First of all, we have two randomly-selected winners to announce, for the Studio Jewel giveaway: Congratulations to Charmayne in Salem, Oregon and Melody in Santa Teresa, New Mexico! Email info@studiojewel.com and she’ll get you hooked up with your $50 store credit.
**Added** PS – Everyone is welcome to a 15% discount on Studio Jewel’s jewelry by entering beckysblog15 at checkout.
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Got another giveaway for you, for those of you weekend readers.
One reader will win a seat in Photo Preserves, taught by Laura Vanderbeek. This is a class to teach you how to digitize, restore, and display your old photos. Great idea, as I think a lot of us could use some guidance in this department. The class runs March 31 – April 13. Leave your name, a general idea of where you live, and maybe an idea of what your collection of old photos looks like right now. This is open to international readers as well (nothing to ship). : )
A randomly selected winner will be announced on Monday.
Tags: giveaway, laura vanderbeek, online class, photo preserves
Grand Rapids, MI
I have inherited hundreds of old photos from my great grandparents dating back to as early as 1901. Some of them were even developed in my grandma’s home darkroom. They are currently stored in an accordian file folder.
I live in Tennessee. In the South, we’re all about collecting photos of our relatives. We’re not as big on labeling the photos (as to who’s who), but I’ve got a large collection of old photos, and no idea what to do with them.
Denver, CO
I just lost the last of my grandparents last summer and as time passes, I find myself holding onto the mounds of photos that are left behind. I have aspirations of digitizing these photos and memorabilia so I can share with the family as well as preserve for years to come. Thanks for the opportunity!
I am just completing a winter long project of turning my newly married sons old bedroom into my photo/memorabilia room. I am the keeper of all of my Mom and Dads family photos from their childhoods and before, my childhood photos, my mom was an avid photo taker and memory keeper as well, and I have probably 25 of her albums of day to day photos from the 1980′s-1990′s plus my children’s (pre-digital) photos not to mention all of the digital photos from recent years. Luckily this is a passion of mine. I am in the “getting organized” faze. I would love to win the Photo Preserves class taught by Laura Vanderbeek. I can use her guidance and expertise in this endeavor! Thanks for the chance to win Becky! P.S. I am starting my Project Life album this weekend as well.
I live in Missouri, and would love some tips on restoring old photos. I am slowly scanning all of my parents photos, and would love to streamline the process. Thanks for the chance Becky!
I’ve been wanting to make a wall of my old photos from my family that are in zip lock bags stored away and never seen again.
This would be great. Thanks!
Cortland OH
Laurel-SE Washington. I love all of the classes I’ve taken at Reneepearson.com, and would love to add this to my stash. I just finished Ali Edward’s Yesterday and Today class and this could really help with preserving those memories of yesterday.
Diana
Temple City, CA
I have photos from my grandparents on both sides from the early 1900′s, old black and whites from my parents as well as shots from my own childhood that are faded.
I have all of my husband’s childhood photos as well as all of our children’s and I would love to copy those from my parents’ and of my childhood as well. All are in storage, many in a basement, I would love to be inspired to do something before they are lost or damaged
I have photos saved on 3 different computers and have no system at all really. You could say I could use some help in this area
Peoria, AZ
Rachael
We have a huge collection in our family of photos from when my grandmother was a young beautiful woman. So many are rolling and cracked. Right now they are just in a box put up in a dark spot. I’d love to be able to do something with them.
I live in Idaho. My collection of old photos are currently in boxes and envelopes sitting next to my computer desk waiting for me to digitize them. It’s been almost a year since I started! I would love to win this class so I could do a better job!
Would love to take this kind of class. For Christmas, I want to give my siblings a hard drive filled with photos.
Waterville, Ohio
My grandma gave me pictures years ago and I’m glad she did…it’s part of my history. Now that she’s gone, I’d like to find a way to get them out of the box. Other than a few framed photos, the rest are stored.
I have my grandmother’s three albums that I have been fooling around with, trying to figure out how to preserve and share them with all of the other grandchildren. This would be extremely useful and make my time more productive rather than spinning wheels and guessing how to repair these old photos. I’m in Maryland.
