Flip-Pal™ mobile scanner and Creative Suite-Craft Edition DVD duo launched

Couragent, Inc. launches Flip-Pal™ mobile scanner with Creative Suite - Craft Edition DVD in Celebration of National Scrapbook Day.

05.05.2011– Couragent, Inc. chose to launch its new Flip-Pal™ mobile scanner with Creative Suite-Craft Edition DVD, in celebration of National Scrapbook Day, taking place on May 7.

You may start your project by scanning your favorite memories with the Flip-Pal™ mobile scanner, then unleash your creativity with the Creative Suite Craft Edition DVD. Create, edit, enhance. Easily tackle favorite crafting projects, including desktop publishing, photo editing, slide shows, invitations, digital scrapbooks, family trees and more.

Both together:$199.99

Sold separately,  Flip-Pal™ mobile scanner    
                           $149.99 (free shipping and handling)

                                  Creative Suite Craft Edition DVD
                            over $150.00 value
                            (as noted in Couragent, Inc. press release)

I love my Flip-Pal™ mobile scanner.  I plan to begin catching up on scanning my endless stacks of photos while I watch TV this summer.  My second daughter is anxious to begin digital scrapbooking to save time, space and money (in the long run).

Click here to read my Flip-Pal™ review.

Click here to go to the Flip-Pal™ site. (While there, click the shop tab on the top right of the screen.) 

After scanning, I will transfer my pictures to my Heritage Collector Suite Software where I will organize them into collections for easy retrieval and use in creating my written family history.  I can also use them for creating a variety of gifts to give.  

Technology can be wonderful.  What are your plans with your family history this upcoming summer? 

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Disclosure of Material Connection: I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”  I am an affiliate of Flip-pal mobile scanner and Life Story Productions, Inc.

Five-star Review for Flip-Pal mobile scanner

I gave Flip-Pal mobile scanner a five-star review.

Click here to see my review.

Giclée--Final October blow-out sale from Generation Maps

Talk About It Tuesday

 As you probably know, I advocate having a framed family tree in every home, and I love working with Generation Maps.  Other ways to preserve family memories, are to select beautiful family-oriented art and photos for our walls.  I feel this is a great buy, offered by Generation Maps through the end of the month.

Announcement from Generation Maps. FINAL SALE FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER..

“October 25th through the 31^st Canvas Giclee will be 50% off the last week of October. Submit your picture of your favorite trick-or-treaters, or any other family or family history picture. We'll print you a beautiful art piece to enjoy for many years to come. Just enter the code 3CG103150 at check out.

A giclée(zhee-CLAY) is an individually produced, high-resolution, high-fidelity reproduction done on a special large format printer. Giclée are produced from digital images or scans of existing artwork. Also, since many artists now produce only digital art, there is no "original" that can be hung on a wall. Giclée solve that problem, while creating a whole new vibrant medium for art.

Generation Maps produces your favorite photograph on high-grade artist canvas to create the texture and feel of an oil painting. Giclée are perfect for family history photos because the texture fools the eye and softens a grainy antique picture. They are a truly personalized work of art.

Generation Maps offers three options for ordering and displaying your canvas giclée.

First, you can order the canvas alone, sent to you rolled up in a tube. This option is great if you are planning to do special framing yourself or if you have another option in mind for display. Sizes range from 8x8 inches to 36x48 inches, and come in popular contemporary looking squares or traditional rectangles.”

Remember the promo code 3CG103150. 
Click here to visit Generation Maps.

Disclosure of Material connection:  I am happy to be an affiliate of Generation Maps.  Some of the links above are affiliate links.

Memory Lane Monday: 52 Weeks to Better Genealogy – Challenge # 34

Memory Lane Monday

Here’s your weekly genealogy challenge:  Flickr

View the entire description of this week’s challenge, by using my Examiner.com, Phoenix Genealogy Examiner link.  Click here. 

Remember to choose only the challenges that suit you and fit into your schedule. These challenges are meant to be a blessing, not a burden!

Amy Coffin of the We Tree blog has put together the helpful 52 Weeks to Better Genealogy series. These prompts are hosted on the GeneaBloggers website.  You may be interested in seeing posts about the challenge from other GeneaBloggers.  Both sites have been voted among about the Family Tree Magazine’s Top 40 Genealogy Websites this year.

