January Giveaway - enter to win!
Jan 4th 2009 12:21:12 pm
Let’s start 2009 off with another fun giveaway! This month I have an original, pink, We R Memory Keepers Crop-A-Dial to giveaway to one lucky winner. The Crop-A-Dial is a craft tool which silently punches holes and sets eyelets and snaps. It can punch 1/8″ and 3/16″ holes through all types of material, including fabric, wood, and plastic. Portable and easy to use, the Crop-A-Dial is a favorite tool of serious scrapbookers and crafters.
To enter the drawing for this giveaway simply comment on this blog post with your answer to the following question:
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Each person can only enter this giveaway once. You must have a Swap-bot account in good standing (not suspended) with a valid mailing address to enter. You must include your Swap-bot username somewhere in your comment. You must comment on or before Friday, January 23rd, to be entered in the drawing. The winner will be randomly drawn on Saturday, January 24th. If you have trouble commenting on the blog, you can send me an email at rachel [at] swap-bot.com. Good luck!
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Debbie on 04 Jan 2009 at 12:29 pm #
For smaller mementos to save I use empty diaper wipes containers. But for others I use albums and the like.
BeadWeaver needs to reorganize her mementos!
hoppyloo on 04 Jan 2009 at 12:37 pm #
For each of my children (I have 2) I have a hat box where I put special things like their first haircut, christening certificates, candles, first shoes etc. Everything else is in those kind of “special” places you can never find again once youve hidden them - clever hoppyloo!
tangledthreads on 04 Jan 2009 at 12:38 pm #
I take LOTS and LOTS of pictures!!
Robin on 04 Jan 2009 at 12:41 pm #
Ooo! I need one of these crop-a-diles. Very handy instead of having separate tools. I also like the case that you can get to keep the tool and all your fun embellishments in (you can see the case at amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/R-Memory-Keepers-Crop-Eyelets/dp/B0013Z6WYO/ref=pd_sim_k_2)
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Hell0Z0mbie on 04 Jan 2009 at 12:43 pm #
I have made cigar box shrines with photos and memorabilia. My dad is a cigar enthusiast, so I took his old boxes and made shrines with mementos from vacations, friends, or boyfriends. One even had sand from a tropical beach!
ArtsyAthina on 04 Jan 2009 at 12:59 pm #
I too love to make shrines, and take tons of pictures!!!!!
I also like making mini scrapbooks, for small but significant events in my life
Happy New Year!!
ArtsyAthina on 04 Jan 2009 at 1:00 pm #
oops I forgot to enter that I am ArtsyAthina@swapbot
Sunnyblueskies on 04 Jan 2009 at 1:52 pm #
I used to be an avid scrapbooker, but now I have most my photos on the computer. This question about preserving memories has got me thinking about how I need to do a better job of it!
Zefaniya on 04 Jan 2009 at 3:01 pm #
I love,love scrapbooking. I make sure to take photos of important events to just silly mundane days. Then when I am living away from family or my husband is deployed I can go to my scrapbooks and remember all the fun times we had…it’s a fun way of preserving a memory.
Mikki McCoy on 04 Jan 2009 at 4:29 pm #
I preserve our memories in photo albums and shoe boxes!! I actually have 3-4 huge boxes of pictures that need to be worked on. I never really got into scrapbooking. I also make small picture collages to hang up. And our short hallway is full of framed pictures from different times in our lives!!
~~Mikki
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Elotopia on 04 Jan 2009 at 4:30 pm #
To preserve my memories, I write them. It’s nice to write a book a page at the time
I’m Elotopia @ swapbot.
Thank you.
Amanda L. on 04 Jan 2009 at 5:12 pm #
I take photos for things that I’ve seen and write other things down.
-TeddyKana
Erika on 04 Jan 2009 at 5:46 pm #
I use boxes to keep what I think is important
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Amber on 04 Jan 2009 at 6:16 pm #
I love to take pictures of everything,lol Then, I make a scrapbook so that when my daughter is older, she can take it with her while she’s away from home. ~pipelinewife~
Rach W. on 04 Jan 2009 at 6:37 pm #
I tend to scrapbook everything and I do mean everything.
But I also have many boxes of things laying around waiting to be scrapbooked too. That punch would come in sooooo handy.
- balanced
Texaiano on 04 Jan 2009 at 6:47 pm #
I take a lot of pictures and then find creative ways to display them so that they don’t get lost on my hard drive or in a photo album.
Jen H (whiteway) on 04 Jan 2009 at 7:15 pm #
I have a special journal for each of my kids and I write snippets of info whenever I think something is memorable, a funny thing said, an accomplishment, etc! @whiteway
Candy Rosenberg on 04 Jan 2009 at 8:08 pm #
I take lots of pictures and I scrapbook them on a regular basis.
Rachel on 04 Jan 2009 at 9:11 pm #
from tampagirl
Well- I blog about special times… sometimes I do a bit of scrapbooking and simple photo albuming
I think blogging is my best preservation method so far.
Vicki Hobb on 04 Jan 2009 at 10:01 pm #
I take tons of pictures, to make sure they are safe, we all burn them to DVD rom and send them to each other. I also like to put in some of my art a little picture and I can always look and smile although no one else may notice it.
Marisa on 04 Jan 2009 at 11:46 pm #
I scrapbook all I can into albums, if I can’t add the memento to a page I will, if not I keep it in a keepsake box for that particular person. I write in journals to help me scrap my pages as well.
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diana aka dianabanana on 04 Jan 2009 at 11:56 pm #
For someone as sentimental as myself I really don’t do a lot of memory preservation. I do end up with a lot of strange mementos, weird things, strange knick knacks and the like, that do remind me of moments in my life.
diana aka dianabanana
Joanne *dizzyfromthis on 05 Jan 2009 at 12:25 am #
I put all my papers, stickers etc in size appropriate plastic containers. Seems to work well.
magdalena on 05 Jan 2009 at 12:46 am #
take lots and lots of photos, and scrapbook them into albums or onto anything!!
mag@swapbot
Mojo on 05 Jan 2009 at 2:11 am #
I’ve been writing diaries since I was 13, and use these to write memories, and stick photos in. I also have some scrap books that are full of old tickets, and photos and letters.
Wolfidy on 05 Jan 2009 at 2:55 am #
I like to write our memories out in journals and draw everything into sketchbooks. They may be cartoons, but no one will ever forget when they look over the older stuff.
Wolfidy would like to start taking more real photos, though.
Cheryl Crawford (anrtist) on 05 Jan 2009 at 3:29 am #
I have always taken a camera with me everywhere!!! I have 3 children …all teens now…so I have some great pics thru the years and these are all organized in photo keeper boxes…but the really great thing I did for each of the children ,when they were toddlers, was to make a keepsake box out of one of those great big popcorn tins you always see around christmas. Each has a design on their tin that goes along with the personality and likes of that child. That way they know at a glance which tin belongs to which child … and the 3 tins are stacked in a corner of the living room. Out of the way but they look good and evoke memories just to look at them!!!Some of the items in the tins are favorite outfits, shoes, rattles, binkies, blankets, & stuffed animals that were their favorites! The tins are airtight and keep everything clean and neat!!!
