tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63545261264480215722024-03-13T18:39:28.492-05:00Your Story Books OnlineYour Story Books Online with Heritage Makers is an online self-publishing system with unmatched versatility and endless creativity. It is perfect for creating unique gifts, memory books, scrapbooks a huge selection of canvases, scrap pages & posters. Your precious pictures, photos, family heritage and stories preserved and told your way. It is the perfect choice for first time story booking & veteran scrap-bookers alike.Becky J S Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773017258111520131noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354526126448021572.post-23765841402473825292011-12-13T19:40:00.001-06:002011-12-13T19:44:03.966-06:00It is Time to Organize Your Photos & Heritage Makers CLUB HM & Premier<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HC_sX5Mv5L0/TQALg33CW4I/AAAAAAAAAC8/8Mm_V1WHSTw/s1600/Heritage%2BMakers%2BPremierFlyer-web.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana"> The very idea of of organizing years and years of family photos, pictures, children's art work, mementos and recollecting all the memories that accompany all that which we hold dear to our heritage, our life, can be so very overwhelming, to say the least. I have been at it for a life time, but as and when life interrupts even our best laid plans, we get side tracked with the just plain LIVING of LIFE and life's interruptions. As we are nearing the end of 2011, we all begin to reflect on the activities of the past year, especially those who we love so dearly and have passed on. Those friends and family members who are no longer with us here on earth, but left us with a life time of wonderful memories, stories, joy and laughter. They are those foot prints in the sands of time. Our Loved ones. </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana"> F<b>or the past three years I have been hitting it pretty hard and heavy, getting PHOTOS </b><b>ORGANIZED. It is not perfect by any means ~but at least it is better than where it has or had been! And I do have a ways to go ..... The Point is.... It is one Pile or subject or year at a time. Good grief, I figure it is Years and years and years of Photos and I just do not want them sitting in the back closet or top of the book shelf collecting dust or subject to unforeseen destruction. Some of us are just the Heritage Keepers, the Keepers of Life's Stuff! The Keepers of Legacies to be passed on ...........</b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana"><b><br /></b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana"><b></b> I have been gathering, collecting, cleaning and scanning old photos from well over 50 plus years. Going thru and collecting & gathering together photos dating back to my great Grand Parents, Grand Parents, my family, my children, friends <b>AND </b>all those photos taken that were sitting in old magnetic photos albums and photo boxes. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana; min-height: 19.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana"> It gets to be <b>A LOT</b> of photos! But, loving pictures like I do it has been so fun & enjoyable going back and remembering! OH but ~ then let's add in the 100's of Thousands of photos that I have taken or that have been taken since Digital Camera's first came out!!! Uffda!! I have always loved photography and with the invention of the point and shoot digital camera, it allowed me to really go to town taking and snapping pictures as long as I had batteries! I have never run out of object or subjects to take pictures of! </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana; min-height: 19.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana"> Digital Cameras have been out now for about 10 years, good grief how time has flown by!! I have not really even gotten started with taking pictures with my cell phone, as they just are not that good and clear anyway, since I still have a plain ole' easy to use "Grandma Phone" and have not up graded to either the Droid or iPhone, heck my youngest daughter even takes pictures with her iPod! I have been just content with the old iPods that my kids have put along the wayside for the newer, bigger and better ones! Just gotta love Technology! </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana; min-height: 19.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana"> Through the years I have crashed computers, dropped external hard drives, run flash drives thru the washing machine and either cracked, scratched or warped CD's. Then I would upgrade or changed computer systems! Remember those little floppies? Izzsh! I have come a long way from working on an Apple IIe in 1984! Again, Just gotta love Technology!</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana"> If you’re like me, or how I used to be, the very idea of organizing and doing something with all my pictures and photos can be very overwhelming, and we tend to put it off ~ BECAUSE we just do not have TIME! or want to MAKE or TAKE the Time! But, then when you start, what and where do you begin to store all those pictures <b>AND</b> to <b>STORE or Archive</b> them <b>SAFELY</b> after all that work of organizing them, sure hate to loose them!! The need to store them <b>AWAY</b> from the possibility of either fire, flood or and in our case Tornados, where as in other parts of the country Hurricanes. We had a neighboring town of Wadena, Minnesota go thru the devastation of a F5 Tornado last year in June 2010. Watching it on Storm Chasers on the Discovery Channel brought back such memories, I can only imagine how those in the Wadena Community felt. I also had a friend of mine, loose her entire house to the devastation of a fire, loosing nearly everything, horribly her Heirloom Family Photographs that will never be recovered. She got out safely for which we all are so very grateful and the surrounding community of family and friends helped her go thru the clean up. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana; min-height: 19.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana"> I ran across <a href="http://http//www.yourstorybooksonline.com"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; color:#0007f1;">Heritage Makers</span></a> - or I think <a href="http://http//www.yourstorybooksonline.com"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; color:#0007f1;">Heritage Makers</span></a> ran into me! In the late fall of 2008. I have since, become a crazy <a href="http://http//www.yourstorybooksonline.com"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; color:#0007f1;">Heritage Maker</span></a> and I love it! I can not say enough about this company and all the awesome wonderful beautiful products that are offered, plus the unlimited creativity, training and service! <b>There just is no other Company out there ....... Like</b> <a href="http://www.yourstorybooksonline.com/">Heritage Makers! </a> </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana">Oprah has said it too! "Every Picture has a Story and every Story deserves a book of it's Own"! Or I like to change it up a bit and say- "Every Picture deserves a Project of it's Own!" For the Third year in a row - Heritage Makers is on Oprah's List of best gifts to Give - go <a href="http://www.oprah.com/gift/Heritage-Makers-Book">here to check</a> it out.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana; min-height: 19.