Do you have a box full of old photo albums sitting around somewhere? While I like to be organized, I’m not a minimalist. I have cards, notes and pictures from early in my childhood that I could never bear to part with. I love my pictures, but I don’t have room to store 15 photo albums.
I’ve heard other organizing gurus talk about storing photos in an index card box, and I thought I’d give that a shot. Here’s how I paired down and organized my photo collection!
First, I went through all the albums and pulled out the pictures I wanted to keep. Then, I sorted them by category.
I always like to use what I have on hand, so I grabbed some index cards to use as dividers. My new label maker came in handy and gave me perfectly uniform labels. Love!
This box holds a lot of pictures, and I have plenty of room to add more. Leaving room to grow is key in organization.
How do you organize your old photos?
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Thanks for inspiring me to print and organize my photos!
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You’re welcome! 🙂
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Love this idea!!!! So resourceful and simple! I could totally do this!
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Thanks, Kim!
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Seriously, this is the best ever! I have TONS of old pictures that I have no idea where to put them. Thank you for sharing this idea!
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You’re welcome! I’m so glad it inspired you!
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I organized mine (over 50 years worth) by putting them in scrapbooks. First, I cropped some, discarded some and then did them, adding cutouts from the years of greeting cards I have received. I didn’t spend much money on the many beautiful things they have for scrapbooking, but was resourceful by using the beautiful greeting cards. I have some (14) lovely books, that are fun to page through, with appropriate cutouts, very nice. I do have them stored in the library in the bottom shelf of a bookcase
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I love the idea of using greeting cards to embellish your scrapbooks!
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I just want to know whose picture is filed under the category of “old family.” Please tell me my picture is not in that file 🙂
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I was just waiting for someone to comment on that!! The pictures themselves are old…not necessarily the people in them. =)
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