TerryF on 05 Jan 2009 at 6:37 am #
I keep around me special things that people have given me: my favourite aunt’s sweet sixteen jewellry remade into a beautiful crystal bracelet, 2 afghans made by a dear friend, a stained glass box given to me by my childhood girlfriend, a lap quilt sewn by my mother. I find that having items that I can wrap around myself, or pick up and hold in some way, helps me feel close to those people in my life.
TerryF on 05 Jan 2009 at 6:39 am #
Oops, I forgot to mention my Swap-bot name in my comment above, but it is already in the heading: TerryF
scottishlass on 05 Jan 2009 at 6:41 am #
I use kiddies shoe boxes for all my keepsakes.
buzzwife on 05 Jan 2009 at 7:15 am #
I love to make canvases with photos, sayings and little things. Scrapping for the walls.
Ellen (ellie1200) on 05 Jan 2009 at 8:16 am #
I preserve my special memories through photographs. One day I’ll actually do something with them, but for now, the pictures are all just on my hard drive, on a CD, or in boxes…
Nefertnah on 05 Jan 2009 at 8:45 am #
I have books, boxes, files and folders and try desperately to keep photos organized unfortunately I haven’t been able to control my children’s artwork in the same way- its displayed and piled everywhere.
Bellamotives on 05 Jan 2009 at 9:41 am #
I’ve wanted one of these for a while! It would be great for scrapbooking! I am starting to go through holiday photos tonight
I always take too many though. I’m definately a shutterbug crafter.
Mary Ellen on 05 Jan 2009 at 10:21 am #
I love to keep journals where I glue in photos and write about events in my life. I then love to go back later and read my thoughts with a different mindset. I also use lots of stickers and colorful papers to decorate my journal to make it fun! This tool would really be nice to add embelishments to my journals - covers and pages!
CanineGirl on 05 Jan 2009 at 10:34 am #
I wrote all in my diary and drawing a picture or attach photos in my diary too.
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Jenna Z on 05 Jan 2009 at 10:37 am #
Oooh, awesome prize! I like to make mini-scrapbooks for special occasions. It’s less pressure for me than a giant scrapbook of ALL events that will never be finished. I like to make little accordion books and fold-out books that I can fit in a few pictures and details.
mindy on 05 Jan 2009 at 11:21 am #
For my kids’ birthdays I make a magical book. It always has sparkly shiny dangling things hanging from the binding. The party guests are invited to sign it or draw in it. I write about the party and paste in scraps of wrapping paper.
rlshnhn on 05 Jan 2009 at 1:44 pm #
We have lots of disc of photos, but I love to scrap them and keep them in albums.
lilrawker on 05 Jan 2009 at 1:49 pm #
I keep a journal. It is not only filled with memories I wrote down, but I also keep concert tickets, movie tickets, notes and random pictures in it. Great way to store memories
robincanham on 05 Jan 2009 at 2:05 pm #
I need to write things down or else I forget them! I have a bunch of sticky notes everywhere…. I need some time to put them all in proper places, but swap-bot takes up a lot of my time these days!
Sass on 05 Jan 2009 at 2:22 pm #
I keep all my important memories like photos and sentimental bits in an old tobacco tin. It keeps it well and it looks attractive on a shelf!
kugusch on 05 Jan 2009 at 3:13 pm #
my camera has been like a limb of mine for years. I take pictures of EVERYTHING!
Now I think I’m not signed in again… KUGUSCH is it,though LOL
Gayle on 05 Jan 2009 at 5:04 pm #
Well as Honnoria (on SB) and as Gayle I have taken a lot of pictures. I like to post them on flickr and in books. i also blog about stuff on my friends only blog.
niecedenise on 05 Jan 2009 at 5:42 pm #
I have special boxes for most everything, especially the photos. My dad wrote my mom over 200 letter when he was in the service-I ahve them in special no-acid boxes along with photos of them then. And ive written letters to help everyone in the future know what it is .
Carrie on 05 Jan 2009 at 6:41 pm #
My swap-bot id is mercmom41. One way I save memories is taking tons of pictures with our digital camera, and uploading them to the computer and looking through them almost every day. Then every couple months I create an album online and share it with my family and friends. Our 18-month old is the only grandchild on my side of the family, and they all live far away, so it’s a great way for them to keep track of her and feel involved.
Gamflin2day (Judy) on 05 Jan 2009 at 7:11 pm #
I like to copy old family photographs and use the copies in a variety of ways: to wrap gifts, to decoupage gift boxes, use in collages, postcards, etc. I made a bracelet for my sister out of old photos of all the matriarchs in the family and she loves it.
Keeping the photos in a box or stashed away in acid-free paper will preserve them long after I’m gone, but duplicating and sending them out as gifts is a way for me to ensure they will continue to live on in the memories of others.
Debbie on 05 Jan 2009 at 7:53 pm #
I take lots of pitures… and I put them in albums….
Maryann on 05 Jan 2009 at 7:59 pm #
Ktaktz here:
Every Year i draw my kids photos on a little index card, i then place them in an album and fro each child. so when they are older they will have hand drawn photos of them selves.. Also in the Photo book is our ancestry and stories about them. so on each index card i would place a note about an ancestor what they did or where they live at that age and where they can find them in the book, kinda an index..
smilesandsunshine on 05 Jan 2009 at 8:43 pm #
Hi, I take digital pictures and save them on my computer. Sometimes I get prints made and scrapbook them. I also try to journal about important events in my life.
Jessmarie on 06 Jan 2009 at 12:01 am #
I write in and post pictures to my blog. I get my favorite photos printed to be added to the scrapbook. And I keep a paper journal into which I write, doodle, and paste mementos. There are many ways to preserve memories! Cheers!
Jessmarie at the ‘bot
pootle on 06 Jan 2009 at 1:49 am #
I take loads of photos and have a scrapbook on the go of my son’s childhood (he’s 4 now!). I also collect little trinkets, souvenirs, what-nots etc etc that hold memories for me. In my jewellery box I have my son’s name band from when he was born, also the ribbon from his 1st birthday cake
Mia on 06 Jan 2009 at 3:57 am #
With normal evryday things I just take photos.
But with things like holidays I make travelbooks, in them I keep pictures, tickets, coins, etc and I make sketches of the sights and write in it as a daily journal while on the go.
As I like vintage/victorian stuff I decorate them after that theme.
I also make victorian styled speciem jars with sand, dirt and so on from the areas visited.
LadyBathory
eor1122 on 06 Jan 2009 at 6:32 am #
I tale lots of digital photographs. I always make sure I get picture of a sign of where we were and try to make sure the date is correct on the camera. Then I also try to get brochures, and other items with information on where we are including pictures of any plaques we might see. I make sure I get everyone (not just the kids) in a lot of the photographs. We also collect mementos of where we visited. After we get home I create a new folder for each event and then when time allows I create memory books (either digital or “traditional”) of the events, sometimes even making a memory box to store everything from that event.
Melissa on 06 Jan 2009 at 7:18 am #
We take lots of digital photographs and videos and then once a year my husband makes a DVD set to music with the whole years worth of clips.
I have done some scrapbooking, but I don’t have lots of supplies and it’s a big investment!
Crosswind on 06 Jan 2009 at 9:51 am #
I take many photos and save little trinkets or souveniers to scrapbook. I love to keep boxes of things and drag them out for a little sense memory session, letting the momentos bring to mind the special days or hours.
