The unofficial last weekend of summer is a perfect time to collect your vacation photos from that shoe box, memory chip or basement corner where you’ve been “storing” them, and archive them properly. Here are some unique ways to preserve your photographic memories.
Shedding new light
Prove that your loved ones really do light up your life with a backlit photo frame. Technicians carve an exact image from your photo onto a translucent material, which is then placed in a shadowbox and lit from behind. $119-$239. LIGHTAFFECTION.COM
Thanks for the memory
So you’d love to get one of those cool new Chocolate cellphones, but you can’t part with the priceless photos stored on your existing phone? Solve the problem with a SanDisk miniSD memory card, designed specifically to store photos, video and MP3 files from your mobile phone. The card comes with an adapter that can turn it into a full-size SD card capable of downloading files from cameras and camcorders. $59.99. MIKE’S CAMERA
Pictures and more
Not only do these cloth photo albums come in great colors, but they also have room on each page for souvenirs, journals and other mementos. $12-$35. ARCHIVERS AND AARON BROTHERS ART & FRAMING STORES IN DENVER, COLORADO SPRINGS AND FORT COLLINS
Color-coded storage
Archive your pictures by hue with these photo storage boxes. Eight different color choices allow you to store your cruise photos in a blue box, your wedding in white and your honeymoon in hot pink. $7.99. THE CONTAINER STORE
