Creating with My Memories

I was contacted out of the blue by My Memories digital software.  I will say I'm not a very "popular" blog so this shocked me.  But I agreed to play with it because I love the idea of scrapbooking, but do not want another expensive hobby and also - I am not very creative when it comes to photos and scrapbooking.  Also - I must say I'm not very good at "techy" stuff.  I bought JB photoshop, but neither of us has really played with it.  It's a bit over my head. 

I was able to easily download the software onto my laptop, open it, add free pages, trims, and other elements and make a small photo album of our New York trip.  For my album, I started with an album layout which included the backgrounds, spots and sizes for photos and where to place text. 

It was easy to use and I felt like a creative genius.  For my second project - I started with a completely blank page.  I then loaded a Christmas background page, added a photo, text, and embellishments (the dark grey snowflake and the light border on the left side).  Then I moved everything, saved it, saved it to a JPEG so I could load it to the blog and am sharing it with you.  I'm amazed at how easy it was. 

I truly believe the reason this was so easy for me is because of all the great (and lots of free) products available at the My Memories website as well as on their blog which is filled with tutorials.  The best part of this whole thing is a lovely offer to my readers as well as a give away (and since I don't have many readers - your chances are better than most!)  My Memories Suite has offered a $10 discount off the purchase of My Memories Suite Scrapbook Software and a $10 coupon for their store - that's a $20 value!  Just use this code:  MMS4Blog.

Now for the give away of the My Memories Suite Software:  do me a favor, hop on over to the My Memories site and look around.  Come back and tell me what your favorite layout or paper pack is and what you imagine your first project to be.  I know for my next project - I'm planning to make some gift tags and then maybe a calendar.  I will leave the give away open until October 14th.  Good Luck.

Thankful Dogs

Today I am thankful for the following:

~~ Friends who send lovely, thoughtful trinkets as reminders and remembrances.
~~ Crafty Friends who can take a piece and make it something you will love.
~~ Being able to take a piece that I love from Lapdog Creations to Orange Box Jewelry (see links above) and have Krissy make something that holds Dudley and the rest of my pack in my heart each and every time I wear it.
~~ Having a job - regardless of how stressful - I create some of the stress myself, but it's hard to let it go.
~~ Four day work weeks - giving me Fridays home with just the dogs allowing me to sew, clean or just veg.
~~ The ability to plan a great vacation to meet velveteen friends and visit with The Princess and treat JB to something he's always wanted to do but never done.
~~ Of course the obvious, but for now - I'm gonna get ready for work.  If you are in the market for some interesting jewelry - please go check out Orange Box Jewelry and don't forget to stop by Lapdog Creations.  LDC has a review of some dog treats and a give away! 

Happy Thursday everyone - what little things are making you smile today?

Bridgewater - Part 2

Just a teaser.

I threw the shawl over the bar stool to get it out of the way - and loved the way it looked there.

To be gifted soon.