Kim Johnson on 06 Jan 2009 at 9:51 am #
Pictures, pictures and more pictures…Lots of scrapbooking. All extra photos go in mini photo albums.
Robin Bartoletti on 06 Jan 2009 at 10:49 am #
What is one way you preserve special memories?
For me, since I am a collage artist I use birs from occasions and images in collage pieces. Sometimes these go in a scrapbook, and sometimes they are framed. I love mia’s idea (ladybathory) on creating victorian styled specimen jars! I will try that next.
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Debbie on 06 Jan 2009 at 10:59 am #
I laminate photo clippings my family appear in, or special photos, the laminating gives them a hard backing which will preserve the photo in its flat condition, no crease and the date i always put on the back of photos before laminating. Other special things are kept in a box i keep in my wardrobe.
Debbie on 06 Jan 2009 at 11:01 am #
as per previous posting sorry never put my user name
debbiesw
tehuti on 06 Jan 2009 at 11:17 am #
I used to keep many photographs but increasingly found that the act of taking photos spoiled the spontaneity of many special moments and the magic of special places also failed to come through on images alone. I now rely on my memory, where I store images, sounds, scents and feelings. I can relive these regardless of where I find myself.
Tehuti
Judy on 06 Jan 2009 at 11:34 am #
What is one way you preserve special memories? One way is i have photos. I also love to write in books. Now i’m trying making altered books and just for those little momentos. I also have a box full of ticket stubs, etc. =) HUGS
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camelsamba on 06 Jan 2009 at 12:25 pm #
We take a lot of digital photos, organized by year-month-day, and back them up on DVD-ROMs. We try to make an annual photo calendar with photos from the previous year (e.g. Jan 2008 photos for the Jan 2009 page) but don’t always follow through with that. I learned from a friend of mine to take photos of 3D objects we want to preserve (like school projects).
I go through accumulated school papers at the end of the year and keep ones that seem significant or meaningful for one reason or another. These I keep in a file storage box, one per child.
Elena on 06 Jan 2009 at 12:36 pm #
Hi everyone!
I use carbdoard boxes to keep all the things I Think are important such as photos, cinema’s tiquets, letters, …
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babyamy on 06 Jan 2009 at 1:09 pm #
I use boxes to store all the thing I don’t want to throw away. they are full of postcards, letters, photos and thigs that remind me of special events.
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Terri (pumpkinseedmama) on 06 Jan 2009 at 1:51 pm #
I love to take digital pics of my family and I print out digital collages of them! I love making altered scrapbooks with their pics too!
Hugs,
Terri
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Tabitha on 06 Jan 2009 at 2:13 pm #
I tried scrapbooking, but it just wasn’t a good craft for me. Right now I just shove all the newspaper clippings and photos in a big box. I do sort by year, but I wouldn’t mind being a little more organized!
Alicia on 06 Jan 2009 at 6:56 pm #
I do A LOT of scrapbooking, both paper and digital. I also have a shoe type box, that have been decorated for each person/special event that they hold. For example, I have one for my wedding planning which is done in white/ivory paper with lace, and the words “sanity is happiness” on the top. It has everything from a piece of my mother and my mother in laws wedding dress which I am planning on having made into a handkerchief. and Pictures of wedding planning events, dress shopping, cake tasting.
Hugs & Smiles,
Alicia
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Cathy on 06 Jan 2009 at 7:14 pm #
My pictures of family and friends are stuck in a wrought iron Pier One “Christmas card” holder that hangs on my craft room wall next to my computer. Other pictures are taped to the walls around me. And as “missysmom”, I also have lots of pics of my furry baby. And then there are a few scrapbooks around- mostly still in progress. And let’s not forget the fridge….
Melissa Boclair on 06 Jan 2009 at 7:18 pm #
I like photobooks from snapfish and other photo sites. Holds everything in a small place.
Rose (sasnjms) on 06 Jan 2009 at 7:27 pm #
I usually have my camera attached to my hip because I always find some reason to take those memorable pictures to share will my family and friends. Being retired and a grandmother of 7 beautiful grandchildren, I have an overflowing box of the most precious pictures that need to be organized. Over the past few year’s I have stored many pictures on my hard drive. My new year’s resolution is to become more organized with all of these pictures so,I have just begun to creat a scrapbook as well as a family website. I would love to have a few supplies to help me be more creative with my scrapbooking but supplies can be very expensive. Therefore, I try to improvise with what I can find around the house. Recently,I have made copies of some of my old pictures embellishing and framed them as gifts.
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Linda(FairyCrafter) on 06 Jan 2009 at 8:03 pm #
Most of my saved memories are in photo albums, but I have a cedar chest that hold many memories that aren’t photos. These go way back in time.
Penny(pbially) on 06 Jan 2009 at 8:45 pm #
To preserve memories I store on computer and use photostory and make slideshows. I also scrapbook and started a altered book with things like moss from the rock where my husband asked me to marry him.
Fran McGee (franstuff) on 06 Jan 2009 at 8:57 pm #
I LOVE to take pictures. I also have 3 ring binders with page protectors in them for each of my children. I put their best school work in there, awards, drawings, etc. until I get around to scrapping them they are safe, and my kids know I care enough to save them. swap-bot name franstuff
crescendo on 06 Jan 2009 at 9:39 pm #
I take lots of digital photos, and now like to put them on the digital photo frames so they can be enjoyed. Also, I am an ‘old school’ scrapbooker, meaning, I just glue things into a book with plain black pages, overlapping/collaging them, not trying to use any sort of fancy shmancy color coordinating papers and embelishments and all that. I like simple!
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danie on 06 Jan 2009 at 10:21 pm #
Starbutcher: i get tattoos… if there is someone or some specific time in my life that is really special to me, i get a tattoo that i can remember it by. something that might seem strange to someone else, but reminds ME of magical things.
trisha howell on 07 Jan 2009 at 3:20 am #
To preserve my special memories I have a small jewelry box that my son brought me from England that I place all the tiny memories, larger ones are placed around the house, or put in boxes, scrapbooks, or I take pictures of them…Now that I think about it I have special memories everywhere…Trisha (user5719)
gem on 07 Jan 2009 at 5:20 am #
Lots of photos! I have plastic bins/tubs for old schoolwork of the kids’ and homemade “portfolios” for their artwork. I also have an artwall in my computer room where I tack up some of my faves works of theirs - on wall is almsot floor to ceiling full. I save newspapers and magazines from major current events in another bin … plus I think I have every greeting card we’ve ever given to each other saved. I’m a big keeper-saver but really bad about displaying things. I need to at least get my photos in albums this year. GOAL!
~ gem ~
April on 07 Jan 2009 at 9:21 am #
Take an old book that no one will ever read and recycle it! Turn it into a journal. Paint over the text with gesso and doodle, fold the pages, cut into the pages and make a slot to glue something special, modge podge photo copies. The possiblities are endless! My high schoolers loved this project.
alwireman
Christine on 07 Jan 2009 at 9:29 am #
I used to scrapbook much more than I do now. I take alot less photos now, too. I got tired of being behind the camera for everything and I now enjoy experiencing the moment more. I still love to do paper crafts, but I’m not inspired by scrapbooking anymore.
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Deluxx on 07 Jan 2009 at 9:57 am #
I have always taken lots of digital photos and kept online archives, and I have made some digital scrapbooks. But my new year’s resolution is to start blogging one photo every day, to keep a special memory for every single day!
