Paul Sadowski, a Warren, Michigan resident, invented an ingenious device that will add a decorative finish to his walls and yours by displaying memorable family photos; he calls it Picture Pages.
Picture Pages is specially designed to serve as a photo album or scrap-book that is put on display and not tucked away under the bed or in a closet. This product brings a creative touch to any home or office. It makes it simple to display photos and scrapbooks where it is convenient for people to enjoy them. In the past photos have been stored in shoe boxes and put under the bed or in a closet, Picture Pages boasts, bring your memories out of the closet, and you will. These will also provide an area where visitors will re-live past times when they see their photos displayed on your walls.
detroit news
Saturday, September 09, 2006
Picture Pages sets focus on growth:
The company: Picture Pages LLC is a partnership between husband-and-wife team Paul and Linda Sadowski. The couple founded the Warren-based company nearly three years ago to market Paul's invention: the first photo display album designed for mounting on a wall in a home or office.
Paul created Picture Pages to help his blended family exhibit photos from the past and present. The display, which retails for about $50, measures 15 inches by 31 inches and can hold up to 100 photos.
Product development: The Sadowskis estimate they have invested more than $200,000 in Picture Pages so far. Their latest investment is new, brightly colored packaging to make Picture Pages more appealing to female shoppers.
The couple also is in the midst of preparing for the Christmas season, finding new distribution points like Classic Auto in Troy and Joe Panian Chevrolet in Southfield.
Retail expansion: The next step for Picture Pages is making headway into two critical markets -- scrapbooking stores and funeral homes. "We have visions of Picture Pages being introduced through funeral homes as a tasteful replacement for big, clumsy memory boards," Paul Sadowski said. "Once it has been done for a while, people will see the idea and realize it makes sense to display photos rather than store them in boxes or under the bed."
On the Web: www.picturepagesllc.com or www.photo-displays.com.
Final word: "Within five years, we would like to believe that Picture Pages would be in most homes everywhere," Paul Sadowski said. "It's such a novel, simple idea."
Karen Dybis
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Funeral Directors information
When we created "Picture Pages" for use as a photo album or scrapbook, we had no idea what a fantastic help this would be for funeral directors to help families to set up their treasured memories. We have attached the following videos to show what a simple process it can be, to make "Picture Pages" available as a "charged for or maybe even a no charge option, so the family will no longer have the task of dismantling their photos and such from the traditional memory boards currently being used at funerals.
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A Big Announcement
Picture Pages will have a sister. Creative Imaginations is launching their first Wall Mounted Scrapbook at the February CHA convention in Anaheim, California. Yes they have licensed their version through Picture Pages and they have been phenomenal to work with. We are very proud to be affiliated with such an organization as Creative Imaginations. Of course the original Picture Pages will still be available and with the funding an opportunity like this should provide. We hope to have many more of our product improvements available sooner rather than later. It's hard for us to improve our quality, but you should see more colors, sizes, and possibly shapes being introduced.
"Picture Pages"THE BEST WAY TO DISPLAY PHOTOS AND MEMORIES
