Monday Giveaway : Studio Calico

Like many of the other comments I want to say I love memory keeping because it is something that my 3 girls Enjoy to look at and remember times past. I also want to say that I love that it gives me some 'me' time and also girlfriend time to create! Can't wait to see you in Seattle in November.

My favorite thing to do right now is memory art for the home. I have so many ideas lately it is crazy. I have recently began reading various scrapbook blogs and that just causes my mind to go wild with ideas.

Photos are 1 dimensional but when you document the stories, observations and feelings behind the photos it makes them come alive. Not just for me but for also for those reading the memories. It's a fuller insight into who we are/were at a certain time.

my favorite thing about memory keeping is not just putting photos that i'm not going to scrap into those big black albums, but taking the time to go back and write something next to each photo, some little memory i have that would otherwise be lost. i hope that when my children look at the albums when they are older and grown they will love to read all the little details that you forget so quickly otherwise!

My favorite thing right now about memory keeping is balancing my two kids--my favorite subjects, my deployed hubby and my awesome mom who is slipping away, this hobby has kept me going through all of this, crazy as this may sound but documenting my life and everyday goings on with pictures and data has really saved me.

Hi Ali, My favorite thing right now is actually remembering me as a part of whatever we are doing. It makes me a little sad when I look back and don't see me in most of our pictures and scrapbooks. Now I am either asking others to take pictures of me or just turning the camera around myself. Good times!

Hi Ali
my favorite part about memory keeping is:
the documentation and preservation of memories. My father passed away when I was quite young and there is so much I don't know ~ his handwriting, his favorite tv show, his favorite memory, his fears, his dreams.....
I keep my memories safe for the future AND I get to create something pretty at the same time! Therapy.

My favorite thing about memory keeping right now is looking back at my memory. My boyfriend does too! *big smiles*

It's a way to record things that I know I'll forget, a way to stay connected to my past and a way to preserve the past for my kids. I simply love it. It's also my therapy!

Ali, great question to sit back and think about! Fav thing right now about memory keeping, is by concisely documenting school memories (a la Stacy Julian's School of Life album approach), I can complete highlights of my little guy's school year and feel like that part is 'done'...which in turn gives me the freedom/more time to document other stories that I want to tell!

My favorite thing about memory keeping right now is being able to capture pictures of my daughter's life. It's amazing to see how much she has grown in her first 7 months of life. It's almost hard to remember what she was like as a newborn. I also keep a journal that I write to her before I go to sleep. I hope she cherishes it someday.

I guess my favorite thing about memory keeping is reading other people's memories. :) I love to hear everyone's unique story and see how it has affected them (either positively or negatively - usually almost always positively!). I sometimes feel my memories are rather dull, but to someone else, they might seem fascinating! I must remember that. :)

Wow! What a great question. I would have to say my favorite part about memory keeping is how it has enhanced my experiences, Memory keeping has given me a greater sense of the present, it gives me a greater ability to live in the moment and to enjoy these moments as they happen - this has been a tremendous gift for myself as well as my family. So that's it I guess - living in the moment, letting it sink in and than enjoying reliving it while it is recorded!!!!

My favorite thing about memory keeping is reliving the memories while scrappin them. My vacation is only a month old, but scrapping it makes me enjoy it all over again.
Lisa

My favorite thing right now is unpacking all my memory keeping stuff from the boxes and bins I had to pack it in for putting my house up for sale and moving. Now I have a new house with a room that I am dedicating to my creative outlets.

What a wonderful give-away!! You are going to make someone so happy.
Right now I am working on what started out as one album documenting our life as a clergy family (it has grown to a series-LOL) My children have flown the nest now and have families of their own, but I cannot tell you the joy that I have found sitting between my son and daughter as we reminisce about the places we've lived and people we've known. It has given me a renewed zeal for documenting our stories.

WOW...you have so many comments but I will still give it a TRY.... My FAVORite thing is looking at the pictures and REMEMBERING the times..! My girls are 10 & 6 and the years just fly by.
THANKS :)

My favorite thing about memory keeping is
getting to relive the feelings of a special moment over and over....

My favorite thing about memory keeping right now is that it has evolved so far from where I started 12 years ago. I have recently begun digi scrapbooking and I am constantly learning something new. I read alot of blogs and study others layouts in galleries all over the internet and am constantly learning new ways to improve my craft. I won't give up paper scrapbooking but I love the fact that I'm ever-changing in this hobby that has made me feel like an artist!

My favorite thing about memory keeping right now is that it is flowing for me and so I am productive which leads to my boys really enjoying the pages. We are communicating through my pages I make of them and me. Love that.