March Art & Club Premier

Have you seen the new March art yet??

Take a look at these darling art collections that were added to the Heritage Makers Premier Art Collection this month....

Cute huh??  Would you believe that you could get all these PLUS 45,000 other pieces of darling art for only $10 a month.  If you aren't a Club Premier member yet, you'll definitely want to take advantage of the great benefits of joining the Club:


Unlimited Photo Storage
Discounted Publishing Prices
2000 + Templates to Choose From
45,000 Pieces of Art (and GROWING each month)
Free Product Upgrades



Joining the Club is definitely the way to go!  It allows you to put that extra little bit of YOU into each project that you do.  Contact me to get the BEST deal!

Giveaway Day

It's giveaway day today!!!

I love, love, love giveaways.  I always enter...almost never win, but it's still fun.  It's just the thought of winning!  (Although, I imagine if I ever did actually win, I would go crazy!!)

Anyhoo...I found a great giveaway site a while ago, and decided that I wanted in on the fun sooooooo....

Go to MyGiveAwayToday.com and enter today!!  You can enter to win 1 of 2 Heritage Makers Swatchbooks (either the rectangular one or the new SQUARE swatchbook ...check out the template gallery for some cute ideas!)

Here are a couple of my favorite...

(Square Swatch template)

(Rectangular Swatch template)

The giveaway is only for today...so hurry over, and tell all of your friends!  What a great way to get started with Heritage Makers!!!

FHE Chart

I've had my original FHE chart for many....many...probably too many years.  It was a cute little Noah's Ark chart and each of our family members were animals in the windows of the ark.  Notice I'm using past tense...I say "WAS" because I finally decided that after years of making new animals because the old ones fell apart or saying that the one eyed tiger was giving the lesson and the trunkless elephant was giving the opening prayer, I finally decided that it was time to make a new one.  I looked at all those fancy schmancy ones out there, and decided that it was more work than I wanted to put into my FHE chart...and then I had an epiphany:  use Heritage Makers to make a chart!

Please note...I'm not a creative genius, so my designs tend to be very simple.  I fondly refer to it as my "No Frills" style.  LOL!  Basically, I started with a 12x12 scrap book page.  I added art work, photos, and text boxes according to the categories that we normally use for FHE.  Then I ordered it and waited for it to arrive...pretty simple.

Once it arrived, I used photo adhesive to stick it to some sheet metal that was cut to the same size and shape.  If you don't want to use sheet metal, just use a metal baking sheet, and decorate the areas of the sheet that the scrap page doesn't cover.  Then I made some picture magnets of the family (you could use another 12x12 scrap page to do this...or save a little money and just use a HM postcard) by sticking our pictures on the clear glass craft rocks with clear glue, and hot gluing a magnet to the back of the rock.  Ta Da!  All done!...well almost anyhow.  I still want to put it in a frame so that we can hang it on the wall.  I found one at Walmart for $13, or maybe I'll have my hubby make one out of some spare moulding we had for another project...or it may just remain in the stand that it's in until I've finished all my other projects!

I love the 12x12 scrap pages.  You can make a ton of stuff with them!  Check out this post on Heidi's blog for another great way to use the 12x12 scrap pages....

Oh...and don't forget to check out GiveAwayToday.com on Friday March 5th where Featuring Family will be featured and I'll be giving away 2 swatchbooks!

Happy Heritage Making!

My Little VIP

Wow...it's been a while since I posted last!  I've been busy with projects...projects...and more projects!  Here's one of my favorites....

As I said before, one of my main goals in starting with Heritage Makers was to have a way (an EASY way) to keep a record of the goings on of our family.  I'm terrible at journals.  There never seems to be enough time (or enough creativity in my brain) to actually scrapbook.  Blogging has been great, but there was no physical record to keep.  Thus HM was my solution.  As I was reading through the HM mission statement I read that one of the goals of the company was to strengthen family, improve relationships, and build a child's self esteem.  Now, strengthen family I could see...improve relationships I could see...but I wasn't sure exactly how a book, or poster, or playing cards would improve my child's self esteem.

I had a board book credit in my account, and as I tried to think of ways to use it I came across a fun little template in the gallery, so I decided to make a book for one of my kiddo's....and his reaction when he got his book surprised me a little.  Don't get me wrong...I knew he would like it.  What kid wouldn't like to have a book about himself?  What I didn't anticipate was his excitement over it.  Quite regularly I find him like this...

He loves to look at each page and hear why HE is important to different members of our family.

I can now see how Heritage Makers can say they believe their company can help increase a child's self esteem!  Rylen loves HIS book...and all the other kids are waiting for their own book now too.  I guess I better get busy!

