Labeling Your Photos

Author: Annie

One of the most important steps in organizing your family photos is labeling them properly.  Photos capture moments in time for us, but how often do we remember all of the important details about what is portrayed in the photo – for me, it is not often enough!
That’s the reason I take a few moments each month to label the photos I’ve printed or had developed.  The dates, places and names are preserved for years to come.
There are a few guidelines for how to best label your photos:

• Use a soft graphite pencil or a fine-line permanent marker.  My favorite marker to use is a Sharpie ultra fine line permanent marker.  If you’d rather use pencil, choose one like the General’s Sketch and Wash pencil which writes easily on slick surfaces, like photography paper.
• Use ink that is fast drying, so the ink does not transfer to your fingers or other photos placed on top.
• Write important information around the outside edge of the photo.
• Before you begin writing, prepare a clean, hard surface to place your photos on.  Place the photo you’re working on facedown, and label each separately.  Do not label on a stack of photos because it will cause too soft of a surface to write on and may result in an impression of your writing showing through on the photo.
• Never use a ballpoint pen to label your photos.  The pressure from pushing down on the ballpoint tip will leave an impression on your photo and the ink may leak through.

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“You & Me: Stronger Together” Storm Survivor Benefit Campaign

What can we do to support those affected by recent severe weather in the US?
You & Me: Stronger Together, to raise funds for the survivors of the severe storms that have pummeled the Midwest and Southern states.
During the month of June, order a You & Me kit for only $15 US/ $16.50 CAN (a retail value of $34.95/$38.95), and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the American Red Cross 2011 Floods and Tornadoes relief operations.
Simply use item number CC1012B to place your order for this sensational kit and help those in need at the same time.The You & Me: Stronger Together campaign will continue until June 30 at 11:59 pm (MDT) or while supplies last. On the heels of a very successful Hope for Japan benefit campaign, we look forward to the success of this effort!

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Using Shoe Bags to Organize your Scrap Tools

Submitted by: Scrapbook.com 

Article Courtesy Scrapjazz.com: by Rachel Myerson 
For many scrapbookers organizing our ever-growing stash is a continual problem. Everything needs to be in a place where it is easy to find without taking up precious space on our scrap table. Some items, such as punches which are bulky and can’t be filed, are a particular challenge.  I recently discovered a great scrapbook supply storage solution for these bulky items: over-door shoe bags.
These shoe bags can be purchased at many general or home stores. The ones I got are clear, have hooks which are used to hang them from the top of a standard door, and have 24 pockets, each of which is the size of one shoe.   I have always used this type of shoe bag inside the door of our coat closet, to hold gloves and hats.  I recently discovered that it is also the perfect solution to store punches and other bulky scrapbooking tools.
My friend Ruth Ellen Yeager has a lot of punches. She recently organized them into a shoe bag on the door of her scrap room.  She put one punch in each slot, providing very convenient storage. The clear pockets make it easy to find the one that she wants.

My scrap room is in the spare bedroom so I store my scrap stash in the closet. The closet door was the perfect place to hang my shoe bag. This way, if I decide to close the closet doors to hide my scrap stash, the shoe bag is also hidden.  I don’t have as many punches as Ruth Ellen, partly because of the storage issue. I decided to store my punches in the lower pockets and several of my favorite dies in the upper pockets. I left some pockets empty so I can buy more punches and have a place to put them.

If you are looking for a storage and organization solution to store your collection of punches, consider using over-the-door shoe bags.