As you can probably tell by now, I'm passionate about helping you preserve your pictures, memories, and stories. The {process of it all}--sitting down and going through your life's experiences--is so good for the heart and soul! It has {therapeutic benefits and even lowers stress}! We need our photos and memories and stories far more than we realize. It's the medicine for all the ills of the day, such as busyness, {overwhelm}, FOMO, and more.
So I'd like to help you get started! If you haven't done any memory-keeping for a while, I know it can feel a little daunting. To celebrate my 9-year blogiversary, I'm giving away a 12x12 Family Yearbook which I will put together for you!! This will help you see, hold, love, and enjoy your photos and memories from the past year (or any year of your choosing). It can be the boost you need to start memory-keeping on your own, and {these options make it easy to find a method that works best FOR YOU}!
What's a Family Yearbook?
Only the best way ever to get your photos off your phone or camera and into your hands and heart, that's all!
Did you know that {storing your photos in print is one of the very best ways} to store them? It's true! And a Family Yearbook is organized well, so it's easy to know where any given picture goes. Not only that, but with the overabundance of photos these days, a Family Yearbook is designed to help you choose your favorites and just preserve those in print. Heritage Makers is top-quality, too, which is a big reason it's my choice for memory-keeping. Books have a library binding with metal stitching (not glue, which yellows and cracks over time, causing pages to fall out). Not only that, but the digital art (which is included!) is absolutely unparalleled, so you're getting something jaw-droppingly beautiful, too.
It's amazing!
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| photo credit: Denise Pehrson |
Here's what the winner will do:
- Choose the year's worth of pictures you'd like to have preserved. (2018, 2012, whatever) (If you need photo organization tips so you can find all your pictures, {this video tutorial} will be your new best friend.)
- Choose from three styles of yearbooks. There are actually lots of family yearbooks by Heritage Makers, but I've just picked three to simplify things for me. You can see them {right here}, including page-by-page previews so you can choose the book that fits your style best. If you're not the winner of this giveaway, that link gives information to still come away with a family yearbook. :) If you'd really like a different style, I can work with you, so let me know.
- E-mail me 6-10 of your favorite pictures from each month of that year, along with a little description of who is in the photos, where they were taken, what memories you have of them, etc. So, for example, the first e-mail you'll send me might say "January 2016 Jane's birthday party was so fun because..." You'll need to e-mail pictures to me in full resolution.
- I do the work, you get the benefits. :)
Without the additional charge of my hourly rate for creating books, this prize would be a $52 value. However, since I'm putting it all together for you (bonus!), this comes out to be a $180+ prize!!
Note: If you aren't a winner or if you come across this blog post too late to enter, check out {Digital Scrapbooking for Hire} and you can still come away with a year's worth of photos preserved FOR YOU!
And now I know you're wondering: SO HOW DO I WIN?!
And now I know you're wondering: SO HOW DO I WIN?!
The winner will be selected at random on November 30. There must be 10 entries for this prize in order for it to qualify to be given away, so you might want to share this post with friends!
To enter the drawing, here's what you need to do:
- Comment on this blog post. You can tell me why you'd like to win this giveaway, or you can tell me something you've liked about other blog posts here at LifeTales Books over the last 9 years.
- Tweet, Pin, or share on Facebook any blog post from LifeTales Books of your choosing.
- E-mail me just a hello so I have your e-mail address so I can notify you if you win. I will not use your e-mail for any other purpose (because, hello, that's rude).
I'm SO excited to help you get a leg up on your memory-keeping and help you enjoy the good-for-the-soul by-products of preserving your memories and photos in one accessible, lovable place. Good luck! And don't forget to share this post so we're sure to have 10 entries for this giveaway. The winner will be chosen November 30 and contacted via e-mail.
"My mother made me a scrapbook because I was once too young to remember; I am making scrapbooks for my family because one day I may be too old to remember." -unknown
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Although this giveaway is over, it may be worth mentioning a 2023 update: Heritage Makers and Snap2Finish became YPhoto under Youngevity (which purchased Heritage Makers in 2013). YPhoto uses only templates, so the creativity showcased here is no longer available there, and they also no longer have capability to print previously-created projects like these from the old system. YPhoto is not a photo storage site like Heritage Makers was.
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What a great contest. It would be fun to win! I love the comment about being too old to remember. Yes, that is why I write names on or under photos. Especially since many of my children look alike at younger ages! They are all blonds with blue eyes so far!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Amy! I thought so, too. :) Yes, names and dates on photos is a BIG deal, for the very reason you mentioned. There are so many things we think we'll never forget, but unfortunately it only takes a few years. Thanks for stopping by AND for entering the contest. :)
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