It's the first Friday of the month again, so it's time for another fantastic #friyay post! This post comes to us from a friend I made because she's family! Janna has been making {family yearbooks} with Heritage Makers for about 8 years now. She makes a lot of other great things with Heritage Makers (like her daughter's high school graduation announcements--they were SO beautiful), but her main draw to Heritage Makers was the family yearbook. I remember her telling me after her fourth child was born that she would hold the sleeping baby while sitting at the computer--she worked on her family yearbook during baby naps! Let's see why Janna loves using Heritage Makers.
2023 UPDATE:Heritage Makers and Snap2Finish became YPhoto under Youngevity (which purchased Heritage Makers in 2013). YPhoto uses only templates, so the creativity showcased here is no longer available there, and they also no longer have capability to print previously-created projects like these from the old system. YPhoto is not a photo storage site like Heritage Makers was.
Best-in-the-industry quality and permanent cloud photo storage with guaranteed privacy are required for anything recommended here by Photo & Story Treasures, so we highly recommend Forever for:
·creative digital scrapbooking applicable in a variety of photo products using Artisan software
·easy photo-memory books using free AutoPrint and Design & Print software programs
·private, permanent, secure, and guaranteed photo and video cloud storage (triple-backed-up and bank encrypted)
·white glove digitizing services for old memories like VHS tapes, slides, old scrapbooks (scanning), 8mm film, audio tapes, and much more
Learn more here to find similar products at top-quality with a 100% satisfaction guarantee.
I should expect it by now, but I’m
always a little astonished when I hear the number of digital photos people have
on their phones, cameras, computers, and external hard drives. 5,000 on a
phone. Two terabytes’ worth on a hard drive. No wonder people today
suffer from {Photo Overwhelm}! This month on #familyhistoryfridays, we will learn some tips
for decluttering photos and then organizing them.
Knowing
what you have and where it all is is very important, but much more important is
putting those photos in a format where they can be seen with their stories. Don’t forget that {digital photo storage is a backup, not the goal}.
Print is how photos are known and loved.
There’s a lot of flexibility in
HOW you print, by the way. See several ideas {here}.
to
fill or litter with things in a disorderly manner
This
doesn’t mean clutter is junk or unimportant, it just means there’s a lot of
something that’s unorganized.
So to
de-clutter, then, means to organize and/or pare down so there’s not as much of
it and organize it.
Some
photos can’t be pared down. If you have 20 pictures of your grandmother
throughout her whole life, you should keep all those photos. (Just {don’t keep them in a box}! Put them in a book
where they can be seen. Write your memories of her and details of her
life. But I digress.) If you have 300 photos of your last
vacation, you more than likely need to pare them down by just picking your
favorites. One reason people are overwhelmed with their photos is that
they have overwhelming amounts of them!
Get
rid of the obvious garbage–duplicates, pictures of the floor or your finger,
blurry pictures, etc. Don’t keep them another minute!
Get
rid of photos without people in them. Andi talks about scenery photos
here. She gives the example of going to the Grand Canyon and taking 20
pictures of just the canyon without anyone in the photo–how different are your
pictures from ones you can just look up on the internet? (Now, I
personally feel that some scenery pictures ARE worth keeping to preserve what you actually saw. This photo below,
for example, is from a family trip to Puerto Rico where we stayed at a great house
right on the beach. This view from the outdoor kitchen area is one I want
to remember. I won’t find this on the internet anywhere. That said,
I see Andi’s point when it comes to grainy pictures or 200 scenery
pictures. When I went to Rome, it was so much better to buy the little
tourist book of Rome because it had professional pictures of all the sights we
saw. I would never have gotten shots like those inside St. Peter’s, but
it was really neat to have a picture of us in front of it.)
Get
rid of duplicates. Andi calls this “The Kids – Versions 1-10.” It’s
so easy to take 25 pictures at the hotel swimming pool or around the
campfire. How many are the same? How many are just the backs of
heads? Which is your favorite one? (Or two?) That’s what you
keep. If you can pare down like this to just 2/25 of your photos or even
10/25 of your photos, that makes {preserving your photos}–the most important part–easier!
