tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post2781285362968671552..comments2024-03-28T10:32:35.496-04:00Comments on Thrifty Decor Chick | Thrifty DIY, Decor and Organizing: Organizing digital and printed photosThrifty Decor Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08387609050626968143noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-68308439825524207482017-03-12T18:25:25.594-04:002017-03-12T18:25:25.594-04:00If you are an Amazon Prime member, you can store u...If you are an Amazon Prime member, you can store unlimited photos through Prime Photos. I am currently uploading 13 years worth of pictures so that I will have an online backup! I then plan to make a yearly photo book. One step at a time, though!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10307971631206856704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-1823022313315446402017-02-28T15:26:41.230-05:002017-02-28T15:26:41.230-05:00I make a photo book every year. Some years I have ...I make a photo book every year. Some years I have to do multiple volumes (like the year my daughter was born). I love blurb.com. You can download a program or use their website. But I like the program better because you can customize your layouts. Now you don't get a fun background pages like some other site but for me i don't mind I want the focus on the photos like a classic album. They take up less room than a traditional photo album which is really nice. I highly suggest it! WintarRozehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12851259907774395285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-70429792722584250262017-02-26T23:32:30.585-05:002017-02-26T23:32:30.585-05:00I answered all of your questions in a blog post (a...I answered all of your questions in a blog post (ages ago) - here it is, hope it helps! http://www.jenthousandwords.com/2012/01/organising-photographs.htmlJenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09804247095770121647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-66483045173111986142017-02-25T02:01:41.799-05:002017-02-25T02:01:41.799-05:00Go to Becky Higgins' YouTube page and watch he...Go to Becky Higgins' YouTube page and watch her recent videos on this very subject! Why reinvent the wheel?offtoworkigohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13151061968547729365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-6167280021373211902017-02-24T08:32:29.905-05:002017-02-24T08:32:29.905-05:00Can't wait to hear how you do this--I've r...Can't wait to hear how you do this--I've read every single comment and I'm totally overwhelmed! My kids are 17 and 14 and I stayed on top of the photo album-thing until the youngest was about 7. I'm doing whatever you're doing--so make it good! ;-)<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15207849663910633297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-20925712581541595232017-02-24T00:11:34.074-05:002017-02-24T00:11:34.074-05:00Just saw that several mentioned they store photos ...Just saw that several mentioned they store photos on CDs...be careful. CDs aren't meant to last forever. You may find that after as little as a few years the CD is corrupt. Just don't do it. Get an external hard drive instead. You can even back uo your external hard drive to another & then hand it off to a relative in case you ever have a fire.MamatoFourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05405299331020028495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-38411819879222409302017-02-22T11:06:01.944-05:002017-02-22T11:06:01.944-05:00My dad went into a nursing home just over a year a...My dad went into a nursing home just over a year ago. Mom was/is very diligent with putting photos into albums. She rotated albums for dad to look at. Dad had dementia and the present was hard for him to connect to. Often, when I ran out of conversation while visiting him, I would pull out an album. The memories that returned for him, he started to feel connected with something again. I'm guessing most of your readers are not in this position, but organizing photos into books or albums will be a godsend in years to come.Bevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08939077909886122051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-15170752571362977262017-02-22T10:32:05.207-05:002017-02-22T10:32:05.207-05:00I take soooooo many photos but I rarely print any....I take soooooo many photos but I rarely print any. I keep them on an external hard drive and print only the ones I really love and want to frame. otherwise, I make each of my kids a book on Shutterfly, each year. My books go from birthday to birthday rather than for a specific year (i.e. 2016) so it is a book for their entire year of that age. The books end up being really large...over 100 pages but this is the place where I put the best pictures from the year, organize into stuff they did, etc. I store them on shelves in their bedrooms and they look really cute AND they can pull them down and see them any time they want. ghmommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00339228711509095526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-46427105395341935212017-02-21T13:49:06.644-05:002017-02-21T13:49:06.644-05:00I guess it really does depend on both the design a...I guess it really does depend on both the design and quality. We bought local for a couple of reasons. One was because of the quality and the other was because it was made in the USA. We have a couch, not a sectional and we still spent around $2000 which of course isn't cheap. You can tell it is an awesome quality compared to when I've looked at others. Our last couch did what yours did and those back cushions drove me nuts as well. Our particular couch was a lesser quality. (I'm definitely not saying that yours is.) Our newer couch has the attached cushions and I was kind of concerned about that cuz I know somebody else's whose ripped but then their son is just really hard on stuff and it's mainly just my husband and I. I'm very happy with our purchase so far 2.5 years in.