🖼 Simplifying and Decluttering Photos 👨‍👩‍👧 (Family Minimalism 2019)

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5 жыл бұрын

If you have boxes of random family photos, it can be a source of guilt! We feel bad that we're not taking better care of them, we're not honoring the people in them, and we never revisit them because it causes stress just to look at them!! Today, let's talk about how we can simplify photos so that we actually look through them and so that they are a positive thing in our life again!
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@karlabrekke683 5 жыл бұрын

I went through 5 large boxes of photos with my mom. We made 9 albums (one for each of her kids) starting with early photos of mom and dad and then family photos as each child came along. We used an early school photo of the child on the front of their album. Then we sorted all the other photos by each kid and put them into individual zippered cases from the dollar store. Mom gave each of us an album and our case for Christmas that year. Not only did we get rid of the photos, but I heard wonderful memories from my mother. I then started talking with her 1 afternoon each week and by the next Christmas she was able to give each of us and all her grandkids a book of her life story that I helped her write. I got to know her as a strong women, not just as my mother.

@mindfulmaximalist9962 4 жыл бұрын

It's helpful to keep in mind that up until the last century, people just had to remember their memories without ANY photos.

@tete7958 4 жыл бұрын

I did the exact opposite. I took all the photo albums and took the photos out and put them in photo boxes that take up less space, protect the photos better and I have them in order. We always got doubles, so I gave the boys their childhood photos and we still have a set here.

@Shiryone 5 жыл бұрын

Long ago, someone might have had a picture of themselves as a toddler, maybe a wedding picture, and one in their older years. I actually hate that today we are drowning in pictures. The only time I look at my pics is when I want to declutter them. I'm probably an anomaly in this smart phone selfie world.

@claudiayamada8377

I love ❤️ you but you speak soooooo fast that my brain can’t follow !!!! You are speed talking and never pause in this video. 🤯

@melaniemcgarry5271 2 жыл бұрын

Please say the words “it’s ok to throw pictures away”. That’s the biggest hurdle. Most people need permission to throw pictures away. Once you come to terms with that, how you store them doesn’t matter near so much!

@hardcoreadorable5979 3 жыл бұрын

I have basically binge watched all your videos this last week. I am a SAHM. We have 7 children - his/hers/ours. Our 3 youngest have Autism. Over the last 3 years my Mother, Father and last living Grandparent all passed away. Yes, its a lot to process. But you can imagine...I inherited ALL of the furniture and photos and décor and clothing etc. etc. from my Mom and her Mom...I am the only daughter. As a result of that...along with therapy schedules and children who don't function well...I am become pretty overwhelmingly buried. My biggest obstacle was WHAT to throw out and WHAT to keep. I have the idea of "passing things down" because I am after all the last one that can. For the purpose of this video lets just cover the photos. I received thousands of family photos dating back 5 generations! Beautiful old shots of my 5th Great Grandmother in the late 1800's. I am a book lover and a lover of history. I didn't want to toss any of the photos...but I had to start somewhere. One thing I did was sort by decade. In my grandmothers generation, they always wrote on the photos, so many have dates. Next I separated the people I knew and didn't know. Then I had to look through albums to find duplicates. This process took months. I spread out on a large table and then had a cousin come over to take some and to verify certain people. Long story short, I decided to make an album/scrapbook of all the Grandmothers...including their stories (found on various other documents and journals). That way my daughters can learn where we came from through the eyes of each grandmother. The rest of the "random" photos I have sorted by shape and size...and color vs. black and white. I have tossed all blurry photos...or unattractive shots...OMG and scenary pictures! How many mountain and ocean pictures did my mother need! lol. Thank you for your cheerful spirit and your time in making such detailed organization tips. I am making my husband watch these next :)

@angelacross2216 5 жыл бұрын

I did a major organizing of our photos in the Winter. I pulled all the photographs out of their bulky padded albums, which I gave away. I purged as I went; getting rid of all duplicates, poor quality, unflattering, and forgotten/incomprehensible photographs. All the photographs were stacked in order, and set into storage boxes which my husband took to work. There he scanned them onto a cd at high speed with the photocopier. We made copies of these discs for each of our four adult kids and put them with our Will. Then for good measure I took down the shelf that had held those forty years of photo albums. Done.

