One thing I like to do with old photos is to use them as bookmarks. I often have several books on the go at once, and it makes me smile to find my bookmark of a loved child or a beautiful flower.
But back to organising. I decided to buy some sturdy boxes and file cards with tabs. Excuse for a visit to Paperchase, one of my favourite shops. I bought two boxes which take standard photos and I measured the biggest photo I have and bought one for that and any others that are not standard. My photograph of them is so boring I'm showing you a picture of Poppy instead...isn't she a darling?
Then I collected all the photographs from the three main places I keep them. (Some are already in albums, and I'm leaving them there for now.) My first pass was to file them into the boxes, mainly under the place we were living at the time they were taken. I didn't thin out at this stage other than very obvious throw-outs.
Done!
Yay!
Done!
Yay!
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