On Minimalism, Sentimentality, and Getting Organized

Musings on the importance of organization when storing mementos and the joys of everything having a place. The journey from disorganized, stress-inducing keepsakes to well managed and beautiful stored memories.

What's your most important childhood keepsake?

When my mom was only 13-years-old, her mother died after a painful battle with cancer.  Her father got remarried to a woman who, to put it mildly, was not the warm and fuzzy type.  When...

Preserving Baby's First Photo

These days, the first photo of our little ones emerges before they do: the sonogram. As you may have noticed, they’re not printed on the most sturdy of materials. Indeed, the Scrapbook Preservation Society (SPS)...

Travel Journals: Enjoying the Ride

I took my young children to Paris for spring break last year after we went to see their grandparents in the UK.  A lot of folks asked me whether or not my kids were too...

Online Baby Journaling for Sharing with Family

For all those physical mementos of childhood, Savor has you covered.  But most of us have a combination of physical and digital mementos – and for those digital ones – Tinybeans offers a great and...

What’s your most important keepsake?

When my mom was only 13-years-old, her mother died after a painful battle with cancer.  Her father got remarried to a woman who, to put it mildly, was not the warm and fuzzy type.  When...

The Most Important Tip about Organizing Childhood Keepsakes

It may seem strange for a site dedicated to preserving memories to say that our number one tip is: Don’t save it.  Throw it out.  But it is core to who we are because part...

We Dare You Not to Cry When You See This

Make no mistake, while we make organizational products, we are, fundamentally, in the family memory business, which also means we are in the wistful, emotional, heart-strings-pulling, laugh-so-hard-your-bellly-hurts, cry-like-a-baby business.  The wizards over at Dream Machine...