FILE FOLDERS. There’s nothing wrong with a good old-fashioned file folder! These folders are self-contained and have dividers to further organize your pictures. They are readily available at any office supply store and inexpensive—bonus!Along with using your photos to make projects, it’s also a good idea to organize your photos, whether to use them in future projects or to have them in your home to share with friends and family. Saving these images ensures that even if we tire of a past project, we won’t lose the images used to create it. Here are four ideas for organizing your photos.
FILE FOLDERS. There’s nothing wrong with a good old-fashioned file folder! These folders are self-contained and have dividers to further organize your pictures. They are readily available at any office supply store and inexpensive—bonus!
You can easily find old photos when you need them if you’ve filed them away.
PHOTO BOOKS. Create your own photo book using editing software, either printing and binding it yourself or having it done commercially. There are also a few websites that will help you create one and then ship it to you. The one shown here was made on blurb.com.
PHOTO ALBUMS. You can still get crafty with traditional photo albums, or leave them plain and classic. For the ones shown here, we purchased plain black photo albums and added the year to the spine with number stickers.
Elsie created this photo book using Instagram photos from her first year of marriage.
These albums provide a ready-made place to store photos for the next few years.
CONTAINERS. Small decorative boxes and jars can be found at thrift stores and vintage shops and make great photo holders. (Bonus: they are often the perfect size for square Instagram photos.) You can then leave these containers out on coffee tables or kitchen counters for guests to enjoy. Take a peek around your house and see if you already have the perfect containers for your printed photo collection.
ONLINE. And don’t forget about saving photos online. There are so many places to store digital photos, such as flickr.com. When you store them online you don’t have to worry about your computer or hard drive crashing. Some sites require a small fee for this service, but knowing that your documented life and family portraits are safely stored is worth it in our opinion.
We love discovering new little nooks to house our printed photos!