GrampaJim Posted October 6, 2023 Report Share Posted October 6, 2023 After 7+ years of making things with a scroll saw, I wish I had kept a record of the pieces I gave to friends and family. My memory of what I gave to who and when, has gotten me into trouble twice with friends, and very often with my wife. Conversations are like "didn't you already give them one" and I go "I don't know" My advice to the newer scrollers (and others too), keep a log of everything. It seems like a waste of time, but you will be glad you did someday. wombatie, Mark SW, ChelCass and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wichman Posted October 6, 2023 Report Share Posted October 6, 2023 I started a folder on a thumb drive. I take a picture of the item, the file name is the person and the date. I have individual folders for immediate family and generic folders for others. ChelCass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafairchild2 Posted October 7, 2023 Report Share Posted October 7, 2023 I take photos of everything that comes off my saw, no matter what. Most of what I make becomes a gift. I have in-progress photos and then finished photos. I have a black background that I put my pieces on so they look really good when photographed. I then back all of them up to my Google Photos folder. I also post them to my personal blog in that gallery (see link below), so they are available to the public, along with my writing about scrolling. This way everything is backed up. Once in a while, I do copy my computer folders to a storage hard drives as well. Old military saying. Two is one and one is none! This is why I am backed up to a minimum of 2 places, preferably 3, better 4. ps: I do the same thing with patterns on my Google Drive. All patterns I buy/download/create also go to my Google Drive or my encrypted proton drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jollyred Posted October 7, 2023 Report Share Posted October 7, 2023 I have a list of my Christmas presents going back to 2004. Had more at one time but lost them somewhere. With my memory, I am taking as few chances as possible in duplicating gifts. It also gives me ideas for what I haven't given someone. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimNC Posted October 7, 2023 Report Share Posted October 7, 2023 I ran out of friends and family. Now starting to "gift" neighbors. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted October 7, 2023 Report Share Posted October 7, 2023 When I started, when I gave someone something as a gift, I request a picture of them with the piece. I thought if was simple request, especially in this day of modern technology. But I would say less than 5% followed through. I wanted a folder of memories. but not to be. No big deal but a disappointment. So like you, I can't remember them all. Won't stop me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted October 7, 2023 Report Share Posted October 7, 2023 I too have pictures of all projects. The problem is at ArtCrafters, I tend to give away projects with no record. I give "HUG"s at ArtCrafters and someone just said I got one several weeks ago. I told her it is good to collect "HUG"s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTTHECLOCKMAN Posted October 7, 2023 Report Share Posted October 7, 2023 I too started taking photos of everything I made but they were film photos back then. No computer and digital prints. I started making a photo album and would bring to shows so people could see other items I made and they could order them if they wanted to. That lasted a couple years and then became a pain. So much easier to take photos today and poste in forums and things. But the many many projects I made back then I have no digital photos. I made over 500 different items for sure. As others I too have made things for family and friends that were never sold. Some I have pictures and some I do not. But have the memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Fengstad Posted October 8, 2023 Report Share Posted October 8, 2023 On 10/6/2023 at 4:25 PM, GrampaJim said: After 7+ years of making things with a scroll saw, I wish I had kept a record of the pieces I gave to friends and family. My memory of what I gave to who and when, has gotten me into trouble twice with friends, and very often with my wife. Conversations are like "didn't you already give them one" and I go "I don't know" My advice to the newer scrollers (and others too), keep a log of everything. It seems like a waste of time, but you will be glad you did someday. That is good advice been there done that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crupiea Posted October 8, 2023 Report Share Posted October 8, 2023 My technique is to just not have any friends. lol Gene Howe and meflick 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafairchild2 Posted October 8, 2023 Report Share Posted October 8, 2023 5 hours ago, crupiea said: My technique is to just not have any friends. lol Same here. I can pick my friends, I can pick my nose, but I can't pick my family. Might as well give them gifts. Gene Howe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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