I’m in California/Bay Area….my husband’s mother just passed away and we found some really precious old photos of her and her husband’s childhood that we never knew existed. What to do with them now? They are in cardboard file boxes in my garage……
My grandmother passed away last year and I have several old magnetic albums with family pictures. I’ve been meaning to get them archived on computer but have been somewhat overwhelmed by the project. I’d love to take the class for some guidance.
Lina
California
I just got some old photos from my aunt last weekend. She writes on them with pen so she can remember who they are-I told her not to write on them with pen anymore! But it is neat seeing her writing on them. Now I need to figure out what I m going to do with the pictures!
Kelly
Pickerington, Ohio
This class sounds neat! I’ve got tons of old photos.
I have so many old family photos that I would love to do this with.
Nicole
Avenel, NJ
Natalie W.
Haltom City, TX
all my old photos are in boxes…
I have a ton of old photos..some in scrapbooks, but most of them still in boxes waiting for some TLC. I would love some ideas on what to do with them.
Amy
Nebraska
My mom has tons of old family photos – all in boxes – NONE in photo albums and I know many of them are in fair to bad shape! Would love to get some tips…
Sara
Westerville, OH
Lise Harris
Brisbane, Australia
All of my childhood photos, and my husband’s childhood photos, are in boxes in storage, waiting for me to do “something” with them – rather than just placing them in “normal” photo albums, I was thinking of scanning them, and putting them in digital Project Life albums. But I would love some other ideas, before I get started on the project.
I’m Pat in North Carolina. My photos are a mix bag of the past 50 years and some beyond. It is mind boggling to attempt any type of scraprabook, but there are some that I would like to display some way or some how. Any new fresh ideas would be just might be the key to getting something done.
Oh this would be a lovely class to win. I have some old black and white photo from before my parents immigration to the US. I would love to preserve them
Leah
Cedar Park, TX
Most old photos are in boxes and/or stooge. Would love to learn more!
My mom recently passed and I have inherited ALL the family photos… back to my Grandparents and Great Grandparents in Germany pre-World War II… most in stacks and boxes. I truly need some help and inspiration to digitize these important photos and learn how to restore them.
It would be great to be a part of this class before we move cross country again!
Tanya, Rochester NY
Most of my photos are in boxes or on my computer. While it’s nice having them on my computer, I find it annoying to have to search through all the pictures and then print one or two when something comes up. I’d love new ideas on how to store my pictures so they’re more accessible to me and my family.
Tara
Kansas
Anna V.
Folsom, CA
My photo collection isn’t very big, but I have plans to go to my grandparents house and grab all of the old photos that my grandma has of my dad stored under her bed, it’s time they came out and were used
I live in Raleigh, NC. I have a ton of family photos that I haven’t gotten into albums—I’d love to know the best way to preserve them—and perhaps learn tips on scanning and digitally preserving them—
I am another scrapbooker with some recently acquired family photos that are in bad repair. I don’t know where to start with preserving and repairing these precious photos so that future generations can enjoy them as well. This is a great class idea. Thanks!
Electa
El Cajon, Ca
I have tons of photos on my hard drive and struggling with how to file them…year? by each child? I also have boxes of photos that are just stuffed into boxes….I just need to set aside the time to make this a priority. It hard when you work full time, have 2 kids and need to keep the house hold clean. Thanks for the opportunity.
I have a large photobox filled with photos from my childhood. I haven’t figured out how to tackle them….so there they sit. I would love to find ways to actually display them.
Tallahassee, FL
Jacqueline
When my husband’s grandmother passed away 2 years ago, my sweet sil, Leslie, inherited all of her photos and memorabilia. I would love to win this for her, to give her help and inspiration as she tackles the task of scanning and organizing a lifetime of family memories!! The whole family will benefit from her ability to do it!
Talitha, Aurora, CO
Most of our old photos are divided among family. I have wanted to get my hands on them to digitize them and pair them with written memories. This class sounds like it would be a great start for that process!
