Welcome!

Digital storybooking/ scrapbooking is the prefect way to preserve your family stories and photos. Easy, fun and mess free! You may start a project from scratch or select a template from the 4000+ templates located in our Template Gallery to help get you started. Our art selection will definately make you smile, for we have over 45,000 pieces of art including papers, frames, elements, word art, etc.!

I would love to hear from you! What projects are you working on? What do YOU want to see in my blog? Below each article you will find a "comment" option. Feel free to enter your comments on that article and to communicate with other heritage makers. And as always, know you can call or email me at anytime.

I would be honored to serve as your Personal Publishing Consultant and help you get started preserving your stories and photos in archive quality bound books so they may be enjoyed for many generations to come.

Contact me today!

phone: (580) 327-7027
web: http://www.preservingmyfamilystories.com/
email: joretta@preservingmyfamilystories.com


Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Digital Scrapbooking Class

Date: Mondays (4 classes)
January 18th - February 8th

Place: Northwest Technology Center (Alva, OK)
Time: 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Cost: Tuition fee and Lab fee
for more information, call 580-327-0344
To Enroll: contact Northwest Technology Center at 580-327-0344

Enroll Early!


You will complete:
  • 12x12 Individual Page (cost included in lab fee)
  • Swatch Book (cost included in lab fee)
You will learn:
  • Page design: layout, color, text
  • Tips for interviewing family and friends
  • Creative project and display ideas
  • The basics of Heritage Makers Studio publishing system
  • ... and more

Digi-Crop Schedule

Join us for a FUN Digi-Crop where you can get great ideas and work on your projects?

You will learn how to use our online publishing system, learn tips and tricks for creating your own projects socialize with others, and have a lot of fun!

Enid Digi-Crop
Date: Saturday, January 16, 2010
Place: Garfield Library (downtown Enid, OK)
Time: 11:30 am - 5:00 pm *** Come and Go***
Cost: Free

Bring your laptop or reserve mine by calling 580-327-7027



Alva Digi-Crop Date Pending
Watonga Digi-Crop Date Pending
Dodge City Digi-Crop Date Pending
Stillwater Digi-Crop Date Pending

Pick of the Month Sale

Club Premier is Back

12 months of Premier * for only $99.95 save 58%
or
12 months of Premier *
plus a 12x12 Storybook
for only $159.95 save 47%


Remember, a Premier membership gives you:
  • unlimited photo storage
  • new art monthly
  • 40,000 + pieces of digital art
  • 1,500 + templates
  • upload JPG or PNG files
  • free project upgrades: matte finish, black end sheets


Don't miss this super deal!
I am told this sale will not be repeated in 2010
New membership will begin when currant Premier service expires.


Learn more about Premier membership, click here

Offer expires January 31, 2010
*Premier is non-renewing

Home Alone Sale

Back by popular demand... our January Home Alone Sale is here!

The top leaders and some of our home office staff are off to Mexico for TAC trip... and while they are way, we're having a huge sale!

2 5x5 Storybooks for $59.95 ($29.95 ea)
2 8x8 Storybooks for $79.95 ($39.95 ea)
2 11.5x8.5 Storybooks for $109.95 ($55.95 ea)
2 12x12 Storybooks for $127.95 ($63.95 ea)

Click here to view the complete flyer.

Sale ends January 16, 2010

Online Workshop

Join a FREE and FUN online workshop
to learn more about Heritage Makers products
& get some great Valentine's Day ideas

Date: Tuesday, January 19th
Time: 11:00 am CDT
Place: Online
Host: Lisa Nelson, Executive Director

To Register for this workshop, click here. You will be asked how invited you, please type in JoRetta Rhodes.

January SUPER Host Rewards

Been thinking about hosting a Heritage Makers Workshop.....NOW is the time!

Earn an extra 50% more in Host rewards
An example, if your workshop sales are $500, you will receive $150 host rewards + 2 half price items + a wonderful host gift + each of your guest will receive a free gift as well!


