This may seem like a silly question, but I'm very curious what others have done here. I've just started scrapping, digitally of course, and I've started by doing layouts of old family photos for a couple of memory albums. I scan in the photos and make my pages on the computer, and print the layouts for my album.

But what to do with the actual old photos? I don't want to end up paper scrapping them, too, but it doesn't feel right just putting them back into the big box of old photos. I've thought about making plain storage albums with the original photos mounted on acid free cardstock in the same groupings as the digital scrapbook, but without all the embellishments, printed papers, journalling, etc. That way they're better protected than in a big box, and it would be fairly easy to locate a specific photo if needed. Come to think of it, that album would also be a good place to keep the backup CD(s) of the page layouts and scanned photos, too.

So far I haven't done anything, 'cause I want to start with one system and stick with it.

Other Ideas for organizing and safeguarding them, please?!

TIA! Beth

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