November is one of the best months of the year to engage with your photos. Once the holidays hit, it’s hard. Diving into your photos and memories in November is productive, gives you time to revisit and enjoy your memories, and best of all, gives you the opportunity to touch hearts this holiday season. Here are 6 ways you can prepare your photos and memories for the holidays.
Read MoreGraduation is an opportunity for parents, the graduate, family members, and friends to connect through their memories. While I love a picture board, my goal with photo displays is to not only display the photos, but to tell a story with them. Here are 8 ways I told my daughter’s story at her graduation party.
Read MoreCelebrations like graduation, a milestone birthday or anniversary, a retirement, a wedding, and a celebration of life are all occasions where we pull out old photos and memories to share and reminisce. I love a photo display, but I also love a keepsake, something tangible to have beyond the party, that can be enjoyed for years to come. One keepsake I like creating is a sign-in guest book customized with photos. Here are some tips for creating one.
Read MoreMy mission in this world is to help people find ways to bring joy into their lives on a daily basis through their photos and memories. The simpler the strategy, the better. Enter…the widget. What is a photo widget? Simply put, it allows you to display photos on your smartphone screen. They are easy and free. Here’s how you add them to your phone.
Read MoreHave you seen Hamilton? When I first saw it in Chicago, I wasn’t really sure what to expect. I hadn’t listened to the music until the week before, so I felt like I was a little late to the party. What I didn’t expect was to walk away thinking about how this man and others chose to tell their story. We will all leave a legacy, whether we want to or not. How are you going to tell your story?
Read MoreOlder people love telling stories and there are so many benefits to it for both them and us. Photos can be a powerful way to bring those stories to life, however, it can be challenging to figure out how to share and give aging parents access to the photos and memories they love most. The best advice I have for conquering this challenge is to lean into technology.
Read MoreMany of us who have been through a graduation celebration can look back and smile...either because it was truly a joyous occasion or because it's over! For me, I think it was both. I laughed, I cried, I stressed and I learned things for the next time. Here are some of my photo projects from my first graduate.
Read MoreThe best part of my job is you, the people I get to serve and the stories I get to tell. Listening to your needs and serving those needs is what I love to do, which is why we’ve designed new digital photo organizing packages that respond to your needs and meet you where you’re at.
Read MoreHappy 2021! I was talking with my husband yesterday. He was back in the office after the holiday and he said that for some reason, it felt different with the calendar change. I kind of agree. I’m feeling really optimistic about the year ahead and am excited to dive into so many exciting things on the CYP agenda.
Read MoreThe Photo Organizing Blueprint Online course is coming! I've taken 10 years of experience helping my clients organize their photos and turned it into a step-by-step guide for organizing both your digital and printed memories.
Read MoreI have spent entirely too much time on social media this past week as we as Minnesotans get our bearings around the death of George Floyd and all that has followed. The images and videos that have been shared have been shocking, sad, scary, beautiful, awe-inspiring…the list goes on. I can’t imagine how we would have experienced this whole situation without them.
Read MoreWe are undoubtedly living a historic event right now…the Pandemic of 2020. Because we know this, it gives each and every one of us a unique opportunity to tell the story as it is happening.
How do we do this? Here’s one way…
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