@Degirl1563 3 жыл бұрын

If I can make one suggestion. Please get the photos out of any magnetic photo albums first. Magnetic photo albums (albums that have sticky-pages covered in clear acetate) have an acidic adhesive that will severely damage or destroy your photos. If the adhesive imbeds itself into the backing of photos they can be difficult or impossible to safely remove from the page... I think all of the albums that they sell now are acid free and photo safe..

@TanjaHermann 5 жыл бұрын

I find that photo books are really the solution for our family to enjoy the digital mountain of photos. Each year, I pick the highlight pictures for our family and create one album as soon as there's a great coupon available. For the paper photos, I radically eliminated photos that show buildings, landscapes etc. and only kept photos that captured the spirit of the event or vacation and that had loved ones in it. If I ever feel the need to look at pictures of the Eiffel Tour or a certain beach, there are thousands available online in better quality.

@livingstrategically 5 жыл бұрын

Conquering a backlog of family photos can take years, but it is worth the effort! They are one of the most cherished things I have seen passed on from one generation to the next. 👴👵 More than any physical item, except the family Bible.

@brendamaun5455 2 жыл бұрын

My neighbor includes old photos in the birthday and holiday cards she sends to friends and family. I think it's a great idea I hope to try this year.

@ornatal2365

Thank you so much! I didn't know how and where to start. Your idea of not putting the photos in chronological order was so good for me. It gave me a big push to start. I loved your video, thanks again.❤

@nicholetteburris3925 5 жыл бұрын

"Children want to be noticed and know where they fit in." This is going up in my craft room. I've been struggling with how to scrapbook my step children (we are at a hard place right now.) This gave me a lot of clarity on why/how to scrapbook our family!

@pattyatrumdycreations134 5 жыл бұрын

My mom past away 5 yearss ago and I'm still putting off going through her photos. My parents traveled and after my dad passed she continued to travel with groups. The pictures are numerous. Not to mention family pics. My criteria for what I keep in this ...... if the picture makes me smile, I keep it. I've started going through one album a week because trying to do it all at once was to emotional. I hope to be through them all by the fall. 😘

@crystalbrown4272 5 жыл бұрын

I made photo cubes from our loose favorite photos. I sand and stain wood cubes, mod podge photos onto the cubes and display them in crystal bowls, vases, etc. Each cube holds 6 pictures. Seeing them on the coffee table makes me smile. 😊

@bambilover26 5 жыл бұрын

Yes! Thank you thank you thank you for not just saying we should scan them! I also LOVE being able to physically flip through an album, and I find I do it more than looking through pictures on my computer. In terms of how to sort them, my dad ALWAYS said that nobody will care about landscape pictures, only about the people in pictures. I didn't understand that when I was younger, but now I do. It also helps keep me in check with how many pictures I actually even take to begin with. If someone isn't in the shot, I try not to take it. I think being conscious of how many pictures we're taking AS we take them is incredibly important in managing the inventory later. It's the same concept of only bringing really quality items into your house, but we don't apply it to taking pictures for some reason.

@lorig.7127 5 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, my folks had been putting off going through loads of photos for years. It wasn't until near my Father's death that we took the time to sort through them. We threw out so many that never needed to be saved in the first place! When it came time to choose photos of my father for the funeral home presentation , it became an easier task to search through it all.

@keylalipo7778 5 жыл бұрын

Scanning is overwhelming to me also. Chronological order was important to me so I took 3 months to go through every photo and discard and organize. It was a bit painful but oh so very rewarding and worth every minute of it! We do enjoy going through them as a family 😊

@SimplyBeautiful516 3 жыл бұрын

When we were selling our family home to downsize to a very small house, I was motivated to declutter the photos. I made an individual album for each child, my husband and myself. Then another one for special occasions ( holidays, vacations, graduations) and then one for just everyday life, so 7 in total.