Summer Recipe Book

I was so excited about Heritage Makers coming out with a COOKBOOK that I just couldn't wait to create one filled with friends' favorite recipes. So I hosted a Summer Recipe Exchange and we all had a wonderful evening sampling each other's cooking. I am pleased to be able to offer the cookbook to anyone who wants one for only $20. I used all Heritage Makers products to create everything for the party! Click to view the Summer Recipe Book, Invitations, Ballots, Ballot Box Cover, Food Labels, Ornaments, Favors (4x4 trivets), and Awards (folded into table tent with bow at top) All of these templates are available to use if you want to host your own party and create your own cookbook. :)

Simple and Sweet but Still My FAVORITE Project to Date

These pages are from a book I made for my in-laws 40th anniversary. The four grandkids posed for photos at the places where my in-laws met, got engaged and got married. They absolutely LOVED this book! Click to view 40 Years Later...

Birthday Books

Confession: We have now thrown 9 little boy birthday parties and I had not scrapbooked a single one! I have been playing major catch up in the past few months and just had to make it a priority to get these 12 x 12 pages published and put into albums. 5 parties down, 4 parties to go! Click to view Sam's Pages or Ryan's Pages

The Year in Photos

For our 2008 Christmas Card, as always I wanted to send something original and one of a kind. I came up with this design to include 3 photos from each month of the year on the inside of the card. It ended up being a New Year's card since I was so busy before Christmas with other people's cards and neglected to get my own done in time. I have had quite a few friends already say they want to use this design for their 2009 card. The navy/teal/green/pink can be customized to any color palette to match your photo on the front of the card. Let me know if you want to use this design or any of my other designs this holiday season! Click to view Year in Review Holiday Card

Custom Holiday Card

I love designing custom holiday cards! This is a perfect example of how specific you can be with Heritage Makers to create the perfect design to fit your theme, text and style.

Santa's Messenger

Last Christmas when I sent an e-mail out to family & friends advertising my service to send a personalized postcard from Santa to their child, I had an overwhelming response! I loved hearing from the parents about their kids' reactions to receiving their postcards in the mail. I submitted this template to the Template Gallery so consultants all across the U.S. were able to use it as well. Click to view Postcard from Santa

When I See You Smile - Great Gifts for Your Kids!

While the ROOTS book would be quite a worthwhile but time-consuming task, these "When I See You Smile" templates would take under an hour to complete! I was inspired to create something that parents of younger children could read to them to express their unconditional love, keeping in mind that parents of younger children don't usually have hours to devote to a project. Click to view either the Girl Version or Boy Version

ROOTS Template

This is a book I created to help load the HM Template Gallery when it launched in September 2008. I have heard from people who have used it and it makes me feel good to know that I made something people are actually using to create heirlooms that will be passed down for generations! It was definitely a labor of love. Click to view ROOTS

Mouse Ear Challenge - how many can YOU find?

We took our first family trip to Disneyland in May 2008. I wanted to create an extra special memory book for the boys. I came across the concept of placing "Hidden Mickeys" throughout the book using digital art. Inside the cover, I traced this message by hand in the classic Disney font..."Dear Sam and Ryan, Always remember, Disneyland all started with a dream and a mouse. You are never too little to dream big! Mickey Mouse" I then placed it in a box, set it outside and rang the door bell. The boys really believe Mickey looked through our book and dropped mouse ears on ever page. Feeling particularly inspired, I wrote an original poem. Click to view the Disneyland Book and read the poem here....

Since I put all our Disneyland pics in this book,
I thought Mickey Mouse would like taking a look.

So I sent it to Toon Town, right to his front door,
But he did not see it lying there on the floor.

When he came running straight out of his cage,
Oops! He dropped mouse ears on every page!

What could he do to save his good name?
"A-ha!" He said, "I'll make this a game!"

Some ears are big and some very small.
Are you up to the challenge of finding them all?

Some are in photos, but many are not.
A lot are in hiding; some quickly you'll spot.

In case some ears are too hidden to see,
He left you the answers on page thirty-three.

So while you are searching from first page to last,
Remember the great times we've had in the past.

And dream of more thrills and memories new,
The next time we go where dreams always come true!

So whatever happened with Mickey our friend?
Did he look at our book? How does this rhyme end?

Well, he picked up the book and went back in his house,
In a chair by the fire sat this world-famous mouse.

He looked at each picture, and each story he read,
Then he put on his jammies and headed for bed.

But before he did that, he left one last surprise,
An autographed message with words oh so wise.

The next morning he woke from a restful night's sleep,
And to our home he mailed this book we'll now keep!

A Beautiful Mother-Daughter Relationship

I was honored to help my good friend Banji create this Mother's Day gift for her mom in 2008. They have a beautiful relationship as you can tell from the photos and messages Banji wrote. It was a fairly simple process since we used this HM template. I think everyone should create a book for their mom! Click here to view "Mother, I Love You"

My First Design Job

A close friend Karen Grieser photographed this wedding in December 2007 and asked me to help her put the photos in a book as a gift for the couple. I used some elements of a template created by Heidi Arave and other pages are my own designs. Click here to view Wedding Book

Still an All-Time Favorite

I have always loved receiving and sending Christmas cards. When I was first married, before kids, we sent out a photo of us with our 2 dogs who were our babies at that time. Then I dabbled a little with rubber stamping but eventually the mass production, especially around the holidays, overwhelmed me. Then I began sending a newsletter called The Wolfer Howl, whose title now lives on here in this blog. I was getting closer to my ultimate goal of sending something creative and unique that incorporated both photos and a brief letter...but printing/folding/stamping them was still a bigger than ideal task. In 2007, no one was more grateful than my husband that I finally found Heritage Makers! Gone are the days of our dining table being cluttered for days with stamping supplies. Gone are the days of me hovering over our printer for hours pulling my hair out over margin settings and paper trays. And the best part was that I came up with a design that continues to be one of the most popular holiday card designs in the HM Template Gallery. (Search for "Classic Christmas" under 5x7 Greeting Cards: Portrait.) Click here to view my 2007 Christmas Card.

My First Ever Storybook

We had just adopted our dog Lucky from the Humane Society when I found out about Heritage Makers storybooks. For my first book, I decided to write a bedtime story for my two boys. Since then this book has been well-loved and often requested. It has been taken to school at least twice for show and tell. :) Click to read I'm a Lucky Dog