Comments on: A Family’s Treasure http://thecreativemama.com/a-familys-treasure/ every day living with a touch of creativity Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:37:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: tisha http://thecreativemama.com/a-familys-treasure/comment-page-1/#comment-6763 tisha Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:05:18 +0000 http://thecreativemama.com/?p=2624#comment-6763 It's fun going through all the old photos isn't it? :-) Kika if you go to Micheal's, Ben Franklin, Hobby Lobby etc... they all carry actual photo boxes. I prefer to make mine all sit up in a box rather than have the weight of tons of photos sitting down on them. Does that make any sense? I think I picked that up from scrapbooking years ago. You have to keep the albums all sitting up straight on a shelf instead of stacked on top of each other. The weight will press on the images/embellishments and dent them. Not sure that would be the case with regular pictures but I figure it doesn't hurt to have them sitting up straight like dominos :-) It’s fun going through all the old photos isn’t it? :-)
Kika if you go to Micheal’s, Ben Franklin, Hobby Lobby etc… they all carry actual photo boxes. I prefer to make mine all sit up in a box rather than have the weight of tons of photos sitting down on them. Does that make any sense? I think I picked that up from scrapbooking years ago. You have to keep the albums all sitting up straight on a shelf instead of stacked on top of each other. The weight will press on the images/embellishments and dent them. Not sure that would be the case with regular pictures but I figure it doesn’t hurt to have them sitting up straight like dominos :-)

]]> By: Kika http://thecreativemama.com/a-familys-treasure/comment-page-1/#comment-6762 Kika Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:53:22 +0000 http://thecreativemama.com/?p=2624#comment-6762 Looking through some old scrapbooks, I came upon an envelope of old photographs of great great grandparents, etc., that I'd forgotten I had! Now I wonder how to store them in a safer place. You mention photo boxes: is anything else required to preserve older photos? Do I need to purchase special boxes? Looking through some old scrapbooks, I came upon an envelope of old photographs of great great grandparents, etc., that I’d forgotten I had! Now I wonder how to store them in a safer place. You mention photo boxes: is anything else required to preserve older photos? Do I need to purchase special boxes?

]]> By: Dixie Redmond http://thecreativemama.com/a-familys-treasure/comment-page-1/#comment-6740 Dixie Redmond Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:27:11 +0000 http://thecreativemama.com/?p=2624#comment-6740 Beautiful post. I\\\'m the somewhat disorganized archivist in my family. People know I love the old stories. I started a family blog with the old pictures so that far-flung family members can get the history there. I need to be more organized, though, and your process is worth trying. Dixie Beautiful post.

I\\\’m the somewhat disorganized archivist in my family. People know I love the old stories. I started a family blog with the old pictures so that far-flung family members can get the history there. I need to be more organized, though, and your process is worth trying.

Dixie

]]> By: paige http://thecreativemama.com/a-familys-treasure/comment-page-1/#comment-6737 paige Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:59:14 +0000 http://thecreativemama.com/?p=2624#comment-6737 Great article and strait from the heart! Looks like I need to finish what i have started with mine and my husbands family pictures. Thanks! Great article and strait from the heart! Looks like I need to finish what i have started with mine and my husbands family pictures. Thanks!

]]> By: Katrina Kennedy http://thecreativemama.com/a-familys-treasure/comment-page-1/#comment-6729 Katrina Kennedy Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:28:19 +0000 http://thecreativemama.com/?p=2624#comment-6729 What a wonderful post. So perfectly described and the quote just takes my breath away! Thank you. What a wonderful post. So perfectly described and the quote just takes my breath away! Thank you.

]]> By: theadora http://thecreativemama.com/a-familys-treasure/comment-page-1/#comment-6722 theadora Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:05:12 +0000 http://thecreativemama.com/?p=2624#comment-6722 Tisha- what a wonderful post. I did not have a chance to read TCM until very early this morning. Wow! I have been blessed by your stories and noe feelin nostaglic aobut my own family heritage. I was just telling my son yesterday, a little about his great- grandparents whom he never met. Now, I need to dig out the pictures and show them to him. :) Tisha- what a wonderful post. I did not have a chance to read TCM until very early this morning. Wow! I have been blessed by your stories and noe feelin nostaglic aobut my own family heritage. I was just telling my son yesterday, a little about his great- grandparents whom he never met. Now, I need to dig out the pictures and show them to him. :)