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Note from Family Tree Gal, Carolyn:  Have you joined the Family Tree Quest at www.familytreequest.com ?  I also invite you to join me on Facebook and Twitter.  Check out my Family Tree Quest Blog if you haven’t done so already. 

Disclosure of Material Connection: I have not received any compensation from Amy Coffin or GeneaBloggers.com for writing this post. I am listed on the GeneaBloggers Blog Roll because I find it to be a valuable, shared community resource. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

Don't panic! It's not too late to send Mother's Day eCards.

We all know that feeling of a weekend or occasion sneaking up on us ! Ugh. Those of us who are into making family memories meaningful are especially distressed when something of family importance "falls through the cracks!"

Well, it’s not too late to send a free eCard to your mother, mother-in-law, grandmother or someone who is “like a mother” to you. I use eCards all the time now. They can be scheduled ahead (when you ARE thinking about it), or they can be sent at a moment's notice.

So warm your loved one's heart with an eCard from Smilebox. My friends sent me Smilebox greetings at Christmas time. They were among my favorite things I received online. I signed up right away. Smilebox eCards, indeed, create smiles and warm hearts. You have to see them to believe them.

You may want to send one, in addition to other thoughtful Mother’s Day gifts or cards--whatever you choose. Click on the little smilebox in the right column of my blog (under my Examiner badge) to visit the site, and create amazing greetings with your photos and videos with music. Email them free.

Have an enjoyable Sunday, everyone.

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Disclosure of Material Connection: I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.” I have an affiliate relationship with Smilebox. I chose only affiliates that I believe will be a valuable service to my readers.

52 Weeks to Better Genealogy - Challenge #17: Label Your Photos

Memory Lane Monday


Our weekly genealogy challenge ties in perfectly with Memory Lane Monday.
Here’s your weekly genealogy challenge: Label Your Family Photos

As I pondered this weeks challenge, authored by Amy Coffin of the We Tree Blog, my mind raced back a few years. When my mother passed away in the year 2000, I became acutely aware that I wanted my photos to be easily accessed. Memories of the past, accessed through photos, seem to add stability at such a time as the passing of the loved one.

I had kept some scrapbooks of children’s photos and some of my family photos in albums, but hoards of photos had been developed and quickly put in a box year after year—awaiting a “better time” to organize them into albums. By the time my father passed away in 2001, the photos had been carefully placed in matching photo albums. There was no time for chronological order, but, at least, they all had a “photo home” of their own. Labeling will be a logical next step. I’m glad I at least put them in a more retrievable place, however, because they were a source of comfort, helped us remember the good times, and were thought-provoking which stimulated gratitude in my family and friends when my father passed away.

After filling about 17 albums and running out of storage space, I decided to use the computer to download pictures there, label them and burn them to a disc for backup. My goal now is to select pictures from those stored on my computer and burn a family history CD to be given for Christmas gifts for family members each year. I will have a CD of pictures from October of one year to October of the next year to allow myself time to complete the CDs without pressuring myself too much before the holidays in November and December. It’s like a slideshow with titles and music. The family loves it, and I feel satisfied

that the memories will live on.

Labeling pictures can be a family affair that creates a memory of its own.

I mentioned in this weeks Examiner article that I recall some very precious moments while sitting at the small kitchen table in the quaint Utah apartment of my elderly grandmother. Going through a stack of pictures to label them so that people and places were not mistaken nor forgotten was one of the most special moments of my lifetime. Not only were the details of the pictures recorded, but the twinkle in my grandmother’s eye and the sound of her chuckle were indelibly etched in the memories of my heart. I was especially awestruck when I saw a family home made entirely of railroad ties. This added a new perspective to me when I began to understand more fully some of the conditions that existed in my

grandmother’s life and my father’s life, as well.

So, back to the challenge. At a minimum, we can label photos with first and last names, location (if known) and date or approximate date (if known). Becoming familiar with scanning devices and / or digital computer programs may be something you want to put on your genealogy “To Do” list. Give it some thought and decide what you'll do.

We owe our thanks, once again, to Amy Coffin of the We Tree Blog, for authoring these challenges.

View the entire description of this week’s challenge, by using my Examiner.com, Phoenix Genealogy Examiner link. Click here.


Disclosure of Material Connection: I have not received any compensation for writing this post from Amy Coffin. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”