Christmas is almost here! Are you ready?!

Deck the halls with boughs of holly, fa la la la la la la! Tis the season to be jolly, fa la la la la la!

We all have been so busy getting ready for the big day, searching for that perfect gift for friends and family we all need to take a breath and relax.  Take some time this weekend and do something fun with your family.  Go to the Christmas Parade in Richardson on Saturday, December 6.  Fun for all and especially the kids!

Then when you come back home and start thinking about those gifts you have yet to purchase think of something personal for your family and friends.  If you don't have time to submit and receive a personalized gift, use a gift certificate.  You can get gift certificates for any product and any price.  I have them for calendars, memory books, wall prints, mugs, trivets, and even a glass cutting board with a photo that you want to use.  Ornaments have been really 'hot' this season because you can get them with a family, pet, or even a vacation photo on them.

Holiday Tip:  Take photos of your family, but don't forget to download them off your phone and camera.  You don't want to lose any of them.  Make sure your batteries are charged, you don't want any surprises on Christmas morning!

Enjoy the season with your family!  And remember the reason for the season!

 

 

 

 

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Ornaments from your photos!

Pet Photo

This is a ceramic oval shape 3" made from a photo of one of my puppies!



Fun to do and a reminder of your family or pets for years to come.  This is a great stocking gift for any member of your family.  Easy to do, quick delivery.  Contact me at sue@memoriesbysue.net or check out my website, www.PhotoOrganizingSolutions.net for information.

Vintage Christmas Ornaments

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 information and sign up to receive my newsletter. 

 

 

Preserve Family Photos & Other Items

Found in my box of 'stuff' from grandparents!

 

A couple of old photo albums of my family.

 

Do you have boxes of older family albums?  Do you want to preserve those items for future generations?  Here are some ways to do this yourself, or even to find someone to help you with the project.

If you have some of the older type of scrapbooks from the 1940’s and the photos are put on with photo corners and descriptions are in white ink, you can still preserve them.  We take those books, scan the entire page and then you can actually make a digital book of those pages.  Easy, and you can then make copies for other family members.  What a great gift to give loved ones about their heritage.

It is so important to scan those pictures and to save them because the longer the photos are in boxes, attics, or garages they will continue to deteriorate.  The other issue is the possibility of losing those photos in case of a home fire, water damage, or other disaster.

Check out my website, www.PhotoOrganizingSolutions.net , and sign up to receive my newsletter. 

Photo Preservation Tips

Two-Step Preparation

Step 1:  Organize Your Photos

Step 2:  Merge, Save, Backup

This sounds easy, right?  Well it can be overwhelming if you have thousands of photos that are printed, on your computer, home movies, or on your smart phone.  Just how do you organize all those places?  A professional organizer can help you get started with this, because you just need a few pointers to start the process.

• Start sorting one box at a time ( don't take on every box at one time, you will soon get bored or frustrated)
•  Put those photos in some sort of order
• chronological
• events
• person
• Put everything in one place so you know where to find it the next time you work on the project.

If you want more information, contact me or check out my website for more information.

Sign up for my newsletter on www.photoorganizingsolutions.net

National Save Your Photo Day - Plan to Stop By

Mark your calendars to come out and learn more about saving your printed and digital photographs.  This is an international initiative for those who appreciate that every life is a story worth preserving and sharing.  Presentations and hands-on workshops will provide education and tools for collecting, organizing and safe guarding photos, documents, and other memorabilia for current enjoyment and for future generations that follow, and to be prepared in case an unexpected loss from large and small accidents, fire, wind and water.

Our local event will be held on September 27, 2014.

 

Where:  Haggard Library

2501 Coit Road, Plano  75075

 

Hours:  10:00 am to 2:00 pm

 

Demonstrations:

• Scanning your photos
• Why back up your photos
• Organizing your printed and digital photos and memorabilia
• Projects you can make with all those wonderful memories, include
• memory books (vacation, family heritage, wedding showers, graduation)
• calendars (for grandma each year; special engagement countdown to wedding; business related (CPA, construction company)
• Use your imagination!

We will have many examples of the types of memory items you can make with your photos, maybe some you have never thought about before.

Check out my website www.photoorganizingsolutions.net for information about my business. 



National Save Your Photo Day - Plan to Stop By

Mark your calendars to come out and learn more about saving your printed and digital photographs.  This is an international initiative for those who appreciate that every life is a story worth preserving and sharing.  Presentations and hands-on workshops will provide education and tools for collecting, organizing and safe guarding photos, documents, and other memorabilia for current enjoyment and for future generations that follow, and to be prepared in case an unexpected loss from large and small accidents, fire, wind and water.

Our local event will be held on September 27, 2014.

 

Where:  Haggard Library

2501 Coit Road, Plano  75075

 

Hours:  10:00 am to 2:00 pm

 

Demonstrations:

• Scanning your photos
• Why back up your photos
• Organizing your printed and digital photos and memorabilia
• Projects you can make with all those wonderful memories, include
• memory books (vacation, family heritage, wedding showers, graduation)
• calendars (for grandma each year; special engagement countdown to wedding; business related (CPA, construction company)
• Use your imagination!

We will have many examples of the types of memory items you can make with your photos, maybe some you have never thought about before.

Check out my website www.photoorganizingsolutions.net for information about my business.