Member Presentations -Creative Memories

Alice Hinds a Creative Memories consultant showed us the fantastic software available through Creative Memories. Cataloging software that is easy to use makes short work of finding your favorite digital photographs. Cataloging is important and frequently the benefits are life saving. Alice told the story of a young boy who neglected to tell his mother of the poster he needed to make for school until the last minute, literally. Because his mom had cataloged all their family photographs she was able to find the photos, design the poster and get it printed in less than an hour.

Once your images are cataloged Alice then demonstrated the ease of creating a digital scrapbook. One member mentioned that she attended a Scrap Diva event and in the three hours she was able to complete an entire vacation album while the other ladies who were creating the traditional scrapbooks were lucky to have more than 2-3 pages completed. Digital albums cost less in the long run, can easily be printed multiple times for family members and are guaranteed to last a lifetime or longer.

The software for creating the digital albums is free, but you will likely want to upgrade once you've created a couple of books. The upgraded software is a measly $39.95 and allows you to make changes seen only in high end photo editing software. You can use this software to create cards, invitations, posters, artwork for you walls. You can even purchase the Everyday Memories Frame or a Page Frame to show off your favorite memories.

Of course, Creative Memories continues to create and sell some of the highest quality scrapbooking materials for those of you who wish to create a true labor of love. All of the CM products go through a rigorous testing to assure that they will preserve your memories for decades to come.

If you need help getting started on organizing your photos be they on the computer, in the photo printer bags or both, give Alice Hinds a call. She'll show you how fun and easy it is to complete. You won't be sorry you took the time either. You never know when one of your kids is going to need something for a school project!

Alice Hinds - 925.240.0992