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Danielle on 07 Jan 2009 at 12:06 pm #
What is one way you preserve special memories?
One of the ways I preserve special memories… Is through little “Treasure boxes”…
For example, I have this large wood puzzle box with my name engraved on it that my dad had made for me when he was deployed to Turkey when I was about 14…
The key is hidden inside the box. So you have to find the key, then find the key hole in order to open it. I keep little mementos from fun days and trips… Like ticket stubs, souvenir coins, thimbles, trinkets, the pins I inherited from my great grandmother, ect… In this box. I also have another box where I keep natural keepsakes that I find out and about like feathers, dried flowers and such.
Danielle on 07 Jan 2009 at 12:07 pm #
What is one way you preserve special memories?
One of the ways I preserve special memories… Is through little “Treasure boxes”…
For example, I have this large wood puzzle box with my name engraved on it that my dad had made for me when he was deployed to Turkey when I was about 14…
The key is hidden inside the box. So you have to find the key, then find the key hole in order to open it. I keep little mementos from fun days and trips… Like ticket stubs, souvenir coins, thimbles, trinkets, the pins I inherited from my great grandmother, ect… In this box. I also have another box where I keep natural keepsakes that I find out and about like feathers, dried flowers and such. ~MyAliceFair @ Swapbot
classychica aka Victoria-Marie Quiroz on 07 Jan 2009 at 1:15 pm #
My father was not a very crafty man but I did appreciate what he did for me. He made a huge collage using one of the huge picture frames he found at a second hand store. He put everything thing I had accomplished mixed that with photos. I continue that with my nieces and nephews.
David/colodad on 07 Jan 2009 at 2:21 pm #
I am making shadow boxes with photos and other “stuff” from my parents and in-laws. They have all pass away and our kids don’t have many memories of them. This will help us share grandparent stories with our kids, and my wife and I will be reminded of fond memories too.
euphoria on 07 Jan 2009 at 5:03 pm #
Whenever my husband and I take a long trip (3 days or more), we keep a “trip log” that includes postcards, ticket stubs, receipts, etc. and we each write a little blurb in it at the end of each day, describing where we went & what we did. We leave a few blank pages here and there and after the trip, I paste photos on those pages. We have trip logs dating back to our first year of marriage (1988) and it’s so much fun to look back and read about our adventures together.
lalisha on 07 Jan 2009 at 6:05 pm #
I like to decorate shoe boxes and copier boxes with each child’s name or favorite colors and I put ll kinds of stuff in them and i want to give them to them when they leave home
MaDi on 07 Jan 2009 at 6:16 pm #
I take tons of photos of my family, especially my children & scrap them digitally.
carladallas on 07 Jan 2009 at 6:49 pm #
I kept a journal for each of my children, and another journal for myself which I am pretty faithful to writing in. I take a lot of pictures, especially now that I have a digital camera. I have also kept a travelogue, a journal just for important trips. And, I have another journal I’ve kept separately during the Christmas holidays, where I write my reflections of that holiday season. I’m just realizing, that’s a lot of journaling!!! Even though I still keep my private journal I have also started blogging, for work and at home, so that’s more writing! Interesting question!
alybr on 07 Jan 2009 at 10:02 pm #
Books! I keep everything- pictures, momentos, journal entries in scrapbooks, altered books, and photo books. I love books of all kinds so you can imagine all the books that I have. lol
Ione on 08 Jan 2009 at 12:56 am #
I do many things to preserve our memories. I take lots of pictures. I scrapbook and I journal. If I fail to have my camera somewhere important I still scrapbook the event with a thorough journal entry and memorbilia from the event. Sometimes I create framed momentos to commemorate important events in my families lives. I am crayzscapper on swap-bot.
Lorelei on 08 Jan 2009 at 3:54 am #
I’ve always take a lot of photographs and then I edit it digitally. Sometimes I srap it as a gift for my family and friends. I made a scrapbooking picture to my dad for a Christmas..
Sometimes I write a journal diary too (for example from a summer vacation).
And I collect things, which has a special meaning for me, to the box.
So…thats how Lorelei preserves her memories.
candi on 08 Jan 2009 at 8:35 am #
I love to take pictures of everything I do alot of off the wall scrapbook things I guess you could call it………………..
I scrapbook on the wall,table,wood,OLD WINDOWS ARE THE BEST just about ANYTHING ! MEMORIES ARE EVERYTHING!
marinda on 08 Jan 2009 at 8:44 am #
I take pictures with a cell phone camera if I forget to bring my camera.
Kathy2eggs on 08 Jan 2009 at 11:36 am #
I’m really into photographs and scrapbooks. I’ll make memory books and have way too many scrapbooks of all important memories of my life. Just wish I’d started earlier scrapbooking as I LOVE it. I make ATC’s using vintage and family photos.
Check out my blogspot to see a few.
Jenna S on 08 Jan 2009 at 12:58 pm #
My husband built a 10 foot long parallelogram shaped cork board that sits above the handrail and runs the entire length of our front stairs. It is packed with pictures, postcards, ticket stubs, invitations etc from important events in our lives. We are 2 feet from the end; I think we will need another board in the near future!
Thanks
Jenny143
JenMeister on 08 Jan 2009 at 3:38 pm #
I find that the best way to preserve special memories is to send them to my best friend… weird? Maybe
I find that the act of sitting down and expressing these memories in writing, or making a nice photo album, or taking the time and effort to compile a journal and sticking in important items etc, really cements them in my mind. I then remember them vividly and take great pleasure in sharing them with somebody dear.
I figure that if I kept such things, it would sit in a pile somewhere to be taken out only very occasionally to be seen. This way, I get to see them when I visit her, and we can share them together
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craftaddict02 on 08 Jan 2009 at 6:02 pm #
I scrapbook and my most precious were scrap into 4×4 wooden cubes which I painted then treated 5 sides as a small scrapbook page. They get noticed more then just a book of pictures. Of course I use copies of the original pictures scaled down to the proper size.
craftaddict02 on 08 Jan 2009 at 6:04 pm #
oops I forgot my username is craftaddict02
Luz MIRANDA on 08 Jan 2009 at 8:36 pm #
SCRAPBOOKS & JOURNALING …… all sizes, colors, brands….love to make scrapbook pages with my photos…
Ali (aliformourpatch) on 08 Jan 2009 at 9:07 pm #
I am about to gegin creating treasure shrines but I currently have treasured memories stored in decorated boxes.
sarah on 08 Jan 2009 at 10:59 pm #
I designate a box or folder for each child.
MagentaPink13
DestinyDesign on 08 Jan 2009 at 11:03 pm #
I just have boxes and file folders full of stuff to be organized at a later date, lol.
DestinyDesign
(Cindy)
annessa on 09 Jan 2009 at 1:59 am #
Well, i am not a very organized person, so my things is stored in every possible thing I can find. I reuse plastic bottle to store my candy wrapper; kiddy meal box for my aluminium cans; plastic wrapper for my collection of letters; mooncake boxes for my tissue paper collection; my mom reuse the comforter bag for my old dolls and stuffie.
