My Memories–Review and Giveaway

Yes, I belong to the cult of scrapbooking.  Alright, it’s not really THAT bad, but we scrapbookers take it pretty serious.  I’ve never worked with digital scrapbook software before, so I was really excited when the folks from My Memories contacted me to review their software.

You don’t often see me say “I love this product”, because I’m picky like that.  However, this one get’s an official LOVE button!  Everything about My Memories is easy, from downloading the software, navigating around and getting started with little or no help.

You can quickly ad hot spots to your creations connecting your photo layouts to videos, music, websites and more.   For those of you who aren’t into scrapbooking (shame on you), possibilities are limited only by your imagination.  Personalized cards, calendars, bloggy buttons are simple and quick and totally the way you want them!  What grandparent wouldn’t love their own bound photo book of your latest bundle of joy?

I created these two layouts in about 5 minutes, and that’s without reading the tutorial.  This is by far one of the most user friendly software products I’ve ever worked with.

The software is normally only $39.97, BUT My Memories is offering a $10 off coupon to all of my readers!  Go to the My Memories site and then enter your special offer code of STMMMS5881 to get save $10 off the regular price!

THE GIVE AWAY:

One super lucky winner will receive a free My Memories Suite download!   To enter, go to My Memories and look around, come back and leave a comment telling me which digital paper pack is your favorite!   For an additional entry LIKE My Memories on Facebook.  Be sure to leave a separate comment for each entry.

Giveaway is open until midnight on September 19.  A winner will be chosen at random on September 20.  Good luck, and happy scrapping!

 

^{I received a free copy of the My Memories software for review purposes only. I received no other compensation and the opinions expressed herein are strictly my own.}

Scrap Frenzy

The last year was over busy, over committed, over worked and I don’t think any of us enjoyed it much.  So now that I’ve quit working, finished my tour on  the TOS Review Crew, dropped co-op and dropped a few other activities I’m finding I have time for life again.

Recently, I had the startling realization that I hadn’t worked on scrapbooking in over a year.  This may not be bad for some, but for a chronological scrapper with OCD tendencies, this was serious!

So, I took advantage of Olivia’s recovery time and attacked my delinquent pile.  In a total of 4 days of scrapping, I completed 49 12X12 layouts, and managed to get caught up.  Well, except for the photos that arrived in today’s mail.

Anyway, if you don’t scrap you may wonder what does a scrap frenzy look like??   Well, here is what the aftermath looks like…documented in photos, just for you!

    As messy as it is, as crazy as it sounds, it gave me one more thing to check off the “to-do list”, and THAT made me very happy.  Interested in reading what others do for fun? (Really, it was fun!)  Check out Time For Mom hosted by Kris at Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers.