Friday, October 21, 2011

My Memories Suite Giveaway!!!

Hey friends! I'm excited to get to do a little giveaway on the blog today! The folks at My Memories Suite have offered to let me giveaway a copy of their digital scrapbooking software! They also let me have a copy of it to review for you.


So, starting out, you should know that I like the idea of scrapbooking. I like the fun paper and all the stickers and ribbons and accessories. The thing is, I don't love the time it takes to make a scrapbook. I made one for high school many years ago, and while I love it, it took quite a while to put together and I haven't really had the energy to take on another one since. 


I was really excited when the My Memories folks contacted me to review their software so I could give digital scrapbooking a shot. Let me preface by saying that the two weeks that I have had to review the software have been super busy weeks. I spent one weekend on Columbus hanging out with my sister who I get to see twice a year, and another weekend in Florida, hanging out with friends we also rarely get to see. So I haven't had as much time to really discover all that you can do with the software. But, the good news is, with the little time I have had, I've been able to start making pages of several different scrapbook projects. 


I started a California vacation scrapbook and found out I could use my own photo as a background and then add more pictures. Here are a few pages from what I've started on that one. 




And here are a few from a young life camp album I started:




A few things I like about the software:


1. You can add music to your scrapbook and make a movie out of it. I've tried using windows movie maker to make video slideshows and it has always been a huge headache. With this software I was able to easily just add music to my scrapbook, and click a button and it turned my scrapbook into a video with music. 


2. You have lots of options for your scrapbook. You can make it 8 1/2 x 11, portrait or landscape, or 12 x 12. It also can be as many or few pages as you want. The software comes with lots of paper and some fun little embellishments. You can use a theme that's already set up or create your own.


3. You can print it out on our own printer, or send it somewhere to have it printed or just make a movie out of it. 


The software is fairly intuitive. There are lots of things you can do without having to read directions or tutorials. But there are probably a lot more features I haven't discovered yet that you could learn using tutorials.


Overall, I'm excited to play around with it more, and see what I can do.


So now it's your turn. To win a copy of the My Memories Suite software, just go to www.mymemories.com and let me know which digital scrapbooking kit or layout you like the best and leave a comment letting me know which one it is. And then you're entered.


The giveaway is open until next Friday, October 28 at 5:00 PM.


To learn more about the company and/or software you can check out their blog, facebook, or twitter.


Also, if you are interested in buying the software but don't win the contest, you can use the coupon code STMMMS75394 and get$10 off the software.



1 comment:

Tracy said...

I liked A time gone by, and a time gone by 2, for putting together old family pictures. A girl and her cat could have many uses with my pictures also!