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Our Fail-Proof 3 Step Plan for Saving Kid Art & School Projects

September 1 by Julee

Our Fail-Proof 3 Step Plan for Saving Kid Art & School Projects

My kiddos headed back to school last week, and I know it won't be long before they start coming home with all sorts of papers, projects and pictures. Last year, I struggled quite a bit with deciding what to keep and where to keep it. This year, I'm starting with a plan. My plan is intentionally simple. I don't follow through with overly structured systems for managing household tasks, and I know it's likely to fall to the bottom of my to-do list if it isn't amazingly easy. Here are the basic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Julee, Organizing, Photography & Memory Keeping, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life Tagged With: art organization, artwork organization, How to get organized, keepsakes, kids art organization, photo books, POYEL, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life, saving kids artwork, saving school work, school work organization

{Memory Keeping} Chalkboard Photo Frame DIY

July 28 by Kristin

{Memory Keeping} Chalkboard Photo Frame DIY

Have you guys checked out our new Photography & Memory Keeping category yet? The plan is to fill it to the brim with usable ideas for busy parents on how to take great photos, how to organize them, and what to do with them once you actually print them! It's one of the things I'm most excited about this year - can you tell? Here's Kristin with a quick and easy photo project that will make a big visual impact in a special nook or cranny in your home. We already know the importance of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kristin, Photography & Memory Keeping Tagged With: DIY Chalkboard photo frame, DIY photo frame, kid photo projects, photo projects

DIY Vacation Memory Jars

July 13 by Julee

DIY Vacation Memory Jars

Did you guys know we've got a whole new category on MPMK this year? It's called Photography & Memory Keeping and we're stuffing it with tips busy parents can use to take great photos AND get those shots off our tech and into our lives. Here's Julee with our latest summer-themed post... We just returned from our first family beach vacation. Our children absolutely loved the beach and haven't stopped asking to go back. For me, photography has become my way of remembering places I visit, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Julee, Photography & Memory Keeping Tagged With: children's crafts, kids crafts, summer, summer crafts, summer memory jar, summer momentos, vacation

Best Phone Photo Apps for Moms

June 23 by Kristin

Best Phone Photo Apps for Moms

I had an epiphany recently about this little site of mine. While I love everything that we cover here, I realized that there are 4 topics that I am TRULY passionate about. Why? Because these are the four things I can use the most with my own family! In no particular order, they are: Family Friendly Recipes & Meal Planning Engaging Play Ideas Parenting Hacks Photography Tips for Busy Parents and Photo Organization & Projects So I'm going to be experimenting with mainly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kristin, Photography & Memory Keeping Tagged With: best phone photography apps, best photo apps, camera photo apps, iphoneoagraphy, momtography, phone photography apps for moms, photography for moms, using your phone to photograph kids

How to Organize Photos Like a Professional Organizer: POYEL

March 2 by Annie

How to Organize Photos Like a Professional Organizer: POYEL

Our post on How to Store Your Digital Photos Like a Professional Photographer was so popular that we decided to follow it up with another Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life post on how to organize print photos from our resident professional organizer, Annie.   She's got a fool-proof 5 part process you're sure to love! While the majority of us have shifted into the digital realm most households still have a stockpile of family pictures. Printed at the local drugstore some several years ago, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Annie, Organizing, Photography & Memory Keeping, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life, Style & Simplify Tagged With: family photos, how to organize photos, live simply by annie, organizing photos, photo box, photo organization system, picture organization

Valentine Photo Bookmarks

February 5 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

Valentine Photo Bookmarks

When the folks at eHow's mom channel asked me to come up with a Valentine photography project that kids could make for their parents, I knew I wanted to it to be something parents could actually use. Check out my super simple DIY bookmark tutorial here and have a great weekend watching the olympics with the kiddos this weekend!  The hubby and I are both sick with the flu so that's it from for today. P.S. Did you know that facebook has recently drastically changed the way pages like MPMK … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Creating & Engaging, Photography & Memory Keeping, Seasonal Fun Tagged With: photo craft, Valentine craft, valentine diy, Valentine photo craft

DIY Valentine’s Day Decor: Easy Instagram Art

February 4 by Alli

DIY Valentine’s Day Decor: Easy Instagram Art

  Valentine's Day is just around the corner, and it's one of my favorite holidays for arts and crafts. Don't ask me why. Maybe it's the welcome diversion from everything Christmas. Maybe it's the idea that we're making gifts for the ones we love most. Regardless, I get giddy this time of year and love to come up with new things to make, especially decorations. Lately, I've been trying to make decorations that will last - things that I can keep and look back on, as the years fly by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alli, Holiday Projects, Photography & Memory Keeping, Seasonal Fun, The Make & Play Vault Tagged With: DIY Valentine Decor, Instagram art, Valentine art

My Simple Plan for Saving Our Memories This Year

January 20 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

My Simple Plan for Saving Our Memories This Year

We're talking memories today as part of our month long mission to find ways to eat better, parent better, organize better and just generally live better this year.  Before S arrived, I was actually pretty good about recording memories for our little family.  At the end of each month I would use the photos we'd taken to create 2 - 4 new pages in an iphoto book, along with a few paragraphs with family anecdotes, accomplishments, etc.  The idea being that at the end of the year I would have a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Organizing, Photography & Memory Keeping, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life Tagged With: decluttering, favorite, getting organized, home organization, organization, organize, organizer, organizing, photo organization, Planner printables, printables, printing instagram photos, printing phone photos

Must-Make: Framed Family Recipe with Photo

November 20 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

Must-Make: Framed Family Recipe with Photo

Today I bring you one of my all-time favorite gift ideas EVER!  The genius in this gift is that it has sentiment and thoughtfulness in spades but is shockingly easy to put together. This will be a gift for my mom that I know she will treasure as my "Nana" is no longer with us. You could easily knock several people off your gift list with this same idea in no time, especially with the free recipe card printable that's 100% editable so you don't have to worry about pretty handwriting. Ready … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Creating & Engaging, Photography & Memory Keeping, Seasonal Fun Tagged With: DIY Christmas gift, DIY Mother's Day gift, editable recipe card, frame recipe, Mother's Day Gift Ideas, photo gift

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