The
Concept of Extra Photos
Do you remember when I
introduced the concept of Extra Photos last July? If you missed that post, {“When Photo Overload Becomes Photo Overwhelm,”} you can
read it at the link. If you think about it, the concept of Extra Photos
is rather new. In the 1800s, people had maybe a
handful of pictures taken of themselves over their entire lifetimes. No
Extras there! In the 1980s, we were pretty careful with the number of
pictures we took because it cost money to develop rolls of film. We
didn’t want to get back 24 or 48 blurry, unrecognizable, or goofy
photos–because we paid good money for that!
Until
the 21st century, we didn’t really have Extra Photos. Sure, we still
accidentally had pictures of the sky and the back of someone’s head, but we
didn’t have many hundreds of pictures of one event. We have a lot more
duplicates today than ever before, simply because it’s so easy to take 20 in an
effort to get a great shot. And so: we have Extra Photos–photos we
don’t need that are just taking up space.
And
the Cold, Hard Truth
Do
you have a hard time admitting (or
believing in) Extra Photos? I talked to a lady once who wanted my advice
on what to do with her thousands and thousands of photos from the last 10
years. She really wanted to make them into books for her family to see
and enjoy. I love helping people get started on that road!!
However, when I talked about Decluttering (as the first step to Organizing),
she shut me down. She told me there’s no way she could get rid of even one of those terabyte’s worth of photos. (By the way, a terabyte can hold about 2 million photos.)
So you know what? She’s
never going to see those photos again. And that’s the cold, hard truth. They will stay on her
external hard drive forever (or at least until technology changes and she can’t
access them there any more). She will continue to be overwhelmed with how
many pictures she has, and they will die on her hard drive
instead of live in a {storybook, album, or scrap page}.
Let me echo some advice I’ve given before. If you are overwhelmed with the amount of photos you have, decluttering is an absolutely crucial first step. You can’t be afraid to get rid of a photo. I’m sorry to be the one to tell you, but if you never see the photos you take, they’re kind of thrown away already.
Action
to Take
Armed
with this information about Extra Photos and Decluttering, here are three
actions you can take now:
Really
look at your photos and what you have. How many of them are basically the
same? How many of them truly capture the moments you want to
remember? Keep only your favorites.
Delete
Extra Photos. Just do it. You need to be less overwhelmed with the
amount of photos you have. And this is how that works.
(If the thought of deleting makes you cringe, go buy a flash drive and name it
“photos to delete.” Then move all your Extra Photos there.)
Be
mindful as you move forward in the future. Yes, we can take a million
digital pictures these days. But don’t. Yes, it’s nice to have 3 or
4 shots of the same one in case one shot is better, but don’t overdo
that. I personally look at the pictures immediately afterwards on my
phone or camera. I choose the best and delete the others RIGHT THEN.
And,
listen, if you like taking 300 photos every time you go on vacation (like me),
that’s perfectly fine as long as you can preserve them! Letting that
number pile up and overwhelm you and just stay in digital form somewhere
doesn’t do anything for anyone.
Once you've gone through and deleted extras, you are ready now to organize your favorites. This video can help!
Just remember that decluttering and organizing photos is a step on the way--not an end goal.
The
End Goal
Once
you’ve decluttered and organized your photos, you’re ready to preserve them in
books, scrap pages, or albums in their complete form–with the stories or
memories that go with them. THIS IS WHERE {THE HAPPINESS IS}! I've said it before and I'll say it again: Photos weren't meant to be stored. It's not why they were invented. Photos were meant to be SEEN. If you declutter and organize your photos and leave them on a hard drive somewhere, you might as well have not done anything with them in the first place. Here's why:
A photo without details or a story written with it isn’t
worth nearly as much. Given some time, if nobody knows who is in the
photo or why it was taken, it has sadly lost ALL of its value.
We’ll
talk more about photo organization this month on #familyhistoryfriday,
including how to organize digital photos, how to organize photos in print, and
even a basic run down of how to get your photos off your phone and onto your
computer!Just #dontletyourbabiesgrowuptobejpegs
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If you are a traditional scrapbooker or if you use simple photo albums, there's a quick new way to order prints straight from your phone!
UPDATE 2021: This post was originally about a company called Snap2Finish, which will eventually be part of a new company called YPhoto (in 2022 or 2023, probably), but here is an equally fast and photo-privacy-promising company called Forever, and it has a lot of extra perks.
