The easiest photo album app yet
As much as I wish I were a scrapbooker–or, OK, even the kind of mama that actually puts photos into an album more than once a year–I’ve made my peace with the fact it’s probably not gonna happen. So I flock to cool apps like Martha...
The new Keepsy app: print photo books right from your smart phone
It’s no secret that I take nearly all my photos with my iPhone, which means in order for me turn my favorite pictures into anything but a file on my computer (that no one really ever sees but me) it takes a lot of extra steps and a lot of time that I don’t...
Back to School Tech: Must-have apps for parents
Back to school time for parents means back to school tech. After all, it is time to get back into the organization zone. (Unless you’re one of those rare people who stays super organized all the time. In which case…well, don’t rub it in.) Here, a few...
Martha Stewart Crafts on your iPad. It’s a great thing.
The tech world is buzzing about the new Martha Stewart Crafts app for iPad, and I can see why. Long ago, I used to babysit for a family who had their attic converted into a professional scrapbooking room. Filled with stacks of patterned acid-free papers and matching...
Saving and sharing those photos that weren’t taken by a digital camera
When I opened the mysterious package that arrived for me this week, I was surprised to pull out a vintage hat box. Surprised and happy–since vintage hat boxes are one of my most favorite things. Inside, there was all this cool ephemera…a very smart way of...
Zuzee lets tweens preserve their BFFs 4ever
When I was in junior high, I remember a phase when all I wanted to do was create these photo montages, where I would take a big ‘ol piece of posterboard and glue pictures of me and my friends onto them. Where I would get really fancy is when I’d cut out...
Instagram Photo Books: It was only a matter of time.
Ever since discovering the Instagram iPhone app, I’ve become completely obsessed; so much so that it’s all I really use to take photos of my kids anymore. I’ve been trying to figure out a way to share them with friends and family, other than emailing...
Scrapbooking goes mobile
I was once at a scrapbooking party where each of us had the simple (or not so simple) task of creating a page for my friend’s baby book. There were piles of paper, letters, shapes, designs, and it took me a long time to figure out what to pick and choose. It...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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