I take an insane amount of pictures. Before the digital era (B.D.E.), I had triple prints printed of every roll of film at my local Costco. It was often costly, considering how many pictures included closed eyes, chopped off heads, and even unflattering butt shots of myself taken by a then toddler.

My mother and mother-in-law however, loved the B.D.E., because they constantly were getting my extra pictures. Now I take so many more pictures, but they are saved on my laptop or shared here or on social media sites. My immediate family is pretty plugged into social media, but some of my extended relatives wouldn’t know the difference between Twitter and Instagram if their lives depended on it. So uploading pictures to a family Shutterfly account is about to happen.
 

 
After 7 months, we are finally feeling settled. We sold most of our belongings and have slowly bought only things we absolutely love. We have had a couch in the front room for two weeks and are waiting on two leather sofas for the back family room. As I was taking pictures of the back room, I noticed I had many empty frames that had been displayed for over a month. Why? Well, honestly I have no idea. It certainly isn’t because of a lack of available pictures. So I declared the need for immediate action, thus the birth of Operation Print Those Pictures!
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So after I wrote the post entitled, I wish I had a picture of…, I received several pictures from my family by email and discovered these polaroids in my photo stash. I’m in heaven. {Other than still recovering from the trauma of my boy haircut of course.}  I just love the pictures of my sister and I singing with our microphones and record players. Classic.

So after looking through these polaroids,  I decided I wanted to make Polaroid magnets for our refrigerator and give you my templates so that you could make them for yours as well.

I made two versions. The first is for my friends who are die hard traditional scrapbookers (who will be buried with their acid free, 12 x 12 scrapbooks in chronological order). The second is for my friends that have embraced the digital age and want to make them using Photoshop. I have just started using the digital stuff. It is not as difficult, as it is just foreign. And I’m also realizing that there are about 2o ways to do each step. It’s liberating and frustrating at the same time. I’m still a Photoshop novice.

Either way, here is a view of the finished product:

The larger version (2 inch square picture).

And the smaller version (1.5 inch square picture). I love this size!

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