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana"><span style="color:#0007f1;"><a href="http://http//www.yourstorybooksonline.com">Heritage Makers</a></span> offers both a Basic and a Premier Membership which is a $20.0 per month value and FREE with CLUMHM. <b>And.... what is Club HM & Premier Membership you say?? What is the difference?</b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 4.0px 0.0px; line-height: 12.1px; font: 12.0px Verdana; color: #221e1f; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 4.0px 0.0px; line-height: 12.1px; font: 16.0px Verdana; color: #221e1f"> Well with Premier Membership you’ll find hundreds of free community and professionally-designed templates, and thousands of pieces of digital art with more being added monthly. It’s like having free reign in a scrapbook store "<b>A Scrapbook Store on Steroids!"</b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 4.0px 0.0px; line-height: 12.1px; font: 16.0px Verdana; color: #221e1f"><b><br /></b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 4.0px 0.0px; line-height: 12.1px; font: 16.0px Verdana; color: #221e1f"><b>Here Is a Video that explains more about Premier - at the Heritage Makers YouTube Channel -</b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 4.0px 0.0px; line-height: 12.1px; font: 16.0px Verdana; color: #221e1f"><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 12.1px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(34, 30, 31); "><b><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/1TyS82ujGis?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/1TyS82ujGis?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object></b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 4.0px 0.0px; line-height: 12.1px; font: 16.0px Verdana; color: #221e1f"><b><br /></b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; line-height: 12.1px; font: 16.0px Verdana; color:#221e1f;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">Premier membership gives: </span></b></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 13.0px; line-height: 12.1px; font: 16.0px Verdana; color: #221e1f">• <b>unlimited photo storage </b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 13.0px; line-height: 12.1px; font: 16.0px Verdana; color: #221e1f">• <b>unlimited creative possibilities </b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 13.0px; line-height: 12.1px; font: 16.0px Verdana; color: #221e1f">• over <b>65,000 pieces of digital art </b>(a collection valued at well over <b>$5,000!</b>) </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 13.0px; line-height: 12.1px; font: 16.0px Verdana; color: #221e1f">• more than <b>7,200 beautiful templates </b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 13.0px; line-height: 12.1px; font: 16.0px Verdana; color: #221e1f">• <b>special pricing </b>on Heritage Makers products </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 13.0px; line-height: 12.1px; font: 16.0px Verdana; color: #221e1f">• <b>free product upgrades </b>(matte finish, black end sheets) </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana"><b>AND ~~~ Did I mention??</b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana; min-height: 19.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">PHOTO STORAGE!! UNLIMITED! </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana">Did you know that with a <a href="http://http//www.yourstorybooksonline.com"><span style="color:#0007f1;">Heritage Makers</span></a> premier membership you have the ability to store and organize all your pictures in a safe place. Here’s what you get:</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana">• <b>unlimited</b> photo storage</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana">• <b>unlimited</b> project creation and storage</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana">• new art monthly</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana">• free online master classes</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana">• over 7,200 templates to choose from, updated daily and 100% editable</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana">• the ability to pull your pictures back off your account in high resolution for free</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana">• photo sharing abilities (email your pictures to a friend)</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana; min-height: 19.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana">The best part is, <b>CLUB HM Membership</b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><b><i>AND</i></b></span> Premier Membership is FREE with a Club HM membership at either $30, $50, Or $100 per month and YOU decide your savings plan. 3 Month membership commitment is required. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana; min-height: 19.0px"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana; min-height: 19.0px"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana; min-height: 19.0px">Here is a short video on ClubHM with <a href="http://www.heritagemakers.com/361212">Heritage Makers</a> </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana; min-height: 19.0px"><br /><object width="640" height="360"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JtHjO9cDFvA?version=3&hl=en_US&hd=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JtHjO9cDFvA?version=3&hl=en_US&hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" height="360" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Verdana; min-height: 19px; "><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana; min-height: 19.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana"><b>SCANNING</b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana">I also have a scanning service where I can take your shoeboxes OR photo boxes and and old albums of pictures and turn them into CD’s for you in a matter of hours. I can or will also load them onto your <a href="http://http//www.yourstorybooksonline.com"><span style="color:#0007f1;">Heritage Makers</span></a> account for free!</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana">Scanning is available for as little as $.19/scan – call today to book your scanning appointment.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana">Please Remember how to contact me- </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana">either by email - YourStoryBooksOnline (@) gmail.com </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana">or thru my website:</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana">www.YourStoryBooksOnline.com - (send me a message) </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana">or Please call - c:701-429-1501</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana">or Home Office - 218-584-5510 </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana">I would love to help YOU get started Organizing Your Photos and Memories of a life time, or even just a special time. We have story Map to help you get started. </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana">Have a Great Holiday Season Everyone! Most of all Enjoy your time with Family and Friends and <b>TAKE Pictures!!</b> Go through the Photos and find out the Family stories the Family Heritage, Start organizing today! </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana">Have a great Holiday season and Merry Christmas </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Verdana"><br /></p>BeckyChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16237484860025971607noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354526126448021572.post-67212939239730482252011-12-12T02:43:00.000-06:002011-12-13T16:39:11.082-06:007 Reasons to Storybook/Scrapbook with Heritage Makers<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nW_hPPyHPto/Sp7N4MHqvrI/AAAAAAAAIZ8/l8urlP322kY/s1600-h/cornerstonechild.