Wednesday Freebie. Fun Princess party Moments

It's a Princess Party!

Thanks for joining me today.

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I have been busy planning a princess party and babying my left shoulder.

Having such young children I tend to lift a lot. That being said, I think I tore something in my shoulder! I have been in terrible pain for a week. Luckily  I am doing much better today. It just set me back a bit.

Planning my 4 year old princess party was quite the ordeal! I did have fun getting things ready with my daughter!

Because this was Sadie's first princess party, we had to send out the perfect invitations for her event!

The Invitation

This is a 5 x 7 personalized photo invitation I created using Heritage Collector storybook and princess kit of graphics from Sweet Shoppe Designs.

It took Sadie sitting next to me and 30 minutes and we had it ready to print.

I made the treat bags tags using Heritage Collector Storybook too! It was so much fun to make this really personal to my daughter!

Personal Touches.

I created this in a 5 x 5 size, printed on card stock, folded in the middle then stapled to cellophane bags! I put the thank you on the back as a little thank you card for coming to the party.

I have no idea why this picture is turned! I couldn't get it to upload the right way!! Sorry. I hope you can still get the right idea. These bags turned out so cute!

Instead of a pinata we stuffed balloons with candy and let the kids pop the balloons and get their candy. They loved it and it wasn't near as pricey as a pinata!

Thanks for looking at a little of what happened this past weekend over in my neck of the woods!

Wednesday freebie!

I have to say that Design's by Krista is truly one of my favorite designers! She has such elegant style doesn't she?!

Download the mini kit from Krista's blog here.

Visit Krista's shop here.

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Thanks again for making my blog a part of your busy day! I hope you come back soon!

Monday Freebie. Photo and Information Survivability tips, FREE standard version download

Thanks for taking some time out of your day to visit my blog. I hope you feel some kind of inspiration about doing some type of family history.

Today I wanted to share some valuable information from the Heritage Collector Newsletter. Our newsletters contain information to help on your journey to share and preserve those precious memories.

This newsletter focuses on a very critical issue – making sure your photos and information survive into the future which could be next week or a hundred years from now.

There's no need to stress about buying more software or struggling with some new backup program. Heritage Collector software has everything you need.

Suggestions and simple things you should do now.

Read the rest of the newsletter here.

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Just starting out? Start organizing your photos with our FREE standard version HERE!

Monday freebie!

Here is an adorable quick page freebie that works great with heritage Collector storybook.

Here's how it works.

 First download the file, unzip the folder (or extract your file) create a new collection in Heritage Collector, then import these 4 pages into your newly created collection. If you don't have Heritage Collector, download the free standard version here. The standard version is a great way to help you get organized and get started.

Once you have the pages imported you can then go on and create your storybook!

These pages are so much fun because all you have to do is drag your photos over and "move to back", add some text and you have an adorable page!

Download the freebie from Krista's blog here.

Visit Krista's shop here.

Just a fun page I finished for my twins. 

I have been under a lot of stress lately. With the responsibility's of being a momma of four beautiful children I do feel pretty overwhelmed at times. When I discovered digital scrap booking a few years ago, it truly helped me through some tough times. :)

If you are just starting out in the digital scrap booking world. I offer and teach free classes to help you get started. One of my passions is helping YOU find your hidden interest for scrapping and preserving those precious moments that happen in your life. Watch my blog for some upcoming free online classes.

I love feedback! If you have something you would like me to cover at a future class, leave me a comment here.

This is a hobby I truly feel edified from! Come and join me!

Thanks for stopping by today.

Come back soon. I have some really exciting things to share. I'll give you a hint, a tutorial is one of them!!

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Saturday Freebie! Things that matter most.

I hope that you had a great Valentines day. I know I did. I was able to do some fun activites with my kids. They really made the holiday fun!

Krista has another freebie for you! This is the perfect mini kit to scrap those newly created Valentine memories!

And of course, this kit works great with Heritage Collector Storybook and Calendar modules. If you need a little refresher on how to import graphics, (its the same process as importing photos) Check out our "How to" tutorials on importing photos. You can watch a short movie that will walk you through the basic steps.

Download the mini kit here.

Visit Krista's shop here.