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00255081008590384229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-40255203479125352342017-02-21T07:12:21.455-05:002017-02-21T07:12:21.455-05:00Good morning! I am very glad that I found your blo...Good morning! I am very glad that I found your blog! In my opinion you write great!If you are looking for inspiration and new ideas, I invite you to my favorite website <a href="http://thehomeexpert.uk/" rel="nofollow">http://thehomeexpert.uk/</a>Magdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15981118589334228003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-82605851169230110692017-02-21T07:11:03.722-05:002017-02-21T07:11:03.722-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Magdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15981118589334228003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-62950689343948271032017-02-20T13:02:49.746-05:002017-02-20T13:02:49.746-05:00I used Blog2Print to print my blog book. It worked...I used Blog2Print to print my blog book. It worked pretty well. Some limitations: although on the blog my photos all appeared to be the same size, they really weren't (an issue with resizing inside of WordPress I think) so the photos printed in different sizes (but the Blog2Print preview will show you what it will look like) and comments on my blog didn't appear in the book (but I knew they weren't going to) something to do with a self-hosted blog, I believe. All in all, though, I'm happy with the book. The paper is very nice and it all looks great. Sign up to receive the emails and they frequently send discount coupon codes.Cyndi Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05300974884525124898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-90330783775183555542017-02-20T03:37:43.508-05:002017-02-20T03:37:43.508-05:00I make photo books through PrestoPhoto. I do one ...I make photo books through PrestoPhoto. I do one for each of our holidays and will eventually get rid of all my albums and convert them to photo books - they can be seen here: https://www.prestophoto.com/search/index.php?sidx=11&q=michelle+earnshaw&search=search<br />I don't use their book generator - I just make each page in photoshop elements and upload it as a jpg. The books are beautiful and if something happens to the hard copy you can reorder them! I also back up all my photos to an external hard drive as I don't ever want to lose them through technology failure.maearnshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11446741823090967867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-9571367083864360952017-02-19T03:54:42.673-05:002017-02-19T03:54:42.673-05:00Here is what I did: Go through all pics, and only ...Here is what I did: Go through all pics, and only keep those you like (where everyone looks good), those which remind you of fond memories, of people you still like etc. Only keep one copy of each picture in case there are several that are similar. sort according to years - here is my full blogpost on this: http://www.theninaedition.de/2015/09/organises-photos.html also I keep a folder on my desktop where I store pictures of the current year according to month. at the end of the year i make one small photo book of the best of this year. http://www.theninaedition.de/2015/11/organises-photos-ii.html The Nina Editionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14309178292355705700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-48500046605050733912017-02-18T22:38:10.164-05:002017-02-18T22:38:10.164-05:00In order to keep my digital photos organized, I ha...In order to keep my digital photos organized, I had to create a system. The first Sunday of each month,I download all of the pictures from my phone and my husband'S to my computer and then I save them also to an external hard-drive that I keep in our fire-proof box. I figure that if our house ever burned down, I can replace anything but photos. Then, every year in that lazy week after Christmas, I put my favorite pictures from the year onto a SanDisk that goes in our digital frame that I keep in the kitchen. Our whole family LOVES the digital frame. It it so fun seeing old pictures come up. I only print what I am going to frame now. I also do a family photo album on Blurb, but I am only up to 2011.Kearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13287021404386613711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-40207294332161205102017-02-17T15:58:26.299-05:002017-02-17T15:58:26.299-05:00Create yearly photo albums with Picabo.com. (I li...Create yearly photo albums with Picabo.com. (I like them better than Shutterfly) There are always %50 off coupons to use when printing. Now is a great time to start! Every month I go through the pictures of that month and put them in the book. In January each year I get to print it! Our whole family anticipates its arrival!<br />Lee Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08820584534112722489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-7670662863218155592017-02-17T12:13:24.507-05:002017-02-17T12:13:24.507-05:00This is one area in which I have been very organiz...This is one area in which I have been very organized! I have found the best way to organize is years and months or if you need to go more broad do years and seasons. Start with current time and work your way back (otherwise it's too overwhelming) Here's my system: <br /><br />1. Under my pictures on my computer I create folders with the year. Inside that folder, I create 12 more folders (one for each month).<br />2. I use my phone and my DSLR camera to capture our moments. At the end of each month, I upload all phone and camera photos to that month's folder (set a reminder on your phone). <br />3. Back up on an external hard drive. <br />4. Upload folder to Shutterfly. *I also created month folders on Shutterfly, then I upload there and I'm finished til next month. <br />5. At the end of the year, I create a Family Yearbook on Shutterfly, organized by month. I do one 12x12 hardcover book. The title is the year, I select a simple format, add the months and dump my pics on the pages. It usually ends up being around 75 pages and costs $150. But I spend way less $ and save time by not printing out and picking up a bunch of prints. <br />6. Finally, I copy the entire year's folder onto a flash drive and drop it in the back pocket (that you can get as an add-on to your Shutterfly book), so if I ever need one pic from that book, I can go print it quickly. <br />This system takes me about 30 minutes per month. And creating the family yearbook is a one day, snow day project in January each year!<br /><br />Good Luck!