Every August I find myself doing the exact same thing. The night before school starts, I'm searching Pinterest or Google for a cute first day of school sign to print before the morning chaos begins. Sometimes I remember a week ahead of time. Sometimes it's while everyone is still asleep and I'm hoping the printer [...]
Every Family Has a Historian Being a family historian means so much more than taking pictures. It's about protecting, preserving, and sharing the story only you can tell. Every week, I stuff dozens of 4x6 prints into envelopes before they head out to my clients. It's one of my favorite parts of the job. As [...]
Stop Scrolling. Start Creating. This summer, I hosted my very first Photo Embroidery Workshop, and to be honest... I wasn't sure what to expect. What happened was even better than I imagined. A room full of people gathered around a table with photographs, colorful thread, and absolutely no pressure to make something "perfect." We laughed, learned [...]
One More Summer Like This Last week I took my kids to the beach, and it got me thinking about summer memories. When I think back to my own childhood summers, I don't remember every trip we took or every detail of every vacation. What I remember are the little things. The smell of boardwalk pizza, [...]
A few years ago, I was scrolling through old family photos looking for a picture of my mom. I found photos of birthday parties, vacations, Christmas mornings, and countless everyday moments. There were photos of me, my brother, my sisters, my grandparents, and my friends. But finding photos of my mom was surprisingly difficult. She was there [...]
The other day, I was digging through a box of old family photos when I came across a picture of myself as a kid holding a New Kids on the Block poster of Jonathan Knight. If you're a child of the 80s or 90s, you probably already know where this is going. My best friend and [...]
Can we all agree that nobody prepared us for this many photos? I genuinely do not think previous generations could have imagined what it would feel like to carry around thousands and thousands of family memories in our pockets at all times. Every birthday. Every vacation. Every blurry soccer photo. Every school concert. Every sleepy [...]
There’s a story I’ve shared online before, but it’s one that has stayed with me for years. When my oldest niece graduated high school, our family pulled out the family photo box to gather photos for her graduation party. We found so many pictures of her growing up, and her sister too. But when [...]
