Improving a free genealogy Template

Last week I was presenting my class on Creative Family history at the New England Family history conference, and I had a workshop to help the attendants realize how easy it is to modify a template.
This was the Template I used:

To choose the Template, I went to the Template gallery and entered the keyword "pedigree" in the search box.

 There were 11 templates with this keyword

Then, since none of the attendants had a premier membership yet, I narrowed my search to only the basic templates.

In this case there was only one template that was in basic, thus completely free, but it was sufficient for our needs.
I chose this Template which was a little bland, and using the free basic digital art available in studio,
I transformed it in this new pedigree chart.

All I did was:
1) Swap the pictures with the ones I needed.
2)Delete the ones I didn't need.
3)Add 2 more pictures for more children
4)Change the background, (I used keyword "green paper" and "pink paper" to find them in the art collection)
5)Add frames (I used keyword "frame" to find them)
6)Add a flower (I used keyword "Flower"to find it)
7)Add leaves (I used keyword "Leaf" to find them)
7)Use ribbons to decorate the chart (I used keyword"Ribbon" to find it)
I dragged and dropped these elements, re-sized them to my needs, and put them in place.
If you were attending my class, you would have been able to see everything step by step, but if you weren't able to be there, no worries.

You can learn how to modify a template through one of our easy tutorials, like this one:
 

Since the Template I used was BASIC, anyone can try and modify it according to their own taste and need.

I want to challenge you to experience for yourself how easy it is to modify a template.
Once you do, if you like,  send me a copy. I will show it on the blog and/or on my CavaGenealogy facebook page.

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5 minutes Christmas card

Today  I have been on a roll!
Heritage Makers just released the most beautiful new holiday cards. Designer Jill Means shares 24 gorgeous cards for us. And, the best part…they can all be created in Basic, for FREE!

Since it only takes 5 minutes to drag and drop photos in place and change some wording, I have created many cards using these beautiful templates, and then I couldn't stop so I have looked for more templates, both in BASIC and PREMIER and I have also created some more cards from scratch. What can I say... I am addicted!
I am in love with each and everyone of them, more than likely I will end up sending a different card to each person on my list!

Start creating your holiday cards today at http://www.preservemyheritage.com Your cards are sure to be hung the entire holiday season, and to be looked at even later!

You can create as many cards as you like, publish as many copies as you want and also use direct shipping to each person you upload in your address book or have them all sent to your home.

You can see these templates, together with many of the others I found,  in this facebook album,  or you can do a search in the template gallery for Jill Means, or Christmas, or holiday etc.

Let me help you create some very special greeting cards this year!

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50 minutes calendar

Have you given a look at the new calendar templates in the template gallery?
There are some that are just plain gorgeous! Using a template makes creating your projects really easy, fast and fun, and to prove it, I decided to choose a template to create a calendar and see how long it would take.
Needless to say, it took more time to decide which pictures I wanted to put on each month than to drag and drop them in place! Here is what I was able to create in just 50 minutes:

Click here to see the whole calendar.
These are just some of my favorite 11x16 calendar templates:
Johnson family calendar
Family photo calendar
Heidi's family calendar
And these are some of the 8.5 x11 folded calendar templates.
Our life calendar
Bodacious basic calendar
A family for all seasons calendar
You can find many more in the template gallery! New templates are added daily! Just today I found almost 50 more templates compared to yesterday!
So, no excuses! You too can create a calendar in less than an hour, and order as many copies as you need for each family member!
Did I mention that this month you can publish calendars for a fraction of the price?

Calendars for everybody this year!

Hurray!!!

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