Hi Becky! I’m Melinda from Pinson, AL (northeast of B’ham). I have my own personally taken pictures over the years in photo box chronologically but I also have a bunch of my grandmother’s pictures that are in a big box – in no order at all!
Kait
Oklahoma
Most of my old photos (pre-digital camera) are stored in photo-boxes. I don’t have them extremely organized but I do have them sorted into general categories (my childhood, my husband’s childhood. heritage/reeeeaalllly old family pics, and some of us dating. Currently we only have a few photos on display that are from actual film. They are most likely the originals (ie no editing has been done).
Crossing fingers to win this awesome giveaway!
Hi, I’m Boo from Tallahassee, Florida. My pictures are in boxes and on my computer. I have sorted the pictures my years. I would love to be a part of this class. thank you, Boo
Hilarie from Beaverton,OR
All sorts of photos from my childhood through my wedding need to be digitized.
I would love to take this class! I have old photos that I haven’t done anything with because I’m not sure how to get them on my computer so I can make them the size I want, etc. This is awesome! Thanks
ileana in oregon
I have a file drawer full of old pictures from my husband’s grandparents. Some go back to the 1800′s and are tintypes. Of course, most of them are not labeled. I can’t wait to find out what to do with them!
My grandma and I have been going through old pictures. They are in three places: old magnetic albums, a drawer, and a big office supply box she inherited from her mom. We could use some help!
Kelly
Rhode Island
all of my family old photos are in a box.
I have been trying to make an album celebrating my grandma’s life since she passed away two years ago. It’s so hard to get all the pics together but my aim is to present an album each to my grandfather, my mom and my aunts. Going digital seems like a great idea at this point in time.
Calgary, Canada
Angela
Knoxville, TN
I don’t really have a lot of old photos, but I know my mom and my grandmother do and I would love to be able to help them sort through everything!
Donna
Temecula, CA
My mom has a trunk of old family pics and my childhood photos are still in magnetic albums (yikes!) Would love to learn how to digitize family photos. Thanks!
This sounds so exciting!!! And what I need to organize all those photos!
I have piles of old family photos waiting for me to organize and preserve. I would love to win a seat in this class!!!!
Timothea in North Las Vegas
Okinawa, Japan
We have stack of old albums, loose piles in boxes, and quite a few framed pieces that we are hoping to digitize. My dad just finished getting all the old video converted so the pictures are next. This class would be a huge help.
I live in Texas – and have a bunch of old pictures of my husbands as well as some I took from my grandmother’s house. I have a bunch of pictures of me as a baby in the peel back the plastic and stick kind of albums!
Great idea if you have a lot of old photos. I definitely have many!
Oh man I need that! I have tons of digital picts as well as inheriting pictures from my mom when she died last year. she also had some that she inherited from my grandmother. They are all in boxes and messed up. I would like to find a way to enjoy and cherish them as my moms side of the tree is now gone.
Skye – Las Vegas
What a fantastic course. I live in Adelaide, Australia, and have boxes of old photo’s going back to my great, great grandparents. What a wonderful gift to give our future generations – history preserved!!!
I would love to learn more on digitizing old images to preserve them more permanently for future generations. When possible, I like to also journal what I know about the picture so others can identify people and places captured in the scenes.
I live in Pennsylvania. My old photos are from my 70′s childhood. This is an album I’d like for my children to see completed one day. Thanks!
I would love to leaqrn how to digitize, restore and display my old photos, esp the ones of my parents in the philippines.
Lissa
Toms River, NJ
This sounds like a great class!
Denise H.
The Woodlands, TX
I live 19 miles east of Minnesota (aka Cheddarland). I have a variety of photos dating back to my Grandma’s old black and white photos. Tons of bad photos from the 80s too! Is there a technique to shrink big bangs from the 80s?
I live in Illinois, and I’d love to learn how to digitize and preserve my old photos. I have some from both my family and my husband’s family, mostly in boxes.
I live in Michigan. My collection of old photos is not large, but I am looking for better ways to manage and display it.
I live in SW Iowa. I have a huge stash of old photos!
Right now I have a lot of photos in shoe boxes and DVD boxes.
I would love to learn more!
