Image from Keepy
My daughter loves ART. Last year, she came home from school with so many art projects I had no idea what to do with. I started folders, bins, and stacking them away in the closet because anytime I wanted to toss something out my daughter would notice. She also has a great memory, and occasionally asks for projects and when I couldn’t “find” them she gets upset. I also have a hard time parting with them because she is very creative and puts so much effort into her projects. However, apartment living isn’t conducive for storing stacks of artwork. At one point we were so inundated with her artwork, she decided to sell it to her uncles so it wouldn’t get thrown out. I told her we need to keep her very best pieces and we would have to give away the rest.
Last week, I attended a back-to-school breakfast in her classroom. Just a side-note, she has been in school 2 1/2 weeks and the artwork is already starting to pile up on top of the stack from last year. She was showing me around her classroom and took me to her cubby. There was a picture with a sentence about what she hopes to do in school this year (see below).
When I saw the picture and that she hoped to DRAW in school, I was so thankful I learned about Keepy at the Fashion Forward Conference a few days prior. Keepy is an App that creates a gallery to organize, enhance, share, admire and save your child’s schoolwork, art and mementos. It’s easy to use, just download the App to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod, and start the set-up process. You can sign-up or log-in through Facebook. Once you log in you can set-up galleries with a photo for all of your children. Snap a shot of their artwork, enhance the image, comment and add the date then save. The coolest feature is the ability to record a video to go with the picture you are saving. In addition, loved ones can use the keepy-cam to comment on the work or memento. Keepies can also be shared on Facebook, Twitter and on the Keepy Gallery. I no longer have to throw out artwork, I can keep them by taking pictures and saving them to Keepy.
In addition to saving your child’s work, you can turn your favorite pieces into a case for your iPhone case with endless possibilities, once in image format, on Zazzle. These keepsakes would make fabulous gifts for friends and family on birthdays or for the Holidays!
Keepy is free at the iTunes App Store and includes an option to increase storage with an in-app purchase. It will be available on Google Play in the fall 2013. The platform provides the space and the storage on the Keepy cloud forever. To learn more about Keepy visit Keepy.me, watch the YouTube video, find on Facebook, or follow on twitter.
Disclaimer: I did not receive compensation for this post. All opinions expressed are my own. Information in italics came from keepy.me or a press release. Images, unless noted, were taken by Tastefully Childish
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