Mommy Insider’s Tips for Organizing Family Photos
Moms, did you know that you can organize and enjoy our family photographs?
If you’re anything like me, you have hundreds of photographs stored on your computer and about 5 in frames and maybe a few more than that in a scrapbook or album. I feel terrible because I have a great scrapbook for my 9 year old and a tiny little album for my 3 year old. With the tools shown here, you can finally organize, store, print, and share your most cherished photographs!
The Picture Keeper is a flash drive with embedded software that you don’t have to download to your hard drive–you just plug it in and it finds and copies all of your image files, even your desktop! You can even use the same Picture Keeper for multiple computers, including a Mac and a PC! When all of your photographs are on the Picture Keeper, unplug it and store it in a safe place. If you have a digital photo frame, plug the Picture Keeper in for an instant slide show. Or take your Picture Keeper to the drug store to select and print photos from a kiosk. Every time you take new photos and download to your computer, just plug in the Picture Keeper and it will find the new or modified files and add only those!
CVS/pharmacy in-store photo books are ten pages long and can feature up to 72 photos, with up to ten additional pages available for purchase. The photo pages are printed on premium Kodak paper in one of three sizes, and can be designed in minutes at any in-store Photo Center. Customers bring digital media such as a memory card, CD or USB flash drive (Picture Keeper!) to their local CVS/pharmacy’s photo kiosk and select the “photo book” option, which automatically populates a book template with the selected photos. The pages are customizable by rearranging the pictures, changing the size of the photos, adding text and choosing from a variety of available backgrounds. Find your local CVS or visit the CVS Photo website to learn more.
4” x 6” holds 36 pictures – $5.99
6” x 8” holds 54 pictures – $12.99
8” x 10” holds 72 pictures – $14.99
I forgot to print photographs or just didn’t because it seemed like a hassle but when I got a photo printer that changed. My photo printer (HP) goes with me on vacations because I know that if I don’t print an exciting photo right away, it might never be printed and will get lost in the mix until I come across it on the computer a couple of years later. Photo printers are available for every budget and in lots of sizes including convenient travel sizes.
Now you can enjoy your photographs for years to come whether you print them with a photo printer, transfer them from computer to computer with a Picture Keeper, show them off in a CVS Photo Book, or share them on a digital photo frame.
From our friends at The Mommy Insider
I think that this concept of new media, forward thinking and green packaging works really well, even before you get the “new media” device hooked up.
Great tips! There are also great photo boxes that let you organize photos by category and I also love digital scrapbooking.
Great ideas. Once older prints have been scanned and consolidated with newer digital images, the ability to share with friends and extended family are dramatically expanded. Organizing, storing, preserving, and sharing family photos are all related activities. Thoughtful organization leads to better preservation and enhanced sharing.