Preserving your Memories, one page at a time
It’s not too late to get that perfect gift from Shutterfly. I have been ordering through them for a while now and love the quality of the prints. I have several mugs and a few that I have sent to my mom for mothers day. You can Save $15 off a $30 Shutterfly.com purchase on 5/7 with code PERFECTGIFT and receive them in time for Mother’s Day.
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Spring is finally here. Today I noticed that my garden flowers are blooming, my chives and oregano survived all the snow. Now it is time to freshen up the home. During Christmas I discovered these cute photo decals by shutterfly. I was amazed how many new home decorations that Shutterfly now offers. I am really excited to be hosting this Shutterfly Giveaway. I am happy with the results of the Photo Wall decal I purchased in December.
These decals fit perfectly with our walls, my husband doesn’t want holes in the walls and I didn’t want bare walls. This was the perfect solution to our bare walls. Shutterfly now has 16 photo home decor products to show off your most treasured memories.
Here are two of their newest home decor products,
And New Decorative Wall Decals
Shutterfly would like you to visit Shutterfly home Décor page and comment favorite item you’d like to feature in your home. One lucky reader will win a 5×5 Photo Gallary Acrylic Block.
Shutterfly is having a sale on their ceramic mugs. A couple years ago I bought my first mug from them, and still use it daily for tea or hot cholocate. Here is my mug, one of the photos I really enjoy on it is the Paul McCartney Concert I took my husband to see in 2010, he other two are trips we took as a family. These are great gifts.
$4.99 Mug – Offer expires 2/20/2013 (11:59 P.M. PST). Offer is good for one white, 11oz ceramic mug for $4.99 at shutterfly.com. Offer valid for one-time redemption per billing address. Taxes, shipping and handling will apply. For more details, please click here.
“A Sketch in Time!”
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I love my little flip pal, it is tiny enough to go with me anywhere and yet powerful enough to capture the beauty of the photos I scan. I keep it near my laptop at all times, as a busy mom of 4 kids, working from home and homeschooling, this gadget has really been a plus. Takes less than a minute to scan any picture, and have on my laptop for the my Genealogy Project. I scanned this photo of my Grandparents at my Great Grandparents house around 1949 last fall while I was visiting my Aunt. The photo is 63 years old, my Aunt is the adorable baby in this photo. The scan was great, but the photo had been damaged a lot. After using Photo Elements 10 I was able to clear it up a lot to see the faces and even photos in the background. When handling old photos be sure to use Archival Methods White Nylon Gloves Medium, Package of 12
Above Before Left to Right, Pat, Dave Kistle, Ula Akin Durbin, Baby Theresa, Raymond Durbin, Ola Tryon(Grandma) and Elmer Joseph (June) Tryon.
Below After
It is that time of year, Family Tree University and RootsTech are having their annual Conferences within the next few months. There are some positive changes to both conferences. Family Tree University has 15 Virtual Classes that you can view whenever you have time. Here is more details on their classes. February 22-24, early Bird sign up ends January 25th.
Rootstech Conference is March 21-23rd this year and has a couple new opportunities, one Story@Home which provides you with classes and performances to help guide you on better ways to preserve and share your families stories. And the other new opportunity is Getting Started Track for Beginners.
The Conference will also have 250 informative Sessions and Larger Expo, it will be a lot of fun. The Early Bird registration is available now, grab it quick because it will go fast.
I started digi scrapping last August, and always injoy connecting with other digi artists. Recently I found this site called digidesignresort. I have signed up to take their Safari Lounge Classes and learn more about designing. They have a lot of great things to discover – the Happy Hour Club with over 100 GREAT products for no more than 5$ to download.
As I work through my large file of old photos fixing all the scratches and tears digitally I am also making a digital scrapbook. This book I will be able to print, make a movie DVD, or online video for sharing. The amount of options is limitless and I enjoy making these for my family. Adding old letters, original photos before editing, photos after they have been fixed and a lovely memory book that can be shared with every family member.
This one of my Great Great Aunt Lovella and Uncle Earl Moore is just stunning. She had her mother’s blue eyes and married Uncle Earl when she was 16, they eventually had two wonderful children and lived a long happy life together. The top was bent and smudged quite a bit.
After using Photoscape, and cloning the damage to the photo, I got this as the final result.
And tonight I created a page dedicated completely for them, using MyMemories.com
MyMemories Suite is a great gift for someone who enjoys scrapbooking or someone that needs an introduction to
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I have been fortunate that my family has kept several boxes full of old photographs. Most are in good condition, but some are falling apart. 
This old photograph of my Grandma Ola as a young women is crumbling apart. You can see where pieces of the photo have been taken out completely. I have several different photo software programs that can help repair, my favorite is a free program that I find the easiest is to learn with Photoscape.
Here is a screenshot of Photoscape and where to find Clonestamp to correct these flaws.
I have added arrows to the sections you will want to click on to fix. Once you have selected the clone stamp in tools, you will want to click first on an area that is not damaged that matches the area that is damaged. A circle will appear, locking in the undamaged area. Then using your mouse click over the damaged area. This will clone the undamaged area to the area needing to be fixed. Giving your this result.
The amount of cracks and damage on this intense and I am still working on it. However you can notice the wholes are no longer visible and most of her cheeks are repaired. Here is another one I have fixed of my Great Aunt Lovella and Uncle Earl
Before
After
The program is simple and free to use. No real complex techniques to learn with Photoscape.
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