Lower Shipping Prices

I am pleased to announce lower shipping prices for your Heritage Makers products!  Heritage Makers now offers a First Class Mail option and shipping on books starts as low as $3.50!

5×5 Book $3.50

7×5 Book $4.05

8×8 Book $5.25

7.5×10 Book $6.35

11.5×8.5 Book $6.35

12×12 Book $9.20

13×11 Book $8.60

Folded Cards / Invitations – direct shipping – $1.00

Family Fold $1.20

Single Scrapbook Pages – all sizes - $1.20

Poster $1.50

Deck of Playing Cards $3.25

Calendar $4.65

Yahoo!  Let’s start publishing even more projects for our family and friends to enjoy!!

Lisa

Christmas in July Sale

Amazing specials now through the end of July on all of your favorite products!

• Storybooks
• Calendars and Cookbooks / Planners
• Posters and Prints
• Greeting Cards

Don’t miss the most anticipated sale of the year! See all the prices on the CHRISTMAS IN JULY flyer today!

Hosting Summer BBQs?

Are you looking for a fun way to invite your guests to a summer BBQ?  Try out our fun invitations!  Design both sides in 5×7 size with full colour and they come with an envelope.  Pack of 10 costs $14.95.  Mail them to yourself first or save a step and send them directly to the recipients.

Here’s what I made for my husband’s work BBQ…

Story Writing Tips

Finding your story:
Starting your story is not always easy. And sometimes realizing your story can be even harder. First remember that everyone has a story. Your story can be about a vacation to Europe, camping in the mountains, your high school friends and activities, when you met your husband, when you found out you were pregnant, and on and on. Really, the stories are endless.

Sit down and write:
To get ideas flowing for your next story, just sit down and write. Those five minute exercises you used to do in grade school help a lot. Either at your computer or in a comfortable chair with a notepad and pen, write without lifting the pen for five minutes. You will be surprised by what comes to your mind. Then just take the ideas you get from your five minute exercise and begin expanding on your stories.

Look at pictures:
Another great way to find your stories is to go through your photos. As you look at pictures of you learning to ride a bike or playing kick ball with your friends, you will remember all sorts of moments that would be great in a story.

Remember and write it down:
The best way to start a story is to just remember and we are remembering all the time. The key is to have those memories with us when we’re ready to write the story. So, when you’re cooking dinner and suddenly remember how your mom used to dance around the kitchen while making family meals, jot the memory down on a notepad. When you’re tucking your child in at night and remember the stories your dad used to tell you, before you slip off to sleep, write it down.

For more story ideas, look at Story Maps here or in your Studio.

Happy Storybooking!

Lisa

Scheduled Website Outage

Heritage Makers is upgrading your Studio storybooking design center – all free, all behind the scenes (no downloading or installing required!) – and its almost time for Studio 3.0!  We’re sure you’re going to enjoy what you’re about to experience.

In order to prepare for the amazing Studio 3.0, they need to take the website offline for 24 hours. The Heritage Makers website will be unavailable from Sunday, June 21 at 9:00 a.m. to Monday, June 22 at 9:00 a.m.

Be sure to log in and experience Studio 3.0 as soon as possible on June 22!

A Week of Wonderful Sales

Yes, its true…Heritage Makers is having a special sale this week only on books, posters and playing cards…call ahead to place your order!

Here are the deals…

June 15 Two 8 x 8 storybook credits $79.95
June 16 Two playing card decks $29.95
June 17 Two 11.5 x 8.5 storybook credits $111.95
June 18 Two 7.5 x10 storybook credits $95.95
June 19 Two 7 x 5 storybook credits $63.95
June 20 Two 16 x 20 canvas poster credits $159.95

2-Day Special June 13-14

Do you love our smallest sized book, the 5×5 Storybook?

Get 2 5×5 Book credits for $54.95 (normally $70). Email me or call to order.

June 13 – 20, 2009, we’re having a HUGE sale… just for you! Each day, for 8 days, a different item will be on
sale—but hurry! Each deal lasts for just one day.

Check back on Monday, June 15 to find out what the specials are for each day next week.  If you want the deal, you’ll need to order it on the sale date, so don’t delay!

Happy Storybooking!

Lisa

What’s New in the Studio

Have you seen the new June collections of digital scrapbooking content available to Heritage Makers Premier members?  This is in addition to over 37,000 pieces of digital art content we currently have online.  No downloading required!  Sweet!

Happy digi scrappin’!

Lisa

June’s Pick of the Month

You’re going to LOVE this month’s pick…the 12×12 Storybook at its lowest price for single copies and a beauty of a deal for Premier membership!

Online Class Schedule for June

Online Class Schedule

Introduction to Studio Webinars
Learn the basics of Heritage Makers Studio program.

Monday, June 1, 2009: 5:00 p.m.–5:45 p.m. MDT
Wednesday, June 3, 2009: 5:00 p.m.–5:45 p.m. MDT
Monday, June 8, 2009: 5:00 p.m.–5:45 p.m. MDT
Wednesday, June 10, 2009: 5:00 p.m.–5:45 p.m. MDT
Monday, June 15, 2009: 5:00 p.m.–5:45 p.m. MDT
Wednesday, June 17, 2009: 5:00 p.m.–5:45 p.m. MDT

Intermediate Studio Webinars
Learn about extra features such as “My Projects” and “My Favorites.”

Tuesday, June 2, 2009: 5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. MDT
Thursday June 4, 2009: 5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. MDT
Tuesday, June 9, 2009: 5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. MDT
Thursday June 11, 2009: 5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. MDT

Studio 2.0 Master Classes
Learn from studio experts about new and great techniques for making beautiful pages.

Thursday, June 11, 2009: 7:00 p.m. MDT
Topic: Scraplifting Duo – Demonstrating four ways to scraplift
Studio Product Manager: Lynda Angelastro
Guest Presenter: Kelly Wolfer

Thursday, June 25, 2009: 7:00 p.m. MDT

Debut of Studio 3.0!
Topic: Heritage Makers presents a first look at Studio 3.0
Studio Product Manager: Lynda Angelastro