A Work in Progress

If anyone is wondering what we do with photos and such here is an example of a work in progress. All of these items were running loose before, some were protected in envelopes, but not all together.

They are in archival safe sleeves on archival safe paper, every item has been scanned at at least 600 dpi, unless it is so simple in nature 600 would be overkill, and all digital images are indexed with thumbnail images in documents that are also burned on to the CD with the images. If you lose your index sheets, you can print another. If you lose your CD, you can get another made.

If there were audio files of interviews that went with this particular collection, those would be on CD as well, with a typed-out transcript. One could read along and hear the individual's actual voice, or make copies of the transcript to distribute...

I like this system so much I'm using it on all of my own family archives.

Creative-Block Coma

Have you ever looked around at all the stuff marketed for scrapbooking and just been overwhelmed? Die cuts, ribbon, buttons, wire, fabric, corners, shapes, etc. etc.... Where did all this stuff come from?

It is nice to look at, and there's some really good ideas... and maybe you actually bought some "must-have's"... But the old-fashioned scrapbooks weren't ALL bad, were they?

Except for the "Acid Free" revolution, which should be a no-brainer by now, nothing's wrong with simple straightforward pages with decisive journaling.

IN SHORT, the word "Scrapbooking" should not send you into a Coma of Creative-Block. If it does, maybe you need to take a breath, prioritize and simplify.

Our very top priority is to reclaim photos and documents from older methods of storage and put them into a safer environment.