I would love to have the Croc-A-Dile, it’s one of the amazing tool to have to start my scrapbook projects. Thanks for the organizing this great giveaway.
sunnie on 09 Jan 2009 at 2:09 am #
I take my camera everywhere with me and store all my photos on my pc and on discs,I also keep “memory boxes” one for each of the boys and also ones for special holidays and events etc
Katerbear44 on 09 Jan 2009 at 10:34 am #
The way I “preserve” memories is taking pictures of everything special to me. I’m very into photography and capturing a photo to go along with the memory is the best. It’s a great thing to reminisce and I always have the joy of reminiscing by looking through all my old photographs.
Katerbear44
Katie
momoeight on 09 Jan 2009 at 11:19 am #
I like to have my kids hold things they have made and I take their picture. Then I don’t have to keep all the bulky things they have made. We also make special Christmas cards each year that we come up with on our own. We come up with some concept and then take pictures that go with it of the kids. After many years we have a nice collection that documents the family’s growth.
Momoeight
Rebecca
Danielle on 09 Jan 2009 at 12:10 pm #
I scan anything small and flat enough to fit on the scanner, certificates, jewelry, weird things you wouldn’t think about, but then I always have them.
I also photograph and scrapbook a ton!
ekdkdk1
Joyce on 09 Jan 2009 at 1:45 pm #
I do graphite drawings and sketches in addition to pictures on scrapbook pages. I keep a nature journal so those drawings can be used to augment pictures of the day or event.
hippofairy on 09 Jan 2009 at 2:07 pm #
i like to keep a journal (i actually carry one around in my pants pocket). I write and draw in it… i pick up business cards from restaurants to add to the journal too. and i keep my ticket stubs from special events in a little binder.
Debbie on 09 Jan 2009 at 3:41 pm #
I do the usual scrapbooking (usually smaller albums), video and have just got into blogging too!
littlered from swapbot
Marsha on 09 Jan 2009 at 6:59 pm #
I do some scrapbooking, and I also keep photos filed in acid-free boxes. When we travel, I keep a journal.
motheringheart on 09 Jan 2009 at 8:20 pm #
I scrapbook, journal, take lots of pictures and try to enjoy each moment with my family and take the time to cherish each memory. I keep my photos in acid free boxes.
limetteandlove on 09 Jan 2009 at 11:34 pm #
Besides taking pictures and journaling, I love keeping little trinkets and things like wrappers, fabric scraps, ticket stubs, labels, handwritten notes, receipts, etc and adding them to my journal. The actual physical item being in my journal makes me think of the exact day and what happened then.
One of my favorites is a duct tape heart my boyfriend cut out…or tried to. We weren’t “official” then, but I was sitting in his room, playing with a roll of duct tape and cut out a perfect heart; he tried to do the same and it came out kinda terrible, but it was cute. Later that night we became “official”, so the wonky duct tape heart always reminds me of that night.
Holly on 10 Jan 2009 at 5:43 am #
I have a decorated box for my child’s artwork.I usually write their thoughts and comments on the back. And take a picture of my child with some of his art work from each year and scrapbook the ones that mean a lot to him or to me. I keep special things like 1st haircut curls, tiny first tooth (that I got from the tooth fairy) and learners license ect in a box from my grandmother. I am “makinithappy” on Swap Bot
Autmbrz (Diana) on 10 Jan 2009 at 5:45 am #
I have made keepsake boxes for me and my daughter. Each box is decorated reflecting our personalities. Within the box is each of our memories. Even the items inside are made special. (Example: Concert tickets are made into tags, my daughters baby teeth are in a little tooth made from felt. Airline tickets and little trinkets from trip are made into shrines. You get the picture). I will give my daughter her keepsake box when she moves out and she will be able to continue adding to it.
Kathyy on 10 Jan 2009 at 7:27 am #
What is one way you preserve special memories?
I preserve special memories by writing them down. It has the twofold effect of removing them from my immediate attention by putting them someplace tangible and solidifying them in my long term memory because seeing them, reading, them and writing them reinforces them.
warlordswife on 10 Jan 2009 at 3:07 pm #
This is warlordswife, aka Mary Connelly. In my mind they are all organized in a lovely scrapbook. In reality, they are in various containers, half finished pages, finished pages, and my computer. I make sure to print out all the special emails and put in my family history notebook. I actually have photo, letters, cards, birth/death certificates, newspaper clippings, etc in my Family history notebook.
lob on 11 Jan 2009 at 12:36 am #
I preserve memories by telling the stories to my family. I keep the stories alive for them and tell them until my children can tell the stories themselves. I like to think of it as Keeping the Family Stories.
Rachel on 11 Jan 2009 at 10:00 am #
I take a ton of pictures. OTher then that I just store stuf fin random boxes. I wish I had more time to scrap book to perserve my pictures!
rachwms @ swapbot
pgk on 11 Jan 2009 at 10:48 am #
I take pictures of some like my son’s art that is so huge and a lot I store in what I call “memory boxes”.
momwithahook on 11 Jan 2009 at 1:18 pm #
Hey, love this site. It really cool to see you guys come so far fromt he very beginning. Who knew? I (heart) swapping.
As far as pictures, I take them, store them on my computer, and on cd. I use them in all sorts of items even crafts. I love my kiddos.
linda on 11 Jan 2009 at 2:13 pm #
I have many shetch books.
I draw all day,at the doctors,at partys,and so on. I
have them dated and then write on the cover if a special ART
sketch/Idea…is in it,as well as what I am thinking about and Memories..ITs all there.Good,Sad,Happy BAD
my days are literally numbered,along with Hopes and Joys!
and special memories..
I have not missed one thought for LOVE,for my family.
its all in GRAND MAS
sketchy books! EVEN my Swapp Bott names and adresses..HOW ever
Things are not so precise,they re Quite random,We have totes filled with works from our kids and have started the totes for our grand kids,It is allways a pleasure to take out ..and share with ALL!
I also take Photos daily,very very candid ones! and that is what I do,as My days are passing,and I shall leave the LOVE I have for my family,cause often it doesnt show,I suffer from Chronic pain and depression,so THEY dont know..trully how hard it is to sit and not show LOVE! THEY SHALL KNOW when I am gone..what I thought at any and every particular moment! THAT I LOVE them,and am watching and praying,and wanting to be included!
Lauren Rhodes on 11 Jan 2009 at 3:33 pm #
My special way to preserve my memories is photo’s I love taking them I carry a little point & shoot camera in my hand bag. I love looking throught photo’s, mine or some one elses. I love going to my parents house and looking throught the old abums. A photos says a 100 words.
SWAP BOT Used ID: Lauren Rhodes
Katie Barber on 11 Jan 2009 at 9:23 pm #
I try to photograph as much as possible. I set aside the photos I don’t want to scrap in small boxes and scrapbook all remaining. I also keep fabric covered boxes with larger items organized for each year (2008, 2009…). I try to keep up with scrapbooking in between swapping!!
Teenasha on 11 Jan 2009 at 10:08 pm #
I keep most things in a small box but cards/letters/stickers/atc’s and pretty much anything that can be glued/stapled or taped I put into my new art journal
Swap-bot has introduced me to ATC’s and art journaling which has inspired me to get back to my artistic roots
Amanda on 12 Jan 2009 at 6:34 am #
funkEpunkEmonkE takes a lot of photos and stores them in pretty photo boxes on top of the many hutches in her home.
I also put special things in with them - ie the paper on the day my daughter was born, the hat she came home in, etc
Astra on 12 Jan 2009 at 8:24 am #
I take down notes on everything!
