August pick of the month: Sweet!

Our August Pick of the Month is a sweet deal on the 11.5 x 8.5 Storybook - it's only $54.95 - that's $15 off the regular price! These storybooks are perfect as vacation books, family yearbooks, wedding albums and more! See some great ideas in our Template Gallery. Here are a few of my favorites:

• Wedding Guest Book
• Wedding album
  
• Vacation Storybook
• Family Pictures
• Genealogy book

Now more than ever you can be the Heritage Maker in your home!
We're also continuing our special price on 3-months of Heritage Studio Premier with over 40,000 pieces of awesome artwork to use on your projects (did I mention that new art is added each month?) - it's only $29.95 - you save over $30 off the regular monthly price!
Just Call me at (904) 287-7543 or e-mail me at info@preservemyheritage.com to place your order. Remember - this special expires August 31st!
Creating gorgeous storybooks is incredibly easy and fun with our free online software, you can start right now and become a pro in no time. If you would like a little help, you will find free classes available. Give it a try!

August Classes and Workshops

Learn Digital Scrapbooking and Storybooking the fast and easy way with Heritage Makers in Person and online classes.

August Saint Augustine/Jacksonville Digi-Crop

Come & work on your projects & get a tour of the new Free Basic Art. Friday August 21st from 8:30pm - 11:30pm at my house in Saint Augustine, FL. Bring your own laptop or sign up for one of mine. I hope to see you here! Call me at (904) 287-7543 or e-mail me at info@preservemyheritage.com to reserve your spot.

Online Classes Direct from Heritage Makers

Archived Classes: Did you know that past Online Classes are recorded and you can watch them anytime from your own computer? Check out these great past online classes:
Studio 3.0 Tutorial (7 min)
Intro to Studio
November 3, 2008

Intermediate Studio Class
November 12, 2008

Studio Master Class
July 23, 2009 Instructor Lynda Angelastro - “Easy Page Design Using Grids”
July 9, 2009 Instructor Lynda Angelastro - “Your Best of Studio 3.0”
June 25, 2009 Instructor Lynda Angelastro - “Studio 3.0”
February 19, 2009 Instructor Kelly Wolfer - “Family Games”
January 22, 2009 Instructor Bevin Dunn - “Understanding Resolution, Pixels, etc.”
January 8, 2009 Instructor Michelle Wolfley - “Special Effects”
December 11, 2008 Instructor Channon Zabel - “Creative Cropping”
December 4, 2008 Instructor Catherine Schulthies - “Using Templates and Scraplifting”
November 13, 2008 Instructor Colleen Baskin - “Holiday Gift Ideas” (some audio problems in first 5 minutes)
November 6, 2008 Instructor Lori Mar - “Winter Holiday Cards”
October 30, 2008 Instructor Heidi Arave - “Creating Layouts Using Basic Art”
Live Online Classes - Take a class without leaving your house - you just need your computer and an internet connection. Here's the schedule and registration links for the next Online Classes from Heritage Makers Home Office:
Intro to Studio
Mon, Aug 10, 2009 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM MDT
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Wed, Aug 12, 2009 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM MDT
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Mon, Aug 17, 2009 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM MDT
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Wed, Aug 19, 2009 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM MDT
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Mon, Aug 24, 2009 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM MDT
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Wed, Aug 26, 2009 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM MDT
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Mon, Aug 31, 2009 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM MDT
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Wed, Sep 2, 2009 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM MDT
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Mon, Sep 7, 2009 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM MDT
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Wed, Sep 9, 2009 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM MDT
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Mon, Sep 14, 2009 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM MDT
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Intermediate Studio Class
Thu, Aug 6, 2009 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM MDT
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Tue, Aug 11, 2009 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM MDT
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Thu, Aug 13, 2009 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM MDT
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Tue, Aug 18, 2009 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM MDT
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Thu, Aug 20, 2009 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM MDT
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Tue, Aug 25, 2009 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM MDT
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Thu, Aug 27, 2009 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM MDT
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Studio Master Class
Thu, Aug 13, 2009 7:00 PM MDT
Topic: Basically Speaking
Instructor: Lynda Angelastro
Studio Product Manager Lynda Angelastro showcases Heritage Makers new Basic Art Collection
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New FREE Basic Art

Have you seen the new Basic Art in Studio? It is amazing!!!!
The new art includes beautiful new papers and fun embellishments to dress up your storybooks and other projects. Don’t have a Heritage Makers account? Basic art is FREE!
Sign up for a free account and begin designing professional-looking books, canvases, playing cards, pages, posters, invitations...
There already many Templates completely created with Basic art, like this really cute card for any occasion, in the family fold format:
Just drag and drop your pictures, and you are done! And remember that our templates are completely modifiable, so you can change anything, background, embellishments, number, size and shape of pictures etc.

You can preview all of the new Basic Art in the art catalog - they are all at the top of the list - http://studio.heritagemakers.com/studio/ArtContentViewerStandalone.html - the basic kits are the ones without the "P" on the thumbnail picture.

