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01 May

Posted at 15:00h in Certified Photo Organizer, Digitize Slides, Digitizing Pictures, Family Memories, Gathering Photos, Gulf Freeway Corridor, Houston TX Area, Organizing Pictures, Photo Sharing Ideas, Remote Sessions, Scanning Memorabilia, Scanning Negatives, Scanning photo albums, Scanning Prints, Scanning scrapbooks, Scanning Slides, Slides to USB by
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Many family reunions had to be cancelled or postponed due to COVID-19.  But this does not mean you have to miss out on the recipes or visiting with relatives. Here are some ideas of how to make the most of the down-time. Hold a recipe exchange. ...

04 Apr

Posted at 13:11h in Certified Photo Organizer, Digitize Slides, Digitizing Pictures, DIY Photo Organizing, Family Memories, Gulf Freeway Corridor, Houston TX Area, Photo Calendars, Photo Storage, Remote Sessions, Scanning Memorabilia, Scanning Negatives, Scanning photo albums, Scanning Prints, Scanning scrapbooks, Scanning Slides, Slides to USB, Sorting Pictures by
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When I first heard that we needed to stay at home, and the restaurants were closing, and all the activities I had signed up for got cancelled, I was really bummed! But then I started thinking about all the projects that were half done or not...

02 Mar

Posted at 12:54h in Certified Photo Organizer, Digitize Slides, Digitizing Pictures, DIY Photo Organizing, Family Memories, Gulf Freeway Corridor, Houston TX Area, Organizing Pictures, Scanning Memorabilia, Scanning Negatives, Scanning photo albums, Scanning Prints, Scanning scrapbooks, Scanning Slides, Slides to USB by
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Spring is a great time to clean out your closets. Who knows what forgotten treasures you will find? I’ve seen closets filled to the ceiling with boxes of slide carousels. Other closets have had boxes of loose photos, or wall-to-wall photo albums. It’s true that a dark,...

02 Feb

Posted at 21:17h in Certified Photo Organizer, Digitize Slides, Digitizing Pictures, DIY Photo Organizing, Family Memories, Gulf Freeway Corridor, Houston TX Area, Organizing Pictures, Scanning Slides, Slides to USB, Sorting Pictures by
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Slides were the photo medium of choice for years and years.  My dad had thousands of slides!  Many of our family memories from the 1960’s, 1970’s and 1980’s had been captured in slides. But now, there are few functioning slide projectors.  So how can you retain...

08 Dec

Posted at 19:22h in Certified Photo Organizer, Digitizing Pictures, Family Memories, Gathering Photos, Gulf Freeway Corridor, Houston TX Area, Organizing Pictures, Scanning Memorabilia, Scanning Prints, Scanning Slides, Sorting Pictures by
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What’s your New Year’s resolution?  Lose weight? Exercise more?  Eat more healthily?  These are all great resolutions!  But I’d like to suggest a resolution to preserve family memories. I’ve talked to several people recently who have large photo collections.  The photos are in boxes and albums.  There...

27 Oct

Posted at 16:42h in Certified Photo Organizer, Digitizing Pictures, Family Memories, Gathering Photos, Gulf Freeway Corridor, Houston TX Area, Organizing Pictures, Photo Sharing Ideas, Photo Storage by
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There are many, many photo backup solutions.  You want to keep your photos safe.  You know that disasters happen all the time:  fires, floods, hurricanes, you name it.  You know that photos should be backed up at least three ways:  the original, on-site backup, and...

30 Sep

Posted at 22:46h in Certified Photo Organizer, Digitizing Pictures, Family Memories, Gathering Photos, Gulf Freeway Corridor, Houston TX Area, Organizing Pictures, Photo Calendars, Photo Sharing Ideas by
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It’s hard to believe that 2018 is almost over!! It seems that this year just started. What better way to remember 2018 than to create a calendar for 2019!  Calendars could be created to remember birthdays, to remember a special trip taken, or special events. In my family,...

02 Sep

Posted at 22:09h in Certified Photo Organizer, Digitizing Pictures, Family Memories, Gathering Photos, Gulf Freeway Corridor, Houston TX Area, Organizing Pictures, Scanning Memorabilia, Scanning Prints, Scanning Slides by
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“The Save Your Photos initiative is a public service outreach campaign developed by APPO to teach individuals how they can preserve life’s irreplaceable photos, videos, and documents, in case of an unforeseen accident or disaster.   Protecting your photo and video collection could be the most important thing...