We are entering into the holiday season! With Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and many many more celebrations coming up. During this time of year the sunlight is dim, but the family light is bright. We are mostly indoors and it is a perfect time to get out those old photos.

Losing photos is terrible, but having photos without knowing who is who, or when they are from can be almost as bad. Take advantage of the family being together, and get them to help you label your photos.

Important things to label are:

• Who is in the photo
• Place photo was taken
• Event photo was taken at
• Date of photo

If you don’t have all of this information, or an exact date, an educated guess is still helpful.

Don’t just write on your photographs with any old pen! The ink will leak through eventually and destroy your treasured photos. Also- in order to get them to work you have to press hard, this will leave an embossed imprint of your writing on the front.

For writing on old photos I suggest using a Stabilo all pencil. They are photo safe and come in both black and white to write on nearly all printed photos. If you are local to Northern Virginia, you can get them from me for $2.00 each+tax. They are also available at Amazon.

Good luck with labeling your memories!

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