Here's how to upload photos directly from your phone to your Forever account, but stay tuned for information about ordering from your computer, too:
Open your Forever account at https://www.forever.com/ambassador/jennifer-wise. Your photos there are private (not true for most photo storage companies), and there's no fine print about reserving rights to your photos (either deleting or selling!--also not true for more photo storage companies).
Next, get the Forever app. There are directions here on how to get the Forever app, but please note that it's not just an app. You can auto-sync, backup, organize, etc., right from your phone. Forever isn't like a traditional cloud sync to your phone (meaning, whatever happens on your phone happens to the app). With traditional cloud sync services, you can't delete a photo from your phone without deleting it from the cloud. Forever isn't like that. You can free up space on your phone by "syncing" with Forever (or just uploading photos from your phone to your Forever Storage)!!
Here's how to order photo prints from Forever on your computer, and cool options for editing your photos right in your Forever account!
If you haven't yet, open your Forever account at https://www.forever.com/ambassador/jennifer-wise. Again, your photos there are private (not true for most photo storage companies), and there's no fine print about reserving rights to your photos (either deleting or selling!--also not true for more photo storage companies). You can upload photos to your Forever account from your computer, external hard drive, flash drive, etc., not only your phone.
Optional, but very cool is the ability to edit your photos right in your Forever account. I made this little video to show you how:
Choose your desired size and style (glossy or lustre/matte), and order away!
Printing photos is the most important way to preserve them. PRINT is how photos get seen and loved! So whether you print photos physically and scrapbook them, or you print them in digital photo albums or storybooks, you are truly PRESERVING them!
Taking photos used to be more of a
treat than it is today. In the 1800s, a small percentage of people had
photos taken of themselves, and it was a big affair. It took a lot of
time and money. If they were lucky, they had more than one photo of
themselves taken during their lifetimes.
Today we can have 100 pictures
taken of ourselves in a single weekend. We take pictures of sunsets,
animals, and food. Because photos have become so
commonplace, it can be easy to forget how important they really are.
Unfortunately, digital photography has led to {photo overwhelm}, and most often people take pictures
but don’t really know what to do with them.
Why
Taking Photos is So Important
Life
is full of a lot of regular old events, but there are always special ones
scattered in. We go to weddings, take special vacations, make new
friends. There are always things we want to remember.
Right
now, I have a friend who is moving to an older house down the street because
it’s on some land. The
new house will be wonderful in time, but for now leaving the house they’ve
called home for ten years tugs at their heart strings a little. They made
so many memories there, brought 4 babies home from the hospital there.
My
friend’s mother-in-law asked her recently, “Aren’t you sad to be leaving all
the memories of this house behind?” She said yes, she was, but that she
had photos of all their good times with their written memories {preserved in a book} that they can pull out and
enjoy and remember any time they want.
I
read a beautiful article recently by Laura Mazza called {“Why Taking Photos Will Mean So Much More To Your Family Than You
Realize.”} Mazza talked about a friend whose father had passed
away. She told Mazza that when she misses her dad, she pulls out his
picture–a picture of him before cancer, a picture of him the way she remembers
him. This is exactly why {photos are so powerful}. They bring back moments
in time that are otherwise gone.
In
fact, pictures have been shown to increase happiness! Gretchen Reuben’s {“Happiness Project”} found that viewing photos help us
remember happy times. This makes us
happier in the present! In addition, a picture can “bring back” people, places,
and things we love.
Looking
at pictures has been found to both lift mood and increase relaxation. {Dr. Peter Naish’s} study compared the result of
looking at photos to the result of common things we use to try to increase our
happiness such as eating and drinking. His study showed that those things
actually only increase mood by 1%. After
looking at photos, people reported an 11% increase in happiness! (By the way, his study also found
a 22% increase in relaxation after looking at pictures!
Pictures even beat out chocolate for relaxation, which only came in at
8%.)
Take
the photos! Ask a stranger to take a photo of your family on an adventure
day. Capture little playful moments at home. Moms, get in the photos.
No excuses. These are the times you’ll want to remember later. Your
family will want them, too.
Just don’t forget–you can’t stop there.