]]> By: Marta V http://thecreativemama.com/a-familys-treasure/comment-page-1/#comment-6712 Marta V Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:05:46 +0000 http://thecreativemama.com/?p=2624#comment-6712 Such a great post. I had tears in my eyes when reading this. I too have taken on the preserving and archiving for our family. I am part way thru all the scanning so some are still in those awful magnetic photoalbums. When my dad passed away almost 4yrs ago that was the first and really only thing I wanted. My sister and I also found alot of slides. I still need to get myself one of those scanner things. I can\'t wait to have it all finished and organized. Thanks for sharing your story and giving some great pointers for this project. Such a great post. I had tears in my eyes when reading this. I too have taken on the preserving and archiving for our family. I am part way thru all the scanning so some are still in those awful magnetic photoalbums. When my dad passed away almost 4yrs ago that was the first and really only thing I wanted. My sister and I also found alot of slides. I still need to get myself one of those scanner things. I can\’t wait to have it all finished and organized. Thanks for sharing your story and giving some great pointers for this project.

]]> By: tisha http://thecreativemama.com/a-familys-treasure/comment-page-1/#comment-6709 tisha Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:42:56 +0000 http://thecreativemama.com/?p=2624#comment-6709 Awe!! Thanks Aunt Linda :-) I have started scanning in the newest batch but it will probably be Christmas before I have the gallery up. Lots of fun stuff though! Can't thank you enough for passing them down...you know I will baby them and pass them down to Haley more than likely who will be well trained in this stuff no doubt! :-) Luv ya! Awe!! Thanks Aunt Linda :-) I have started scanning in the newest batch but it will probably be Christmas before I have the gallery up. Lots of fun stuff though! Can’t thank you enough for passing them down…you know I will baby them and pass them down to Haley more than likely who will be well trained in this stuff no doubt! :-)
Luv ya!

]]> By: tisha http://thecreativemama.com/a-familys-treasure/comment-page-1/#comment-6708 tisha Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:26:53 +0000 http://thecreativemama.com/?p=2624#comment-6708 Thanks guys! Heather and Luana feel free share the link! I feel like this is something that every family needs to have set in place. The importance may be lost on some family members but there will always be a few of us in each family that are mesmerized by our own families history and the desire to preserve it for future generations. Char Lyn~ I have the basic one that has Mama's powder action, Powder light action. It is pretty basic. I think that is why I like it so much..fairly easy to figure out:-) Luana~ I am not sure I would ever recommend sending the old images via any kindof postal service. I have nothing against a scanning service but if you are interested in going that route I would try calling a local camera shop or printer and see if they offer a similar service locally. I am sure someone in your area offers it :-) Also you will want to keep a record of the images you hand to them to make sure you receive them all back. I would be just about anal enough to take a picture of sets of them so I knew which ones I had sent over...yes I know I have a disease..lol :-) But seriously my pictures are very valuable, irreplaceable pieces of history. Thanks guys!
Heather and Luana feel free share the link! I feel like this is something that every family needs to have set in place. The importance may be lost on some family members but there will always be a few of us in each family that are mesmerized by our own families history and the desire to preserve it for future generations.

Char Lyn~ I have the basic one that has Mama’s powder action, Powder light action. It is pretty basic. I think that is why I like it so much..fairly easy to figure out:-)

Luana~ I am not sure I would ever recommend sending the old images via any kindof postal service. I have nothing against a scanning service but if you are interested in going that route I would try calling a local camera shop or printer and see if they offer a similar service locally. I am sure someone in your area offers it :-) Also you will want to keep a record of the images you hand to them to make sure you receive them all back. I would be just about anal enough to take a picture of sets of them so I knew which ones I had sent over…yes I know I have a disease..lol :-) But seriously my pictures are very valuable, irreplaceable pieces of history.

]]> By: linda http://thecreativemama.com/a-familys-treasure/comment-page-1/#comment-6707 linda Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:50:17 +0000 http://thecreativemama.com/?p=2624#comment-6707 Oh Girl, I love what you have done.Thank you for taking care of the pics . I knew you would do it right. GREAT JOB. Love the story also. Love you , Aunt Linda- Oh Girl, I love what you have done.Thank you for taking care of the pics . I knew you would do it right. GREAT JOB. Love the story also.
Love you , Aunt Linda-

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