Just announced today... 30% off Storage AND printed projects. Plus, I still have two 10% coupon codes that I can give the first two people who contact me about a purchase. Take advantage of 40% off, while it's available. And if you can't right now, consider joining the Forever Club, a savings club that gives you special perks, access to Forever's CEO in a monthly meeting, invites to members-only events AND 2gigs free storage every three months. Join Forever Club by the end of the month and become a Founding Member. Contact Natalie if you want to take advantage of the 40% off and/or want more info on Forever Club. Browse to http://forever.com/ambassador/natalieendozo and click on "Deals" at the top of the webpage.
CM'S MARITIME COLLECTION
Working on a maritime or boat/beach themed scrapbook? Checkout a blog by Krislyn Mattei, designer of CM's new Maritime Collection. https://blog.creativememories.com/…/create-beautiful-beach…/. There's even a tip on how to use the border maker for narrow strip borders. AHA!!!!!
Lost Mid-20th Century Images Find Way Back to Owner
What use are fading memories that aren’t being enjoyed? Read how a set of slides taken from the mid-20th century is reunited with the family to whom the images belong at https://blog.forever.com/forever-blog/goodwill-memories). It’s not too late to preserve your own memories. Take ownership of your legacy today, not only for you and your family, but for future generations to enjoy.
Come to my Media Conversion event on Sun Jul 22 anytime between 1-4pm and GET IT DONE! Contact me if you plan to come.
FOREVER CLUB IS HERE!!!
Become a part of Forever's Inner Circle with Forever Club... Forever's first savings plan. You can enjoy exclusive member benefits while saving for the things you love. And if you join before July 31, 2018, you will be a founding member and receive a signed certificate from Forever's Founder & CEO, Glen Meakem.
Set aside money each month to help you stick to a budget and/or save up for large orders (i.e., 1 terabyte of Forever guaranteed storage... just sayin'). Your Forever Dollars never expire and you can cancel your club membership at anytime.
Enjoy inner circle perks like access to Glen in exclusive monthly phone calls with club members. You'll also be privvy to secret sales, limited edition Forever merchandise and club member-only sessions at Forever Events across the country. Earn free Forever storage every three months just for being a loyal Forever club member.
Read the details in the FAQs. Log onto my link, http://forever.com/ambassador/natalieendozo, and select "Forever Club" on the white strip to the right of the Forever logo. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to see the FAQs. Email me if you have any questions or would like to be a founding member.
FOREVER'S CHRISTMAS IN JUNE
CM'S SUNKISSED COLLECTION IS NOW AVAILABLE
CM's SunKissed Collection is now available. Love the album cover and the waves punch. Read about it on CM's blog and get some inspiration: https://blog.creativememories.com/2018/05/07/escape-to-paradise-with-the-sun-kissed-tropical-travel-scrapbook-layout/. Checkout the online catalog: http://www.creativememories.com/user/NatalieEndozo
CLOUD SERVICE LOSES PHOTOS
I've heard more horror stories about what happens with digital photos in the cloud. Here's a link to one such story: https://blog.forever.com/forever-blog/my-forever-story-gina-j. Has this... or something just as devastating... happened to you? Don't put your photos at risk. When looking into cloud storage for photo, video and family legacy material storage, read their Terms of Service, especially the fine print! Make sure they (1) guarantee that they won't delete your photos for any reason, (2) won't use your photo data for 3rd party purposes, (3) use encryption when uploading/downloading your files. If you can't find a cloud storage that meets all three requirements, call me!!! Don't be like Gina, with photos and videos lost by her cloud provider.
TEACH PHOTO ORGANIZATION CLASS - CHECK
This past Tuesday, I taught the 3rd and last adult education class for the spring term. The 3-class series went well, I think. I showed them how to upload photos to their Forever account, create an albums and nested albums, enter album and photo descriptions, add tags to easily find photos, explained the different ways to share photos, quickly demo'd the photo editing capabilities and showed how simple and easy it is to create a photobook using Forever Print. At the end of the 3rd class, a few students provided feedback that the class was informative, gave them the motivation to start organizing their photos and were interested in continuing with the system. I was energized by their feedback.
1ST DAY OF CLASS!!!
Today is a big day!!! First day of class at PUSD Adult School... "Digital Photos: From Chaos to Harmony". 15ppl registered! Wish me luck.
VACATION PHOTOS & ORGANIZING THEM
It's been awhile since I've blogged, mainly due to our vacation to South Africa, which we took last month. South Africa is an amazing country, not what I'd envisioned (which was "brown like San Diego in the summertime", since South Africa is experiencing their worse drought). It's a beautiful country, has hospitable people and alot of culture. The safaris were awesome, as well!
When we got home, I immediately began the process of collecting, sorting and organizing the 2500+ photos that Reny and I took while on this trip. I immediately deleted those photos that were even slightly blurry; there were enough of similar photos that I could use. Then I went thru a rating system to separate (1) the best of the best, (2) the close 2nd and (3) the not so good but I wasn't ready to delete them yet. I was able to tag the photos and add description to groups. I blocked off some dedicated time to accomplish this. It took several days. But in the end, each of my photos have been rated, are tagged and have a description associated with them.