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 313px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nW_hPPyHPto/Sp7N4MHqvrI/AAAAAAAAIZ8/l8urlP322kY/s320/cornerstonechild.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376961370336706226" border="0" /></a><br /><ol style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><li><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;">No mess!</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Within minutes it’s easy to cover an entire table with papers, embellishments, glue, pens, pictures, and still not have everything you need to complete the perfect page. <span style="font-weight: bold;">ALL THAT STUFF! </span>You can now sit on the couch with your laptop, while your kids watch a movie, and create all you want.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Did you take the time to handwrite the story of all your scrapbook albums?</span> Probably not! Publish with HM Studio 2.0 and there’s no need to go back through the years of scrapbook pages to fill in the story gaps you left because you. Journaling is just as fun as the rest of it now!</span></li><li><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">No more trips to the photo store to resize, recolor, or reprint pictures. Save GAS and Time! </span>You can do it all with the mouse. What took 3-5 pages of scrapbooking can now fit into 1 or 2 page layouts!</span></li><li><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">All-inclusive pricing.</span> The cost of Premier account includes all the embellishments, alphabets, paper, etc. that I will ever need. No need to stock up on flowers, ribbon and all that <span style="font-weight: bold;">"stuff"</span> that takes up all that space! A lot less waste. And it’s cheaper in the long run!</span></li><li><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">You won’t get bored.</span> It’s easy to get bored quickly with a computer program that doesn’t change, or that is one dimensional that you can’t learn anything new from. You’ll love the tutorials in Heritage Makers and the opportunities to learn new techniques and features. It keeps you hooked and learning new things all the time!</span></li><li><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">You can fill gaps in traditional scrapbook with your own digital pictures</span> archived and saved in your account with Heritage Makers. Drag and drop into a template those events that perhaps didn’t warrant a little extra time to scrap. You can do a page in 8 minutes with this and it looks fab!</span></li><li><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">It warms your heart</span> to make a book for a mother of her grand-daughters. And it brings satisfaction to know that your children will have a sense of history in a storybook that will last a lifetime.</span></li></ol>Becky J S Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773017258111520131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354526126448021572.post-21209499276691711552011-12-10T13:23:00.000-06:002011-12-13T17:06:04.605-06:00How to Create a SwatchbookGetting started -How to make a Swatch Book (Part 1)<br /><br /><object width="640" height="360"><param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/ip95RZ5V2JI?version=3&hl=en_US&hd=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="https://www.youtube.com/v/ip95RZ5V2JI?version=3&hl=en_US&hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" height="360" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />How to make a Swatch Book (Part 2)<br /><br /><object width="640" height="360"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8YyhYoFQQB0?version=3&hl=en_US&hd=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8YyhYoFQQB0?version=3&hl=en_US&hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" height="360" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br /><br />Go to<a href="http://www.YourStoryBooksOnline.com"> www.YourStoryBooksOnline.com</a> to create your free account!<br />Becky Christensen~ PHD- <div>Heritage Makers Consultant # 361212</div>Becky J S Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773017258111520131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354526126448021572.post-51304221952215685722011-11-30T14:07:00.000-06:002011-12-13T17:11:52.670-06:00Heritage Makers Studio Tutorial<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><object height="350" width="425"><param value="http://youtube.com/v/JSllb1Do_4w" name="movie"><embed height="350" width="425" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://youtube.com/v/JSllb1Do_4w"></embed></object></p><p>Follow this simple Tutorial to create your own High quality Books - Family Heritage - or Event - or even a Cookbook, Calendar, or Greeting Cards.</p></div>Becky J S Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773017258111520131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354526126448021572.post-64815891777558958382011-11-11T11:38:00.000-06:002011-12-13T17:15:20.454-06:00Love these Canvases!Being a Mother of a United States Navy Soldier (16 yrs), I can not ever express enough how proud I am of my son's choice to serve his country. I recently created an 8x8 Canvas to gift him for his wall in his home and to also put on our Blue Star Wall in the home. The one below is the one I created for the family wall. I was able to make his a bit different, you see he is now a Husband and a Father, not just a Son and a Soldier anymore. <br /><br />The second example is the one that I changed up a bit for him- do you see the differences??<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nW_hPPyHPto/THvbuBia_LI/AAAAAAAAU2Y/c08EmKXcZpY/s1600/NAVYSON-Patriotism-Canvas-copy%28%231381108%29-F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nW_hPPyHPto/THvbuBia_LI/AAAAAAAAU2Y/c08EmKXcZpY/s320/NAVYSON-Patriotism-Canvas-copy%28%231381108%29-F.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nW_hPPyHPto/THvc4t87afI/AAAAAAAAU2k/SJ-Lr32v8cY/s1600/Canvas-husband.father.son%28%231417799%29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nW_hPPyHPto/THvc4t87afI/AAAAAAAAU2k/SJ-Lr32v8cY/s320/Canvas-husband.father.son%28%231417799%29.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="255" scrolling="no" src="http://www.refresheverything.com/widget/?i=a80c255f-40d3-4e19-b153-c4898dee0ce1&w=300" width="300"></iframe>Becky J S Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773017258111520131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354526126448021572.post-25607663472785870862011-09-11T22:59:00.000-05:002011-12-13T16:43:30.472-06:00Tune of the Silent Soldier<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/z-qYVxETf1w?fs=1" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="295" width="480"></iframe>Beckyjschttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14498636317880236671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354526126448021572.post-67896864570398259102011-09-07T19:54:00.000-05:002011-09-07T20:16:00.570-05:00Big New announcement from Heritage Makers - from their <a href="http://blog.heritagemakers.com/?p=908">blog: </a><br />
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PROVO, UTAH, September 7, 2011 – Heritage Makers, a pioneer in the
memory preservation and personal publishing industry, today announced
that it has partnered with ZenPrint, a Salt Lake based digital printing
and fulfillment firm, to broaden its production capabilities and
resources.