Leslie M.
West Jordan, UT
What a great giveaway! Who doesn’t have a ton of photos.
Gloria H
Frisco TX
Atlanta, GA
lots of old photos from my childhood as well as my parents too
Alissa
Midland, MI
Mine are from my childhood and are in an old album.
I could realy use this! Sounds like a great class–Thanks for the chance for a free spot.
My collection looks like they are in Tupperware boxes.
I have great grandparents photos, parents photos, my childhood photos, my photos of our family. I NEED this!
Perfect give away!!! I have photos that need just that kind of help. Thanks
for the opportunity
I live in a suburb of Chicago. With both my parents gone, I have boxes and boxes and boxes of multi-generational photos. As well as all of our family’s photos; I only started shooting with a digital camera two years ago. I would absolutely love to win a spot in this class; one of my priorities this year is to learn to scan & preserve all the old photos. Thanks.
Lynn M
I live in Mississippi and could greatly benefit from this class! After taking the Yesterday & Today class by Ali Edwards, I have piles of pictures from a few generations back that need to be organized and digitized for safe keeping.
Suzy
Bay Springs, MS
julie from wellington new zealand
i dont have many of my childhood ( some are in slides) and so id love some in digital form so that my children can enjoy them in later years, plus we only have a couple of my husbands family – need to get a few more :>
I live in Texas. Would love to preserve lots of old family photos.
Thanks for this great opportunity! I have a variety of new and old photos. They currently reside in some older albums (from an organized time in my life) and in some rubbermaid totes (from the rest of the my life)
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Oh, and by the way, I live in Michigan…and we still have snow
My mom just acquired a lot of my grandma’s old photos, as she passed away on the 15th. In the stack (or bags I should say, my grandma didn’t organize her pictures well) there are a couple of photos of my grandma’s grandma. I would use the info from the class to help my mom in her healing process.
Brandy R.
Omaha, Nebr.
I live in Pennsylvania and I have tons of photos – some organized and some not. I have some of my own childhood, but mostly my childrens photos going back 21 years. I have some in albums, some in boxes, some in my computer, etc. I can never find the picture I need or want when I need to. I feel overwhelmed !
I live in Dallas, Texas and I am currently in possession of hundreds of old photos. My husband and I have been researching our family history for several years and family members have given us these precious photos to keep. I would love to take this class!
A lot of our old family photos are still in the original frames. My grandmother came over from Italy with her mother right before she passed away from TB. It was the only photo she ever had of her mother…
I spend every day making sure my children have more than just one photo.
I am setting up a wealth of knowledge for them about our generation, my parents generation and my grandparents generation by collecting as much information and making copies of these old photos while my grandparents are still around to tell the many wonderful stories that go with the images. So facinating to relive their past! Can’t wait to share these stories with our children when they get older…
Kelli
Southern PA
Mel H
Hutchinson
I have hundreds of old photos from both sides of my family and my husbands family. This would be a life saver!
I have spent the last 3 days organizing pictures from 80 years ago. I would love to win a spot in this class to learn how to fix many of the old faded photos.
I live in Victoria, Britsh Columbia …. in Cananda. Right now all of my old photos of grandparents, great grandparents and other relatives are stored in shoe boxes. They are a treasure to me and I need to find some creative ways to display, treasure, and honor them.
I live close to Sacramento, CA. I love family history! My mom has boxes and boxes of old photos that need to be organized and restored. Also all my childhood pictures and siblings. Sometimes its hard to know where to begin!!
Thanks,
Emily Barney
I’m in middle Tennessee and I’m trying to scan my mom’s old photos and I need help!
North Platte Nebraska
photo boxes galore . . .
I live in Minnesota but I have photos from family from all over the world that we need to display and preserve.
julie san pedro ca photos everywhere!!
Amanda
Muskegon, MI
Jen T
Iola, KS
Lots and lots to do. . .
Pat
Oklahoma City, OK
I have many pictures from my in-laws that were taken with a Poloroid instant camera and I know storing these type of pictures is difficult and you can’t trim them. These pictures are over 30 years old. Also have many pictures of grandparents taken in the early 1900′s plus boxes of negatives. Would like to get them organized for my son.
