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My DigiFridge, a great way to preserve your pint-size Picasso’s artistic output

Monday, November 7th, 2011

You love your child’s artwork and want to celebrate their creativity, right? Of course you do! But after their latest masterpiece finds a temporary home on the front or sides of your refrigerator and eventually has to make way for your child’s newest artistic gem, then what do you do with it? It’s easy to feel totally overwhelmed by the sheer volume of art your pint-size Picasso produces, but art preservation company My DigiFridge can help. By using your child’s artwork to create practical and fun gifts and keepsakes, My DigiFridge makes it possible for you to share in your child’s excitement, pay tribute to their artistic endeavors and prevent precious memories from simply cluttering up drawers, closet shelves, the space underneath beds and other storage areas. Send a clear message that you’re proud of your child by turning their artwork into puzzles, blankets, mousepads, placemats, mugs, aprons, screensavers, slides for digital frames, scrapbooks and more or simply preserve and store them on CDs or DVDs. The possibilities are endless!

 

 

The charming artwork on this blanket was done by the recipient’s grandfather to celebrate her birth.

 

 

 

 

 

This little girl’s artwork was used to create a cool puzzle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This child’s artwork was turned into a colorful and practical mousepad.

 

 

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Don’t frame it, box it or toss it. Photograph your way out of clutter.

Monday, April 5th, 2010


 

One organizing challenge I routinely encounter when working with clients with children is that the parents don’t know how or where to store the mountains of arts and crafts their children produce. Fortunately, I can help solve that problem by recommending Tara Sroka Designs.

Tara will design a unique scrapbook for your child using digital photos you take of their artwork or projects. (I suggest letting your children help to decide which items to include in their book.) It’s a great way to save the memories without holding on to every object and having them end up as just so much clutter. Your children will be thrilled when they see their scrapbook and so will you! Order multiple copies for grandparents and others to have as a special gift.

Another dilemma I come across in clients’ homes is what to do when they have a lot of sentimental clutter. Sound familiar? If you’re the recipient of too many family heirlooms and are feeling overwhelmed by them, take photos of the ones you don’t want to keep and then let them go. Tara can create a memory book from the pictures and the objects will always be available for viewing and reminiscing without creating clutter or taking up a lot of valuable space.

Tara makes preserving, sharing and enjoying the memories from any occasion easy and affordable. She’ll help you to tell the special story of your wedding, vacation, graduation, child’s first day at school or any other event you want to commemorate. During the creative process, Tara will keep in close contact with you to make sure you are getting exactly what you want. The end result of your collaboration with Tara Sroka Designs will be a beautiful, professionally printed and bound keepsake book.

 

Future generations of your family will thank you for preserving your memories and their heritage!

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Preserve your family history for future generations before it’s too late.

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

Life is not that which one lived, but that which one remembers, and how one remembers to tell it.
–Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1928-)

This is the quote found on the “Why Now” page of Alli Joseph’s Seventh Generation Stories website. Her company provides personal historian services (also known as life story-telling or oral history) to record and preserve precious pieces of yours or your elders histories for future generations to enjoy. They help clients save their life stories in narrative books (memoirs/autobiographies), family video documentaries and tributes, photo albums, scrapbooks, and much more. SGS can also craft an original family crest or other artisan-based piece for your family.

I had two great-aunts who were sisters with whom I spent a lot of happy time growing up. I deeply regret not having asked more questions and gotten more information from them before they passed away. In fact, before my last great-aunt died, she destroyed all the family photos she had. When asked why, she answered that she didn’t think anyone in the family would be interested in a bunch of old photos. Need I say how wrong she was and how I regret not having or ever seeing those photos? I think about it often and it pains me to know that pieces of my history are gone forever and not recoverable. Don’t let this happen to you.

Alli offers a free consultation so contact her now because, like her tagline says, there’s no time like the present to save the past.

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