In our bedroom, there are 6 boxes stacked at the foot of our bed. I like to think of them as a "foot board". Not really. These are boxes that we simply can't figure out what to do with. One is a box of clothes that I can't fit into yet. I'm still working on losing the "baby weight", while several other boxes contain scrapbook supplies, multiple photo albums, and an untold amount of photos that need to be put into an album.
I am simply terrible with keeping up with family photos!
The task is so overwhelming to me, I try not to think about it very often, let alone do something about it! Last year I made a pathetic attempt to stay on top of our 2010 family album. At the end of each month, I printed about roughly 20 photos capturing the joys and everyday moments of our lives, and I carefully put them into an album, complete with captions and dates.
I got through the month of April before stopping and never returning to the project. I pulled the album back out over the weekend, and it is currently residing on our coffee table, taunting me with it's lack of photos. I don't know if it's the tedious task of uploading the photos to a printing site or the overwhelming job of sorting them and labeling them once they arrive, that keep me from doing anything at all.
I love looking through photos albums. I would much rather do that then watch a slide show on the computer, even if it is set to terrible elevator music, so I am determined to get over myself and make family photo albums!!!
To be honest, I sometimes wish I could scrap the digital camera and go back to the "old days" when I was limited to 24 prints per roll, which I would drop off at Wal-mart and pick up in an hour! You had to make each photo count because once you ran out of prints, it was over and you had to buy more film. Nowadays, I'm bombarded with too many photos of the same thing, giving me one more step in this frustrating process of sorting, decision-making, and organizing.
Is there anyone out there who feels the same way that I do? Or are you all just rolling your eyes and smirking at me??
Don't even get me started about the countless pieces of adorable scrapbook paper I've bought over the years and never used! I was not made to be a scrappy, eh scrapbook-er? God bless you if you are, but I simply don't care if my photos are lined up perfectly or if the border is cutesy and creative.
If you are gifted in this area and would like to gift me with your time and talent, please do so! I need to be rescued from my inadequacies!
I am simply terrible with keeping up with family photos!
The task is so overwhelming to me, I try not to think about it very often, let alone do something about it! Last year I made a pathetic attempt to stay on top of our 2010 family album. At the end of each month, I printed about roughly 20 photos capturing the joys and everyday moments of our lives, and I carefully put them into an album, complete with captions and dates.
I got through the month of April before stopping and never returning to the project. I pulled the album back out over the weekend, and it is currently residing on our coffee table, taunting me with it's lack of photos. I don't know if it's the tedious task of uploading the photos to a printing site or the overwhelming job of sorting them and labeling them once they arrive, that keep me from doing anything at all.
I love looking through photos albums. I would much rather do that then watch a slide show on the computer, even if it is set to terrible elevator music, so I am determined to get over myself and make family photo albums!!!
To be honest, I sometimes wish I could scrap the digital camera and go back to the "old days" when I was limited to 24 prints per roll, which I would drop off at Wal-mart and pick up in an hour! You had to make each photo count because once you ran out of prints, it was over and you had to buy more film. Nowadays, I'm bombarded with too many photos of the same thing, giving me one more step in this frustrating process of sorting, decision-making, and organizing.
Is there anyone out there who feels the same way that I do? Or are you all just rolling your eyes and smirking at me??
Don't even get me started about the countless pieces of adorable scrapbook paper I've bought over the years and never used! I was not made to be a scrappy, eh scrapbook-er? God bless you if you are, but I simply don't care if my photos are lined up perfectly or if the border is cutesy and creative.
If you are gifted in this area and would like to gift me with your time and talent, please do so! I need to be rescued from my inadequacies!
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You want to delve through them together?!