Monday, January 30, 2012

FREE SHIPPING OFFER & NEW Idea Book

February 1st will be here in a few days and that means the NEW Spring/Summer 2012 Idea Book goes live to customers!  You will LOVE the newest paper and embellishment collections!  I have already started tinkering with some of the new toys.  

To celebrate this exciting time in Close To My Heart, I am offering FREE SHIPPING on orders of $40 or more!!  From January 30 until February 15, email me your order and pay nothing to have it shipped directly to you!  Once you send your order to c.e.junius@gmail.com, I will send you an invoice via PayPal.  You will also receive a FREE Idea Book.

How would you like a minimum 22% discount on products?  Sign up to become a consultant and enjoy the perks!
Happy Scrapping!
Cydney

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Get 'em before they're gone...

It's that time again when stamps and products are retiring so we can make room for new products. Here's the unofficial list of stamp sets that appear to be retiring. If there's something you've been thinking about buying, don't delay! These are available to order through Jan 31, 2012:

A1101 Always in My Heart
A1102 A Posy
A1103 A Love
A1105 A Paisley
A1112 A Hop
B1323 Just the Ticket
B1350 Family Ties-Pets
B1351 You’re Sweet
B1352 Ms. Scrapbook
B1354 Boom!
B1372 Circle Together
C1305 Family
C1337 Just for Girls
1338 Just for Boys
C1339 Kanji Phrases
C1351 You Did It
C1356 Extreme Happiness
C1359 Sweet Baby
C1360 It’s a Zoo
C1364 TLC
C1368 Treetops
C1390 So Lucky
C1397 Smiles
C1399 On the Edge
C1403 In the Month of February
C1404 In the Month of March
C1405 In the Month of April
C1411 Birthday Boy
C1415 In the Month of May
C1416 In the Month of June
C1417 In the Month of July
C1422 Unity
C1437 Happy Moments
C1443 Heart Attack
C1445 Bless This Nest
C1448 Magic Tabs
C1453 Summer Breeze
C1461 Salutation Seals
D1187 For Every Occasion
D1191 Friendship Blessings
D1254 Soul Mates
D1297 Daydream
D1320 Shining Star
D1322 Adorning Corners
D1330 Connections
D1337 Love Always
D1346 You Rock
D1348 Priceless Love Word Puzzle
D1357 Post Card-Travel Series
D1361 Thank You
D1365 True Happiness
D1378 Notice the Details
D1399 Dream Big
D1402 Togetherness
D1408 A Little Everything
D1410 One of a Kind
D1413 Cherished Flourishes
D1415 Springtime
D1426 Over the Rainbow
D1427 Tasty Treats
D1431 Happy Holidays
D1438 Circle of Love
D1460 Love Ya!
D1463 Backgrounds & Borders
D1465 Fill in the Blank
D1466 Catching Waves
D1468 On This Day
D1470 Dreams Come True
D1474 Hero

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Storing photos in a digital age

This post on how to store your photos was taken from CTMH's Studio J blog.  I think it is so incredibly sensible, I had to share:


Back in the "old days," we stuffed our printed photographs in shoe boxes, with the negatives in envelopes at the back of the box, and then prayed our house wouldn't burn down or flood, thus losing our precious memories.
Today, with digital photography so widespread, you may not realize it, but we face the same concern—losing our precious photographs. Why? Computer hard drives crash, memory sticks go bad, we accidentally hit "delete," camera memory cards fill up (really?), and, yes, house fires melt hard drives. To protect your digital photographs, follow these recommendations.
Always have two (or more) copies of your digital photographs. This means copying your pictures onto your computer, a memory stick, an external hard drive, an offsite web storage, or a CD/DVD soon after taking the pictures. This gives you two copies of your pics in case one goes bad—one copy on your camera memory card and one on your storage device of choice.
Eventually you'll want to erase your camera memory card to make room for new pictures, so the best way to preserve your photos is to save them on at least two different storage devices, and then put one of those in a bank safety deposit box or give it to a neighbor or friend for safe-keeping.
Probably the best method for keeping important photos safe is to make three copies of your pictures, as follows:
  1. Originals. Save one copy on a storage device of your choice in a file folder designated for "originals" only. This file will act as your "negatives" that you don't ever overwrite. You could call this file folder "Digital Photo Originals" and then have sub-folders inside it by year.
  2. Editable copy. Save a second copy on your computer in a file folder designated as "My Photos." These photos can be edited and overwritten. You can have "topic" folders in your "My Photos" folder with the name and date of your events, such as "2010-01-16 Jed & Brooke Wedding" or "2009-07-13 Drew's Scout Camp." Naming your folders with the year, month, and day first will mean your folders will automatically be arranged in chronological order. For consolidation purposes, you may want to create year folders you put your topic folders inside. For example, My Photos > 2010 > 2010-01-16 Jed & Brooke Wedding, or My Photos > 2009 > 2009-07-13 Drew's Scout Camp.
  3. Offsite backup. Save a third copy of your photos in a storage device that's stored away from your house to protect them from fire, flood, or a thief-in-the-night (heaven forbid!).
Once you're done editing your photographs, you can easily upload them to Studio J®, where you can create gorgeous scrapbook layouts in a jiffy! You'll also want to save the JPG files of your layouts (available to Studio J members only) on a storage device away from your home for safe-keeping.
Decide today what your storage devices will be, create some file folders, and start copying—so you can then start scrapbooking in Studio J!

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Look who's here!!

So, the new Spring/Summer 2012 Idea Book doesn't go "live" to customers until February but here is your sneak peek!  The paper collection is "Superhero" and this layout is made using Close To My Heart's digital scrapbooking software, Studio J.  What's even more special is that the layout features my boys!!  Enjoy!