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Post by KelleeM on Mar 16, 2018 19:06:20 GMT
I’m a long lapsed scrapbooker (and don’t think I’ve ever posted on this board, I’m a NSBR regular!) and I want to ruthlessly sort, organize and purge my photos. I’ve been taking pictures since I was 13...that’s 43 years of photos!! When I had my dd in 1990 I started taking more and then I had my ds in 1994 and took even more. And I started scrapbooking in 1997 and took even more. I have about 25 photo boxes and they’re all at least half full. There are also miscellaneous other photos in a few different places. My dgd was born in 2016 and I have hundreds of photos of her that I haven’t printed yet.
Hang in with me here, I have a point, lol!
This is week I bought two of the cases with the 4 X 6 cases inside with the intention of getting started on this project. What I think I want to do is only keep photos I plan to scrapbook one day. Dd and ds can take what’s left and do whatever they want with them. I’m sure there are plenty of duplicates, bad pictures and scenery pictures that I don’t want. Heck, there’s pictures of an ex fiancé from 2001 that need to go!
Has anyone taken on a project like this? I’d love any tips or advice.
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Post by sjwoody1167 on Mar 16, 2018 19:12:38 GMT
Label them as you go. It adds to the project but you and your children will be forever grateful that somebody with actual knowledge labeled them.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2018 19:22:55 GMT
I started a project like this and developed a good system for my printed photos with negatives. Then we moved, all got packed up and I never finished  What I did was go to a professional photo supply and bought an archival negative storage box and negative sleeves. Dates (or approximate if I couldn't specifically date them) got put on the sleeves and then photos were filed into the old Creative Memories sorting boxes (these are back, I think). I had a large powersort box for heritage photos and mine and DH's and then each kid had a small one for photos to scrap for them (which later on was upgraded to 2 boxes per kid). At that time I threw away bad pics or extra duplicates I didn't need. I used post-its to mark photos I needed duplicates of. I would definitely allow yourself an out of the way space to spread things out and not have to put them away as it's a big project and you want to finish it once you start. For digital, I don't have much of a system, just make sure I back-up. I just print what I need when I scrap (which works for me as I don't scrap chronologically). |
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Post by myboysnme on Mar 16, 2018 19:26:47 GMT
Welcome over here from over there, haha! I used to save every photo and I mean blurry, half cut off, you name it. And I also have a goal to scrap all of my photos and memorabilia.
Organizing your photos is a great idea, but I probably would not just save the ones I might scrap someday, because when you scrap, sometimes you need that extra photo or you want to get creative with it. So I would save any photos that make me smile, or make me think of a story with them. If I scrap them someday I would toss them at that point.
Now that doesn't mean don't toss. I tossed all photos of my ex-husband that I was not in or members of my family. If it was just him, he got some of them but later on the remaining ones got trashed.
You will know as you go through what to keep and what to toss. But if you never get around to scrapping everything, at least keep the ones you would enjoy going through again someday.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2018 20:05:00 GMT
Label them as you go. It adds to the project but you and your children will be forever grateful that somebody with actual knowledge labeled them. yes, this too! I also marked each pic and I made sure to buy the archival pen for writing on photos (which also had a nice soft tip so it didn't make any marks on the front of the photo). This was the longest part of the process, how could I forget that step! |
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Post by amom23 on Mar 17, 2018 14:09:45 GMT
I would definitely begin by sorting by year while discarding the duplicates, blurry, etc. photos. Also helpful if you can make notes (sticky pad) of people and places. You might be surprised how less of a pile you have after you purge the "bad" photos. Then you can decide how many you really want to keep vs. giving away or tossing all together. It's going to feel so good once you tackle this project (just maybe not while you are in the middle of it lol)!
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Post by KelleeM on Mar 17, 2018 15:12:23 GMT
I would definitely begin by sorting by year while discarding the duplicates, blurry, etc. photos. Also helpful if you can make notes (sticky pad) of people and places. You might be surprised how less of a pile you have after you purge the "bad" photos. Then you can decide how many you really want to keep vs. giving away or tossing all together. It's going to feel so good once you tackle this project (just maybe not while you are in the middle of it lol)! So I began this morning and this is pretty much what I’ve done so far. I’m attempting to sort all that I’m keeping by year but without dates it’s hard to decide some years. I’ve started four boxes for my siblings who have children and messaged said children on Facebook. I have 3 out of 4 families with a designee who will take their family’s photos...this is huge because otherwise many would be thrown out and I know most of my siblings never took pictures. I’d love to think I’d scrap them eventually but I know better. I also have envelopes for my two siblings without kids. My dd has taken on the task of keeping or purging pictures of her dad’s family that I don’t want to keep. I have purged at least half of the pictures I put my hands on this morning and feel great about that! |
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Post by lisacharlotte on Mar 18, 2018 0:30:20 GMT
Pre-digital I don’t always know the dates. I sorted my photos by where we lived. So 1990-1995 is West Texas, 1995-2001 is Georgia, 2001-2002 is Saudi Arabia, etc. Everything before 1990 is pre-marriage and it’s split between me and DH. My pre-marriage photo stash is paltry. My husband has hundreds and hundreds of photos from before we met.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Mar 18, 2018 1:32:46 GMT
So I began this morning and this is pretty much what I’ve done so far. I’m attempting to sort all that I’m keeping by year but without dates it’s hard to decide some years. looking at the things in the background ('oh, yeah-- we bought that couch in 2002', that sort of thing), or people's hairstyles, outfits, etc. might help with that. Depending on what type of layouts you end up doing (some people do strict chronological scrapping), the exact year might not matter, anyway-- as long as you get reasonably close, no one will ever know if a particular photo was from 1985 or 1986, lol. I don't want to make it any more complicated for you, but something else you might think about is putting your 'extra' photos together by family member, etc. while you're sorting them out. You might want to make layouts of your kids over time, or your yard / landscaping as it progressed, a layout of the different places you've lived, etc. |
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What I did was go to a professional photo supply and bought an archival negative storage box and negative sleeves. Dates (or approximate if I couldn't specifically date them) got put on the sleeves and then photos were filed into the old Creative Memories sorting boxes (these are back, I think). I had a large powersort box for heritage photos and mine and DH's and then each kid had a small one for photos to scrap for them (which later on was upgraded to 2 boxes per kid). At that time I threw away bad pics or extra duplicates I didn't need. I used post-its to mark photos I needed duplicates of.
