The winner of the MyMemories Digital Scrapbooking Software is…
Don’t forget, if you want to try it yourself, you can get $10 by using my code!
My code: STMMMS12240
a confession, a review, and a giveaway
December 22, 2011 By
I have a confession.
I’m a scrapbooker.
If you know me in real life, you already know this. If you are just reading this for the first time, I know…somehow I don’t seem “the part.”
But you know what? If this chick can do it, so can I. Quit judging.
My ideal is to get together with my scrapbooking friends once a month and go to a scrapbook store near us and scrap til we drop. Usually from about 5pm until midnight stopping for dinner sometime in there.
It’s a fun reason to get out of the house and talk with other adults and laugh inappropriately and get some work done on my many scrapbooking projects.
The problem is, even once a month is hardly doable with our crazy busy schedules, so my photo To Scraps keep piling up and up and up!
Enter Digital Scrapbooking.
When MyMemories.Com contacted me about trying it out, I had to think about it. Honestly, I had been avoiding the idea for a couple years now. There is just something wonderful about holding a scrapbook in your hands. About having it to read and pass down to your kids someday.
I decided to give it a whirl though when I realized that I am still stuck in 2008 in my current “real” album. Before Eddie was even conceived. Yeah.
So I followed some super easy directions and downloaded the scrapbooking software to my laptop.
Within minutes I was browsing through possible projects: themed albums, photo calendars, slideshows, and tons more. Dang! I can make gifts on this thing…not just albums. It’s like having snapfish in my laptop!
Because this browsing was becoming a time suck (the good kind. Like pinterst!), I decided to do a Christmas themed album of the photos I have already taken.
Now, there are directions, I am sure. However I am of the school that if I can’t figure it out on my own, boo to it.
So I just started pushing buttons and sliding things around and poking here, there, and everywhere in the My Memories Suite…
And presto!
And those are just a sampling of what I created…in like 15 minutes WITH a toddler nagging me to put on another Word World the whole time. Imagine what I could do if I sat down and actually put some REAL creative time into it!
I don’t think digital scrapbooking will replace my “real” scrapbooks, but they are a nice way to keep my pictures/albums up to date. Especially because they have a million ways you can share what you create. Plus, they can be “published” into real ones.
So what do you think?
Do you scrapbook? Do you use “real stuff” or do you go the digital route?
Wanna win a free download of the My Memories Suite (a $40 value)? Yeah you do.
Here’s what you need to do. Leave me a comment about scrapbooking. Yup, it’s that easy.
If you want extra entries, you can do the following:
- follow the MyMemories Blog and leave me a comment telling me you do.
- “Like” MyMemories on facebook and leave me a comment telling me you do.
- “Follow” MyMemories Suite on twitter and leave me a comment telling me you do.
That’s it. Giveaway open until 5pm est Dec 29, 2011. A winner will be chosen at random and contacted via email with the code for the free download.
Oh wait! I forgot…if you are wanting to buy NOW…
And enter the code: STMMMS12240
We will both win. Boom.
The Legal Stuff: MyMemories sent me a code for a free download of the Making Memories Suite to try, review, and then giveaway to one of you. The code above will is a part of the Share the Memories program where I get $20 for each purchase made with the code. All opinions are my own.
the holiday “spirits”
December 19, 2011 By 13 Comments
Saturday night was our first “Christmas” celebration of this year.
We were all pretty excited since it wasn’t one of those “obligatory” parties, but a little get together with some of our closest friends to give gifts to each other’s kids and eat a lot of food and play cards and laugh…a LOT.
They are the kinds of friends you don’t have to get all dressed up and impress to hang out with.
It’s come as you are and just chill.
There were delicious taco bowls for dinner and gifts for the kids. There were three boys playing spies and two little girls flashing huge smiles.
And eventually, there were five little kids 5 and under wrestled into jammies and sent to bed.
So that the adults could bust out a game of Euchre and this bad boy:
I was sent a bottle of Crimson and Clover Concannon wine to review, but only after I solemnly swore I would only take one or two sips and let my hubs and/or friends help me with the review.
You know, pregnancy and all.
I am not usually a drinker of reds, but my friend Trisha is newly in love with them, and since this is a red and supposedly sweetish, I thought bringing it along Saturday night was a great idea.
Trisha’s husband opened it and we both gave it a sniff.
Mmm. smells like Crimson and Clover. That is a good sign.
It is supposed to have the “aromas” of currant, cloves, and vanilla. Very Christmasy.
I really wanted to gulp some down on the smell alone, but I knew I was only allowed a sip.
Mmmmm! Fruity! My fave!
Trisha took one sip and that was the end of it. And by “it”, I mean the bottle. She was in love.
My usual problem with reds is the aftertaste. But this one is pretty soft. It’s a blend of Petite Sirah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, and Zinfandel grapes.
Even Cort agreed and after a sip, decided to have a whole glass.
I don’t know what it is about that wine (actually, I think it’s the almost 14% alcohol content), but Trisha and Cort beat Ben and me 3 out of 3 games of Euchre.
The suggested pairings with the Conservancy Crimson and Clover are “black pepper-crusted filet mignon with goat cheese or grilled artichoke with tarragon aioli,” but we paired it with cheesy chex mix and cookies. I think we made the better choice.
I that that I never had nor heard of Concannon Vineyard before, but then I browsed around their site and realized they also make Glen Ellen wines, which I like.
The bottles only go for $15-$18 a piece, which is right up my price range when it comes to wine. And it’s GOOD.
Plus I just looked and they carry this wine at my grocery store. SCORE! It’s the PERFECT holiday hostess gift.
This wine will definitely be added to the wine rack collection to be enjoyed after Charlie is born. Until then, we will have to make do sharing it with friends.
no children were served wine. My kid has game without the booze, yo.
What are your favorite wines during the holidays? Reds? Whites? Blushes? Spill it (but not literally), yo.
Legal Stuff: I was sent a bottle of Crimson and Clover for review, but the opinions are all mine…and my friends who are allowed to drink.
