Mother’s Day is coming up soon so why not make it memorable with a gift made of her favorite memories? Whether you pick a scrapbook, framed layout or digital file option she’ll love and cherish them forever. Contact me so we can get started on your project or you can purchase a gift card for Mom as well.
Monthly Archive for April, 2010
Recently me and my friends went to see a taping of The Martha Stewart Show. We were excited about seeing Martha, potentially some cool guests and giveaways. Luckily we were in the front of the line so we were guaranteed seats. We even got free coffee from the Chock Full o’Nuts truck. Seeing the set and how they put together the show was cool but we were slightly disappointed with the guests – organic food chefs, nothing craft related unfortunately. Although Martha got a little miffed during a segment, so that was something to see and we did get a free book. LOL! Anyways, it was an experience but the time with friends and the drinks afterwards were the highlight of the day overall.
I’m working on a Dixie Carter blog post – it’s just taking me forever since she was very near and dear to me. Hopefully sometime soon!!
In celebration of Earth Day today I thought it would be fitting to announce my new “All Digital Scrapbook” option here at Tara Sroka Designs. Now you can get 5 custom designed layouts in a digital format (small low resolution 8×8 JPGs) for only $25. These creations are perfect to email to family and friends, to post to Facebook and your blog. These files can easily be shared and enjoyed by many people quickly. Digital scrapbook files help reduce the use of paper products and they also take up less space in our lives. Files will be sent via a download link and additional file designs are $5 each. Please contact me to place your order.
As a scrapbook I consider myself a “memory preservist” but sometimes documenting life’s events is hard for me. Depending on the subject matter and the importance of a memory/event I tend to put off dealing with it. I always want to capture it perfectly and that makes it hard to actually finish it. Well I’ve been thinking about it over the weekend that life is too short and I need to just do it because you never know when it’s too late. I came across this great quote the other day and it really spoke to me: “Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.” by Oscar Wilde. We may carry all of our memories with us but we need to share them with others so they can be passed down and not forgotten. So don’t put off what you want to document or preserve for “another day” – do it now so you won’t regret it later. In the next coming days, I plan on working on some difficult layouts and journalling so stay tuned for my stories.
I recently worked on some cards (a few hybrids) which came out great using various Michele Underwood kits. In case you don’t know the term hybrid it’s paper crafting but with the help and aid of digital scrapbooking elements and kits.
Speaking of Michelle Underwood she has a great contest going on her blog where you could win your favorite digital kit! All you have to do is go here - Michelle Underwood designs @ Two Peas in a Bucket and pick out your favorite kit!!!! Then leave a comment on her blog with your favorite kit and you are entered to win it. That’s it! Winners will be announced on April 16th (Friday)!
Today was Opening Day for the NY Mets. I hope their first win and David Wright’s homerun are only the beginning for my favorite team in baseball! In honor of Opening Day here is one of my favorite layouts – John and Mr. Met! It’s an oldie but goodie =)
The past few days have been gorgeous – a huge change from the past few days. We have had some crazy and heavy rain lately on the East Coast, which got me thinking of things. On the news each night they have shown so many people forced to leave their homes due to flooding. I can’t imagine that feeling and knowing that many of your personal items like photos, mementos and things are gone forever possibly. This reminded me that it is so important to do what you can before something huge happens in life in order to preserve your memories.
Here’s some tips and ideas to help keep your keepsakes and photographs safe:
- Back up your photos on an external hard drive if possible
- Save your digital photos on photo sites like Shutterfly, Snapfish and Kodak. In case of emergency you can reprint them or re-download them for a fee.
- Have Tara Sroka Designs create a digital scrapbook. These books are saved on an external hard drive as well as saved online to ensure nothing happens to your stuff.
- Scan important documents, mementos and older photos and save to DVD or photo sites. If you can’t scan them take a photo of documents and mementos.
Another great resource for organizing tips and strategies is Miller Organizing, a professional organizing service. I recently meet up with their owner and she has endless ideas on how to organize your stuff. Be sure to check out http://millerorganizing.com/ for some inspiration when it comes to your possessions.
These all sound easy enough but making the time is the key. Some things are replaceable but some things aren’t so it’s better to be safe then sorry when it comes to your cherished memories and family treasures.
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