Kathi’s expert advice has been featured in national media outlets including Oprah Magazine, Martha Stewart Living and Better Homes and Gardens, Entrepreneur Magazine, and more. As the author of 2 books, Kathi has also developed several online courses to help clients get better organized and energized in all areas of their home, life, and business.
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Kathi’s expert advice has been featured in national media outlets including Oprah Magazine, Martha Stewart Living and Better Homes and Gardens, Entrepreneur Magazine, and more. 

As the author of 2 books, Kathi has also developed several online courses to help clients get better organized and energized in all areas of their home, life, and business.
Check out more systems you can use here

Kathi’s expert advice has been featured in national media outlets including Oprah Magazine, Martha Stewart Living and Better Homes and Gardens, Entrepreneur Magazine, and more. 

As the author of 2 books, Kathi has also developed several online courses to help clients get better organized and energized in all areas of their home, life, and business.
Check out all of the systems you can use here

Proper photo storage is more than simply placing pictures in a photo album. Using the proper materials can help preserve your photos for years to come, and you can share the memories for generations.

If you prefer to use a photo album to store your photos, be sure that the album is composed the right materials. Here are some of the safe materials that you can use to store your photos, and what types of plastic are optimal for preserving your most precious photographs.

There are only select types of plastic that work best when handling and storing pictures. These photo-safe plastics are Polypropylene, Mylar, Polyester, Polyethylene, Cellulose Triacetate and Tyvek. These types of plastic are more ductile than others and will protect your photos better than other types of plastic.

Sterilite plastic shoeboxes are a great photo-organizing tool. You can store up to 500 4×6 inch photos in these boxes, vertically, and place the lid over them. These lids are designed so that you can easily stack several of the boxes on top of one another.

Plastic is by far one of the safest materials that you can use to store your photos, however, there are a few materials that can be harmful to your pictures. Wood and wood-based products should not be used for photo storage. This includes materials like poor quality paper, hardboard, chipboard, plywood, strawboard and glassines.

Aside from wood-based materials, hygroscopic adhesives and other adhesives that contain impurities such as iron, sulfur, and copper, can also be damaging to you photos. Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), rubber and rubber cement can also have a poor effect on your pictures while they are in storage.

If you are creating a scrapbook out of your photos, be sure to avoid, animal glue, starch paste, shellac and contact cement. Tapes and mounting materials that are pressure sensitive, as well as porous tip marking pens and acidic inks should also be avoided in order to protect your photos.
The next step to great photo storage is organization. Once you have the right materials, you can sort your photos and store them in whatever way you would like.

If you have a large number of photos of one particular person, you can keep all of that individuals photos in one or two Sterilite plastic shoeboxes. You can place them in chronological order if you would like.

Perhaps you have tons of vacation pictures, or a number of photographed events from your life or your child’s life. Sorting by event or location might be appropriate for you. Remember, you have total freedom and flexibility when it comes to organizing your photos.

You can make scrapbooks, keep albums, or store them in special picture folders.

Find out which organizational method is easiest for you, and get started with sorting your photos. You now have plenty of insider secrets to preserving the quality of your pictures, so go ahead and make use of these tips!

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