Astra on 12 Jan 2009 at 8:26 am #
I take down notes on everything! My swap bot user name is glemmegei
Keri Gortz on 12 Jan 2009 at 8:55 am #
I’m Alleycat on swap-bot. I love to keep a journal…with my sketches and photos added in. For more conventional scrapbooks I often add envelopes to a page, with notes enclosed to remind me what I was thinking or feeling at the time.
Tricia L. on 12 Jan 2009 at 10:26 am #
Lots of digital pictures that are put into a scrapbook using snapfish or blurb. - Swedishfishie
Tonya on 12 Jan 2009 at 11:18 am #
I like to take alot of pictures as well as make albums or small memory boxes using mementos I have saved. I also like to make these for my loved ones to share our memories.
samantha on 12 Jan 2009 at 12:04 pm #
I make memory books(all about me)for friends and family, and it has their baby picture on the front and inside has various thoughts and photos along with a bith astrology about them. It is neat because you learn so much about yourself.
That is what I do to keep memories.
Kim on 12 Jan 2009 at 12:12 pm #
I take lots and lots of photos!! i tend not to make scrapbooks b/c they get put away and never looked at, so i have lots of frames that i creatively hang all over the house…i like the shadow box ones, that way i can have the trickets in with the photos! -kim91262 in Toledo, OH.
lv2stmp on 12 Jan 2009 at 3:18 pm #
I use antique family photos in my altered art books. I use copies of them and make them look aged by spraying with walnut ink. I then have these antique images of my ancestory in my altered works of art for everyone to enjoy……Working on a valentines-romance-love book now…..so fun!!!
PhoenixLM on 12 Jan 2009 at 5:15 pm #
I’m always looking for something to make my life easier & that looks like it would!
Swapbot userid PhoenixLM
Dr. Russ on 12 Jan 2009 at 6:46 pm #
I make handmade decorative boxes and journals. I keep all of my items in either a box or a journal.
sarabeth33 on 12 Jan 2009 at 8:23 pm #
sarabeth33 loves to scrapbook and build shadowboxes. Keeping memories in something that is made by hand is better, because it is made with love. Creativity is my middle name…figuratively speaking. lol
Theresa (japonicapopjoy2) on 13 Jan 2009 at 1:24 am #
I use old jewellery of my mums to make new things for my daughter and my nieces who she never got to meet, then we can talk about her together.
Nicolle (Tinkergirl) on 13 Jan 2009 at 2:17 am #
I put special memories into a journal book I have. If appropriate I will glue clipping of material, pieces of packaging, a candy bar wrapper if it holds a meaning, anything at all that will fit I glue in the journal book. If it’s too big for that then I put things in a tin or box but I’m quite disorganized in that area. LOL.
keller on 13 Jan 2009 at 5:56 am #
I tried taking pictures with my digi-cam but I just couldn’t find time to develop each photos I took. So, I had to switch to polaroid cameras and pasting it all over the wall, my sewing desk and the refrigerator
Swan on 13 Jan 2009 at 6:34 am #
I take a little notebook with me to make journal entries while I travel. That way, even if I don’t get around to doing a scrapbook right away, I have some interesting details already written down to jot my memory.
VJP (Vicki) on 13 Jan 2009 at 7:46 am #
When my, now grown, children were little I just loved all the wonderful things they made in school. So, I started collecting wonderful little momentos. They each had a nice sized box for each year of school that included teeth lost, photos of events, report cards, corsages..anything that represented that year of school. I marked each box with dates and how old they were. Over the years they have enjoyed going back through those boxes…with their children. Many of them were consolidated over the years and now they have wonderful momentos from their childhood.
In addition, a few years ago I bought a scanner and scanned all of my family photos from as far back as I could find of every picture we have in the family. I organized all of them into digital photo albums and made a copy for each of my children. Each year at Christmas I present them with a new digital photo album for the year that includes all of our family photos taken at events…even camera phone photos get added in. LOL..now they each send me pictures and ask me to include them in the annual photo album.
Celeste LeFave on 13 Jan 2009 at 9:35 am #
I plan on creating scrapbooks for my family Christmas gifts this 2009! I’ve done quite a few for myself and think it should be a nice handmade gift this year. My mother always wants to do them, but never usually has the time. This way she can enjoy them without feeling guilty or stressed!
Celeste LeFave on 13 Jan 2009 at 9:36 am #
Of course I forgot to include my name as well, it’s Purekitte on swap-bot
kysunflower on 13 Jan 2009 at 11:31 am #
I preserve special memories by scraobooking them, even if I have no pictures of the event or special memory, I can still journal it, and add a picture of people involved in the memory.
edsljs on 13 Jan 2009 at 2:14 pm #
Nice prize. I looked up a YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyHffZ-e0Xc to see how it worked. It looks like an awesome tool.
Miss Thundercat on 13 Jan 2009 at 2:16 pm #
One way I preserve special memories is through photographs. It’s an instant tangible memory of that one special moment in time.
Emeraldcharm14 on 13 Jan 2009 at 2:22 pm #
I preserve special memories with photos and I also put them on a dvd or cd so that I have them always.
Tracey on 13 Jan 2009 at 2:46 pm #
Each family member has thier own tote. Some of us have 2 or more. They are marked with each persons name and kept in the basement. It is really fun to go through the boxes on a rainy or a winter day and giggle over some of the artwork the children did when they were small and also some of the stories they wrote are so cute!
Tracey on 13 Jan 2009 at 2:48 pm #
Whoops….I forgot to add my username….Woopsydaisy! Fitting isn’t it??? lol
Lisa on 13 Jan 2009 at 4:10 pm #
I am preserving my grandchildrens memories by starting a scrapbook before their borth and scrapping their lives until they graduate from High School at which time I will give them their books. I am going to make photo copies of pages for me to keep too.
My user name is pixiesdelight
karen on 13 Jan 2009 at 4:38 pm #
we take lots of pics and have a storage box per person to put special items in.
mochahontas
StarvingArtStudent - Danielle on 13 Jan 2009 at 4:50 pm #
I take my favorite picture of an event and make it into a postcard to share with the person I shared the experience with. I write something special about the event on the back and when I hear they are having a hard time, or they are really upset about something I send them the postcard in hopes that it will cheer them up. It’s my favorite way to preserve memories. My mom keeps one of my old postcards on her desk to remind her what good times we have.
I’m starvingartstudent on Swap-bot.
Cookey -Sandra on 13 Jan 2009 at 5:19 pm #
I love to keep everything in a scrapbook, keeps things in order and can alway look back at memories.
Cookey on Swap-bot.
Courtenay on 14 Jan 2009 at 8:37 am #
I take photos. Some are in albums. some are framed. Some are in boxes. Most recent are on CD’s
Jex on 14 Jan 2009 at 8:59 am #
I always take pics of the special moments, I have a lot of CDs full of them, I make digital scrapbooking and print them to have in the wall of my home. I keep papers, letters and other stuff in different decorated boxes =)
Jex in Swap-Bot
Shay on 14 Jan 2009 at 12:35 pm #
I scrapbook most of the larger events in me and my husbands life. Not only that but since I am married to my highschool sweetheart we have a notebook that we would pass to each other between classes that we could write back and forth to one another. We keep that and alot of other precious things that we dont want ruined in large storage containers. We definately want those notebooks for ever and ever and keep the containers next to our bed along with legal documents just in case of a fire.