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“We are excited about the possibilities that this new opportunity
brings,” says Heritage Makers president Patti Gardner. “As a result of
this merger we will have access to many new product and technology
options that will allow us to continue to improve our operational
quality and level of service.” <br />
In order to maintain current brand equity and service existing
customers ZenPrint will retain its name, but equipment and personnel
will be moved to the Heritage Makers production facility. Justin Biggs
will become the General Manager of the new company. <br />
All Heritage Makers and ZenPrint products will be produced at the
current Home Office location under the continued direction of Justin
Biggs and the existing production staff. “This new alliance will allow
me to focus my efforts on technology and overall operations; while at
the same time helping develop new products to enhance the Heritage
Makers line,” says Justin.<br />
Patti Gardner will remain as President of Heritage Makers along with
Brytt Cloward as VP of Sales and Marketing. Their respective teams will
continue to direct Heritage Makers sales, marketing, customer services,
Studio development, and all other support activities.<br />
“This is a great opportunity for Heritage Makers,” says Patti. “It
gives our staff and consultants the opportunity to really focus on the
core business of Heritage Makers while having a trusted partner continue
to help us maintain and grow our extraordinary product line. It’s been
an amazing year and this change allows us to bring on new sales and
marketing staff to provide our consultants with the tools and marketing
materials that will help them be successful. We couldn’t be more
excited!”<br />
Beckyjschttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14498636317880236671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354526126448021572.post-92182412496182233642011-06-11T12:18:00.000-05:002011-12-13T17:29:44.540-06:00What is the Heartbeat of Heritage Makers?<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><object height="350" width="425"><param value="http://youtube.com/v/vaR_D4LQIPg" name="movie"><embed height="350" width="425" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://youtube.com/v/vaR_D4LQIPg"></embed></object></p><p>Storybooking is the heartbeat of Heritage Makers. We Are the Storytellers. It is the storyteller in every age who are responsible..... to create the traditions of their society. Stories revisit the events of our past, recall their significance and meaning .... and create understanding for those who were not yet present. Photographs freeze moments of the present, before they slip forever into the past.... to hold their significance for future considerations and Generations. Storybooks combine the power of stories and the image of richness of ... photos, to bring maximum remembrance and understanding. The Goal --- To Share our stories, to capture, define, and transfer the legacies of out heritage. Heritage the moral compass of the individual, family, We are .... Storybooking. <br /><br /></p></div>Becky J S Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773017258111520131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354526126448021572.post-32329243277910578862011-06-05T09:34:00.000-05:002011-12-13T19:13:38.028-06:00Story Booking with Heritage MakersYour Story Books Online with Heritage Makers is your very own online personal publishing company!<br />For anyone who loves the idea of preserving and sharing their photos, stories and family history for future generations but can't be bothered with paper scraps, scissors, glue & mess!<br /><br />Just upload your photos, drag & drop into your chosen project, then click "publish"! In approximately 2 weeks your beautiful hard cover album designed by you arrives at your door!<br />These personalized memory keepers are finished in a fraction of the time and cost as any other method! Its as easy as that. :) Please Join me!Becky J S Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773017258111520131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354526126448021572.post-69500746467066956172011-05-21T18:39:00.001-05:002011-12-13T17:32:03.823-06:00May the Month of Memoials<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nW_hPPyHPto/S_cU7gy5ZKI/AAAAAAAATu8/8jyXPRX1VCc/s320/unkwn2.jpg" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.usmemorialday.org/backgrnd.html">Memorial Day History</a></div><br />The Month of May to many means the end of winter and the start of Spring, Mothers Day, Graduation, and Memorial Day. These special holidays or events remind us to remember...... Remembering is to memorialize some event, place or someone. Be it your Mother, a son or daughter who is graduating from High School or College. Memorial Day is most importantly to remember those Men and Women who have died while in Serving in the Military or Armed Forces. Everyone of us has had or has a family member or friend who has or is in one branch of Service or another. They are our heroes, family or friends we honor and memorialize for their Service and Sacrifice to this Country. We of course often kick off Memorial Day activities by maybe going to a Memorial Day Service or Event which often includes placing decorations on the graves of Family Members or loved ones, paying special attention to those who died in while in Military Service, or Served at some point of time in their lives.......stepping back - and remembering.......silently saying a prayer of thanks to them for their service. What do you do? How do you remember those special Heroes in our lives? <br /><br /><br /> Those Veterans who served or are still in service have a very special place in my heart. My Son, has been a United States Navy Sailor now for almost 16 years, he is our family Hero!! We humbly and quietly honor him, each in our own quiet way. We are all so very PROUD of his chosen career, and I must say, we know he is darn good at it too. Even tho he does not tell us much of anything. His wonderful wife, Tracy, is his confidant. I created this poster showing my son at various stages of his career. It is one of my many projects I create using Studio 3.0 at <a href="http://www.yourstorybooksonline.com/">Heritage Makers</a>, I used a template another consulant created and tweaked it to fit what I liked and the photos I have of my son. It took me less than 20 minutes to create it! I am still working on his Navy Career Storybook!<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nW_hPPyHPto/S_cXmPfOp3I/AAAAAAAATvM/Mcxc7ehVlFA/s1600/OurSon,OurHero%28Navy%29%28%231336998%29-F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nW_hPPyHPto/S_cXmPfOp3I/AAAAAAAATvM/Mcxc7ehVlFA/s320/OurSon,OurHero%28Navy%29%28%231336998%29-F.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Who do you want to remember? What Soldier or Military Service member in your family, has a story you want to make sure family members will remember? Might it be a Grandfather, Uncle, or maybe your Dad, or your own son or daughter who is now serving in the Military. Everybody has a Story? What is theirs? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Go <a href="http://www.yourstorybooksonline.com/">here</a> to start your Memorial Book, I would love to help you get started. </div>Becky J S Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773017258111520131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354526126448021572.post-31324952919803602882010-10-04T01:21:00.000-05:002010-10-04T01:21:28.792-05:00Heritage Makers Studio Showcase!There are so many reasons why I love <a href="http://www.yourstorybooksonline.com/">Heritage Makers</a>, one being is the sharing of ideas from other <a href="http://www.yourstorybooksonline.com/">Heritage Maker</a> Consultants and Clients. There gets to be many, many different outstanding creative ideas submitted for everyone to share, thus, creating a huge template collection or Gallery, that is often added to every week. To date there is almost 3700 templates in the <a href="http://www.heritagemakers.com/templategallery.cfm">Template Gallery.</a> Using <a href="http://www.yourstorybooksonline.com/">Heritage Makers</a> to create beautiful books, calendars, flip and swatchbooks, Decks of Cards, postcards, invites and greeting cards, scrap pages, canvases, the possibilities are never ending and only limited by your own imagination. And if you are like myself, my imagination and creativity skills are not as fine tuned as many of my fellow Consultants and or clients with <a href="http://www.yourstorybooksonline.com/">Heritage Makers</a>, and in the process, they become the <a href="http://www.yourstorybooksonline.com/">Heritage Maker</a> of their families. I love that I can sit down and in a matter of a few minutes create a page, or Canvas, which with Traditional Scrapbooking would take me hours and hours, and quite frankly lots of STUFF! and room and space besides! <br />
