Monday Giveaway : Studio Calico

I want to remember the great camping memories of this summer. It's one of my favorite times to capture!
Thanks for the giveaway too.

My favourite part about memory keeping is that I can relive moments from my life whenever I want-- through words and photographs, and a myriad of little details that bring everything back to me in a glorious rush of sight, sounds and colour. That's pretty much the best thing ever. :)
Thanks for the chance to win such gorgeous prizes!

My favourite thing right now is Shimelle's 'Scrap Your Day' year-long project. It doesn't take a lot of time or effort, but the result is already amazing.

Telling the stories...I like the idea that I can make my children laugh decades down the road when they may not even live anywhere near me...that I will still share that cose connection makes me feel good.

Hi,
I have just started scrapping. So I have at least 41 years to catch up with... The best part is when I look at my work with my two small girls and they just love it. They both are with me when we scrap and making card. They are so talented and they are just 5 and 3,5 years old.
It´s a great way to create art together.
This spring I read Your wonderful book and then I really got inspired to start. I often read abour You and Your family and work in Your blog.
Thanks a lot for the book that made me started and thanks for all the inspiration You share,
with love from Sweden,
Katarina "amospersson"

I love recording all the unique and funny things my grandkids do. I have 2 daughters and am so sorry I didn't record all their everyday and special moments.

That by scrapping I'm not only preserving memories for the future but learning so much about the people in my past, family stories, etc. love it.

Right now my favorite thing about memory keeping is creative challenges - trying new things - it keeps me motivated and inspired. Also, I just finished my new scraproom!

My favourite memory keeping this is making a memory album of my dad who died not long ago and having my children share their memories of the funny times and special times that we all shared with him. Looking back and remembering the great times.

Hi, Ali! I think my favorite thing about memory keeping is the way it allows me to strengthen my connection with those I love. While working on a layout, it's a great time to think about the occasion or the person, to reflect on the enormity of the blessing my family is to me, and to pray for blessing for them. On a different level, I love all the wonderful, fun tools and supplies out there - especially when I rediscover something I haven't used in a while! I also love the quiet time to let go of whatever is going on around me and renew myself through creativity.
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
Immi

As we get older, our memories fade. I love that we can keep those memories alive with scrapbooking. Thanks for the inspiration.

My favorite thing right now is the small things that are getting preserved instead of just big things and I love the friends and fun associated with memory keeping!

My favorite part of memory keeping is being able to share those memories with family (and freinds) and then my children will be able to share those and so on.... I only have a few photos from my childhood and I would give anything to have something to look back at. It makes me happy to know I'm doing this for them and future generations.

Best thing about memory keeping is the sanity, LOL! Scrapbooking in the evening after my toddler goes to bed helps me relax and focus on the good things in life, which in turn makes me a better mom during the day. I'm reminded to live life as though I'm creating MEMORIES instead of just doing laundry and making hot dogs and changing diapers. It helps keep me focused on what really matters.

I love being able to capture all the little things that make up my life. I've also been able to unlock stories from the past by scrapbooking my family history. It is amazing to hear all the stories about the past from my 90 year old PoPo.

You are such an inspiration! You are always putting out things to make me think.
My memories keeping habits are erratic, but my blog has become my storage vessel. I write everyday and I hope people enjoy it ... but I really do it for me.
Now to find a way to preserve the best of these for the future...

I love the fact that I am being far more cognisant of the day to day moments in our lives right now.

My favorite thing about memory keeping, I suppose would have to be looking back through the albums with my now-adult children. They love to look back through them, we laugh and laugh. Also I can start working on albums that include grandchildren now.

My favorite thing is seeing the looks on my children's faces as they are visually reminded of moments from their lives. "Mom, that's ME!"

I am noticing that i have been walking around with my eyes closed and my brain in a fog! We had a scavenger hunt in downtown Portland last week for work and i felt like a child again noticing everything for the first time and it had all been right there in front of me the whole time. I want to bring THAT into my scrapbooking and memory keeping - that sense of wonder of the every day - the sights, the sounds, the smells and tastes (as well as the years worth of photos i still need to "catch up" on).