Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Digital Scrapbooking for Jewelry Designers

Art Deco Jewelry Collage

Whether your bead and jewelry creations are for business or pleasure, there comes a time when you want to share what you’ve made. Taking great photos is the first step, and once you’ve mastered that, the fun begins. There are so many ways to promote and show off your work both online and in person, from Flickr and Facebook, to graphic business cards.

With digital scrapbooking, you can turn your jewelry and beadwork photographs into beautiful presentations. And the best part is, you don’t need to take a class, or read tons of tutorials to learn how to do it. MyMemories digital scrapbooking software - developed by Polaroid - is incredibly user friendly. If you know how to use the programs that come with most home computers, you’ll be able to navigate MyMemories easily and create professional looking albums for your best work.

The MyMemories Suite comes with everything you might expect to find in a real scrapbooking studio. There are plenty of background “papers”, stickers, and embellishments. You can add ribbons, faux stitching and even graphic staples for an authentic scrapbook look. The studio comes with hundreds of options for decorating your albums, and you can also create your own elements.



Creating Albums with MyMemories Personalizing MyMemories Templates
Here's a basic designer template for traditional scrapbooking.
On the right, you can see some of the export, print and share options.
Just click to add photos, change the text and you're done!
You can also color, move, change or remove any element on your album pages,
to create presentations that are totally unique.


Beginners will love the pre-made designer templates for picture albums. You can choose your theme, and pick from a variety of page styles and layouts. Then all you have to do is click to add the photos that you want from your computer. Every element on an album page is dynamic - you can change sizes and shapes, move objects, switch colors, and add extra elements to every page. Once you get the hang of things, you can create your own album pages completely from scratch.

Nile Theme Custom Photo Collage
I created this custom layout using the built in papers and stickers.
The digital layouts are ideal for professional-looking craft presentations.


I was very excited to have the opportunity to try out MyMemories. As a professional beader, I’m always looking for new and unique ways to show off designs. Once you’ve created an album with MyMemories, you can transfer it to any material that is compatible with your printer. My favorite feature also allows you to create JPEG files of your individual album pages, and with these the possibilities are endless. You can use photos of your designs to make a Facebook landing page, a blog header, a video slideshow, or a professional-looking gallery.

Want to try it out? All Inspirational Beading readers are invited to try the MyMemories Suite at a discount of $10 using coupon code STMMMS31747. You can download the software instantly, and get started on your jewelry albums right away - you might even find some other fun ways to use it! To get an even better idea of how the MyMemories Suite works, and all the things it can do, check out this digital scrapbooking tutorial video by The Pink Toque, or browse through some user creations on the MyMemories Facebook page.

Art Deco Jewelry Cover Page
This layout was made with a designer template.
You can add your own text, or fill the area with
more pictures, embellishments, or color.

For one lucky reader, I also have one free copy of MyMemories to giveaway! I know sometimes beaders and scrapbookers are like oil and water, but I would love to see what a beader could do with all of these fun tools!

How to Enter

Take a look at some of the cool album extras and digital scrapbooking kits at MyMemories, then head back here and leave a comment with the name of your favorite scrapbooking theme, and how you would use it to showcase your designs.

If you do not have a Blogger profile with email contact enabled, please make sure to include a contact link - like your shop or website - with your comment, so I can let you know if you win!

One winner will be drawn at random on Thursday, September 29th. Good luck!

I would like to thank Story Rock Inc. for giving me the opportunity to try out MyMemories software. Inspirational Beading has not received compensation for featuring products in this review, however, using the coupon code STMMMS31747 to purchase MyMemories Suite v2.0 will earn a commission for Inspirational Beading. I have shared my sincere opinions of this product - it’s truly awesome!

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7 comments:

  1. Wow, how timely! I was just thinking that I needed a new header for my blog and wondering what software I might use to design it!

    Took a look over at My Memories, and I would use the Heritage layout to showcase my beadwoven pieces. It's a very clean, neutral layout that would showcase fall colors well.

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  2. Not being a designer means I need all the help I can get! This would be so great to win. Thanks for offering it!

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  3. I like the Autumn Elegance template with the 3 photos one on top of the other. I think that would be a nice way to show maybe 3 different bracelets of the same colour or stitch.

    http://www.mymemories.com/store/display_product_page?id=WAGV-AT-1109-6167

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  4. I like the Sweet Caroline theme. I think flowers and beads go together well.

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  5. I just won a copy of the software from another blogger this month! I'd never thought of creating layouts for my own work. Thanks for all of the tips!

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  6. Thanks so much! I would use the Midsummer's Night papers, I couldn't find much that I thought was very "zen" like, but the colors of these papers are very ethereal. Love them!

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  7. So many beautiful themes, hard choices! I would probably start with "With Love 2". I could spend days playing with this software!

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