Protect Your Proofs

We were at my uncle’s house over the weekend and we came across a small album filled with wedding proofs from their wedding in 2006. I asked him where the formal wedding album was and he said they never got around to doing it but they had a box filled with proofs.

Wedding proofs are fun to flip through and after you select your wedding pictures for your album and frames to place around the house you should think of what you can do with the remaining proofs.

If you’re creating a scrapbook you can use them for the book. Another idea is to gift proofs of friends or relatives to them – they are perfect for small 5x7 frames.

Make sure to keep the extra proofs in an archival box to protect them over time. Maybe you don’t have a reason to use them today, but you may find one in a few years. When I came across some wedding photos from my grandparents’ wedding last month (57 years later) they were discolored and damaged, but that’s because no one knew how to protect photographs back them. Now we do.

Go Ahead and Brag!

I saw this item, a Digital Bragbook on RedEnvelope.com – one of my favorite gift sites – and even though it was listed under Gifts for Him, I thought this would be great for a bride to have. You can fill it with all your wedding photos and show it to friends and relatives when they ask to see pictures of the wedding. And then, when baby comes along, you can swap in pictures of the new addition to your family!

Remember that even though you’re hiring a photographer to capture your wedding day, your guests will also be snapping pics of your ceremony and reception and then email you links to see the photos they’ve taken on one of the many digital photo sites – Kodak, Snapfish, Picassa, Nikon - so you'll have plenty of wedding pictures for your wedding scrapbook.

Hold on to your Memories

Everyone will tell you that your wedding day will go by in a flash.

It will.

Before your memories become a blur write them down in a keepsake book.

Me & My Honey is filled with template pages to scrapbook everything from the day you first met to his proposal to your wedding vows and honeymoon. You'll also have room for dozens of pictures and momentos, and can even create your own themed pages: buying your dress, the first dance, cutting the cake.

Here's a keepsaking tip: After the wedding write down every special moment you remember - a laugh you shared with your new spouse or special words from a toast. You'd be surprised how easy our real memories are replaced with ones from a wedding reel.

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