EmpowerMoms

UTAH FRIENDS:
Help us spread the word about the OLIVIA launch party!

Party Details:

Come to the Fort Union Deseret Book store on Saturday, February 18, from 1:00 – 3:00 pm.

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I was mailed this book last week, so be looking for a book review in the next week or two about it. There will be 4 books by 4 authors in this series-to be released all this year!
Book one is called:

Well, its getting close to Valentines Day and I wanted to share a couple love layouts I did a couple weeks ago. I was so pleased that Missy’s Bits picked me to preview her new kit called “Chocolate Valentine”. It can be found here:  http://www.mymemories.com/store/display_product_page?id=MBMS-CP-1201-11098
I loved using this kit!!! I’m not a big fan honestly of Valentine’s Day but I enjoyed making romantic and fun layouts using the pink, brown and red colors as well as the chocolate letters-yummy!! 😉
I think the price is great for all the papers and embellishments that come with this kit. I especially loved the flowers!
As you can see from my layouts below, I didn’t just use this kit for a “couples/love” page. I can always make a kit work with using pictures of my precious boys!!

We’ve been moving things around in our playroom and unpacking toddler toys this week. I love to organize and label things, but instead of hand writing with a sharpie on a piece of paper; I decided to go all out and make labels using My Memories software!!
I began by selecting my size-I choose landscape, then 5 1/2 x 4 1/4.
For all 3 label backgrounds, I used the kit “Fun & Games” by StoryRock.
I went very basic with these labels and the font-no frills-because I want my 19 month old to start identifying colors, letters & words. Basically I wanted these labels very easy to read.
For the Puzzles label I used the shape option to make puzzle pieces, then filled it in with the “Fun & Games” paper.
For the little people & animals I used the embellishments from “Country Boy” by Marie H Designs. 
For the cars, trucks & buses label I used the embellishments from “Boy’s Toys” by CatDesignz.

When I was done, I printed them off on white cardstock so they would be thick and then trimmed around the edges.

Next I laminated the labels with contact paper.

Then I trimmed off the extra contact paper and taped the labels to the front of my sterilite toy bins. I know the tape doesnt look very nice around the label, but honestly I felt like if I put the tape on the under part of the label so it wouldn’t show, the baby would just tear it off! lol-I have to always be one step ahead of him!!

The Final product-ta da!! So easy-seriously! You should try it!

I also made a chart for my 10 year old to put on the fridge to help remind him about our family play rules. The sky’s the limit with using this mymemories software!! (Remember if you want to purchase this amazing product-use my special code on the right of the blog screen to save $10!!)

I discovered “digital scrapbooking” last summer. I had resisted for years, scoffing that it really wasn’t scrapbooking like putting together my traditional albums! Well, lets face it- we are all busy and now that I’m not a single mom with one child any more, I have less time. So I entered the world of digital scrapbooking and discovered a program called “MyMemories”.  Of course I had tons of questions, but I found the program very easy to learn once I took the time to read some tutorials and asked questions on the MyMemories facebook page. I’ve even been able to take some online classes to learn more in depth about the program. I’ve found this program and digital scrapbooking alot more enjoyable than I thought I would! And I’ve even been able to go back and scrap most of my 2011 pictures. This year, I have made a goal to participate with P52, which means doing a layout every week for the year of 2012. Every week I will make a layout using that weeks pictures and memories. I’m sure some weeks will be better than others. But so far I have stayed caught up and just finished my week 4 layout. Below are my layouts from the last month. What do you think? Have I said this program is so easy and fun to use??!!

The best part is, that MyMemories is always very generous with freebies and giveaways!! I will be doing a drawing sometime this month and one lucky person will get a FREE copy of this incredible software program!! Isn’t that nice they will let me do that for you? I will post specifics later this month…
Now back to a couple more layouts I did in January…