Save Your Photos Tag

Do you have old photo albums with sticky pages?  Sometimes the pictures pop right off or the pages are no longer sticky, and the pictures slide off.  But in many cases the pictures are completely stuck.  Here are some ideas of how to work with...

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...

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...

Do you have photo albums and scrap books that you’ve accumulated over the years? Or, maybe you inherited them?  What should you do with them?   The answer, like the answer for all things that are complicated, is: It Depends.   Over the years, as an avid Photo Album...

Setting goals is the first thing to do to ensure a successful Photo Organizing project You have tons of pictures!  Pictures you took; pictures from your grandmother; digital pictures on your phone.  How do you get your arms and head wrapped around organizing this mess to...

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. ...

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,...

January is a great time for new beginnings. What would be better than deciding on a backup strategy for your phone photos? After all, who DOESN’T take pictures with their phone? There are several parts to a complete digital backup system. This blog will concentrate on...

This blog is a follow-on to the one I wrote in May, in which I discussed the relative merits of tossing or storing photos and slides once they’ve been scanned (  https://preciousmemsphoto.com/2019/04/to-toss-or-to-store/?fbclid=IwAR3hd4hmoD4S0-wJ8JhgEBgPYRnbjIarz9xMFN-AkIVQFbMS6RTeL3yM-iU). So, you’ve decided to scan your photos and slides, and also decided to store them.  What...