Family Tree Projects
& Gift Ideas
By Sue
Thornton, Photo Organizing Solutions
Recent research shows that we take 380 billion photos a
year! We share those photos with family
and friends to the tune of 200 to 300 million photo uploads a day! Amazing statistics, and those numbers will
likely increase as we go forward.
Everyone has a camera with them nearly every day, i.e. your smart phone
or camera.
For those special people in your life, I recommend several
types of projects and gift ideas you can do for your family or friends this
holiday season. Now is the time to start
deciding what you want to do this holiday season. Here are a couple of ideas:
1.
Family
Cookbook or Recipe Cards
This is likely one of most
overlooked heirlooms in our families.
Special dishes can tell a lot about the people who made them or the
regions, cultures or religions they came from.
Collect some of those family recipes which have been handed down and
have them put into a digital printed book for each member of your family. Remember that special cake that Grandma
always made for family dinner occasions?
Share with your family.
2.
Photo
Calendar
Calendars make wonderful gifts and are easy and
inexpensive to create. You just need 12
photos of your choice. These are
wonderful for family members who live far away and don’t get to see each other
very often. Or you can create a calendar
that commemorates your ancestors with old photos, birthdays, marriage dates,
etc.
3.
Personalized
Tree Ornaments
I love this option myself because I
can take a favorite photo from years past of my parents, or children, or pets
and give those as gifts. They are fun
and easy to make, don’t take a lot of time and are inexpensive. We do round, rectangle, hearts, snowflakes,
oval shapes in aluminum or ceramic.
Check out examples at www.photoorganizingsolutions.net.
I am dedicated to helping you preserve your family history
photographs and projects. Check out my
website, www.PhotoOrganizingSolutions.net for more
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