Posts Tagged ‘Christmas tree’

Katrina Survivor Loses Photos, Preserves Old Holiday Negatives

Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

One of the best parts about following up with our customers after every completed order, is learning how people are actually using our service to reconnect with their memories. After all, it’s not about photo scanning or video transfers, it’s about preserving precious memories. Read about our Customer Spotlight, Teresa Taylor and her very touching story below.

Teresa is from Gulfport, Mississippi and has two children Jeremy and Jessica, 24 and 21, with her husband, Kevin. Unfortunately, this amazing family experienced the devastating disaster known as Katrina first hand. “Our house was 8 feet under water and a tornado took most of the roof off, so we had water damage upstairs, too. We lost our two dogs and I lost most of my pictures.”

Our ScanDigital team was able to preserve many of her family memories from the negatives that were luckily untouched. After receiving her order, so wrote us to share her story and said, “You will never know how much getting these pictures back mean to me.”

One photo she is thankful to have is of her two children, then 2 and 5, shown above. “Decorating the tree was always a big event as they were growing up. Our tree was always a little unbalanced during these years. The kids would decorate the tree on the bottom where they could reach with unbreakable ornaments. We’d do the breakables above their reach level. Our tree was always beautiful though when they did the tree. To us, anyway.”

Teresa- thank you again for sharing your story. Stories such as yours remind us how lucky we all are to have holiday celebrations to look forward to this time of year.

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Scan My Photos To Create A Christmas Tree Rich With Family Moments

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

Hang Scanned Photos Of Milestones & Other Happy Memories From The Past

Display Them In Small Frames, Lockets Or Homemade Crafts

christmas_treeGlittery round ornaments and twinkling lights aren’t the only objects that can dress up a tree.

This Christmas, make your tree a memorable one by transforming it into a photographic tribute to the family. Reach far back into the past to find pictures of great-grandparents and other ancestors. Tell yourself: I need to scan my photos early enough to turn them into ornaments for this year’s tree.

Involve your relatives early and get them excited about the project. Ask them to search through boxes of old photos for ones worth displaying. Scan these images into digital format so you can resize, crop and retouch the images to work on the tree. (Avoid manipulating the original photos.)

Think, too, about how you want to show off these treasured pictures. Small vintage frames and lockets might be a nice way to honor your ancestors, especially since those images are probably in black and white. For more recent color photos, such as children’s school portraits, consider an afternoon of crafting. You can have the kids construct frames out of Popsicle sticks or teach them how to decoupage their images onto a flat, lightweight surface that can be hung from the tree branches. Miniature stockings can make a fun photo holder as well.

Crank up the holiday tunes and invite your relatives over for a tree-trimming party. First, decorate your tree with a few lights and colorful ornaments, such as the one in this picture. Next, rather than string popcorn, string together baby photos to hang. Make paper cubes plastered with funny pictures. Create small flip books filled with beaming faces. Decorate with photos that reflect milestones, from sports championships to graduations to weddings. Be as inclusive as possible.

And remind yourself: By taking the time to scan my photos, I’ll be able to turn an everyday Christmas tree into a truly one-of-a-kind family tree for everyone to enjoy.