I live in Pinehurst, NC. Life of being in the Army…always somewhere new. Currently in the slow expensive process of getting everything onto digital. Boxes and boxes of slides. What a mess.
I have a few shoeboxes and several albums from my mom and a shoebox from my in-laws.
Tracy
Greensboro, NC
I would love to digitize my husbands mission pictures as well as pictures from our childhood. That would be a huge pile of pictures.
Holly C.
Lehi, UT
Brooke M
Layton, ut
What a great class! I have so much to learn.
Lyndee, Casper, WY
Lisa
Texas
I have many old and tattered pictures of my husband’s parents and relatives from Mexico. Beautiful to see the culture of our heritage in these photos…
Sue
Sacramento, CA
I have some old photos that really need a lot of restoration. The photos are of my grandfather, who died before I was born. My mom told me they lost their photos when they moved from No. Dakota to California and don’t have many photos of her father. I found these in my grandmother’s papers after she died, and my family doesn’t know I have them. I would love to restore them and make copies for them as gifts for our reunion in August. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Hmmm…this is Angi…in um…Colorado.
I have a few boxes of old photos, polaroids (my mother loved that camera!), and even lots of negatives that need to be reprinted before it’s too late! Would love to learn how to restore these photos as they they are the only ones I have of my mother and grandmother.
I have so many old photos that I want to digitize. Everything from photographs of my childhood to my paternal grandparents wedding photo. I’d also love to digitize the photos of my mom’s first wedding so that my siblings could each have a copy of the photos.
Kathy, Minnesota
My old photos are is not doing so well. Many from my childhood have faded and need to be scanned. More recent photos are way behind too. I could really use some help/ideas on how to make this process easier:-)
Sounds awesome! Sorted through boxes of old photos with family over the Christmas holiday, would love to do something more than store them in a box.
Janna from Somonauk, IL
I have old photographs from my Grandparents, parents, and even myself that I would love to digitize. We even have a photo album from my Great Grandpa from his time in Europe during WWI. I would love to learn how to peserve it for future generations.
Janet in Arkansas = I am the keeper of the photos in my family and into genealogy. Would love to get some digi tips.
Oh, I’d love to take this class! Our old pictures are in magnetic albums and boxes right now-with the humidity and rain here in Hawaii, pictures don’t last very long storing it that way. I’d love to get tips in restoring those old photos. Thanks for the chance!
Wow, I need to get into gear and look at sorting my old photos too… I have about a thousand myself, and I offered to help Mum do her’s, so we’ve slowly been getting them out of old albums and stuff, and then Mum volunteered me to do Nan’s…
Mum has a whole blanket box full of older photos, in mismatched albums, and just randomly shoved in, and Nan has a whole linen cupboard… there are boxes upon boxes in there! I have a long way to go to get them done! It so great to look at all the old photos though, and reminisce about all the fun times in the past
What a fun & awesome class! I have photos from my childhood, Dh’s childhood and several years of my kids before I switched to digital. I could also get my hands on my grandma’s photos if I knew what to do with them. Most of my photos are in photo boxes tucked all over the house. I would love to learn how to digitize them all so I could play with them on the computer!
Thank you for the chance to win a spot in this class
Erika
Western Washington
Minnesota
I have tons of old photos to preserve from my childhood and past family members. I am the only one in the family with an interest in doing this so it is up to me to carry on these memories. thanks for the opportunity to win a spot in this class.
erica
milton ontario
This sounds like an swesome way to keep the memories alive!!!
Jennifer
Springville, AL
I just inherited all of my parents photos which includes photos from their parents and so on. Everything is in tubs and randomly put in photo albums, loose, you name it. I need a lot of help!
Jacenda G.
Lafayette, IN
I have pictures from my husband’s grandparents when they were in school in the early 1920′s and my grandparent’s pictures from the 1940′s that I would love to do some things with!
Chastity
Berryville, VA
My old photos are in clear plastic drawers. My husband’s photos were in a shoebox that mysteriously disappeared right before we put our wedding video together. They have never resurfaced. I can’t even bring up the subject without him getting upset. I wish we had a backup of these pictures.
