"HOW TO" Acquire images for Custom Keepsakes

  • How to Capture Fingerprint Images From Your Living Loved Ones

    Watch our VIDEO showing a simple and easy way to capture fingerprints using paper, pencil and tape.

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  • Where to Look for Existing Prints if Your Loved One is Deceased.

    • Funeral Home: This is the most common source. Many funeral homes take fingerprints for record-keeping. Contact the one that handled your loved one's arrangements, and they can likely provide a copy if they took one.
    • Government and Military Records:Military: If your loved one was a veteran, their military service records may contain fingerprints. You can check their paperwork or contact the relevant military office.
    • Driver's License: Some states have a record of fingerprints from the driver's license application process.
    • Personal and Professional Documents: Check any paperwork you have. Fingerprints may be present in documents signed in front of a notary public or other official documents. 

    What to do if you cannot find existing prints

    Consider other keepsake that Adorn Designs Jewelry can create for you from handwriting or soundwave.

  • Handwriting, Signatures or Drawings

    • For handwriting, signature or drawings, we can use pieces from multiple items and combine them to fit on your chosen keepsake.
    • Photos can be color or black & white.
    • It is OK to send several photos.

  • Soundwaves

    Tips

    • Keep it short: Aim for a recording under 10 seconds, especially to ensure the details are visible. If your recording is longer - no problem, we can isolate only the audio you want so that it fits nicely on your keepsake.
    • Speak clearly: Speak directly into the microphone, and consider leaving a brief pause between words so the waveform can "level out" between sounds.
    • Minimize background noise: Record in a quiet environment to avoid interference.
    • Position the microphone: For best results, keep the microphone close to you while you are speaking.

    How to Record

    • You can capture new audio using the "Voice Memos" app on your Smartphone.
    • You can save a voicemail.
    • There is a free recording program called Audacity

    File Formats

    Most of these tools have an export option where you can choose to save your recording as an MP3 or WAV files

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