Rescue your valuable old photos and remove them from magnetic albums before it's too late. Find out what to do with these precious memories and how to archive the photos.
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I was a long-time scrapbooker before finally taking the plunge and switching to digital photo albums. Now, I LOVE digital photo albums. Here's why!
The day after Thanksgiving my family and I made the trek to visit my grandparents. They live about an hour away from our home, unfortunately we don't get to see them as often as I would like to. This particular day we ate, visited, watch some old home videos and then later in the afternoon we helped Grandma put her Christmas decorations up. As I was in the back of her closet getting Christmas decorations out I came across these: (which is why I'm telling you about what happened last Thanksgiving ;) Well, I knew I couldn't leave them there so I grabbed them along with a stack of Christmas decorations and went back downstairs. As I opened the albums my jaw dropped. One of them was filled with more recent color photos (from the 70's and 80's) and the other two were chock full of beautiful, beautiful black and white photos. Isn't she beautiful?!?! The sad part is that we have no idea who she is. There are many photos like this but also many that were written on or had writing next to them. I poured over each page in every album. Inside I was sick, I knew that these photos were crumbling because of the albums they were in. About 30 years ago in the late 70's early 80's manufacturers made what were called 'magnetic' albums. These albums were made from a thick cardstock, almost like chipboard material covered with thin strips of adhesive, very acidic adhesive. The adhesive is what was causing my family photos to fall apart. Covering these adhesive pages is a thin layer of plastic. Some of the plastic covering is made of PVC and some were made of Mylar. I don't know which plastic was on my grandparents album but either plastic is not good. The plastic keeps the acidic fumes close to the photos and therefore the photos deteriorate even faster. If you look at the edges of the adhesive papers in these photos you can see the edges of the pages are already yellowing and starting to crumble. When I saw the pages and some of the photos starting to yellow I knew I had to get them out of the albums. I asked my grandma if I could take the albums and restore them for her. Her reply made me smile, "sure, I'm so glad that you care enough about some old photos that you'll take care of them" Me, care about photos?!? My life pretty much revolves around photos. I stuffed the albums in my bag and headed home. As we drove home I poured over the photos. I grew more and more apprehensive of this huge project I had just created for myself. When I got home I put the albums in my bedroom and let them sit. I just had a hard time wrapping my head around how I was going to get so many photos into albums. I knew I couldn't scrapbook them all in traditional layouts so they sat there in my bedroom. One day I was thinking about this massive project and then it dawned on me. Pocket pages! Yes, that was my answer! I could put the photos into pocket page protectors. It would preserve them and it wouldn't take nearly as long as making traditional layouts would. Once I had a plan in my head I started gathering supplies. I knew I wanted beautiful high quality albums, so We R Memory Keepers came to mind. It's no secret that their albums are beautiful and the best quality. WRMK also has pocket page protectors and journaling cards. I also wanted to make sure there was a digital copy of these photos because most of them are one of a kind. I bought this Photo, Slide, and Negative Scanner and I must say that I was thrilled with the way that it worked. It scanned the photos directly to a memory card and all I have to do is upload those files to dropbox and then my entire family can have access to these priceless photos and it was only around $40.00. I also had one other supply gathered for this project. It's a little strange but it was a necessity. Yup, it's dental floss. Unflavored, please. Oh, and band-aids. Don't forget band-aids. Over the next couple of weeks I'll have more details about the entire process we went through to restore these old albums. (Yes, I said we. This is a project that took an army to complete.) Make sure you stop by next week for Part 2 of Restoring Old Photo Albums into Pocket Page Scrapbooks. (Update: Part Two and Part Three) Here's a list of supplies that I gathered for this project: We R Memory Keepers Albums We R Memory Keepers Photo Sleeves Photo, Slide, and Negative Scanner Waxed Dental Floss Project Life Journaling Pens We R Memory Keepers Journaling Cards Self Adhesive Photo Corners band-aids
I'm hoping these tips will help you all feel confident to branch out in your next scrapbook, or maybe start your very first one!
Get your print photos organized once and for all. Depending on the number of photos you have this can be overwhelming but doable.
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If they don't, there are several reasons for this. One is generational and the other is science based. Read the article and find out what to do so that your memories can be enjoyed for generations.
The Waterfall Technique is a clever and interactive way to add even more photos to your pages. Perfect for special trips or events.
Find out how to make a digital scrapbook without Photoshop! There are many options to create digital scrapbooks for your computer, smart phone, and tablets.
Do you have boxes of old family pictures and memorabilia stashed away in closets? If so, you might be looking for a way to use them to tell your family story. Documenting your family history will preserve it for future generations, and you don’t have to be a genealogy expert to do it!
I love to create photo albums for free. Here is how to get free Shutterfly book codes so you can get free Shutterfly photo books too!
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Storing old family photos in a box in your closet? Here is what to do with boxes of family photos to insure you have them for the future.
You can find photos of your ancestors in the most unexpected places if you just look! Here are the best places to search for unknown family photos!
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Resources My Blank Step-Out Template For Zentangle® Patterns Light Source Reminder Image for Drawing and Alcohol Marker Coloring My Copic Marker Color Combination Chart Scrapbook Page Sketches, by Katie Butler Paper Tearing Technique I love this technique for paper tearing. Make great water, sky, mountains, land or other scenery by combining different colors. Card Fold Examples I love this chart. I don't know where it came from so be sure to email me if you know the link. I think it is a great resource for cardmaking. "Magic Thirds" Quick Tag and Card Making Concept This sheet is perfect for beginners who want to quickly design a simple and effective card. This trick is particularly nice if you need to make a lot of cards really quickly. To print this sheet, simply click on the image and right click to save it to your computer. This super quick layout is the perfect way to make a scrapbook page with your extra scraps.
Find out how to make amazing pop-up pages in your mini albums A new and exciting class revealing all the secrets of making pop-up mechanisms on mini album pages!
From scrapbooks to online photo books, I couldn't keep up once I had kids! Now I'm using Chatbooks photo books to simplify the way I print photo memories.
Have you been putting off your photo organization project? Here's a simple plan for getting them out of storage and into albums for your family to enjoy.
If you want to repair scratches in old pictures or bring them to life, MyHeritage has you covered. Here's what you can do.
Looking for some cool ways to display all those photos you have on your phone and in boxes? When it comes to awesome photo display, DIY photo albums are one of the best ways to present to cool pics. Do your photos the justice they deserve and showcase them properly by making one or more
Use these simple photo organization tricks to finally get that shoe box of photos in the back of your closet taken care of.