Michelle Holladay, UT
My old photos are in a shoe box I would love to learn how to restore them for my kids. Some of the photos are from photos of relatives that have passed away so I feel I could really benefit from this
Melinda
Burnsville, MN
Megan
Sulphur, LA
I’ve started digitizing family photos since I am taking Yesterday & Today with Ali Edwards (got my butt in gear!) My dad and grandad both worked for Kodak so we have TONS of photos…most in original envelopes in boxes…only one “magnetic” album thankfully. Would love to take this course, thanks!!
Oh, I’m in Melrose, MA
Dawn
yorkville,
IL
this sounds so good. thanks
Julie B
Reno, NV
I’ve gathered most of our family’s old photos and many are in old photo albums and need to be peeled out of them!! Yikes!
Lois
Baldwin, MD
I have my mom’s collection of photos from 1950-1980 and my nana’s photos from late 1800′s to 1940′s.
I could really use some help with my old photographs. Actually, my current ones too, but especially the ones that are not digital!
Greetings from South Africa.
I have three boxes full of old photos that at some stage I want to scrap as it is all my family history in their.
This owuld be great! I hane wanted to do an family display of old photos for a while now. I love their history.
Maria
Salem, OR
I have lots of photos of my life from the 1970s and beyond, plus a relatively small collection of older photos passed down from my family members.
Hi Becky,
I live outside of Philadelphia, PA & I have a huge collection of old photos from my grandmother. I am working on sorting them & am going to use a lot of the ones of my dad’s childhood in an album about his growing up years (in the format of the Cathy Z. All About Me album). The rest, is yet to be determined. I would love some hints & tips on organizing, storing & using them. Thanks for the great giveaway!!!
Erika
Marietta, GA
I just got all of my grandmother’s pictures in boxes and old (sticky) albums. They need help.
Erika from Eastern Shore of Maryland. My old photos are in giant cardboard boxes, distributed between my house, mom’s and in-laws. Some are categorized by decade. It’s a daunting task to arrange all of them in some order, so joining others who are doing the same thing would be GREAT!
Rachel S.
Tennessee
My grandmother has lots of old photos that are in boxes and old albums. I would love to be able to help her organize them and make copies for myself too.
Deanna G
Northern CA
I have tons of old pictures from my Grandparents which include really old pictures that need to be preserved. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
I would love to take part in this class. I am 70 and have several photos of my grandparents, greatgrandparents and also one of my great great grandfather. How amazing is that! I love to see my grandparents when they were young, and have a beautiful pair of photos taken of them individually just prior to their marriage in 1914. The one that fascinates me the most is of my grandfather with all his siblings (when he would be about 8 years old) and his parents. Just love the old photos! I have them in boxes having taken them out of the magnetic albums when I was given them years ago.
Great giveaway!
Carrie
Eagan, MN
I spent last year collecting memorabilia and pictures from each of our boys’ great-grandparents in hopes of starting albums to document each of their lives…what a blessing it will be for our children to look through these and read about their great-grandparents’ everyday moments after they are no longer with us here on this earth. After completing the great-grandparents books, I would like to document the grandparents’ lives. Right now, all of the pictures and memorabilia are stored in boxes and envelopes just waiting for the next step! The Photo Preserves class would be amazing to help me in continuing this process as well as future ones that involve preserving our family history and precious memories!!!
Oh, how timely! I just took all of my husbands photos out of their hostile environment (sticky albums) and put them in the Turquoise addition of the Project Life Kit. They look amazing in their new home. I want to do the same with all of my childhood photos using the Amber album. What keepsakes these will be for generations to come. Many of these old photos are in need of repair. Would love to take the Photo Preserves class and get the proper guidance.
Memphis, TN
Lisa Johnson
Allen, TX
My old photos are put in ghetto scrapbooks (no cute stickers or die cuts, just taped to pieces of paper) that I did back in high school. At least they’re not in those glue pages from the 70′s that are not acid-free. I would love to learn about how to digitize old photos for my parents. They have drawers and drawers of old photos that are just sitting and collecting dust. This would be a great gift I could do for them.