Here is a beautiful story on the POWERFUL, Powerful impact that a little tiny 5x5 book can have....... on so many, Little Tristan and his family will have reached out and touched many, in his very short brief time here on earth. This too is one of the reasons that I found <a href="http://www.heritagemakers.com/361212">Heritage Makers</a>, or I would rather say, <a href="http://www.heritagemakers.com/361212">Heritage Makers</a> found me. I wanted to be able to do a memory book, about my own daughter, Tabitha, that I lost 22 years ago.<br />
Thank you Arae - for sharing your Story, your family and your son Tristan, with us, and Yes, there is a reason for everything. I have had the Joy and honor of "meeting a new friend, in you." <br />
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<a href="http://www.yourstorybooksonline.com/">Heritage Makers</a> creates outstanding videos showcasing the many benefits of using the Studio 3, and Premier membership. <br />
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This video highlights some of the best entries submitted to the Best of Heritage "Studio Showcase" <br />
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I welcome you to visit my website <a href="http://www.yourstorybooksonline.com/">YourStoryBooksOnline</a>, and begin to Unleash Your Creativity, Christmas is just around the corner..... We have been on Oprah's Best Top 10 gifts to Give.....<br />
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WHAT STORY do you know, and is just waiting to be told? Becky J S Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773017258111520131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354526126448021572.post-33591582727092485242010-08-14T21:27:00.002-05:002011-12-13T16:57:39.828-06:00Heritage Makers Reunion 2010Wow what a couple of days my fellow <a href="http://www.heritagemakers.com/business/"><b>Heritage Maker Consultants</b></a> had at Reunion 2010 in beautiful Phoenix, Arizona. This year they went to the Arizona Biltmore. I was not able to attend this year, due to family commitments. Last year I was able to attend Reunion in Las Vegas, NV, an experience I so much wanted to beable to do again this year!<br /><br /> Each year HM Consultants all get together for a few days of energizing fun, training, meeting up with old friends and making new ones. Not to mention the recognition that is available to every consultant! One of the great things <a href="http://www.heritagemakers.com/press/"><b>( and there are Many)</b></a> about <a href="http://www.heritagemakers.com/361212"><b>Heritage Makers</b></a> and the incredible company that they are, is that <a href="http://www.heritagemakers.com/361212"><b>Heritage Makers</b></a> makes it possible for consultants to earn the Reunion Trip for FREE! <a href="http://www.heritagemakers.com/361212"><b>Heritage Makers</b></a> offers the Highest Quality Products and is on the very cutting edge of a Personal Online Publishing company. <a href="http://www.heritagemakers.com/361212"><b>Heritage Makers</b></a> is a company that recognizes the extreme value of preserving heritage, strengthening families all done thru the Power of Storybooking!<br /><br />Each year <a href="http://www.heritagemakers.com/business/consultantLifestyle.cfm"><b>HM Consultants</b></a> gather at Reunion for several days of fun, recognition and training. This year we went to Phoenix and the gorgeous Arizona Biltmore. Consultants are given many opportunities to earn this trip for FREE. Check out the photos and see what an incredible company <a href="http://www.heritagemakers.com/comm/email/stories/20100707.htm"> <b>Heritage Makers</b></a> is. Not only does Heritage Makers provide the highest quality products and cutting edge personal online publising, it is a company that recognizes the value of preserving heritage and strengthening families through the power of Storybooking. <a href="http://www.heritagemakers.com/aboutus.cfm"><b>Heritage Makers</b></a> offers an unconditional <a href="http://www.heritagemakers.com/aboutus.cfm"><b>Heirloom Quality Assurance Guarantee</b> </a>.<br /><br /> One of the most anticipated ( and again there are many) presentations at Heritage Makers Reunion, is the Best of Heritage Awards, which are presented in video form. What the Best of Heritage Awards are; are very moving specific stories that have been done or told throughout the past year. I want to share the best of Heritage Awards that were given this year at <b><a href="http://www.yourstorybooksonline.com/">Heritage Makers</a></b> Reunion.<br /><br />THIS IS WHY - I LOVE <b><a href="http://www.yourstorybooksonline.com/">HERITAGE MAKERS!</a> </b> and became a Consultant myself. It was all because I myself had stories to tell! That of my youngest Daughter Emilee, and her premature birth, my family, my own life story, and also to tell the story of my Daughter Tabitha - whom I lost in 1988 due to premature birth. It is a book that I work on using the few photos that I had and still have. It is a book that in writing it, is a healing process. When I complete that Book - in the months to come, I too will share that book here. But in the mean time, please take time to watch these three Best of Heritage - Heritage Makers Stories. Here is also a link to my<b> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/mncountryangel#grid/user/069BDAF84B3295EA">Heritage Makers Playlist</a></b> on You Tube with these videos.<br /><br /><b>NEXT-</b> <b style="Times New Roman",serif;font-family:Georgia,";"><span style="color:red;">Run DO NOT- walk</span></b> - or waste 7 months as I did - to <a href="https://www.heritagemakers.com/account/createCustomerAccount.cfm"><b>Join, create an account for FREE!</b></a> - and begin Your Story Today, preserving your precious memories, family history, and photos! Every Photos has a Story, and Every Story deserves a book of it's own. - Therefore- <b style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.yourstorybooksonline.com/">"EveryBody has a Story, What is Yours?"</a></b><br /><br />Please Email me <b style="color: red;"><a href="mailto:yourstorybooksonline@gmail.com">HERE</a> </b> find me on<span style="color:blue;"> </span><b style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/YOUR-STORY-BOOKS-ONLINE/69856107555?ref=ts">FACEBOOK</a></b> or <b style="color: blue;"><a href="http://twitter.com/yourstorybooks">TWITTER</a></b><br /><br /><br />Best of Heritage Makers 2010- Tribute - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6sYout58F8"><b>"Tristan's Visit"</b></a><br /><br /><object height="405" width="660"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/p6sYout58F8?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/p6sYout58F8?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="660" height="405"></embed></object><br /><br />Best of Heritage - History <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sli-oexyw4s">"War Heroine" </a><br /><br /><object height="405" width="660"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Sli-oexyw4s?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Sli-oexyw4s?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="660" height="405"></embed></object><br /><br />Best of Heritage Makers 2010 - Memorial <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VagEqXAONE0">"Jennifer Gilbert"</a><br /><br /><object height="405" width="660"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VagEqXAONE0?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VagEqXAONE0?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="660" height="405"></embed></object>Becky J S Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773017258111520131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354526126448021572.post-53582357757334103582010-08-12T17:08:00.000-05:002010-10-01T16:52:37.215-05:00Important Announcements from Heritage Makers!At Heritage Makers Reunion event in Phoenix this week, an exciting announcement is being made. (Along with all the new products, art, and NEW Catalog!)<br />
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Heritage Makers will be introducing a Publishing Points system. This is great news for you! <br />