-Shayzilla- (Swap-bot)
Chanel on 14 Jan 2009 at 12:41 pm #
I have a large rubbermaid container for each child. I put smaller boxes in it, one for each year since they were born and all the little momentos go into the little boxes each year. I also have a scrapbook started for each one of them with duplicate pics of birthdays and special events so when they leave home, they can take it with them without me having to sacrifice my precious photos.
Barbara Brandt on 14 Jan 2009 at 12:59 pm #
I keep big events in scrapbooks. I use varied sizes of scrapbooks and kinds depending on the event. I also keep my pictures in “albums” on the internet website Snapfish based on themes so when I am ready to do a paper album I can order the pictures that are all together (i.e. quilting pictures). I am getting ready to explore bookmaking on the computer, just another way to present important events in my life.
Jenny on 14 Jan 2009 at 1:31 pm #
I like to scrapbook, but haven’t had the time lately.
~Jenny~
PetalzAndFinz
Katie on 14 Jan 2009 at 8:46 pm #
I mostly take photos to preserve my memories. I post on Flickr and Snapfish - if I can share my photos with others, then my memories live on! Thanks,
Katie
“hotlava”
donnadmb on 15 Jan 2009 at 5:16 pm #
I journal my memories. I have kept a journal for many years and have just recently gotten into doing art journals. Since my parents, as well as other family and friends have passed, I treasure my journals and the memories they hold!
Carol Gibson on 15 Jan 2009 at 6:40 pm #
Lately, I ‘ve been having fun creating photo journals on my computer, either on line or in Pages (an iWork program from Apple). As usual, I’m pretty far behind in this project, but I keep whittling away at it!
BlueCat on 15 Jan 2009 at 8:07 pm #
I paint them in watercolors.
sanna on 16 Jan 2009 at 4:44 am #
I have altered box, where I keep them. There are diaries, drawings, letters, etc.
chiarell on 16 Jan 2009 at 6:35 am #
Right now I’m storing tons of photos on my computer….I love to scrapbook, although it’s probably more mixed media scrapbooking with paints, fabric etc…would love to experiment more with fabric transfers…
chiarell
Jan Moore on 16 Jan 2009 at 10:31 am #
I am the grandmother of two small children from a beloved stepson. These are the first children in my life and I cherish every moment we spend together. We do a lot of crafts and making up new ways to recycle, reuse, and repurpose. My favorite is a scrapbook where I store photos, art projects, cards and notes to and from the children. We often do handprint projects which I share with the other grandmothers and great grandmothers as they are the reason I have these wonderful children in my life.
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Belinda Stewart on 16 Jan 2009 at 3:23 pm #
I am not a scrapbooker, but I do like to take a scrapbook page size frame (12×12) and scrap ONE page with pictures, momentos, embellishments, etc. to memorialize a certain event, or a picture, etc. I have a long hallway and hang these little creations there and in the guest room. This kind of one page type scrapbooking works for me!
Belinda Stewart
kokopelli55@suddenlink.net
kokopelli
Penny I on 17 Jan 2009 at 2:29 am #
I take a ton of pictures of special events and of everyday life. I love the everyday life catagory since lots of precious moments are lost without a camera. Memorys fade and become unclear put pictures preserve that moment for us for ever. I display my memories by having one wall of my living room with pictures hung up of everyone in my family. A photo gallery wall with all different sizes and frames. pennyi@swapbot.
CJ on 17 Jan 2009 at 9:32 am #
Username: Knellershappycampers
Photograph, photograph, journal, and more photographs! I don’t print them all out like I used to, but snapping photos and archiving them for use in projects, especially digital scrapbooking, is the best!
kupkake on 17 Jan 2009 at 3:16 pm #
Photos! I have albums, boxes and frames of photos. I wanted to start scrapbooking…but one look at all the photos I own, Its OVERWHELMING! :/
Shirley Bishop on 17 Jan 2009 at 5:48 pm #
I love to take photos of events in my life and then scrapbook them.
Shirley Bishop
msindy2206
crochetjunkie on 17 Jan 2009 at 10:41 pm #
I have several scrapbooks I have started over the years. I tend to keep small little things and like to accent them with short journal entries or a variety of photos. I will keep anything from a used bingo card to a movie ticket stub to the free drink chip we got at the casino. I use these items as embellishments in my scrapbooking and it really adds alot of pizzazz.
I’m crochetjunkie @ Swapbot.
marionjoy on 18 Jan 2009 at 2:33 am #
swapbot has given me lots of new tools to work with.. and i have made new friends.. thanxx for being there…
marionjoy on 18 Jan 2009 at 2:35 am #
whoops.. didnt answer the question… i make stickers out of photos and send them as postcards to friends… i put eyelets through them and embellish them… its amazing what gets through the postal system here in australia.. thanxx marion
JillzWhimzy on 18 Jan 2009 at 9:41 am #
I try to keep programs, momentos together in a box, pics in order of most recent & that way when I have time to organize further it cuts down time.
VivaLaDiane on 18 Jan 2009 at 1:29 pm #
I take a WHOLE lot of pictures. Aside from that, I have an antique suitcase that belonged to my great grandmother that I put all of my keepsakes in
–swapbot id : VivaLaDiane
Sabrina on 18 Jan 2009 at 4:57 pm #
i tried once or twice to make a scrapbook for my son, but i just couldn’t get in to it, and it kind of bummed me out. but then i realized that i have preserved so many of our memories in my zines! each one is like a little mini scrapbook all about what was going on in my life at the time i published it, and they all have pictures of my boy and stories about him and such. looking through each one is like stepping back in to another part of my life and i think it is a great way to preserve memories!
(username: dimanche)
Christen Taillon on 18 Jan 2009 at 5:34 pm #
When my grandchildren are on holidays, at the end of a busy day, we sit at the table with our journals and markers and jot down what was the best event of the day. With modern technology of digital cameras and photo docks, I am able to add a picture of their event to their journal story. By the end of their visit, they have a book full of stories to tell. But it stays with me so that it can continue on with more stories, pictures, laughter, love and memories with future visits! <3
Christie
Melinda Carrasco on 18 Jan 2009 at 5:45 pm #
I travel a lot and take a lot of pix. I used to put them in albums, but lately have been putting them on Facebook since my friends and family live in other places and like to see them.
Stacey on 18 Jan 2009 at 6:21 pm #
I take tons of pictures. I like to scrap book with them!
Robyn Mclean (ozrob) on 18 Jan 2009 at 7:18 pm #
Every day of my life, since I was 13 years old, has been preserved! I’ve kept a daily diary since 1986, so events such as being dignosed with leukaemia at 15, marriage, having kids, buying a house, divorce, to every day events is preserved on paper. It’s good to read back on them.
Sonya Okubule on 18 Jan 2009 at 7:35 pm #
I’m rubbish at scrapbook/card making so I usually make something that I or the kids can use often; I made several jewellery pieces out of the flowers and trims of my wedding veil and used the rest of the veil to create christening baby bootees for the twins. My first son’s 1st baby socks were made into a keyring charm. Baby blankets/Towels are used to create soft toys so the kids have a lasting keepsake etc. All these things and the stories behind them can be passed onto their children .
