My Mother's Day Gift

My son gave me a Cinderella doll for Mother's Day. He said it is because I'm a princess...And because she has a heart in her tiara :) So cute!

I'm thinking that the bird bears a strong resemblance to the Twitter bird. Do you think this is Cinderella's way of tweeting?

Reflections

Celebrating women in your life can be done many different ways. But it’s always nice to come back to family. Robin Kingsbury did just that by celebrating her grandmother as a gift to her mother. She put together the following book with her grandmother’s talented writing pieces. And you bet her mother loved the gift.

By Robin Kingsbury

The main reason I created the book was to put as much of my grandmother’s pieces of writing into one complete collection for our family to enjoy.

My grandmother had always enjoyed writing and dabbled in short stories and poetry all her life. Although she never finished high school, she did go on in later years to get her diploma and even attended a local college when she was in her 70’s. My mom had all of her journals so I simply went through them and either added photos to illustrate the poem or incorporated pictures of her on the pages.

This experience brought me closer to my grandmother again. I could almost hear her voice and her words brought back tons of childhood memories. Of course, my mom cried when she opened it at Christmas and even had to wait a day or two to really sit down and look at it carefully.

Since then, we have ordered more copies for my aunt and uncle so they would have their mother’s writings to share with their families as well. This book has been one of my favorite Heritage Makers projects so far!

if you need any more info I’d be happy to give more details, but this is pretty much how it all came about.

I hope others enjoy looking at it!

See Robin’s book here.

 
Celebrate the women in your life with a storybook, card, or canvas. Try one of our many templates and get started today at MyStoryBookLady.com.

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Mother's Day Made Easy

Before I Was Your Mother

These are simple words with a huge impact. Imagine all the stories that children want and need to hear about their mother’s life before having kids. Her whole life has been one incredible adventure, with experiences growing up, going to school, working, falling in love… Imagine how much closer a child and mother can become with such a story.

Fellow Heritage Makers consultant Melodie Jones witnessed first-hand just how powerful such a story is for the whole family.

By Melodie Jones

I had jury duty during December and January and so, of course, I shared Heritage Makers with my fellow jurors. One woman, Dee, we thought for sure was going to be excused as she had an adult disabled daughter that she helped take care of… But she wasn’t.

We became friends and I showed her a book template in our catalog called Before I Was Your Mom. She got very excited because her daughter, Mary, had an 11-year old son that only knew his mother as disabled and bed-ridden. Dee took the catalog home to show Mary who then helped Dee choose photos and what to put in the book. Mary was very excited to finally have this book to show her son that she wasn’t always disabled.

I scanned all the photos for Dee then helped her upload them into her account. We scheduled a time when Dee could come to my March workshop so she could finish her book and get it ordered. One week before the workshop I got an email from Dee. Her daughter had suddenly passed away the week before, but she wanted me to know that she still planned on coming to the workshop to finish Mary’s book, which we did.

Dee ordered the book on a Wednesday, and she received it on Saturday. Dee called to tell me how beautiful it was, and how much she appreciated my help, and that now she knows why she was put on jury duty: to meet me so I could help her make Mary’s book. She was so happy that Mary knew about the book before she passed away, and Dee was so happy to be able to finish it for Tyler, Dee’s grandson.

Celebrate the women in your life with a storybook, card, or canvas. Try one of our many templates and get started today at http://MyStoryBookLady.com.

Have other great Mother’s Day ideas? Please share.

From blog.heritagemakers.com

April Pick of the Month + Save On Shipping (No Joke! :)

Just in time for Mother’s Day, we’ve got an incredible Pick of the Month!

For the entire month, save HUGE on swatch books, gallery-wrapped canvas prints, and photo jewelry! Moms and grads love these fabulous gifts. Get your Mother’s Day shopping done early this year with this great Pick of the Month!

It’s no joke! My StoryBook Lady is having a HUGE publishing special! All you have to do is publish any  project and you’ll instantly save 20% off shipping! From now until April 15th, you can publish your Mother’s Day gifts, graduation presents, or that special “just because” project you’ve been creating. You can save 20% off shipping on any project*, including storybooks, greeting cards, gallery-wrapped canvases, wire-bound books, and posters.
Don’t delay! Publish your project today at MyStoryBookLady.com to save!
*Offer does not apply to direct ship of cards.

Mother's Day & Father's Day Publishing Deadlines

Order your HM gifts at MyStoryBookLady.com by the date below by 5:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time in order to receive items by Mother's or Father's Day. That's 4:00 p.m. Pacific, 6:00 p.m. Central, and 7:00 p.m. Eastern times.

Mother's Day
April 22 (USPS/Ground)
April 26 (Two Day)
April 28 (Next Day)

Father's Day
June 3 (USPS/Ground)
June 7 (Two Day)
June 9 (Next Day)

If you have questions about shipping times, check out this link here.
Need further help? Contact your storybook coach,
Betty Miller
Betty@MyStoryBookLady.com
404.729.0388

Are You Prepared For Mother's Day?

Okay Guys, how prepared are you for Mother's Day? Not at all, I'm guessing.

I am offering my services again this year to make sure that you score major points with your wife.

Let me help you design a custom storybook for her. Include pictures of the kids, of yourself and of course all the reasons she is the best mom in the whole world. (You can also have me do something for your mom as well!)

Easy as 1 - 2- 3

1. Pick out a size

2. Send me digital images on a disc or mail a flash drive

3. I design a book for you and it arrives to you before Mother's Day

Pricing:

7x5 Storybook- $60.00, that includes tax and shipping and 21 pages

- or -

8x8 Storybook- $75.00, that includes tax and shipping and 21 pages

Order your book through me & I'll make your Wife or Mom a personalized Mother's Day card to match her book...FOR FREE!

Click to see a SAMPLE

This is just a sample, I will work with you on a theme, color scheme, etc.

Must get me the disc by Wed., April 22nd to ensure on time delivery

Call or email me with your order!

Betty Miller - Independent Publishing Consultant

www.mystorybooklady.com

betty@mystorybooklady.com

404.729.0388

Flowers are OUT for Mother's Day...

Storybooks and cards are IN! Melt mom's heart with a storybook and card made by YOU with your own photos and stories. She will *love* it and it will last forever...flowers won't...

Here are some Mother's Day packages that will save you some $$. Use a template and have your card done in 5 minutes! Ask me how.

Betty Miller
Personal Storybook Coach
betty@mystorybooklady.com
404.729.0388