Tiny Reminders

{Organization} Where to Store Your Camera

admin — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:00:11 +0000

“A place for everything and everything in its place." That’s how we sisters were raised. If we had a penny for every hour we spend organizing our world, we’d be able to buy out Harpo Productions. But we’d be even RICHER if we had a dime for every hour we spent looking for all those [...]

{Inspiration} Photo reality check

admin — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:00:53 +0000

The dumpster-diving photo we reminded you to take in the last blog is really important. Here’s why. My tiny children are already growing up … a tiny bit everyday! When I look back over my photos of Lauren and Cat, I get a bit misty for the past. They are SO cute, aren’t they? Look [...]

{Inspiration} Letting Go Of Photo Book Guilt

admin — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:00:04 +0000

Friends, let’s discuss. This really is one of the horrors of modern-day motherhood. We’ve felt guilty and we’ve been guilty and for what? Let’s look at some valid guilt scenarios, just for kicks. Scenario 1: I once let my 4 month-old baby girl ‘cry it out’ in an attempt to ‘Ferberize’ her. She cried through [...]

{Inspiration} Taking Fewer Photos Means Having More Time

admin — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 12:00:34 +0000

There is picture of the two us beneath the Christmas tree, circa 1975, I am guessing. I am holding my sister’s hand, and we are wearing handmade blue and white gingham dresses. We are smiling adorably into the camera and guess what? The picture is a tiny bit blurry, especially by today’s standards. It’s the [...]

{Inspiration} Almost Everything Makes for A Good Picture

admin — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:00:06 +0000

Our childhood photo albums are this: battered black sheets in a state of acid-decay with faded photos and red leather-looking (okay, plastic) covers that cleverly say “album”. Doesn’t get much more inspirational than that! Sure, with their torn corners and often misplaced sticky tabs with engaging descriptors like, “Sara Jane, 1967” and “Lee Ann on [...]

{Inspiration} A photo book and tea – is it really too much to ask?

admin — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 04:46:25 +0000

We started Tiny Reminders to help other moms like us because we feel your photo pain! As if we moms don’t have enough to feel guilty about while we second-guess our parenting skills, we actually are made to feel guilty about not having those hallmark moments with our kids’ photo books. You know the ads: [...]