Posted by admin on April 10, 2011
I Hope Album
I just gave my daughter an I Hope Album for her birthday. She has several albums so it isn’t uncommon for her to get an album. She opened it and as she looked at the first page she said, “So is this an album about how beautiful I am?” That wasn’t exactly how [...]
Posted by admin on December 26, 2010
Do you have a favorite Christmas ornament you hang every year? If you do I bet there is a story that goes with it.
As we carefully unpack, hang and then repack all those ornaments there are always a special few that tug at us for one reason or another.
The snowman that I painted when I [...]
Posted by admin on July 17, 2010
The process is: TRIM, TOSS, TAPE, TELL.
Step 3: Tape
If you have completed steps 1 and 2 and come to a Super Saturday or sit down to scrapbook on your own you will be able to quickly complete your pages. This step involves getting out more supplies than the other steps so I like to have [...]
Posted by admin on July 11, 2010
To review the process is: TRIM, TOSS, TAPE, TELL.
So you have a stack of 150-200 pictures in front of you that you have trimmed/cropped to make your subject the focus, now what?
I will do my best to explain in words, but be sure to check out the video link at the end for a visual [...]
Posted by admin on June 29, 2010
The process is: TRIM, TOSS, TAPE, TELL.
Step 1: Trim
When I first started using this system I would coach customers to wait until they’d printed 3-4 rolls of film. (Yes, that dates how long I’ve been using this system!) Now I suggest printing 100-200 pictures. This may be all the pictures from a vacation, your best [...]
Posted by admin on June 21, 2010
Creating a System to get scrapbook albums completed
Most of us have several systems and routines we follow to keep our lives somewhat under control. Your morning routine may start with coffee, exercise, checking email, packing lunches, etc. If you have young children I’m sure you have a bedtime routine for them. You probably also have [...]
Posted by admin on June 15, 2010
5 tips to get ready for Summer/Vacation picture taking:
1) Upload all your existing pictures from your camera to your computer. Then print AND back them up so you can delete them from your camera. Call me paranoid, but I don’t like to delete them from my camera until I know they are safely on my computer [...]
Posted by admin on May 20, 2010
Here I go, finally making the leap into the world of blogging. I’ve wanted to attack this for a while now and didn’t want to put it off any longer. I hope that I can make this blog a fun site you can come to for all your photo solution needs. I will provide quick [...]