are: Gathering Unfortunately, this step cannot be delegated. But, luckily,...

Almost everyone has pictures, but not everyone has heirloom pictures.  Heirloom material includes the pictures and albums which came down the generations from grandparents or aunts and uncles. Heirloom material could be more than just pictures.  It could include books, toys, baby clothes, shoes, or letters. If...

As we leave the year 2020 behind, we remember those we have lost, as well as trips not taken, friends not seen, and events not attended. But, has anything good happened in 2020?  Is there anything at all to be grateful for in 2020?  Are there...

No one can argue that 2020 has been a bummer of a year.  Between COVID and the politicizing of the virus and its mitigation, it’s a year well-worth forgetting. But things still happened, the kids continued to grow, celebrations were done in novel ways, and, unfortunately,...

Are you getting tired of looking at the same walls, wondering what to do?  With the holidays coming up, how about starting a short-term project? I create a family calendar each year.  I make around ten copies and distribute to various family members.  They all love...