I have access to my grandparent’s photos and would love to learn ways to preserve them.
Kari B
Fargo, ND
Beth from Alabama
I’ve got lots of projects in mind… from scanning in old recipes of my Grandmothers to helping my Mom go through all of her old pictures.
Emily L.
Montgomery, AL
I have tons of photos I would love to preserve!
Amy A.
Woodridge, IL
The photos I have in boxes are the ones from my childhood and some from my husbands childhood. I know there are more, I would just have to figure out where they are. I am “up to date” with our married life, which is always refreshing.
Hi from Christchurch, New Zealand.
Having survived two big earthquakes, my biggest worry is the fact that I have inherited all the family photos from two sides of my family and how close we have come to losing these. All ideas welcome as to what to do with the boxes of photos and so would love to win a place in this class.
I have all the family photos…
I would love this class! I am the keeper of photographs for my family, and I need help with how to preserve them!
Jody In Washington, Ut.
Most of my photos are stored my year – if there are a lot of them – if not they are stored my decade. I would love to learn how to restore the old and damaged ones.
Roberta from Portland, Oregon
Love the idea of being able to restore the pictures I’ve had handed down from past generations. I’ve been doing genealogy research for the past couple of years and it is my goal to create and album/book for my siblings and my children. The photos will really bring their stories to life but the photo’s I’ve inherited need a lot of TLC.
My father recently passed away and my sister has been going through all his photos. She is sending me some of those as well as his yearbooks. This class would be so great!
Jen
Valencia, CA
I would love to win this! I’m from New Jersey and I have lots of photos from my parents who are both passed away. The photos are in various forms and mostly in shoeboxes however, some are in the old cling type albums and some are in frames. a few of the photos date back to 1920 or so with a few being from my father’s military days in WWII so I would love to digitize them all to preserve them but most of all to share all of the wonderful photos with my siblings.
Great give-away! My next to-do project is to tackle all the pictures from my childhood. My mom wasn’t much of a scrapbooker, but she saved everything. I’d love to dive into this, and create something memorable for my brother. Oh, and myself!
I know my kids would love to see all the pictures and memories from when “mommy” was a baby. 
Anne
Brookfield, WI
This class would be perfect for me. Between my husband and I, we are down to 1 parent left. When I looked through all the photos, I noticed many have lost the facial details due to aging. How wonderful it would be to restore this, especially those pics of our childhood. Someone here posted using the PL books to put there childhood pics which I think is a wonderful idea! I have always taken photos but they are in all sorts of books, including those horrible magnetic ones. When my youngest starts driving, that may be a project I’ll have to undertake.
This might just be the kickstart I need to start doing something with the boxes of old photos.
Tiffaney
Provo, Utah
Aneliz
Weston, FL
I love the fact that I have a mother in law who is 96 and healthy enough to tell me the story of her life and her parents life as well as their parents. When I found all these pictures in my home, I decided that I will take a Saturday and have her tell me about every person in every picture and tell me some stories about life from those pictures and to journal them. Now this is truly a blessing and a miracle all in one.
Monica, Millersville, MD
My photos are all in boxes and albums waiting to be scanned. Would love to take this class. Thanks.
Mari
Massachusetts
Sharolyn
Northern Michigan
It would be so cool to organize all my old photos!
Penny
Clay, NY
I am in the process of “project lifing” all my old digital shots (from 2001 onwards to when I began P365 in mid 2009) but anything prior is just in boxes. Plus then there are all the slides my in-laws took over years of military service and moving…
Paula
Auckland, NZ
Would love to organize my 80 years worth of photos.
My name is Brenda and I live in Port Orange, FL. My collection of photos consist of pictures from my childhood and my 18 year old daughters first half of life/pre digital. Thanks for the chance this sounds like something I could use!
Brenda Magliacane
My old photo collection is a few boxes from my childhood–mostly pictures that I took as a tween/teen. My name is Deena and I live in Traverse City, Michigan.
