We have an exciting announcement! The Memory Boutique has partnered with a new professional photo lab to offer you exceptional quality scrapbook pages on superior photo paper at exceptional prices!

Our "new" lab has been in business for over 20 years and their experience shows on your pages! Each and every page is reviewed before AND after printing by a lab specialist to guarantee a perfect print every time. They use the best equipment in the industry and the highest quality photo paper (we're talking Fuji Crystal Archive, baby!) that will last 100+ years if you take proper care of them i.e. like placing them in an acid-free sleeve and don't leave it sitting in direct sunlight. Who can't do that?? =)

Check out our prices below!

We would be happy to send print samples of all our paper types at your request. Simply go to www.info@thememoryboutique.net to request! We'll honor that... =) Happy scrapping and happy SPRING!

Have you seen all the beautiful new products & contest for pro photographers on http://www.DesignAglow.com?

Design A Glow is giving away an Epiphanie!  Don't you just love these bags?  To enter their contest go to their blog here.

This is NOT your ordinary Camera Bag!

(scroll down to the next post for the My Memories Suite Blog Train...)

Today I received an Epiphanie Camera Bag from my hubby for my birthday.  I knew it was coming via UPS and could hardly wait. Usually I don't get so excited about these things, but I've been getting very tired of wrapping a dish towel around my camera and throwing it in my purse in order to NOT have to carry around my boring old black camera bag.

Just opening the box was cause for excitement.  This bag is awesome!  

The inside of the bag is a beautiful robin egg blue.  It's completely padded with padded velcro sections to protect all your gear.  It has has many nice zippered compartments to help keep your things organized.

Now does this even look like a camera bag?

I was a little worried that my 4 lb Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 lens wouldn't fit in the bag.  If that would have been the case, cute bag or not, I would have been returning it tomorrow.  It fits!  Not standing upright, but lying down length wise with even a couple of inches to spare.  I can also fit my SLR body, 105mm f/2.8 macro lens, 28-200mm f/3.5 lens and my speedlight.  Wow - now it's getting heavy.  I couldn't resist weighing this thing loaded and with the gear mentioned it's 10 lbs! This makes the unexpected super padded shoulder strap a very welcome bonus.  I'm SO looking forward to using this great bag!

When my daughter saw the bag she IMMEDIATELY thought it was a bag for her American Girl Bitty Twins because "holy moly mommy - the inside matches the Bitty's camping outfits PERFECTLY!"  She grabbed her dolls and some accessories and threw them in the bag as fast as she could.  I almost felt bad telling her it wasn't a new bag for her - almost!

I hope you are out capturing some special moments today!  ~ Mary 

Blog Train Time AND 5th Graders love to Digi-Scrap too!

Happy Hoppy Easter to one and all!  It is time to ride the My Memories Suite blog train again!  We are super excited this time around to have some guest bloggers joining the train!  In addition to blogs of our Creative Team, we are happy to introduce you to some blogs of our Facebook fans!  They each share memories and events from their lives and how thy use My Memories Suite to create wonderful projects to preserve and share their family’s story.  We would love to have you join us for this Blog Train ride!

So hop on board!  We have some wonderful prizes to give away this time!  10 lucky riders will win free $5.00 shopping coupons for the MMS Design Shop,  5 lucky riders will win $10.00 shopping coupons for the MMS Design Shopand 1 lucky rider will win the Grand Prize of My Memories Suite V2 software!

If you don't know where to begin - you start at Sarah's Blog here.  

After our Blog you need to go to one of our next Facebook Fans Blog here.  

Happy train riding!

In the meantime, 

Check out this great page we received from our awesome customer and digital scrapbooker, Nancy Kropiewnicki. Nancy's  5th grade daughter, Grace, had so much fun creating this memory page for her 5th grade school scrapbook.

"My daughter Grace needed to create a memory page for a school scrapbook.  Instead of creating it the traditional way, she and I created this.  She picked out every detail.  It was so much fun and so easy.  And… no mess!"  - Nancy K.