MaiMIA on 18 Jan 2009 at 8:20 pm #
yess!!
some people put it through diaries, others make scrapbooks and tear off baby bottle formulas labels, cut off one of their old favorite shirts, even put spray perfume in notebooks and getdried out roses and smash them into the books, but as for me, i look through the past with my memory and pictures. Music helps me preserve a lot of things i have been through..experiences of catching the surf wave while surfing is just a memory away. i could never express myself fulling in a bunch of pages, but the way i story tell and seeing my facial reactions as i explain.
iditsh on 19 Jan 2009 at 12:57 am #
i keep neatly tidy folders of digital photos but i always keep memories like concert tickets or pub costers in a scarpbook album. i did that even before i knew that scrabooking exists…:)
my username is iditsh
cassie on 19 Jan 2009 at 6:31 am #
I have shoe boxes for my kids, Each has a specific box. It hold my favorite photos, special momentoes etc. It also has a scrapbook that I add to as I can. Its definetly a work in progress. But then again so are they!
thanks, cassied
katarinanavane on 19 Jan 2009 at 6:11 pm #
I get cheap souvenirs when I travel–I collect squished pennies, among other things. I’m a packrat and I have tons of shelves covered in odd objects, most of which have stories behind them. I really need a victorian-style curio cabinet…or two, or three.
Annie on 20 Jan 2009 at 6:40 am #
I keep a journal for all three of my children, and write letters to them periodically in them. I’ve designated each child a shelf inside a cubby under the stairs the our house to keep certain things for them. Pictures, stories they have written, artwork they have done, and a notebook that I use to “interview” them on their birthdays. It has been so hilarious to see the changes in their answers over the years to things like: “How much does a car cost?”, “How do you think the sky gets colored blue?”, “If you had three wishes, what would you wish for?”-things like that. I love going back and reading through them, it always gives me a laugh!
pax on 20 Jan 2009 at 7:07 am #
Whenever i can, i take pictures; i got them hanging all over my house; in the form of calenders, posters, little pictureframes etc. The “real” memories, from vacations i like to get in the form of beads, and after i get home i make them into necklaces, i have now, i guess, 20 of them hanging on my bedroom walls.
For the other stuff i can’t put on a string, i like to put them in these little bags and boxes and i (really!) put them everywhere in other boxes, drawers etc. So each time i look for something, i unexpectedly find a memory! (this is really fun btw, you should try it!)
PurpleTX on 20 Jan 2009 at 7:55 am #
I, PurpleTX, have a couple of small shadow boxes for the REALLY important things, flowers from Prom & Wedding - things like that. Then I also save ticket stubs from the concerts that I attended with people that are important to me.
sam on 20 Jan 2009 at 9:48 am #
Help sam is sinking under a mountain of journals she has agreed to make for private swaps can someone swap me for some inspiration please.
Tigra on 21 Jan 2009 at 5:54 am #
Anymore we just keep them on the camera or downloaded into the compy. I keep saying I’m going to start scrapbooking but can never find the time (or motivation)
Robin on 21 Jan 2009 at 8:07 am #
My husband and I take alot of pictures and save all of our cards we get thru each year. I take the pics and make blowups of them and make bigger pictures on our wall. I just paste our cards on scrapebooking paper and have them in an album and they are saved and preserved. I also have alot of my grandmother’s old doilies that I have put in shawdow boxes and I have her picture in them. We collect magnets from everywhere we have ever been and they are all over my frig. Thanks Robin (RuthieKay - swapbot ID)
Dorothy on 21 Jan 2009 at 8:24 pm #
I love to journal and that is one way I preserve memories. Also photos. I have scrapbooks too.
djmom11
sharon on 21 Jan 2009 at 11:27 pm #
To be honest I’m about 8 years behind in preserving family memories in special scrapbooks.My son loves looking through them which makes me very happy.They will be something he can enjoy through his life.I like to keep artwork and cards in big plastic containers that are labeled.We also keep postcards,photos and travel momentos from each place in sheet protectors also-easy to access and you can see through them easily.(sricher808-swapbot ID)
Melusine on 22 Jan 2009 at 12:53 am #
After trying many things, for the past twelve years I have kept a year book which can expand in size as the year progresses. Each one contains write ups of special events, photos, programmes, cards I want to keep, concert stubs, newspaper cuttings, etc. I’ve even started collating earlier ones as I come across old stuff. They are great way to keep everything in one place and fun to look back at.
Melusine
Lene (Moonberry) on 22 Jan 2009 at 6:20 am #
I take lots of photos - once I even took more than 50 shots of my daughter sitting in her little high chair to get JUST the right one. I also scrapbook, keep memory boxes, write notes in my diaries, and hoard all the family treasures and discarded ephemera. After my gran died, my aunt ruthlessly grabbed all the photos for herself, tossing out a few of people she didn’t recognise. I removed them from the garbage bin (I was 14) and when I started scrapbooking at 23, I went through the photos - and discovered a precious family portrait of when my gran was 3 years old! I also make “scrapbook on canvas” mixed media pieces, especially with found photos (and even whole albums I found) of ladies who died without family. I feel it is my sacred duty to remember their loves, losses and existence somehow.
Lene
Lisa on 22 Jan 2009 at 1:23 pm #
I keep lots of pics on the computer…don’t forget to back them up on disc!! I’ve made 1 scrapbook and want to make much more!
I’m kssnnikkel
Susan (qmock) on 22 Jan 2009 at 5:55 pm #
I collage them. Each year our family tries to vacation together. We vacation at Lake Erie and have a wonderful week. One of my favorite collages is the one I did after our first year together. It’s hanging on my wall at work. I can’t help smiling when I look at it.
Qbee on 22 Jan 2009 at 11:34 pm #
Take lots of pictuers and then you scrapbook them!
Skippymom on 23 Jan 2009 at 7:36 am #
swapbot username: SkippyMom
I have a cedar Hope chest with individual cedar boxes inside with each of my children’s names on them. I put the most special things in these boxes and as each turns 18 I gift them at Christmas with their box.
I am down to 2 boxes
- out of 6….they grow up so fast!
Sarah Kooymans (SB: HazelHoney) on 23 Jan 2009 at 12:24 pm #
I use scrapbooks to preserve memories. I’m constantly behind though because I love scrapbooking so much, I spend lots of time on each page. I also have tons of framed pictures all over the house and have created a few shadowboxes using pictures and mementos.
Swap-bot name: HazelHoney
Tricia on 23 Jan 2009 at 2:44 pm #
I scrapbook and I save ALOT of my kids artwork which I cut and collage on canvas! I would rather have my children’s artwork on my wall than any other artist!
lisajhoney on 23 Jan 2009 at 3:19 pm #
Scrapbooking! I have different scrapbooks for holidays, partys etc and i’ve made a scrapbook about each of my children. For bigger items i have a box i keep my goodies in. My daughter likes looking through once in a while
cherrythepig on 23 Jan 2009 at 4:11 pm #
I keep things around me that remind me of the person or event. I wear my grandmother’s necklace, my mother’s bracelet, my brother’s earring, & my wedding ring. I recently lost 2 cats on the same day & a friend sent me some earrings which are now my kitteh earrings. I have a picture of my parents on my desk. I’ve also gotten body art to commemorate a life event & I regularly have bonfires in memory of family & friends.
Paige on 23 Jan 2009 at 5:55 pm #
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