I just completed a wall of old photos hung gallery style in my guest bedroom. Most of the pics are black and white but 2 are hand tinted old pics. One is of my grandparents and one of my husband’s mom’s high school graduation. I love it. I framed them all in black frames and pulled them all together by adding a silhouette of my daughter and a black and white of my wedding photos. I love the end result which gets me to the point of old photos. During the hunt for all these pics, I have found many old pics that are faded, torn or have spots on them. I would love to learn how to restore these photos so that my family’s legacy will continue through my child.
Christina, Charlotte, NC
Thanks for the opportunity to win a seat in what sounds like a terrific class!! Luckily, my patient and wise mother organized all of our family photos by year. My husband’s family photos are another story altogether!!
Julie in Del Mar
Alison from Northern Virginia. I have boxes and photo albums and more of each. Slides too!
Thank you so much-I rarely win anything. I am so excited to have a necklace with my kids names on it again. Thank you thank you!
My old photos are mostly in photo safe storage boxes. Mostly… But, they do need some help!
Jen
Grand Forks, ND
Some old photos are in albums, others in boxes. I am feeling I really need to get on this before my parents are gone, so I can put stories with the photos. (both parents are in 80′s and having health issues)
Susan
Arizona
Hi, all my precious old family photographs are packed away in a cupboard and not looked at very often. Just yesterday I looked at the bare wall in our hallway screaming out for these photographs to be framed and displayed. It would be lovely to be able to edit them, and also provide a photo book for all my siblings. I love old photographs, they speak volumes, an important part of our history.
Ruth, Brisbane, Australia
Thx. I so need help with this!!
I have a big plastic tote with old photos from my Grandmother – plus a big cardboard box labled “old family photos” from my own childhood – just too overwhelming to think about trying to do something with these. Any help or direction would be so much appreciated!
Peg in Indy
Hopelessly Midwestern
Zeeland, Michigan
Janelle
Dallas, TX
We have a box of old photos from my grandparents that are in need of help. Many have been labled right on the photo or are damaged. Would love to digitize them and getvthem into a viewable form. What a great give-away!
Lara
Cissna Park, IL
I would love to take this class and tackle a pile of old photos that I have been accumulating of my parents
Amy
Bonaire, GA
I’m still not done restoring my baby book…I had to rescue it from one of those old sticky albums. I also have my whole family’s worth of pictures that could use some major organization and and preservation. Mom and dad clearly never felt the value of a picture. I was born to save the day!
Jacksonville, FL
Old photos are everywhere-in albums, drawers, need help
Gina
LaGrange GA
i keep old photos in old photo albums and boxes!! would love to get some good ideas!!
Hi Julie, Congrats on winning!
San Jose, California.
Would love this class. I have a collection of old photos in boxes and would love to digitize!
Sandra, Tracy, CA
Right now I have some pictures scanned, some hard copies. I have one that I would love to be able to restore. I’m afraid to let it out of my hands.
This would be so much fun! Laura is an excellent instructor.
what a cool give away………..
That sounds like a WONDERFUL!! class. Especially since I have photos from the 30′s & 40′s sitting in a shoe box and I can’t seem to get to them. Pick Me!!!!
This sounds fantastic. I have inherited all my father’s photos (in dreadful condition) plus all those from my in-laws. Lots to do! Any help organising all this would be great. I live in Auckland, New Zealand.
My Nan passed away 3 years ago, leaving behind numerous old albums
and a suitcase full of photos from as early as 1945. My cousins and I have always loved looking through these. I would love to preserve and share these so we could all have copies of our family’s precious memories to keep.
I forgot to mention I am from Australia.
Hayley
Isle of man, uk
All my families old photos are stuck in boxes in non acid free albums which is destroying the photos.
I would LOVE to take this class!! Have so many old photos & slides I would love to digitize & scrapbook–so many stories waiting to be shared!
Thank you for the chance to win!
Thank you for a chance to win this class!!! My (old) photos are in multiple boxes that I retrieved from my Dad’s home when he passed away last April. To be completely honest, I am a bit overwhelmed as to where to even start. It is a really big project that is will take a lot of time to complete. Thanks again!!!