Written by: Jens Peterson & Vanessa Boucher ARE VCRs STILL MADE? If you’ve ever asked yourself, “Are VCRs still made?”, the answer is no. Funai Electric made the very last one in July 2016 – a big turning point in …
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Feeling nostalgic for the good old days? You can convert old home movies to digital and relive them anytime, anywhere. Film projectors and VCRs have been phased out, and the condition of aging tapes and film gets worse every day. …
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We’re in the business of storytelling and every day thousands of family photos pass through our doors. From hard drives full of digital photos to be organized to pristine collections of glass-plate negatives from the 1890’s – every project has …
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In the past week, we’ve covered a lot of ground on how to make a homemade cookbook to help you turn your heirloom family recipe cards into amazing and functional heirloom cookbooks. In parts one and two, we got you …
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As the members of the Greatest Generation leave us, so too does part of our family history. The history of storytelling begins with families passing down history through centuries of oral tradition. But that doesn’t happen as much as it …
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There are few gifts more meaningful than a hand-crafted book of delicious old family recipes. And when you want your family recipe book to also convey your family history, complete with photos and family memories, we call that an Heirloom …
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Family recipes are at the heart of the holiday season, and it’s always a wonderful feeling to pull out recipe cards written in your grandmother’s cursive, but paper is fragile and easily damaged. Aging recipe cards have been bent and …
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Saturday, October 21st was Home Movie Day – a day to celebrate and preserve the memories of home movies! We work with home movies a lot at EverPresent, and we are going to cover some basic tips on caring for …
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It’s now harder than ever to find a place that can still develop film. What do you do when you find a stash of 35mm film rolls in your downsizing parents’ photos? Do you shoot digital photos now, but want …
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You know the ones we mean. The vintage prints of your family striking a stoic pose. The crumbling, yellowed portraits of your great-great-someone sporting their Sunday best. These old pictures tell the story of who and where you come from, …
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