Next,
Do Something With Your Photos
Once
you’ve decided to take the photos, capture the moments, and be in the photos,
there’s another important thing that MUST be done!
Remember
the classic “This is your brain on drugs” television spot from the
80s/90s? I wrote a blog post once based on it called {“These are your photos on a flash drive. Any questions?”}
And it’s an important thing to remember. Photos in digital form aren’t
actually photos–they’re just files.
In fact, photos left in digital form are like they were never taken.
Think about that. They’re rarely seen, and when they are seen there
aren’t any details or memories recorded with them. I’ve heard of siblings
looking at old unmarked photos, unable to tell if that baby is themselves or
their sibling. Sometimes moms can’t even remember!
Photos must be published or
printed in order to be seen and interacted with and loved. Those photos
must be accompanied by recorded memories and details. Otherwise, you have
nothing.
Aside
from the fact that {digital storage can be pretty fickle}, you don’t really
want to just STORE your photos. You want to SEE them. That’s why
you take them.
What
to Do With Your Photos
There
are so many great things you can do with your photos! There are options
that don’t take a lot of time, options that don’t take a lot of money, and
options that will fit your needs and style.
If you don’t really know what
to do with your photos, peruse these ideas and see which sound the best to
you. Click the links for more in-depth descriptions and photos:
Create
just two pages per month in this {digital family yearbook}. Publish at the end of the year. (I LOVE this option!)
Save
some time by creating {digital scrap pages}. (This is what I personally do since I like loose-leaf pages. It's such a huge time-saver!)
If time is the main thing keeping
you from doing something with your photos, you can find {lots of ideas for making time} here!
Taking
and preserving photos is an important way to remember, and a precious way to
strengthen your family.As I always say,
#dontletyourbabiesgrowuptobejpegs
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We're well into the 21st century now, so most of us only know photos as something digital. Unfortunately, we've lost sight of an important fact: digital photos are photos in storage. They're essentially film negatives, only you can see them a little better.
I say this because most people don't just sit down and scroll through jpeg files. If you do-- if they're your screen saver, for example --that fantastic, but they are incomplete. Jpeg files are lacking details, names, dates, memories, and stories. So jpegs are really only half of what they could be.
I wrote a series several months ago (on a blog I'm a regular contributor for) on getting your photos out of digital form--not just the WHY, but the HOW. I want to share with you the MANY tips and ideas you can find here:
"Love your parents. We are so
busy growing up that we often forget that they are also growing old.”
-anonymous
Flowers
and ties are always nice gifts for parents, but what if you could give the
mothers or fathers in your life something they would never forget? With a
little planning, this Mother’s Day or Father’s Day can be unforgettable–with an
affordable gift that keeps on giving. I have two special gift ideas to
share with you today. Both will be cherished for years to come.
#1 Reasons
I Love You
I
think this is one of the most meaningful gifts you can ever give anyone!
Really sitting down and putting into words what you love or appreciate about
someone is a forever gift. It can actually brighten someone’s day for
many, many days to come! You may have seen the “52 Reasons I Love You”
floating around Pinterest, made from a regular deck of playing cards. The cards
are hole-punched and have one reason written on each card.
Another
idea is putting those same thoughts or reasons into a little hardbound book.
I personally love how the professional, heirloom-quality printing just gives it an extra special,
“extra mile” feel. And they’re beautiful!
"Being
a parent is like folding a fitted sheet. No one really knows how." -anonymous
These
little books are only 7×5, and they’re printed with a library binding so
they’re durable. They’re $30, which is less than I’ve spent on Mother’s
Day flowers in the past! I really love that this is cheaper than dinner
out but lasts so much longer.
#2 Photo Gifts
Thanks for stopping by. We have a 2023 UPDATE before you read on:Heritage Makers and Snap2Finish became YPhoto under Youngevity (which purchased Heritage Makers in 2013). YPhoto uses only templates, so the creativity showcased here is no longer available there, and they also no longer have capability to print previously-created projects like these from the old system. YPhoto is not a photo storage site like Heritage Makers was.
