online scrapbooking

If you're a photo hoarder like me, but never actually get your photos off your phone or tablet for anyone to see, I bet you'll be as intrigued as I was by this new interactive photo album called Joy . The Joy Album is a gorgeous digital …

There's a lime green folder in a top drawer in our kitchen that is spilling over with paper: artwork, drawings, little wobbly letters that are getting less wobbly day by day. I've learned to let go and throw some things away, but the res…

I'm a little embarrassed to admit that it took me about 9 months to print out pictures of my third baby and put them up around the house. When I think back to how diligent I was with baby #1 and (a little less diligent with) baby #2, I h…

As a full-time working mom of three, I can barely remember what I had for lunch today, let alone things my kids did three days ago, which is why I am so glad to have discovered the Heyday app . It's become my automatic rememberer (is tha…

Even though we’ve made it easy to figure out which photo book service is the best one for you and we've discovered plenty of great things to do with your Instagram photos besides keep them on your phone, I still have a hard time staying …

In honor of Facebook's 10th birthday, they're offering users a pretty cool feature called Lookback , which had me tearing up within the first few seconds. Just make sure you're logged into your Facebook account, then head over to the Loo…

Obsessed with Pinterest as we are? Follow Cool Mom Tech for cool (or geeky-cool) finds like this every day. 1. We are all seriously coveting this cool iPad case found on Etsy. 2. Anyone who has family photos from the pre-digital film day…

As a sentimental parent and one who loves to remember all the little things, I've been turning more towards my phone for digital assistance so I don't miss a thing. Which is why I love checking out apps that are designed to record memori…

Now that I've discovered this amazing new journaling app, I know plenty of parents can make up for lost time without going out of their way. In fact, it might be the very best baby book app I've found. I pretty much ditched the baby book…

The other day I was cleaning out my daughter's closet and I came across her baby book. About the first six months of her life were complete, but after that, it was pretty spotty. I will say that looking at digital baby book options avail…

As parents, I know so many of us keep some kind of record of our funny kid-isms (they do say the darndest things, right?), but a new service called Limetree will now let you record all of them in one place. Limetree is both a website and…

Recently, I wrote about Animoto's Best of 2012 Facebook video feature allowing you to create a montage of major highlights in 2012. A cool way to look back on big moments, but what if there were a way to compile all the small moments tha…

Starting oh, about now, every news channel and magazine will start promoting their "best of the year" piece. While it's fine and dandy to watch non-stop footage about the 2012 election, Kristen Stewart, and people camping out for iPhone …

There are two things you should know about me as a chronicler of my kids' lives: 1. I take lots of photographs of them on various devices. 2. I do absolutely nothing with those photographs. I have a sneaky suspicion that I am not alone i…

Sharing photos on a trip is a great way for those back home to see you on your exciting travels. But when you're using different social networks throughout your sojourn to broadcast, it can be hard for friends and family to keep up. Rath…

Don't miss an update below - and a chance to win $100 with your design! If you think of all the Facebook photos you've uploaded in the past couple years, it probably amounts to tens, if not hundreds (maybe thousands for avid Facebookers!…

I had one of those moments recently that falls squarely into the category of "modern life." I was looking for a photograph of my kids that I could visualize in my mind, but couldn't remember if it was on my phone camera, camera-camera, i…

As much as I wish I were a scrapbooker--or, OK, even the kind of mama that actually puts photos into an album more than once a year--I've made my peace with the fact it's probably not gonna happen. So I flock to cool apps like Martha Ste…

It's no secret that I take nearly all my photos with my iPhone, which means in order for me turn my favorite pictures into anything but a file on my computer (that no one really ever sees but me) it takes a lot of extra steps and a lot o…

Back to school time for parents means back to school tech . After all, it is time to get back into the organization zone. (Unless you're one of those rare people who stays super organized all the time. In which case...well, don't rub it …

The tech world is buzzing about the new Martha Stewart Crafts app for iPad, and I can see why. Long ago, I used to babysit for a family who had their attic converted into a professional scrapbooking room. Filled with stacks of patterned …

When I opened the mysterious package that arrived for me this week, I was surprised to pull out a vintage hat box. Surprised and happy--since vintage hat boxes are one of my most favorite things. Inside, there was all this cool ephemera.…

When I was in junior high, I remember a phase when all I wanted to do was create these photo montages, where I would take a big 'ol piece of posterboard and glue pictures of me and my friends onto them. Where I would get really fancy is …

Ever since discovering the Instagram iPhone app , I've become completely obsessed; so much so that it's all I really use to take photos of my kids anymore. I've been trying to figure out a way to share them with friends and family, other…