We are in the process of turning all credits into the new HM publishing point system.<br />
<b>As of August 16, 2010 the credits in your account will be given their equivalent point value. We are so excited for points!</b><br />
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Here's why: <br />
• Credits are being converted to the retail price of the item you purchased. <br />
• You can now use your points on any product, but you aren't tied into the product you originally purchased. <br />
• You can easily create birthday gifts, holiday presents, or home décor without worrying about purchasing a specific item. <br />
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All newly purchased points will now expire after two years instead of one year. All previously purchased credits that have been converted to points will expire two years from the date the credit was purchased. Logging into the HM site after the conversion happens will allow you to see the new expiration date for your points. <br />
The points system is going to make creating your favorite Heritage Makers projects much easier. You should notice the change in your account by August 16th.<br />
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<b>In order to roll out publishing points and new development code, the main Heritage Makers website will be unavailable Sunday August 15 at 8:00 p.m. until Monday August 16 at 6:00 a.m. MDT.</b>Becky J S Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773017258111520131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354526126448021572.post-75261661415610083662010-06-28T15:38:00.001-05:002011-12-13T17:17:55.391-06:00Why I love what I doWhen I get asked what do you do? Heritage Makers created a video awhile back - where several other consultants tell why they love being Heritage Makers consultants. This is that last clip on the Heritage Makers business opportunity video filmed in the fall of 2009. I agree with this so whole heartedly! My Granddaughter received a Christmas gift several years ago, which was made by her great Aunt Kathy who is also a Heritage Makers Consultant. Kathy discovered Heritage Makers about a month before I did, Kathy is also married to a guy I refer to as one of my cousins on the Hilde side..... We are not blood cousins but- growing up we always were at the same family events, and my Grandma Amanda was also his grandma too. It is like that in small Minnesota towns. I am ever so greatful to Kathy for creating this 12x12 page for her sister, Alayna's great grandma and giving it to her for Christmas. My son Jon captured this moment when Alayna opened her Gift and the Expression on her face - says it all.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nW_hPPyHPto/TCkGfGzJUQI/AAAAAAAAUOQ/68nrjpJevog/s1600/Alayna-Christmas+Photo-a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nW_hPPyHPto/TCkGfGzJUQI/AAAAAAAAUOQ/68nrjpJevog/s320/Alayna-Christmas+Photo-a.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />Using this Photo - I then created - My "Heritage Makers Why" both in a canvas and a more portable size 12x12 and 8x8 page.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nW_hPPyHPto/TCkHledCvBI/AAAAAAAAUOY/jt0QZA8bRkY/s1600/Picture+4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nW_hPPyHPto/TCkHledCvBI/AAAAAAAAUOY/jt0QZA8bRkY/s320/Picture+4.png" /></a></div><br />I hope enjoy the video - and take a second or even a third look at the opportunity that Heritage Makers offers - I can be emailed at yourstorybooksonline@gmail.com. I would love to share more with you about this awesome company Heritage Makers. ~ Becky C ~ <a href="http://www.YourStoryBooksOnline.com">www.YourStoryBooksOnline.com </a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><object height="405" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4mKMAKAm39A&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4mKMAKAm39A&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="405"></embed></object>Becky J S Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773017258111520131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354526126448021572.post-20219551465876315352010-06-01T14:32:00.000-05:002011-12-13T19:16:00.787-06:00Baby Photos and what can I do with them.I love taking Photos of Baby's ~ Who doesn't?<br />I ran across this article at the <a href="http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2010/07/how-to_create_beautiful_baby_p.html">Craftzine Blog</a> which offered up some great hints and tips for taking Baby Photos.<br /><br />My thought is..... now you have got all those great Baby Pics then what?<br /><br />Create a Canvas, for home deco, they are great for the baby's room!<br />- or that beautiful Baby Year book. Baby books have come such a long way in the past 50 years!<br />- or a Poster.<br /><br />Heritage Makers offers just that -<br /><br />I invite you to go to my website www.YourStoryBooksOnline.com, create a free account - or better yet - become a Premier Club Member - and preserve those gorgeous photographs and the memories that are often hidden or in years to come ~ forgotten.<br /><br />There are so many templates to choose from, and it is so easy to just to create you own.Becky J S Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773017258111520131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354526126448021572.post-62747617010619409962010-05-05T12:00:00.000-05:002011-12-13T17:28:15.362-06:00Ideas<div class="post-headline"> <h2><strong>HERITAGE </strong></h2> </div> <!-- Post Body Copy --> <div style="text-align: center;"> <h3><img class="alignleft" src="http://makebooks.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/77.jpg" alt="" height="100" width="150" /></h3> </div> <p>Discover, explore and record your family history for generations to come.</p> <p>Time is precious and the people that know all the stories about your family won’t be around forever so get those tales written down now. Are there people in the photos in those old black paper albums that you don’t know the names of or how they are related to you? Find out this information so you can document it to pass on to future generations. It may not seem that important now but what if you don’t know who some of the people in the photos are and one day your child or someone else asks you who the people in the old black photo album are and you can’t tell them.</p> <p>If you create a Heritage scrapbook album or incorporate the photos into a photo journal and document your family history, this information will be available to future generations. A family tree page is very important to include for future generations because it will show the connection between themselves and all the other family members.</p> <h3><strong>BABY </strong></h3> <div style="text-align: center;"><img class="alignright" src="http://makebooks.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/5panel.jpg" alt="" height="102" width="239" /></div> <p><strong></strong>This is the most special scrapbook album of all and has so many possibilities to make each and every page unique and memorable. My advice here is to keep everything you get concerning your new child starting from when you are in the hospital. Baby food labels and a picture of your child trying the new food also make great souvenirs of their early days. This may be a bit tricky to get photos of this so you may need to enlist the help of dad, a friend or an older child for this.</p> <p>The sky is the limit because babies have so many different expressions and change so much over the years. You can also take photos of a baby in outfits they were given because especially as newborns they might not fit into it for very long. It is wonderful to capture as much of their changing look because it happens so fast and at least you will have the memories to share with them when as they grow up.</p> <h3><strong>HOLIDAY </strong></h3> <p>The photos of these special occasions (i.e. Easter Egg Hunts, costumes they wore on Halloween, and family gatherings at Thanksgiving and Christmas) are essential to a family scrapbook album. You may also want to divide some of the extra copies of these photos into each child’s individual scrapbook so they can all have their own book of memories.</p> <h3><strong>BIRTHDAY</strong></h3> <div style="text-align: center;"><img class="alignleft" src="http://makebooks.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/3panel.jpg" alt="" height="106" width="112" /></div> <p>Include photos of their birthday parties each year in a family scrapbook album so you can see the changes in your child/ren’s appearance, friends, cakes and gifts they received from year to year. These photos can also be incorporated into each child’s individual scrapbook.