<br />AmandaAmandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16122142760613088853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-42045556560597863252017-02-17T12:04:24.461-05:002017-02-17T12:04:24.461-05:00FYI, I got an email last week that My Publisher is...FYI, I got an email last week that My Publisher is closing up shop :(. They merged with Shutterfly so are referring all future business there. Heather Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16652047974685134784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-83968640324184058162017-02-17T08:05:08.670-05:002017-02-17T08:05:08.670-05:00This is a very timely post! Apparently many other...This is a very timely post! Apparently many others struggle with the mountains of either printed or digital photos. I wish there was an easier way to go through them on the computer. My eyes go blind are scrolling photo after photo. Instead of choosing one good photo, I end up with 20. Here's what I really want to know and need advice - does anyone know of a good blog printing service that will print blogs as they are shown in the posts??? We have a family blog that I've tried (albeit poorly) to update with family photos and events. I've tried researching different blog printing services and none of them seem to do what I want (like I've seen some print photos out of sequence to the post). Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do this? I'd greatly appreciate any information! :-)Astrid in Bristling Acreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03574975463738519560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-7426252833000168802017-02-16T20:40:35.988-05:002017-02-16T20:40:35.988-05:00Thanks for info,Jenni. Sounds like the key is to m...Thanks for info,Jenni. Sounds like the key is to make the book so it's ready, even if there isn't a sale. Then be patient.Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11033487556186750555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-5455214857976507932017-02-16T19:19:37.323-05:002017-02-16T19:19:37.323-05:00I use the MyPublisher site for current photos. It...I use the MyPublisher site for current photos. It can generate books for you or you can map them out. They have specials all the time so you can actually build your whole book and then sit on it until they are half off. Can't take credit for this idea I stole it from John and Sherry at Young house love. I make a yearbook every year for my business.Jasminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03075827000545713156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-44762458042742925542017-02-16T18:55:43.028-05:002017-02-16T18:55:43.028-05:00I still struggle with getting photos out so the ki...I still struggle with getting photos out so the kids can see pictures of themselves and the things we have done.<br />I use Shutterfly for my printing and photo storage. Regardless of which service you pick though, check the terms for how much storage you get for the price (Shutterfly is free) but also how long they will hold the photos and if you can download them if something does happen to the original. There is also an auto uploader so anytime I plug my actual camera into the computer, it automatically uploads the photos.<br />I also use Shutterfly for printing books. Make them when you have the time then wait for a sale (40% and 50% off books happens fairly regularly).<br />Once I have books, I store the original photos in acid free boxes. I currently use an external drive to backup my photos but I do want to switch to a cloud service so my photos are backed up somewhere else.<br />sunberry2https://www.blogger.com/profile/16330188585452978224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-52545642312652563302017-02-16T18:44:47.996-05:002017-02-16T18:44:47.996-05:00I'm a photographer and prints are my life! I s...I'm a photographer and prints are my life! I store prints I want to see fairly regularly in a labled photo box that is in a closet. For scrapbook ingredients my important pictures, I now make photo books through picaboo! So easy and we look through those all the time! I also have an external hard drive and use dropbox for an online "hard drive"! Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03180055767278627212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-7278566718228914412017-02-16T17:12:06.375-05:002017-02-16T17:12:06.375-05:00Organizing prints - the easy way:
1. Send them to...Organizing prints - the easy way: <br />1. Send them to Scan Cafe to have them scanned. <br />2. Upload them to Prime Photos. You can store them for FREE with a Prime membership and they have facial recognition and a crazy cool search feature (so you can easily find a picture of your daughter with a toy by searching for "toy" and sorting by person.. it's crazy cool). <br /><br />The more involved way (the say I do it): <br />1. Send to Scan Cafe<br />2. Organize each photo in folders by year and then by event. Name photos in this convention: YYYY_MM_DD Name of Event so that they're organized chronologically (I don't always do the date because sometimes you don't know).<br />3. I use Picassa for facial recognition but that's going away (sad!). <br />4. Upload all the photos to Google Drive for back up<br /><br />Organizing Digital photos - the easy way: <br />1. Get the Prime Photos app and have your photos sync to Prime. <br />2. Put the Prime Photos app on your husband's phone and sync his photos to the family vault. <br />3. Once a quarter, gather photos from other various places: your email, photos you're tagged in on Facebook, online albums people created for events you attended, etc. and upload to Prime photos<br /><br />Organizing Digital photos - the more involved way (the way I do it): <br />1. Once a quarter, gather all the photos from the previous three months. <br />2. Organize photos in folders by year and then by event. Name photos in this convention: YYYY_MM_DD Name of Event so that they're organized chronologically<br />3. Run them through Picassa for facial recognition and tagging <br />4. Upload to Google Drive for back up<br />5. Make a yearbook once a year<br /><br />I have a scrap from a magazine for "ARTKIVE" ... a professional organizer recommended it for archiving your kid's art and I saved it for when my baby girl is a little older :) <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03228241977280103208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781670590071996754.post-35838302771194326772017-02-16T16:56:16.413-05:002017-02-16T16:56:16.413-05:00I've used FreePrints (they have an app) for pr...I've used FreePrints (they have an app) for printing pictures off my phone or Shutterfly for making albums of special events in my life or the lives of people close to me. I've found both to be excellent resources, though FreePrints does offer a number of free prints per month. Good luck!ksimon46https://www.blogger.com/profile/11531010419585778229noreply@blogger.com