Organizing Your Memories

  I just got back from an awesome family reunion. Seventy five extended family members all in one place. (That’s a lot of curry!) Thank goodness for iPhones because I captured a ton of memories on the fly. I just love photos, don’t you? I’m thankful that I’ll have all those great moments documented. The…

Do You Make This Huge Mistake?

    This Friday is family photo shoot day (for the Parikh household).  So I’ll be spending a very painful hour taking over 100 pics with the hopes of ONE good picture for our holiday card.  Is it so hard for kids to smile on cue?? And then I think, taking photos is just half…

Are You Prepared For Your Worst Nightmare?

I’m finally feeling like my life is back into a good routine.  My boys have settled into school, I’m back to getting up early,  working through the day and then on “mom duty” until bed time. And you know it’s when things are going really well that something needs to go very wrong!  Your washing…

The Must-Know Technique to Organize Your Life

    I just got back from the one of the best weekends ever.  One of my closest childhood friends got married and I enjoyed four days of unbelievable celebrations.  (Yes, that was four days! Welcome to an Indian wedding!) I can’t stop looking at all the photos and reliving the memories already.  And can’t…

Have You Taken This Simplification Step?

    Lately I’ve been working with a lot of folks on organizing their photos.  It seems that many of us struggling with the same challenge.  How do we contain our huge collections?!  For most people reading this, your photos collections are a combination of Polaroids, prints and digital photos.  Gone are the days of…

Want To Halve Your Collection?

    If we had a fire in our house, I’d grab my passport, kids and photos.  (Not in that particular order!)  So clearly photos are precious to me yet I spend the least amount of organizing time on them. (Sound familiar?)  Likely, because our disorganized pics don’t disrupt our day to day lives.  We…

How To Remember The Wine (Or Jeans) That You Love

    Here’s a little tip that may come in handy this weekend. If you’re a wine fan like myself you may find yourself really liking a bottle at a friends place or at a restaurant. And you think to yourself that you have to remember this one so you can buy it later. And…

Start Organizing Your Photos From TODAY

  Organizing photos is one of the hardest projects to catch up on, and certainly to maintain. Friends and clients often tell me they’re ready to get started but just don’t know where to begin. They have years and years of photos and logically want to start at the beginning but are too overwhelmed. However, contrary…

Top 5 Ways to Protect Your Photos

  What’s the best way to travel back in time or tell a memorable story? Look through your old photos. Preserve your precious memories with these few strategies: Get everything scanned. Scanning is the best way to ensure that your photos will be preserved and can be shared forever. Plus you’ll save a ton of…

Rate Your Photos. You’ll Be Glad You Did.

    Do you upload tons of digital photos? Would you like to make an album or collage at the end of the year but find it too overwhelming? Here’s a great way to capture your best photos and make photo memorabilia efficiently. Every time you upload your photos on your computer “star” the best…