 Friday morning I woke up feeling a little overwhelmed by my list of  "to do's". I wasn't sure how I was going to fit it all in.

After I took my kindergartener to school, I was in my kitchen chasing my twins around.. As they were unloading my tupper ware drawer they moved on to another drawer where I store my bottle rings for canning. They completly unloaded that drawer too. I looked around at the mess all over my kitchen. I couldn't help but sit down on the floor and join in the fun with my twin boys and 3 year old daughter.  We built bottle ring towers, made hats out of tupper ware and chased each other.

When the time approached to go pick up my son from school (an hour and half after I dropped him off) I thought to myself my son needs to play with us too! Somehow my list of "to do"s didn't seem so important anymore.

After I brought my son home, we decided to have a "Caveman breakfast".

We piled up blankets all over the table and chairs. My kids were in heaven!

I made some waffles and my children carefully put their place mats under the table where they set their plates, silverware, and sippy cup of milk.

My children were so happy and excited to have breakfast in their proudly made "caveman cave".

A tender moment caught on camera as my children get ready to pray over their food.

Eating their delicious breakfast.

This ended up being the most important thing I did on Friday. And it wasn't even on my "to do" list! I never thought a messy kitchen could be so much fun.

I think we will make this a Friday morning tradition.

Having Heritage Collector is such a blessing to me. Being able to organize, preserve and share these precious memories is priceless!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! See you soon.

Friday Freebie! Reason's why I love you book.

Another busy week is coming to a close. Since my schedule wasn't too busy I was able to finish some of my projects I've been promising to share with you.

First, I have a really fun FREE graphics kit I would like to share with you from Designs by Krista! What a fun kit to help you create those perfect Valentines!

Download from Krista's blog here.

See more talent from Krista here.

I wish I could take full credit for this idea. Though it was altered with my taste and format, I got the original idea from, you guessed it, Pinterest!

I wanted to give my husband something very special this year for Valentine's day. Something that he wouldn't just look at once give me a hug and stick it in the bottom of his drawer.
 This is a 4x4 photo book with a metal ring holding it all together. 15 reason's why I love you.

The first thing I did was find 15 pictures. This was a very easy step because I import all of my photos into Heritage Collector directly off my camera card.

Once I had my pictures in order, than I was able to make my list of why I love you's to match with the picture.

I then was able to purchase a very inexpensive graphics kit from Designs by Krista. "Cheeky". Only cost $1.00.

Once the newly purchased graphics kit was imported into Heritage Collector, I was now ready to start creating my pages.

I made these in a 4x4 size.

When the pages were created I put them on a 12 x 12 page in a new Storybook ( 4 to a 12 x12 page)  exported to Costo, printed on photo paper with a Matte finish.

I cut out the pages glued them to a very thin piece of card board then put a Modge Podge finish over the top for some nice texture.

Your probably looking at this picture thinking what happened here? I wanted to show you this so when you make this and you sweep a coat of Modge Podge over the top, yes this look is normal. As you could see in the top photo it drys clear.

I turned them over put a finish on the back, punched a hole in the corner with a regular hole punch, put the pages in order, the project is complete.

Now you have a fun project to give someone in your family! This was really easy because I had everything I needed imported in to Heritage Collector. Then Storybook gave me the tools to create this cute book.

I was inspired to make this next  page because I am so busy. Sometimes I feel like because I am so busy, I can't get anything done.

8x10 sheet printed right from home.

As many of you who know me know I have four very young children. Two of which are one year old twin boys.

At the beginning of each day before my children wake up I feel out this chart and place it in a three ring binder. Or you could also put this under a glass frame and write on it with a dry erase marker.

As the day goes on I can see that I can get things done and I do have extra time. I just needed to write my schedule down to help me achieve what I need to get done.

I made this in Heritage Collector Storybook. Only took me about 20 or so minutes to make.

Thanks for visiting my blog. Please feel free to send my your comments. I love to hear from you. I also like to hear feedback on topics for future free online classes.

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Adorable giveaway from designs by krista! This kit works great with Heritage Collector Storybook!

Visit Krista's Blog to download the FREE graphics kit!

This page was created in Heritage Collector Storybook using the above free kit!