Click here to view and download the January Host Flyer
Hosting is as easy as 1 - 2 - 3 - 4
1. Select your party style:
In-home
Book Party
Online Virtual Party
2. Call me and Reserve your party date
3. Invite your guest
4. Select and order your Host Rewards
Call me TODAY to schedule your party!
Only a few dates remain open.

Hey Guys....

Let me help you create a VERY SPECIAL gift for that special person in your life.
I can help you create a storybook or card
or
I can make it for you!
call me today at 580-327-7027

To view and download this flyer, click here.

New January Art

9 New Premier Art Collections were add in January

Here are my favorites.




























I Am Working On.....


My Project 365!
Yes, I have started---this is going to be so much fun!










12x12 Individual Page
Love is in the air.... and I am having fun creating valentine projects.

Valentine's Day Card
I love this art collection!!!




Valentines Day Gift Ideas

" 10 Reasons why I Love You"
7x5 storybook

"Who Loves Landon" boardbook


"Matchbook candy covers"
8.5x 10 Individual Page
Simply cut into rectangles, fold them and staple or glue a candy inside.

12 x 12 Individual Page
Place in a frame or adhere to a tile



Other Ideas:
Customized Candy Bar Wrappers --- using individual pages
Customized Inserts for Mugs ---- using individual pages
Canvas Posters
Why I love you Calendar
Love Coupons --- use a deck of playing cards
Surrounded by Love Journal --- use a spiral bound book

Fun Scrapbooking Facts

The first "scrapbook album" came out in __?__!
a) 1836

What came first -- the camera or the scrapbook?
a) the scrapbook

In what country did scrapbooking begin?
a) Germany

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Valentine Day Sale

Tell the loved ones in your life just how much you love them!

7 x 5 Storybook and a Greeting Card
for only $32.95

Sale ends Feburary 1, 2010
You can create a storybook in approximately 30 minutes when you use one of our beautiful templates!

Take the Challenge....

I challenge you to join us as we capture photos throughout 2010 that represents the things that make us smile and share our lives. We will place each photo along with a brief note about that photo into a 52 or 365 Journal!


Project 365

Showcase each day of 2010 by taking one photo per day. You might even want to select one photo that represents your favorite photo each week and/ or month.

Click here to browse through the 365 Journal.

Project 52

Don't have time to take a photo each day--- just take one photo a week and create a 52 week or 53 Friday Journal! At the end of the year you might want to select your favorite photos: seasonal photo, family photo, sports photo. etc.


To browse through the 53 Friday Journal, click here.

Remember that all templates are totally customizable: change papers, layouts, etc.

Don't just think big events and kids... think about the little things.... laughing with friends, baking cookies, washing the car, and your beautiful flower garden.


Photo Ideas:
favorites: color, flower, sport, food, snack, reading spot, meditation location, song, painting, poem, hat or shoes
Individuals in your life: children, spouse, siblings, extended family, friends, co-workers, neighbors, hair stylist, barber, pets, organizational members, pen pals, new friends
Locations: home, work, church, park, sports center, spa, cafe, Starbucks, library, home deck, camper, summer home, lake, by the stream, driving, at the movies
Activity: gym, meetings, sports, work, gardening, singing, writing, working on the HM publishing system, hobbies, cooking, washing the car, mowing the grass, playing cards, playing with family pets, wrapping gifts, remodeling your home, shopping, helping your children with home work, day dreaming, waiting in line
What makes you smile or laugh: joke, cartoon, riddle, grandchildren, getting your nails done
Challenges in life: long commutes, not enough time in a day, to tall or short, health issues
What are your dreams: (what do you dream about) new car, new home, college, travel
What are your goals: pay off the mortgage, paint the living room

Happy New Year!

Wishing you
an amazing New Year...
may it be filed with health, happiness,
success and prosperity....
may ALL your dreams come true!
I truly enjoy serving as your personal publishing consultant and am looking forward to working with you as you preserve your family stories in 2010!

Blog will be updated by tonight!

So sorry for the delay in updating my blog! I promise to have it updated by this evening.