Tag Archives: Tools & Tech: Flip-Pal

Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve found, such as new blogs, interesting posts/articles, useful websites and resources, and of course upcoming webinars.

  Have you been looking for the right time to purchase a Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner?  That time might be now!  Flip-Pal is offering a $30 savings on their “Picture Keeper” Bundle, which includes: Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner Picture Keeper Deluxe carrying case This bundle is priced at $229.97, but you can have it for $199.97.  But hurry, offer ends August 25, 2013.  Use coupon code: SAS725 to save $30 on the “Picture Keeper” Bundle – Buy Now!

With the holidays drawing near, the Flip-Pal™ mobile scanner has been the topic of discussion as people are scanning photos to create homemade holiday gifts.  Last year, I was fortunate enough to receive the Flip-Pal™ mobile scanner for free in exchange for participating in the Simple Gifts Blog Hop.

A few years ago, my husband got me a really neat Christmas gift, a family tree figurine with little hanging frames for family photos and a place to have it engraved.  As a budding genealogist at the time, this was certainly a thoughtful gift.  But, and I hate to admit this, I never actually replaced the photos with my own family photos, until the other day.

Like many of us, I have several photo albums where the photos are helplessly stuck to the pages.  Removing them can damage the photos and trying to scan a giant (not to mention heavy and awkward) album on a flatbed scanner is difficult and time-consuming. Thus the beauty of the Flip-Pal™ Mobile Scanner.  All you have to do is lay it over a photo, scan, and move onto the next.  I did an entire photo album in about an hour, while sitting in my recliner watching TV (30 pages, double-sided, […]

Last weekend, I started to experiment with my new Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner.  And although I’ve not been able to do much with it this last week (been away for a few days) I have been thinking about what “gifts” I’m going to work on.  I’ve had a few ideas in mind, but hadn’t really committed to any of them.  Since this Blog Hop ends on the 25th, I figured I’d better commit to something, which I will start posting about soon.  In the meantime, I put together a demonstration of […]

As I mentioned earlier this week, I am participating in the Simple Gifts Blog Hop sponsored by Flip-Pal™.  Things have been so crazy this week, I’ve only been able to play around with the scanner for about an hour.  I hope to get started on one of my projects this weekend, so look for a blog post or two next week. Flip-Pal™ is offering 10% off on the purchase of a Flip-Pal™ mobile scanner.  To receive this coupon code, head on over and submit your idea for using the Flip-Pal™ […]

Well, Happy Halloween to me!  Boy did I get a treat! As I was coming home today, the UPS guy was right behind me and I knew he was going to follow me home…and he did…with my new Flip-Pal™ Mobile Scanner in hand!