Below are some photos of our safaris "journey or expedition". We were able to see all of Africa's Big Five (elephant, lion, rhinoceros, Cape Buffalo and leopard). These are animals that, when hunted, are most likely to kill you if you miss killing them.
The elephants appeared to be charging, but were just vying for primo position under the marula tree; it was feeding time!
This lion was just hanging out near the watering hole where the elephants were drinking and bathing. While everyone else was watching the elephants, I kept an eye on the lion to make sure where he was.
These white rhinos were just hanging out, trying to stay cool. The one on the left eventually got up and walked over to the bushes on the other side of our vehicle. "White rhino" is a bit of a misnomer. The name came "Weid mond rhino" or "wide mouthed rhino". But "weid" or "wijde" was mis-translated as "white". Hmmm.....
The African Buffalo, or Cape Buffalo, is the largest bovine subspecies in East and South Africa. Its "boss" (the bone shield from the horns across the top of its head" form the perfect part... very well groomed.
The last of the African Big Five that we saw on safari... the leopard. The previous evening, we went on safari in search of this elusive animal. Of the four vehicles out looking for the leopard, ours was the only one that actually saw it. My video was probably the only video taken of that encounter. The following morning, we saw this leopard (not sure if it's the same one as the night before) lying in wait on a hillside. I think it was trying to figure out what we were going to do. Eventually, the leopard got up and left.
Bourke's Luck Potholes is on the Panorama Route where the Treur River meets the Blyde River and was formed by decades of swirling eddies, causing extensive water erosion over time.
Typical Zulu community... this one was at a cultural center in Swaziland. Yes, one of the couples on our tour almost didn't get to cross the border because they didn't have a VISA to re-enter South Africa! We were treated to some cultural dances and singing.
Cape Point Lighthouse, at the southwestern most point in South Africa... one body of water is False Bay, the other is the Atlantic.
IMPROVED NAVIGATION AROUND A FOREVER ACCOUNT
Forever has made some improvements in the navigational function of the Forever accounts. Watch this short YouTube video to see what's changed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH-Yey8HM0w
ARTISAN5 USERS: WANNA KNOW HOW TO MAKE A CALENDAR?
Here's a link to a free calendar webinar, brought to you by pixels2Pages (Forever's training department), using Forever Artisan5. If you click on the video and watch it, please let me know that you did, your thoughts about the training and what tidbit gave you the AHA moment. Below are a few pages that I created for my 2018 NatyCrops Calendar...
https://www.pixels2pages.net/2018/01/08/calendar-workshop-artisan-5/
the cover
April's image
April's calendar
BEE MINE FOR VALENTINES DAY
I can't believe Valentines Day is in 2wks!!! That means Jan2018 is in the past. Where did the month go?!?!?!? For Valentines Day, prepare your photo album with a Creative Memories (Yes, traditional scrappers. CM is still alive and kickin') Bee Mine collection. Instructions and materials/tools can be found at: https://blog.creativememories.com/2018/01/31/how-to-create-bee-mine-digital-scrapbook-pages/
Below are four borders to inspire you. Tweak them for your specific project. Instructions and materials/tools can be found at: https://blog.creativememories.com/2018/01/18/4-scrapbook-border-ideas-to-try-with-the-outback-journey-collection/
FINISH IN FOUR
Tagging onto my last blog post, where are you with your 15mins per day? I've made great strides with my 15mins. It's amazing what you can accomplish with slow and steady focused work. I'm finally getting my photo library in shape! And it feels GREAT!!! Now what? Time to celebrate your photos...
Sheri Meissner, an awesome Forever leader, came up with the Finish in Four program. It's basically a way to create a beautiful, memorable photobook in four "easy" sessions.
Note: Although this post is specific to digital photos, traditionalists can still apply the challenge to finishing a photo album.... dedicate 15min per day to working on the album.
FINISH IN FOUR WEEK1: Upload your photos!
Week 1 How to Video: https://fccdl.in/BO5ok8lgZ
FINISH IN FOUR WEEK 2 - Choose your book size, organize your photos into book order and fill in photos. "Organize" is the key word here... Once your photos are in the order that you prefer, it's easy to select the photo frame to fill and click on the next photo to fill the frame.
Week 2 Video: https://fccdl.in/yp3Fof5TS
Week 3 of Finish in 4: Finish your pages and add journaling.
WEEK 4 FINISH in FOUR: Complete your photobook. If you haven't already done so, it's super easy to catch up and do this in an hour or 2... 3 tops. I had a set of maybe 50-60 photos and was able to finish an 8x8 photobook in a little over 2hrs, including photo captions.
The discount referred to in the instructions is Forever's January promo and expires at 11:59pm Jan 31.
JUST 15MINS A DAY
Are your photographs a jumble in a shoe box or in a state of chaos on your cellphone or an external hard drive? Use Forever to digitize those photographs and help organize those JPGs in your Forever account. Add the stories behind the photos so that your descendants will know the who, what, why, when, where and how of the photo. And most importantly, be able to find your JPGs when you need them. It may be a daunting task. But, a daily commitment of 15 minutes will put a dent in this seemingly unending organizational task. I promise.