As a child I was obsessed with photos, OBSESSED. I would take pictures of our family pets, our home, flowers, my friends, our dinners and have them printed- in doubles! My dresser drawers housed more photos than they did clothes, it got a little out of control. As an adult the obsession continues, but now that photos live on my phone and computer rather than in film and prints, I would appear to be a little less of a hoarder. A few years ago though I realized that I missed the experience of looking through stacks of photos, or flipping the pages of albums. There’s nothing that brings a memory to life more to me than a photo and it’s amazing how much of our lives we forget.
I started a tradition of printing all of my favorite photos from the year and putting them in beautiful leather albums to give to Lou for Christmas. I made it one year (and I love that one year’s album SO MUCH!). Years two and three I had all of the photos printed, bought the albums but never managed to tape them into the books. They’re still sitting in stacks tucked away in a drawer. I KNOW! Terrible. That’s why I was so excited to learn about the Canon PIXMA MG7120 Wireless Inket All-in-One Printer and the PIXMA Printing Solutions App. It’s changing my game with the technology they developed that allows you to print from anywhere! Yep, that includes social platforms like Facebook/Twitter and storage platforms like Dropbox! Lou and I were recently in LA for a couple of nights for a little work, a little play and as usual we took a million photos. I chose my favorites and printed them from my phone, my laptop and Lou’s phone. When we got home all of the photos were in my office in a neat little stack in the printer, waiting for me to tape them into our album. GENIUS, right?! Organizing and taping a few at a time into our album is totally manageable and at the end of the year all of our photos will be in order, all of our memories in tact and if I was a betting lady I’d say I’ll be VERY proud of myself. This is life changing for a photo hoarder like myself who has a tiny problem with organization and sometimes lacks follow through, LIFE CHANGING! xx- Sarah {see more of our getaway snaps after the jump as well as a few of our must-visits in East LA!}
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