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What do I do with all my old photos?

What do I do with all my old photos?

There's only one answer to this...put the old photos into a photo album! Oh my days. You will be so pleased with yourself once you've done it.  Sorting through old photos really is one of those jobs that lurks in the back of your mind, resurfacing every few months/years that is just worth acting on. You need to start somewhere so my basic advice is 1) Have a good look at the photos - this will most certainly make you laugh and cry - and decide are you making the photo albums for yourself or for someone else? 2) See...

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Has the new Barbie film inspired you to get more pink into your life?

Has the new Barbie film inspired you to get more pink into your life?

I don't think pink gets enough air time if I'm honest. It often gets overlooked as too girly, too sugary, too brash but it really is an amazing colour. Watching the Barbie film this week made me reaffirm my love of pink. It has the boldness of red but without the harsh heat, the glow of yellow but just more depth and a frisson of fun that blue, green and grey just don't have. We have lots of shades of pink here at BeGolden ( another plus point - its huge range of variations). In our linen range we have...

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Go old school and put your holiday photos into a photo album!

Go old school and put your holiday photos into a photo album!

When you go on holiday how many photos do you take? Why not go old school and make a photo album up! Get those photos off your phone and put them into a luxuriously handbound photo album.

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which colour foil do I use for the words printed on my photo album or guest book??

Which colour foil do I use for the words printed on my photo album or guest book??

This question 'which colour foil should I use for the personalisation on my guest book?' is a really common one, and it's actually quite tricky to answer as it's so subjective. When we started the business 15 years ago we were champions of gold ( hence the name BeGolden ) as it was the heyday of all things white, grey and silver and we wanted to be different. The White Company was massive, piles of silver bangles a must, grey interiors the only way and everyone wanted silver embossing. Out of 20 printed orders only one would be gold and...

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