You can also learn more about using the new Basic Art by attending the Heritage Studio Master Class online on Thursday August 13 - here's the info you need to sign up:

Studio Master Class
Thu, Aug 13, 2009 7:00 PM MDT
Topic: Basically Speaking
Instructor: Lynda Angelastro
Studio Product Manager Lynda Angelastro showcases Heritage Makers new Basic Art Collection
Click here to register.

Have tons of fun with the new Free Basic Art!

Go to www.preservemyheritage.com to begin designing your family stories today!

Showered with love

You love your friend, your sister, your daughter, and want to shower her with love and joy to celebrate her special day with the ones she loves.

You can make her Bridal shower even more special with personalized invitations that will bring her joy and surprise everyone on her list.

Here is a couple examples:
























You can choose to leave the back blank, or add a quote from either the bride to be or chosen among the many in the quote section in the Studio 3.0 editor. You can add as many pictures as you like or no picture at all. You can make it formal or totally extravagant, to match any personality.
The possibilities are really endless with Heritage Makers!


With the free Studio 3.0 software it is easy and fun!!!

Get your FREE Basic Account here and contact me or follow my blog to know all about the best deals on Storybooks, cards, posters, pages and more.

Love to read?

You love to read. Great!
How would you like to have some very creative bookmarks for your book, to personalize as much as you like?
You can use a 8x8 page to make (4) 2x8 bookmarks, have it printed and shipped at your home and then cut along the lines to get the final result!
You can create them from scratch, or use a template, like this one, found in the Template Gallery:
Isn't it beautiful?
If, like me you enjoy having your dear ones pictures everywhere, you can add them to each book mark, just as I did:
As you can see, I not only added the pictures, I changed a couple backgrounds.
You can let your creativity go free and change as much as you like and realize one of a kind bookmarks for yourself but also to give as a gift!

What an inexpensive yet unique idea for your gift giving needs!!!

Get your FREE Basic Account here and contact me or follow my blog to know all about the best deals on Storybooks, cards, posters, pages and more.

Birthdays!

Isn't it incredible how time seems to fly when it comes to see our children growing? My sweet Luca turned 1 yesterday, and I wanted to create something special for him, he is such a sweet little giant!!!
So, I created this invitation, to use on facebook in digital format and print on a 5x7 invitation HM format.
Everybody loved it, and I know when he will look at what his mom did for him, he will be so proud!
It surely is not your everyday invitation!

I loved creating this invitation so much, that I got another idea for my first born, who is turning 5 in September: since he is going to have a Dinosaur cake, I tweaked Luca's invitation changing backgrounds and words, and added dinosaur embellishments.
I also thought that it would be cute to have pictures from each of his previous birthdays, to show how much he has changed, especially look at his hair!!!













I might change the front picture once I take some more beach pictures, but this is mainly what his birthday party invitation is going to look like!
FUN!!^_^

Last, but not least, this is the invitation I created for my second child, who turned 3 in July, in a totally different style:
It is so easy and fun to create one of a kind cards and invitations with Heritage Makers, I just can't stop!^_^


Not to mention how less expensive is to make them and to ship them with the direct shipping available!
No more stamp licking!^_^
You can create your own by signing up for a FREE basic account here.

YAHOO!!!

What is better than the already great prices of our Heritage Makers products? FREE credits!!!!
I already loved the host rewards program, where you get free credits for hosting a workshop, but now I am more excited than ever to announce that host rewards are even more appealing.
More free gifts for the host, and now gifts for the guests too!!!!
Yahoo!!!!
With these rewards, creating any or the projects I have been writing about it is more fun and cost-effective than ever!!!!

If you live in the Jacksonville, FL area, I will come to your house and show you and your guest how easy and fun it is to create any project with our FREE online Studio 3.0 software, and inspire you with even more ideas.
For anybody in the USA and Canada, there is the option of a Virtual workshop, where you spread the word with your friends, they can attend an online workshop and everybody can get rewarded according to the host and guest reward program!

YAHOO!!!!

YOU ARE INVITED!

While Santa is on vacation, I have been working to give you tips and ideas to make your Christmas especially creative this year.
This is the last chance at getting all your publishing at BUY 3 GET the 4rth FREE and I am going to be up late for you so that nobody gets lost!
Check out all the ideas that I have been sharing with you this month, and think to the one you want to use for your family and friends.
Leave a comment, send me an email or call me, and I will help you get started with the packages that are just for you!
You have until 10 p.m. EST on Friday July 31st, then this offer will be gone! HURRY!!!!
This are the ideas I have shared with you this month:
Keep it simple or spice it up!
Family favorite recipe book
Mini calendar mania
Not your usual gift tags
Storybooking for healing
Kids idea: let's learn!
Let's play!
A very special calendar
Personalized greeting cards
Picture CD with CD cover
Family reunion ideas

The best gift you can give is the gift of YOU!
Since you cannot be there 24/7, these ideas will help you give your dear ones something that will continually remind them how important they are to you. It will be almost as if you were there telling them I LOVE YOU exactly when they need it!

Come get inspired!