Guide 1 of 3 · Digitize
Scan Your Shoebox
Digitize old prints, slides and albums at home, without wasting weeks or harming anything.
$14
Shoebox Rescue
Boxes of family photos, and no idea where to start?
Shoeboxes of prints. A drawer of slides. Albums on a closet shelf. A phone and an old laptop full of pictures nobody can find. You know these photos matter, you worry about losing them, and every plan you have starts with “someday.”
Shoebox Rescue is a set of three plain, practical PDF guides that take you from the box to a library your family can actually use. One small step at a time, with checklists and worksheets.
Sound familiar?
- You have boxes of prints, maybe slides and albums, and no plan for what to scan first.
- You are not sure whether your phone is enough or you need a scanner, or a service.
- Your scans and phone photos are scattered across devices, with duplicates and file names that tell you nothing.
- Everything lives in one place, on one device, and you cannot say when you last checked.
- You are not sure what to do with the originals afterward, or who is in the pictures.
That is the shoebox problem. It is not a technology problem or a willpower problem. It is a “no plan” problem, and a plan is something you can follow.
The way through: scan, organize, look after
- Scan what matters first, carefully, in small finishable batches.
- Organize so any photo opens in seconds, and back it up so one failure does not take everything.
- Look after the originals, label them, and make sure the family knows who is in them.
The three guides
Guide 2 of 3 · Organize
Find Any Photo in 10 Seconds
Name, organize and back up your family photo library, so your photos are easier to find and harder to lose.
$14
Guide 3 of 3 · Preserve and share
Keep the Originals Safe
Store, label and share family photos, and make sure the family knows who is in them.
$12
The bundle
All three guides for $22
Scan it, organize it, look after it: 80 pages and 18 printable worksheets across three PDFs. Bought separately the guides are $40 ($14 + $14 + $12), so the bundle saves $18, or 45%.
Built on public guidance, not guesswork
Statements of fact in the guides come from public guidance by the Library of Congress, the National Archives, the National Park Service, CISA (the US cybersecurity agency) and the Image Permanence Institute, plus the help pages of tools named as examples. Each carries a small number that points to a Sources list at the back of the guide, with the date we checked it (October 16, 2026). Our own suggestions are not numbered, so you can tell the difference. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by any of those organizations.
The guides name software only as examples of a type, with the date we checked it, and they list no prices for software or supplies, because prices change.
What the guides leave out, on purpose
Cleaning, repairing, flattening or restoring photographs, mold, and very old film are jobs for a professional, so the guides tell you to stop and how to find one. They also do not cover copyright or other legal questions, and they do not promise that any photograph will last. Our goal is to help you reduce risk, not to claim you can remove it.
Quick answers
What format are the guides?
Each guide is a PDF in US letter size with real, selectable text, so you can read it on a phone, tablet or computer, search it, or print it. The worksheets sit at the back of each guide, ready to print and fill in by hand.
How do I get the guide after I buy it?
Checkout and payment are handled by Stripe, through its Link service. Right after payment you are taken to a page with your download link, so save the PDF then. Link also emails you a receipt. If the download page does not open or a file will not download, email us and we will send the guide. The bundle gives you all three PDFs from one purchase.
What if it is not right for me?
Email sundialpages@gmail.com within 30 days of purchase with your order email or order number, and we will refund you in full. You do not need to give a reason. Read the Refund Policy.
Where do the facts come from?
Statements of fact in the guides come from public guidance by the Library of Congress, the National Archives, the National Park Service, CISA (the US cybersecurity agency) and the Image Permanence Institute, plus the help pages of tools named as examples. Each carries a small number that points to a Sources list at the back of the guide, with the date we checked it (October 16, 2026). Our own suggestions are not numbered, so you can tell the difference. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by any of those organizations.
Is this medical, legal or financial advice?
No. The guides are general practical information. They are not medical, legal or financial advice, and not professional conservation advice. They do not cover copyright or other legal questions. Where something looks like a job for a professional, such as mold, damage or very old film, the guides tell you to stop and ask one.