Check out Rylen's Book:

Valentine's Day Idea

O.k....
I can't believe I'm actually going to say this because I absolutely hate jumping the gun on holidays (admittedly, it may not seem like jumping the gun to all you organized planners out there, but unless the holiday is Christmas, I don't even bother with it until at least the week before!)...

BUT...(yep here I go)

Here's a great idea for your valentine...

10 Things I Love About You Storybook

Quick...Simple...Easy...but totally personal!  Who doesn't like to know why they are loved??

Check out this cute template for your sweetheart...



or maybe you want to do something special for your kids...



(Some of the templates are premier...but there are also some basic templates!)  HM has a great Valentine's day package...including a 7x5 book and a card...until Feb. 1st!

Would love to do something personal and fun for your kids for the big day...but you have a whole gaggle of kiddies, and a book just isn't in the budget right now???  Here are a few more budget conscious ideas:

I Love You Coupons....use a deck of cards, and make a special coupon (or several special coupons) for each person.

Reason's I Love You Mini Book...use a 12x12 scrap page, cut and fold just so (the instructions are with the template) and voila...a little tiny mini book.  Perfect for a special little gift for your kiddies!

Here's the one (before it's all folded) that I've made for Ashlynn

Now...here's one (not the V-day one) all folded up into a book:

Have fun....and Happy Heritage Making!

Project 365 - Picture A Day

I actually heard about this project last year, and thought it would be really fun to do.  Now, ask me if I did it....Nope!  Yet another project in which I had great intentions and little follow through.

I'm determined to make this year different....granted, I'm still a little slow, since we're now  into the second week of the year, BUT, on the up-side, it's only the second week of the year!  (How's that for a cup 1/2 empty-1/2 full perspective!)

Anyhoo...here, the idea:

Take a picture everyday to capture 2010 in a special way.
Don't just think about big momentous events or kids...think everyday.  Think things that make you smile...think things that don't.  People, places, things...everything.  One picture per day...that's it.  No more, no less.

Click here to check out this great template in the HM gallery that will make keeping track of your pictures even easier.  Just drag and drop...and at the end of the year, you'll have a fabulous picture book to sum up 2010.  There is even place to add a caption for each picture or write about your favorite pic of the week.  As always, you can customize you book to make it just right for you.  *Note:  Anyone can make this book with a free account, and you can share it with or without printing!!

Happy New Year

2010.

Wow!

Can you believe 2009 is already over?  I'm still trying to catch up!

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and a fabulous New Year's celebration!  Christmas with our family was wonderful, but (as usual) it was over too quickly.  I never get to do all of the things that I have planned to do.  I suppose it's my own fault since Christmas also tends to be a time when we stay in our jammies all day long and just be lazy!  This year we spent Christmas with my family in Canada.  I went armed with my camera and lots of memory cards, and now that we're in the New Year and I feel like I actually need to do something, I'm getting to work recapping 2009 with a Family Yearbook.

Making Family Yearbooks was actually one of the reasons that I got involved with Heritage Makers in the first place.  I wanted to have a way to put all of the pictures, stories, and dates together.  Scrapbooking just took to long for me.  I'm okay at journaling for a while and then I stop for a longer while, and I take lots of pictures, but I never actually put a date on them...or print them out for that matter.  They just sit on my computer until I've got wayyyyyyyy too many, and I transfer them to a CD.  So, Heritage Makers was a great solution for me!  I could upload my pictures, choose a template, and with absolutely no creative thought of my own, create a great family yearbook to preserve all of the special family memories we created over the year.  It's perfect!

How about you?  How do you preserve all those great family memories?

So, here's a challenge for you:  Don't leave those pictures on your computer (or under your bed), don't let those memories fade...choose a way to keep track of all of your special memories, whether it's scrapbooking, journaling, or hmmmm....Heritage Makers! (sorry, just had to get that in there)  Maybe you're interested in doing a family yearbook, or maybe you're more ambitious, and want to do a yearbook for each of your children.  It really doesn't matter what you do...the point is, that you do it!  Complete 1 or 2 pages for each month, and by the end of the year you'll have a great memory book for the whole family to enjoy.

If you're interested in starting a family yearbook with Heritage Maker's, I'd love to help.  Shoot me an e-mail at featuringfamily@gmail with your phone number and what you're interested in doing, and I'll give you a call.  Just to give you a better idea, here are a few of my favorite templates from the template gallery:



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or



And here's a little preview of the yearbook I'm working on for our family!

(Keep in mind...it's a work in progress)

Happy Heritage Making!