Tag: photos
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Professional Family Photo of Three Generations
I’m on summer vacation and reposting a favorite by our readers. Speaking of summer, it’s a great time for family photos! It’s not an easy task to get three generations of one family scheduled on the same date and time for professional photos. Life just seems to get in the way. That’s even more reason […]
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Couple’s Photo Shoot | One-Size-Fits-All Gift
Most of my friends and I have adult children. The question each year is “What do we give them for Christmas?” It was so much easier to pick out Christmas gifts when they were small, but as adults it’s difficult to surprise them. My friend shared her “stroke of genius” idea and came up with […]
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Cozy Fleece Photo Blanket
Years ago, my sister, Julia, and her family moved to the East coast away from her parents and siblings. It’s tough living far apart from family, but especially hard when someone has young children. Finding child care is harder, and holidays can be a bit more lonely. My sister though experienced tremendous luck! She found […]
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Share Memories Year Round With Custom Photo Calendar
We all know that time flies, especially the older you get. So it’s important to preserve happy memories with photographs. Even better, share them with loved ones so they can enjoy them year round! As a birthday gift for our mother, my siblings and I collaborated to give her a custom photo calendar. We all […]
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Passing Down Family Heirlooms
My husband’s job transferred him to Albuquerque in 1984. It was the first time either one of us had lived more than 10 miles from family. We were excited about our new adventure, and at the same time sad to leave our very close-knit family behind. We moved into a new and larger home so […]
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Old Family Photos Made New on T-Shirts
What to do with old family photos? Since my grandparents and parents have passed, I have become the keeper of old photos. I have thousands of photos in albums, boxes and drawers. Some are even dated back to the 1800s. I wanted to create something new from old family photos for my two brothers and […]
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Wind Chimes | Sympathy & Condolence Gift
When someone you love passes away, it’s like a piece of your heart has been taken. We’ve all experienced it, and appreciate those who want to ease our pain. Sympathy cards are usually the number one item sent. Thank goodness for Hallmark and other companies that make cards that eloquently express how we feel. But for those times when you want […]
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Baby Growth Calendar Photos
Parents love to capture precious moments of their baby’s first year, especially how fast they grow every month. I have a unique, cute and easy photo idea for every month – a baby growth calendar! My cousin took pictures of her baby girl with a large calendar desk pad. The photos consist of her baby […]
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Baby Bump Maternity Photo Shoot
Did you know there’s a whole industry in baby bump/pregnancy/maternity photography? Google it and you will see hundreds of amazing pregnancy photos. It’s a wonderful way to celebrate the upcoming birth of a baby by showing off the “bump!” My maternity outfits were much like my mother’s and grandmother – big flowing tops that hid […]
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Picture Frames | The Keeper of Memories
Picture frames are wonderful gifts for all occasions. They keep memories close to our hearts by celebrating weddings, birthdays, friendships, vacations, children, couples, and families. There are five of us girls who have been BFFs for close to 40 years. We still enjoy celebrating each other’s birthdays when we are together. This year we decided […]