Best-in-the-industry quality and permanent cloud photo storage with guaranteed privacy are required for anything recommended here by Photo & Story Treasures, so we highly recommend Forever for:
·creative digital scrapbooking applicable in a variety of photo products using Artisan software
·easy photo-memory books using free AutoPrint and Design & Print software programs
·private, permanent, secure, and guaranteed photo and video cloud storage (triple-backed-up and bank encrypted)
·white glove digitizing services for old memories like VHS tapes, slides, old scrapbooks (scanning), 8mm film, audio tapes, and much more
Learn more here to find similar products at top-quality with a 100% satisfaction guarantee.
Maybe a slight step down on the
heart-warming scale from "things I love about you," general photo gifts can be a little more playful
in nature, and they're something many people can enjoy together. From a wall canvas to a stainless steel water bottle (and items not shown below like a notebook or coasters), these high-quality photo gifts will definitely be meaningful and remembered.
"Family
isn’t an important thing. It’s everything.” -Michael J. Fox
A gal on my Memory-Keeping Team made a beautiful blanket full of photos of family members for her dad to keep on his lap during the last years of his life. The power of this can't be underestimated! What a gift!
I don't have her photo, but I can show you the plush (also available in sherpa) blanket I made for my daughter after a special trip to Ireland. I love how the colors printed here! Gorgeous.
Need more gift ideas? I've got a nice collection at my {Family-Centered Gift Ideas for Grown-Ups} post and here at my (updated 2023) Create-a-Gift-for-Free Challenge video:
"You
spend years wishing your parents would get off your back, only to realize they
were the only ones who ever really had your back.” -unknown
Do something different this Mother's Day or Father's Day that will make the special ones in your heart smile!
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This
post was originally published at www.livegrowgive.org on April 20, 2018, by
Jennifer Wise. Find more #familyhistoryfriday posts by clicking the hashtag below next to Labels.
There are so many teachers who give so much, going above and beyond to make sure their students learn and love learning--and are happy at the same time. I love giving truly meaningful gifts to those special people, beyond flowers or a gift card that will be gone and forgotten in no time.
With a little planning, you can give teacher appreciation gifts that will knock their socks off!
I've been thinking lately about what kind of teacher appreciation gifts might fit the bill this year. For quite a few years now, I've created gifts using Heritage Makers because they're so personal, and many times I spend less than I would on flowers or a gift card.
When my kids were in elementary school, we gave their teachers little books. You can {see a few of them here}, page by page. I would have my kids help me write the books--they would write something they loved about the teacher, something they learned in class, something they improved at with the teacher's help, etc. We sprinkled some photos in, too. We LOVED giving those books to those special teachers because we knew they really showed the depth of our appreciation, and we knew they would be cherished for years.
Now that my kids are older, my mind keeps going back to the gifts I made for their teachers more recently: personalized candy bar wraps and notepads. I'm thinking this might be just the thing this year, too.
The candy bar wraps (underneath the scissors there) are nothing more than a 12x12 scrapbook page from Heritage Makers, printed on lite paper so that it's easily wrapped around a Hershey bar (after it's cut). You can make four wraps from one page.
2023 UPDATE:Heritage Makers became YPhoto under Youngevity (which purchased Heritage Makers in 2013). YPhoto uses only templates, so the creativity showcased here is no longer available there. Best-in-the-industry quality and permanent cloud photo storage with guaranteed privacy are required for anything recommended here by Photo & Story Treasures, so we highly recommend Forever.
Then I made matching notepads from Heritage Makers to go along with the candy bars! They come in a set of 4, and each one can be a different style or name.
I really love how personal these are!
Get started creating something those special teachers in your life will always remember!
What good is the past? Are
there benefits to looking to the past? Absolutely! Here’s why the
past is infinitely important to me: My grandparents lived there. I
learned lessons there. I fell in love, got married, and had babies
there.
My
grandparents passed away before any of my children could know or remember
them. If I want my children to know where they came from and know those
sweet people they didn’t get a chance to know, I need to take them back to the
past. The best way I know of to bridge generations is using photos and
memories. Photos bring people to life and put faces to names. My
memories of my grandparents make them real people to my kids and provide opportunities
for connections, even though they’re gone.
Having
lost all my grandparents, and now more recently my mother, photos mean a lot to
me these days. They’ve always meant a lot to me, I admit, but now they’re
kind of everything.
