Monday Giveaway : Studio Calico

I have 'rediscovered' sketches and all my product I have in my scrap space. Sitting in my scrap space working on our family Disney album I just had a moment of AHA and things just started to flow. So right now sketches are my favorite thing.

My favorite thing about memory keeping is the fact that my children have something tangible from me to remember their childhood by. My family knows how into scrapbooking I am so when they come over for visits they love to look through my recent creations.

Capturing moments is my favorite part. Just being able to tell a story about something that happened. It also allows for creativity which I love. Thanks for the great giveaway and the never ending inspiration.

Being able to look back on the stories that I have already recorded. My son is only 3 but it is amazing how quickly you forget.

oh gosh...total forgot my favorite memory keeper! i guess that would be my reason, i have a horrible memory and i don't want to forget my life today :)

my favorite thing is to capture my boys (3 & 5) in our daily lives - the silly things they do that you will remember forever. I would like to learn how to journal better, but getting their expressions down is enough for now!

nothing brings people out of the woodwork like free goodies...and this is a great one.
Okay, favorite thing about memory keeping...
making me aware of all the blessings and special moments and people that flow through my life everyday that would otherwise just make up a normal existence.

My favorite thing is being able to go back and look at what I have made in the past and re-live those memories that have already been forgotten. I also love to preserve how my child is growing.

I think the thing I'm loving most is how I keep learning little life lessons while I'm working on projects. I was working on a layout about my 7-month-old daughter yesterday and was struck by how much my little one teaches me!

What I am loving right now is my renewed interest in scrapping. I have grown some amazing friendships through scrapbooking. One of those friends just let me borrow your book, A Designer's Eye for Scrapbooking with Patterned Paper. I am lovin' it.

I just love the process- enjoying the memory and creating something around that. And I really love that my kids help me do it now- and they even scrap their own memories. How cool is that- to see what they do with THEIR side of the memory.
Sam

I'm really into making little books and journaling. I wish I had gotten into this when the kids were younger as my oldest LOVES to look at pictures from when she was little...I wish I had cool books for her to look at.
Viki

I have been doing the Photo365 project, and am amazed by the memories it musters when glancing through them for the 7 months. Such a fun way to recount the year.
Love this kit!!! Thanks for offering it!

Ohhh, I LOVE this kit super cool! My favorite thing about memory keeping right now is jotting down little thoughts and ideas in a notebook I keep in my purse. We are moving to another state and all my stuff is packed up so I am trying to keep the ideas flowing by writing them down.

i like both the visual and written reminders of how things were - i really enjoy going back after a certain amount of time and reseeing the time again.

My favorite thing... EVERYTHING- the look on my daughter's faces everytime a new mini album hits the table and the look on all their friends faces when they see their in them too! It's amazing to me how many kids don't get their photo's taken on a regular basis- so when they see the pool album or a party book- even sports they scour every inch to find themselves... and they are as excited about that memory as if it just happened! And i'm happy that I got to be a part of it with them- experiencing every moment!

I think my favorite part is reliving the memories when I scrap them, and remembering the oh so funny things my kids say.

I am encouraged through scrapbooking to be a better mother. Reflecting on my family, my children and their lives helps me to see more clearly where we've been and where we are going. I've found this particularly helpful with our two adopted children. Melanie

For fathers day, I made my Dad a scrapbook. It had pictures of his parents (who are now gone), of him in his 20's, and all three of us kids at different ages. The joy that gave him is one of my favorite things about scrapbooking. I know he treasures it and means so much more than anything else because I made it for him.....

Hi Ali - my almost 4 year old son likes to flip through my scrapbooks. sometimes he has me read the story to him. But many times he can look at the picture and tell me what happened. It makes me happy to be able to share all these memories with him.

Making art, preserving memories and finding cool ways to merge the two!

My favorite thing about memory keeping is how I'm able to document some of the emotions that I'm feeling with my son day to day - and how one day (I hope) he will look back and see how much I love being with him. I wish I knew more about what my mom was doing day in and day out when I was little...

My favorite thing right now is rediscovering my passion for myself....After a relocation to a new state, I had lost much of my passion for anything, and I've been slowly rediscovering myself in my scrapbooking. I've started blogging, so I can remember the little stories..rather than the big events..keeping track the things that seem to have the best memories.

I have been loving enlarged photos, photo collages, and getting my husband's opinion on my work. I've been doing more gifts this summer than things in our life but he's been really interested in what I'm up to. I think its also because I've been getting into the grove of using photoshop and he likes how my pictures and collages have been turning out. I also just picked up some binder rings this weekend and want to try to make my own handmade mini-album for a friend.
Thanks for this give away Ali. Have a great week!

Hi Ali,
I love that my daughter enjoys looking through the albums. She has a small one that I did just for her....friends, school, activities, etc. When I give her a new page she puts it right in the album and even shows it off to her friends...no small feat for a 14 year old to not be embarrased by something her mom does!
thanks for the kit drawing....I was so sorry to not get a kit before it sold out!