• My memories, photo album., photo book, touched by a butterfly

    My Memories Giveaway

    I will be hosting a Giveaway every month from now until the end of the year for 1 copy of My Memories v3 Software. It is the software that I use to create the templates, facebook templates, photobooks, and all the goodies for Touched by a Butterfly. It is simple to use and has so many features to enhance your designs. Here is a cute page of my Great Great Grandma Nancy Ola Akin, I made it using Touched by a Butterfly Kit: Linda’s Antiques

     

    You can create anything you want with My Memories Software, you can print your projects once you are done creating them on your My Memories Software. Anytime of paper crafts, have a scrapbook printed, laptop skins made, and cute iPhone covers. Each week My Memories Facebook has a freebie available. Receive a $20.00 discount when you use discount code  STMMMS36408, you will receive $10.00 off your software and $10.00 off your first purchase. You can get all those beautiful photos printed in lovely scrapbooks before Christmas rush.

     

     

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  • Giveaways, review

    Launch Out Into the Deep! Giveaway

    This is a review and giveaway post. Please scroll down to learn more about you can enter to win an audio version of this eBook on CD and a $20.00 restaurant e-gift card, their choice of Apple Bee’s, Chilli’s, Long Horn, Red Lobster, Oliver Garden, Pappa John’s, or Pizza Hut.

    The Book I have been selected to review and host this giveaway is Launch Out Into the Deep, by Author, Acacia Slaton Beumer. You can find Launch Out Into the Deep! on her site, Kindle, Nook, and Smashwords.

    Overview

    The introduction of this book starts with “No one ever said life was easy.” The Author relates personal stories of the tragedies and triumphs in our lives from the perspective of how God is present with us during our trials.

    With personal stories of healing, sharing poetry, and examples of how people have struggled with addiction, loss, and shame- along with Biblical Stories of God’s Love and Grace. Author Acacia Slaton Beumer’s book has won the Mom’s Choice Award, I am really enjoying this review.

     

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    Author Acacia Slaton Beumer

  • created by christin thomas, Created by Christin Thomas, digital photos, digital prints, My memories

    CT Call-Created by Christin Thomas

    I’m looking to add more members to my tream.

    Layout Artist Requirements:
    1 or 2 layout per kit release
    Post in my STS gallery and 2 other galleries
    Be active at the STS forum and my facebook fan page

    Advertising Helper
    Help me with adverting my business at DST, DSA, STS, and facebook
    Help with my $2 Tuesday newsletter and my normal newsletter

    Social Network Helper
    Help me post on my facebook fan page and keep it active
    Help with posting on other social networks.

    By joining my team you will receive everything in my store for free. If you would like to join please go to my blog to fill out my team application.

    Link: http://www.created.bychristin.com/team-application.html

     

  • Created by Christin Thomas, created by christin thomas, digital scrapbooking, My memories

    CT Call-Created by Christin Thomas

    Created by Christin Thomas is looking to add more members to her tream.

    Layout Artist Requirements:
    1 or 2 layout per kit release
    Post in my STS gallery and 2 other galleries
    Be active at the STS forum and my facebook fan page

    Advertising Helper
    Help me with adverting my business at DST, DSA, STS, and facebook
    Help with my $2 Tuesday newsletter and my normal newsletter
    Social Network Helper
    Help me post on my facebook fan page and keep it active
    Help with posting on other social networks.

    By joining my team you will receive everything in my store for free. If you would like to join please go to my blog to fill out my team application.

    Link: http://www.created.bychristin.com/team-application.html

  • family, family historian

    Beggars’ Night

    On October 30, 1926, my Grandma was born on Beggars’ night. She was the first child of Raymond F. Durbin and Ula Mae Akin Durbin.  She told me that Beggars Night was the “treat” portion of Trick or Treat years ago. From the research I have done, it is mainly a midwest tradition. My Great Grandfather Raymond F. Durbin was originally from Illinois.  The children would dress in their costumes and make evening rounds to homes and sometimes businesses. Gathering treats and sometimes they would receive things like buttons, and old jewelry. She collected these two jars for decades, full of little treasures and gave them to me years ago.

     

    She would joke about not knowing exactly was in there, she had collected these as a child and young adult and maybe there might be a $20.00 in one. Tonight I dusted off these old jars and just took out a couple things from the top. Found a beautiful beaded ribbon with the letters BS on it, two fabric cats and a gold broach with red dangling beads in great condition. I placed all these lovely memories back in the jars. Things she had collected from Beggars’ night, her birthday, her own little time capsule.

    Grandma as a young girl in a Clown Costume

    I always find family traditions fascinating, we went Trunk and Treat with our 4 kids this last weekend. It was something completely new for us. Where people gathered on Base and decorated their cars, passing out candy for the kids. What are some traditions you share with your family?

  • My memories, touched by a butterfly

    Freebie From My Memories

    This week’s My Memories Freebie is a party hat. You will now access the freebies through the store, instead of as a direct download. This means that if you ever buy a new computer, your computer crashes, or you accidentally delete a file, you will be able to access it in your My Downloads section of your My Memories Account. My Memories accounts are always free. Each week I will post a new freebie and instruction how to put these together.
    Enjoy!!!

    And if you are ready to upgrade to the My Memories software, please use discount code  STMMMS36408, for $10.00 off of the software at My Memories and $10.00 off any kit of your choice. Email me after you have bought the software for another $20.00 Gift certificate to Touched by a Butterfly store.

    I will be hosting a My Memories Giveaway each month from now until the end of the year.

  • Christmas, family tree

    Minted.com Giveaway

    I am honored to be hosting a $ 50.00 & Free Shipping Giveaway for anything in the Minted.com site. Minted.com has a wide variety of printed cards, wall decor, and stationary.  This Print Our Vintage Family can either be framed or unframed art and comes in many sizes that best meets your needs. It is printed on quality museum paper, to last for years and pass on through the Generations.

     

    And below is a lovely photo Christmas Card, one of many that Minted.com has to offer.

     

    Just Believe Christmas Photo Cards

     

    I will be hosting this giveaway until Midnight November 5, and will announce the Winner on November 7. Thank you for visiting this Giveaway and my site.

     

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  • family historian, family reunions

    Genealogy Conference

    I really enjoy attending Conferences, and today’s Genealogy Conference with ICAPGen.org was just as much fun as other Conferences. I met so many wonderful people and learned so much. Tonight I wanted to share a new book that one of the Instructors had written on Social Media: The Social Media Guide for Ancestral Research/Applying Web 2.0 Strategies. This book has a lot of information on using the newest Social Media to help you with your researches. Everyone from Social Media, Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, Sharing files through SkyDrive, and dropbox. I discovered Dropbox a couple months ago and love it. It is an easy way to share documents between family. There were several other sites in her class that she discussed that I will have to check out and share with everyone.