</p> <h3><strong>WEDDING </strong></h3> <div style="text-align: center;"><img class="alignright" src="http://makebooks.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/product-canvas.jpg" alt="" height="117" width="150" /></div> <p>If the scrapbook album is for the bride and groom the journaling is very subjective. You are projecting your ideas of what the happy couple may want to have written in the album into the journaling. It will be special because the album will be from your perspective and give them a different outlook on the day. Weddings are very busy and because the bride and groom have so many details to attend to they may not remember some of the special moments that took place during the course of the day.</p> <h3><strong>ANNIVERSARY </strong></h3> <p>This theme can be a stand alone project or part of a family scrapbook album. A stand alone album makes a great gift idea.</p> <h3><strong>TRAVEL/FAMILY TRIP </strong></h3> <div style="text-align: center;"><img class="alignleft" src="http://makebooks.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/13x11.jpg" alt="" height="185" width="192" /></div> <p>This theme could be created in one book or if you had a really long and memorable trip each one could be extended into its own album. It all depends on the number of photos and stories you want to include. These are things you can think of when you are on a trip, taking photos with making your project in mind and what you really want to remember. Keep everything (including tickets and information pamphlets you can scan) from shows you may have seen or little side trips you went on so you can remember every little detail of your travels. It all depends on how much detail you want to go into on your pages, whether each trip will have its own scrapbook album, if all trips end up in one album or as part of the family album.</p> <p>One way to extend an album or fill an entire scrapbook album is to take pictures of every child at different locations you go to so you can pick and choose (or use them all) which pictures will be used. Also, this way everyone gets in the album and there will be no disputes about this. Extra copies of these photos could also be used in a child’s individual scrapbook album.</p> <h3><strong>PETS </strong></h3> <p>Keep a photo record of family pets you have had, especially their growth if you had them from when they were young. You could also include in this theme photos taken during trips to the zoo or various animal parks you have visited as a family. Pictures of your children with pets they treasured will make great memories when they are older. Copies of these pictures could also be included in their individual albums and the family scrapbook album as well.</p> <h3><strong>CHILDHOOD</strong></h3> <p>This album continues from where the Baby Album leaves off and follows the child through each milestone, special event and memorable moment in his or her life.</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img class="alignright" src="http://makebooks.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/7panel.jpg" alt="" height="93" width="238" /></div> <p>I hope these ideas help inspire you to decide which <a href="http://www.heritagemakers.com/361212" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.heritagemakers.com');"><strong>Heritage Makers</strong></a> project to begin first.</p> <p>Now <a href="http://www.heritagemakers.com/361212" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.heritagemakers.com');">login</a> to your Heritage Makers account and start creating and preserving <strong>YOUR</strong> heritage!</p>Becky J S Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773017258111520131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354526126448021572.post-11895185858203470422009-09-02T10:50:00.001-05:002010-10-01T16:52:37.225-05:00Press Release - Heritage Makers on Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies List<p><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"><yoono-highlight onmouseout="___yoonoLink.onYoonoOut(this)" onmouseover="___yoonoLink.onYoonoOver(event,this)" onclick="___yoonoLink.onYoonoClick(this)" keywords="Heritage Makers" class="yoono-link-hover yoono-link-active-link">Heritage Makers</yoono-highlight> on Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies List</span></strong></p> <p><span style="color:#000000;"><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Heritage Makers ranks number 132 on exclusive business list.<o:p></o:p></span></em><o:p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></o:p> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;">Provo, Utah - August 25, 2009 - Heritage Makers, the leader in personal publishing for customized storybooks, recently was featured on the Inc. 500 list, recognizing the fastest growing private companies in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><yoono-highlight onmouseout="___yoonoLink.onYoonoOut(this)" onmouseover="___yoonoLink.onYoonoOver(event,this)" onclick="___yoonoLink.onYoonoClick(this)" keywords="America" class="yoono-link-hover yoono-link-active-link">America</yoono-highlight></st1:place></st1:country-region>. Heritage Makers was ranked as number nine in the Consumer Products and Services category, and number 132 overall. <span style="color: black;"><span> </span>This is the first year that Heritage Makers has been eligible for Inc. 500 recognition. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></o:p></span> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;">“We’re proud to be recognized on the Inc. 500 list. This is a true validation of the consistent hard work and commitment of the Heritage Makers team and consultant sales force,” said Heritage Makers’ CEO Christopher Lee. “We’re fortunate to have such devoted partners working with us to deliver these meaningful products to our customers.”</span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000;"><o:p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></o:p> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;">Heritage Makers has grown at a rapid pace since its founding in 2004 and is now the nation’s leading storybooking company, offering a wide range of digitally-created and professionally-designed products including books, cards, scrapbook pages, canvas prints, and much more.</span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000;"><o:p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></o:p> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#000000;"><st1:personname st="on"><yoono-highlight onmouseout="___yoonoLink.onYoonoOut(this)" onmouseover="___yoonoLink.onYoonoOver(event,this)" onclick="___yoonoLink.onYoonoClick(this)" keywords="Doug" class="yoono-link-hover yoono-link-active-link">Doug</yoono-highlight> Cloward</st1:personname>, Heritage Makers President says, “It’s a special honor to be recognized as an industry leader by <em>Inc. Magazine</em>.<span> </span>We know that consumers face many challenges in today’s economy, so we feel especially pleased to be ranked so highly among Consumer Products and Services.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000;"><o:p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></o:p> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;">Anyone can easily design high-quality storybooks in a variety of sizes with Heritage Makers’ web-based, personal publishing platform, Heritage Studio. <span> </span>Heritage Makers products are completely customizable with photos and journaling. Users design their own pages online, or use one of thousands of creative templates available. </span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000;"><o:p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></o:p> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;">To create one of Heritage Makers storybooks and other products, go to </span><a href="http://www.heritagemakers.com/"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;">www.heritagemakers.com</span></a><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"> to create a free online account. Heritage Makers’ publishing platform runs on a Mac or PC. Heritage Makers enables anyone to preserve family stories, strengthen relationships, and build self-esteem with unique, creative, and personalized heritage-building products.