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organizing photos! HELP! SOS!

pregmamapregmama
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Hi ladies, so I have not organized photos from my first child who is now 12, since she was about 5.... yes that's right, I am about 7 years behind!!!!  (Blame it on working outside the home full-time.) And here comes the next child on the way! I need serious help.  For the last 7 years, I have photo boxes full of photos, some of them are somewhat organized by year. I also have 2 computers full of digital photos that are not organized at all. As far as the first 5 years I actually got those photos into albums, but they are ugly, not pretty, not exciting, not labelled... Anyway, I figure I have the next few months to dedicate myself to this project and then the new baby will be here... Then I figure, I will be to busy taking new photos to organize old photos! I need some advice as to how to go about this daunting task! I also think I need ideas of "future systems" so this doesn't happen again. I am open to investing in any organizational tools if need be. How would you go about tackling this? Thank you! 
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  • steverstever member
    I'd just suck it up and devote a weekend to organizing your DD's pics, maybe making a few albums and having a system in place for when the new LO arrives.

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  • pregmamapregmama
    Yes, planning to hang tight all weekend this weekend to continue the project. But today took me 3 hours to sort one photo box, undistracted while my DD was at school. I have 17 more to go! And that does not even include the digital photos or organizing into albums.... So if anyone has any "systems" in place / computer programs or devices that help, let me know. I was thinking of calling in a professional organizer to get me started, but would rather not spend the $$$... I talked to one mom friend who said she just chooses one photo per month per year and makes a quick digital scrapbook out of those. She purchased a fast scanner to do that... so, maybe I will try that system out... any other ideas??
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    I have no actual system myself beyond having boxes of unorganized pics all over the place and current pics to be put into albums closer at hand - but, in theory, I'd have files on my desktop cross referenced by age and activity and labelled boxes sorted by age.

    Someday. 

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  • pahokiepahokie

    For the digital stuff, I download into files labeled by date. I group those files into month folders, then year folders.  Not perfect, but I have some reference to find stuff. For example, I am making calendars for the grandparents, so I can just go to each month's folder and pull a few pics to include on the calendar.

    I think dealing with the printed photos is going to be time-consuming no matter what you choose to do.  Sort and put into albums or scan and save favorites.  Are your boxes sorted at all, or are they completely mixed?

    DD1 is 3, DD2 is 1.
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  • pregmamapregmama
    Thanks, my boxes are semi sorted... so there is a start...
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