Do you have a framed photo that you would love to include in your life stories project? Even if the photo would fit in your scanner, taking it out of the frame is a pain and I've even seen old photos get damaged in the process of pulling them away from the glass. I often recommend taking a photo of a photo, but when it's behind glass, the glare ... Read More
Photo Projects and Craft Ideas
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Whether you have boxes and albums filled with old photos or just have a few special ones you would like to preserve, we want to help provide the best options for honoring and sharing your photos. We collect and create ideas and share them right here! October 1, 2020 Leave a Comment
September 27, 2020 Leave a Comment
Love the Nixplay Photo Frame
Photos... it's a love-hate thing. I love them, but converting all the print photos to digital and trying to get all the digital photos organized has been a long-time battle. Thanks to Google Photos and a high speed photo scanner, the situation has significantly improved in the last couple of years and I truly am starting to get a grip on my ... Read More
September 12, 2020 Leave a Comment
Capturing Everyday Moments
There is a free app I've been using for a few months for capturing everyday moments. The app, 1SE or 1 Second Everyday allows you to choose one or two photos or 1-second video clips to represent any given day. It can play all the clips or clips from a date range as a movie to show you your life at a glance. It's really quite amazing! If you ... Read More
February 25, 2020 Leave a Comment
Epson FastFoto FF-680W Review
I don't know if I'll ever get to do an Epson FastFoto FF-680W* review, but I sure hope so. As of this writing, it claims to be the world’s fastest personal photo scanner. It can scan thousands of photos as fast as one photo per second at 300 dpi. That's plenty big to go in your memoir. However, if you want something larger, it still does about 8 ... Read More
November 26, 2019 Leave a Comment
A Fun Game for Holiday Gatherings
Printable Instructions Family get-togethers are the perfect time for building relationships between children and their extended family members. Often though, the kids are off playing while the adults cook, reminisce, and/or watch football. This year, shake it up a little bit with this fun game for holiday gatherings. It will get the kids and the ... Read More
March 7, 2019 Leave a Comment
Overcoming “Photo Overwhelm”
This post is for anyone who is overwhelmed by photos—by the thought of a collection that is so large and disorganized that it's hard to see how you can ever get through it. It doesn't matter whether you have prints, slides, negatives, or digital photos, make sure you know what you want to accomplish. ... Read More
April 10, 2018 Leave a Comment
Digitize Your Slides
If you were born after 1980, the phrase "digitize your slides" may seem strange. Maybe you have never even seen or touched a photographic slide. However, for those of us a little older, digital cameras and smartphones were once the stuff of science fiction. Years ago, we actually had to wait sometimes weeks or months to see the images captured on ... Read More
March 20, 2018 Leave a Comment
Quick & Easy! Digital Memories In Lieu of Baby Books and Scrapbooks
We all know how it usually goes. Parents start out wanting to record every moment of their child's journey. In the beginning, some parents keep those baby books up-to-date and the photos organized. Regardless of whether or not you were on top of those details at the beginning, if you're like most parents, life starts getting in the way. Baby books ... Read More
March 7, 2018 Leave a Comment
How to Digitize Print Photos
No life stories project can be complete without photos, and for most of us, our old photos are in the form of prints or slides. In this post, we'll be discussing how to digitize print photos. Be sure to let us know in the comments below how you digitized your print photos! Option 1 - Scan Your Print Photos Scanning has long been the main ... Read More
January 12, 2018 Leave a Comment
Slide Viewers and Slide Sorters
Has it been awhile since you looked at those old slides? Why not get a slide viewer so you can choose the best ones to convert into a digital format. This is the one I bought on Amazon and there are some additional options below. Keep reading below to find out what to do with those slides once you find them... Once you have chosen your ... Read More