</span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000;"><o:p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></o:p> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;">About the Company</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;">Heritage Makers is a company and a community that believes in the power of strengthening family relationships through storybooks. Heritage Makers publishing platform is easy-to-use and simple enough to help anyone make a book—families, photographers, creative professionals, artists, writers, or anyone else with a story to tell. With Heritage Makers unique online publishing process, these stories can be preserved forever in custom hardbound books and related projects. In addition, Heritage Makers offers a unique income-building opportunity for its consultant sales force and anyone interested in celebrating life’s stories.</span></p>Becky J S Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773017258111520131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354526126448021572.post-5636955599330795412009-06-05T09:24:00.001-05:002010-10-01T16:52:37.232-05:00About Heritage MakersThe Company<br /><br />In just a few short years, Heritage Makers has found its way into the hearts of thousands of people around the world. There’s a reason for it. At Heritage Makers, our goal is to make preserving family stories simple, fun, and rewarding. Heritage Makers helps people everywhere create beautiful, heirloom quality storybooks which document the priceless relationships, events, and experiences of life.<br /><br />While creating and sharing storybooks, we also believe that the company can strengthen family, improve relationships, build children’s self esteem, and bind families together. Once just one book is made, storybooking will become an integral part of everyday life. All it takes is for one heart to be touched, one relationship strengthened, or one look at the face of a person receiving a Heritage Makers storybook to know that this product has the ability to change lives for good. And we have a lot of fun in the process!<br /><br />A gift from Heritage Makers is more than a one-time present. Heritage Makers is the power to change a life, to build a relationship, or create a bond. Heritage Makers is an opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of others.<br /><br /><br />Our Personal Publishing Consultants<br /><br />Partnering with Heritage Makers brings security, purpose, satisfaction, and personal growth in the form of additional income and time freedom, as well as personal growth and satisfaction through achievement and purpose. One individual, by sharing Heritage Makers products with another, opens the way for hundreds of lives to receive the benefits of Heritage Makers. One individual, by sharing the Heritage Makers business opportunity with another, not only feels the satisfaction that successful mentors feel, but also experiences the thrill of watching others succeed.<br /><br />Our consultants:<br /><br />* Teach classes that help others strengthen families.<br />* Show how to express creativity.<br />* Help others discover ways to build relationships.<br />* Develop life-long skill and building family connections.<br />* Provide personalized customer service.<br />* Have fun while living their dream lives!<br /><br />Mission and Vision<br /><br />Heritage Makers is dedicated to helping you and your family discover, preserve and celebrate your family stories and heritage. We believe in strengthening homes and families with the heritage enriching power of storybooking. Storybooking is the unique Heritage Makers process of combining photographs with personalized writing into one or more professionally bound books. Heritage Makers is the first and fastest growing storybooking company in the world.<br />How we do it<br /><br />Story is at the heart of all we do. Stories provide a way to discover the rich heritage of which we are a part. With Heritage Makers unique online publishing process those stories can be preserved forever in custom hardbound books and projects. Each project contains with its pages a unique memory that can be cherished and celebrated.<br /><br />Heritage Maker products are available exclusively through our sales force of independent Heritage Consultants. These professionals bring the Heritage Makers products to life by sharing their own stories and demonstrating Heritage Makers products at in-home celebrations. They are there every step of the way to help you write and publish your very own story.<br /><br />What We Do<br />Using our easy online publishing system, you can quickly and professionally publish a beautiful hardcover book - full color, high quality paper, stitched and library bound. Besides storybooks, there are also calendars, posters, greeting cards and postcards. View our products for more details.<br /><br />How it Works<br />You can create your storybook in just a few hours. From the convenience of your own home, you collect your photos and write your story. Then choose the size and style of book you would like to create. Upload your scanned or digital photos and use them in over 500 templates or create your own layouts with our drag and drop system. Add your text and that’s it! Heritage Makers publishes your books and in about 10 business days they will arrive at your doorstep.<br /><br />How Do I Get Started?<br />All you need to get started is an online Heritage Studio account where you can store photos, create your heritage projects, order books and much more. Studio accounts also come with a treasury of professionally designed easy books, templates, layouts, backgrounds, fonts and access to hundreds of digital scrapbooking collections featuring backgrounds, embellishments, alphabets, and easy pages.Becky J S Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773017258111520131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354526126448021572.post-28537981505541844282009-05-17T11:36:00.000-05:002009-05-17T11:45:09.078-05:00Introduction to Heritage Makers<a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=15643226">Heritage Makers Introduction</a><br/><object width="425px" height="360px" ><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/><param name="movie" value="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=15643226,t=1,mt=video"/><embed src="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=15643226,t=1,mt=video" width="425" height="360" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed></object>Becky J S Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773017258111520131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354526126448021572.post-40643843578643585692009-04-27T12:16:00.000-05:002009-09-02T01:32:53.066-05:00Introduction ! My First Post! ON my 50th Birthday!!<span style="font-weight: bold;">This Blog is to share my love of STORY and my love of BOOKS - And helping you to tell your story! EVERYBODY has one - Please let me help you tell yours! <br /><br />I give credit to my Dad - he always had a book in his hands - or was reading -<br /><br />and<br /><br />My Mom - she let me go wild with the little brownie camera to take pictures with. <br /><br />I began the love of photography at about 10 years of age - and have passed this love of Photography and Reading Books ~ onto my own children - Never in my wildest dreams - did I think this would turn into a business on my 50th Birthday! One that I can share and help my children with as well.<br /><br />My two daughters are also going to do this as a part time business - if you would like to make some extra income - then please contact me at <br /><br /><a href="http://www.heritagemakers.com/361212">www.yourstorybooksonline.com </a><br /><br />or leave a comment for me to connect with you here.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">I will be dedicating this blog to helping you preserve your family legacy. A picture is worth a thousand words but it only tells half the story. On this blog you will find interesting ideas to jumpstart your journaling and ideas for photo opportunities. I will also share layouts and most importantly, I hope to inspire you to start recording your family history so that the memories of today will not be lost to the generations of tomorrow.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />This was a gift to me - this opportunity - and for it to be a continued gift - I must "Pay it Forward" - and look so forward to the Months and Years ahead!<br /><br />Have a great Day and Happy Story Telling! <br /><br />Becky C</span>Becky J S Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773017258111520131noreply@blogger.com0