This statement by Mehmet Murat Ildan is true.
Remembering those special people in my life is like giving them life
again. I love sharing memories and photos of my progenitors with my
kids because it makes me happy. It
gives them {a sense of belonging}, yes, but it really just makes ME
feel good, too!
Scott
Hamilton gave a little more perspective to generations in his keynote address
in this year’s {RootsTech}:
"Without
our past, our present has no meaning, and our future is worthless." ~Scott
Hamilton, former US Olympian
Wow.
Have you ever thought of it that way? Connecting with our past puts us in
a good place in the present, and it makes our future meaningful.
Who
were your grandparents? What would your children benefit from knowing
about them? What about your parents? I’m always struck at how my
kids only know me as a 30-year-old/40-year-old person. They don’t have
any inkling of what I was like as a college student or as a little kid–unless I tell them. It’s the same thing
with grandparents. My parents as 40-year-olds were a lot different than
they were as 70-year-olds when my kids knew them. Because I knew my
parents in both of those stages of their lives, I’m a valuable resource for my own children
as they learn about their grandparents.
{Telling family stories} is fantastic! Writing
them down, however, is even better. That’s because the written version
becomes a source to go to for remembering the whole story. If you have
photos to add to your story, all the better! Photos make a story come alive.
I
remember seeing for the first time a picture of my fifth-great
grandmother. Photographs in the 1800s, of course, were not what they are
today. Nobody smiled. It seems my fifth-great grandmother’s
“resting face” was a bit frowny. For a long time, I didn’t really think
about her much. She didn’t LOOK that interesting. But then I read
her story! Part of her story is rather miraculous and touching, and
knowing this about her changed everything for me. Now I look at that
picture with great pride, loving that I come from stock like her.
So let's talk about HOW! How do we actually go about connecting generations with pictures and memories (or stories)?
Using
photos and stories to connect generations can happen in many ways. In
February, I shared some of {my favorite ways to preserve and tell stories}. If
you missed it, be sure you click that link. Remember, too,
that you can tell stories and share photos that bridge generations through
other means besides written pages and published books, such as cookbooks and
DIY playing card decks (like family matching or family trivia games) and
everyday reminders like canvases or posters. You can find these {creative ideas for sharing stories here}.
Life
stories and family stories both connect generations, but don’t forget that your
own memories are a huge part of that. What do you remember or know about
your own parents or grandparents? Is it recorded somewhere? Who knows what you know besides you?
Oral
traditions, or oral literature, has always been a part of the human
experience. {We tell stories}. Downfalls of oral traditions,
though, come through age and time. What if I forget the story? What
if I remember the story but forget to tell it?
Right
now I teach an early-morning {scripture class} to a great group of high school
juniors. My daughter happens to be in my class. Several months ago
in a discussion, something came up that reminded me of a really scary experience I once had where I had to decide in a
split second if I was going to be brave and stand up for what was true (even
though my life was in danger, actually!) or if I was going to run from the
situation. As I was about to tell the story, I realized
that my daughter had never heard this story! She didn’t know this about
my life. She didn’t know this about ME. It almost seemed impossible
that she didn’t know this, but there it was–the fact is that even though she
and I are very close, I had never thought to tell her that story.
Giving
our stories a place to live– outside of our own heads and supplemental to an
oral tradition –brings them to life. Add photos and you’ve got the whole
experience captured, ready to re-live, learn from, laugh at, appreciate, and
cherish.
Take
your family back to the past, back to where your grandparents lived, back to
your most trying or heroic times, back to your graduation day. Put faces
to names and names to stories. Use photos and memories. You don’t
have to tell the entire history of your family, or even your whole life. “Memories of Grandpa” or
“Growing Up Stories” are just as valuable. Just record what you know and
then share it.
Using
photos and memories to bridge generations is one of the easiest, most powerful
ways to do it! It’s a quick source for happiness, too.
"Bridges
between generations are not built by accident. … Not one of my
children has any recollection of my grandparents. If I want my children and
grandchildren to know those who still live in my memory, then I must build the
bridge between them. I alone am the link to the generations that stand on either
side of me. It is my responsibility to knit their hearts together through love
and respect, even though they may never have known each other personally." ~Dennis B. Neuenschwander
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