Great job Grace!

Valentine Blog Train Winners!

What a great ride on the MMS Blog Train! We had over 150 "riders" this time! Here are the winners (chosen by random drawing): MMS V2 Software upgrade - Kate Farnsworth! Quick Design Club CD - Louis Gego. Congratulation to both of you and thanks for "riding" the train!

Valentine Blog Train

Hello and welcome to the second stop of the My Memories Suite's Valentine Blog Train! You have 3 more stops to gather the key words to make the 5 word winning phrase - be sure to visit Beth's blog next to collect your key word...once you have them all, email the phrase to Lisa J. by 12:00 midnight on Friday, 2/5/10 at lisaj@mymemoriessuite.com to be entered into the drawing for some great prizes including: My Memories Suite V2 software, designer template kits and a Design Club CD! Winners will be drawn on Saturday, 2/6/10 and posted on the My Memories Suite Facebook site!

I'd like to share with you how easy it is to use My Memories Suite utilizing paper and embellishments I've found in shops and boutiques on line (you are not limited to just the kits and paper sold at My Memories Suite). The possibilities are endless, much like the Internet itself! Let me share my page and explain how easy it is to import all these fun papers, embellishments and templates into My Memories Suite!

Credits: Background papers and embellishments are from the Yours Truly kit at The Shabby Shoppe (TheShabbyShoppe.com); Font LD Doodle Script

Here's the steps to follow (keep in mind there are different ways to accomplish the same outcome but this is the way I do it!):

1. Create a new album choosing the "Design Your Own" option, name it and select the appropriate size. At this point, you also have the option of adding photo templates or having just a blank page. I usually start with a blank page and create my own photo templates. Note: if you prefer to use photo templates that are already created in the Photo Layouts Gallery, select it now to add on the blank page. By the way, don't you just LOVE the new Resource Gallery??? I think I can't live without it!

2. Select your background papers. Create a photo box and cover the entire page (if you chose a Photo Layout from the gallery, simply cover the entire page covering the layout - we'll make it work in a minute!) This will be for the background paper. In the Control Panel, select Background Papers and the "Custom" button. Navigate to the file where your digital scrapbooking goodies from other companies are saved and choose the background papers to use. (If you used a Photo Layout, choose your background paper and "arrange the order" of the paper by selecting Arrange, Order, "send to back" - this will put the paper in back of your existing photo layout on the page). You can layer your background papers simply by creating more photo boxes of different sizes and follow the previous steps. On the page above, I utilized 2 backgrounds: red covering the entire page and then a pink that's slightly smaller.

3. Once backgrounds are in place, you can create your own photo boxes (or use the layout you added above). Add your photos.

4. Adding embellishments is easy! In the Control Panel, select Embellishments, Add, and select the "Browse other" button to navigate to the file where the embellishments you intend to use are located. Select and place on your page as usual. Don't forget to use the new "zoom" option on the bottom right side of the Control Panel. This is a great tool to use when you need to place items exactly on a page!

5. You can repeat these steps over and over utilizing any paper, embellishment or template you find! Utilizing templates is easy - place them on your page and simply create photo boxes where the photos are to be placed. Wa la! You are now faced with unlimited options for pages. Now what do you do with this new found knowledge? Get digi-scrappin' of course!

Thank you for letting me share my page with you...this is the first time I've posted pictures of ALL my family on our blog! I hope you enjoyed your stop on our Blog Train and hope you'll visit ALL of the others to collect your key words!

Be sure to stop next at Creative Team Member Beth's blog at stewardshipnotconvenience.blogspot.com.

Happy Valentine's Day!
Jackie

It's a New Year!

Hello dear friends! Mary and I have decided that our blog will be different this year and that we'll have more posts about things that matter! =) Like? Well, you just wait and see! But first, we have a special blog for My Memories Suite coming tomorrow and running through the week...be sure to follow the "train" with a chance to win some special prizes! ~ Jackie