Another Place and Time: Vintage Valentines

Valentine's Day is just around the corner. If you're looking for period Valentine images to use in scrapping your family photos, look no further! First I'd like to share with you a wonderful kit from Sally at Winged Heart Ohio blog. The image below shows her recent addon to a very large kit she created last year. Victorian images and Valentine's Day just go hand in hand, don't they?

You can download the addon kit here and the re-released version of her original Victorian Valentine's kit here. Don't forget to leave her some love!

If the traditional Victorian thing is a little too fussy for you with all the busyness, perhaps you'd like this great kit from Derek of the So Much To Do, So Little Time blog. Derek's kit definitely has that old vintage look too it but isn't quite as fussy. This preview only shows his elements but he's got two downloads of beautiful papers too.
You can download Derek's Vintage Valentine kit here.

Valentine's Day is the perfect time to decorate up some great romantic photos from your collections. So what are you waiting for?

Go get creative with your genealogy!

Another Place and Time: Mardi Gras

Another Mardi Gras has come and gone. Who's got pictures? If you've got pictures, I've got a great scrapbooking kit for you!

Check this out, it's a Mardi Gras blog parade. A number of digi-scrapping designers got together and created a mega kit in the traditional Mardi Gras colors, green, gold, and purple. Here's one participant's contribution to the parade. This is from Terrell's blog, Designs By Terrell S. You can find the download link here.

Don't you just love the rich colors and textures!?! You can really have some fun with this kit!

The Mardi Gras blog parade actually starts on the Moo Two Designs blog. Start there and download the first part of the mega kit. There you'll also find the link to the next participant in the parade. And the next participant will give you another free Mardi Gras kit and a link to the next participant. And so on. By the time you're done visiting and downloading from all the parade participants you'll have one great kit for your Mardi Gras pictures!

Even if you didn't attend Mardi Gras this year you can still make use of this kit. Maybe you've visited New Orleans, the home of Mardi Gras (at least in the U.S. ;-). You could use this as a theme kit for your vacation photos. Got ancestors from the New Orleans area? This would make great theme pages for family photos! If you've been to a Mardi Gras party anywhere you could also use this kit to scrap your party photos. It's very versatile. Grab it now because it won't be available indefinitely!!!

Now go get creative with your genealogy!

Another Place and Time: The 1960s - 1970s

Were you a hippie? Or do you have pictures of your relatives dressed in those classic hippie fashions... bell bottoms, headbands, halter tops, hot pants, and lots of flower power??? If so, you'll appreciate and enjoy the digital scrapbooking kits I have to show you today!

The first kit is called the Groovy 70s Psychedelic Kit. There's a basic kit and an add-on. Check this out!

Aren't these great? Don't they take you back??? I love 'em! You can download them here and here from Deltapdawn's blog Scrapping 'Til Dawn blog.

And if you're feelin' groovy, you can head on over and pick up another terrific hippie-era kit too! This one is called... Feelin Groovy. You can get the download from Peachy Keen's Digital Scraps blog. Isn't it rad? I have just the pictures to use with this kit! Great earth-day colors!
Remember, I can't guarantee how long these designers will have these freebies available so if you're interested in them go get them now! You'll be sorry later if you don't ;-) And remember to say thank you to the designers. They'll enjoy hearing from you.

Now turn on your oldies radio station and go get creative with your genealogy!

Another Place and Time: Russia, Lake Tahoe

Have you noticed that it's cold outside? Well it's certainly cold here! That might have something to do with the fact that it's winter. No better time to be indoors keeping warm and getting creative with your genealogy!

Today we have a couple of winter kits that may be useful to you for scrapbooking family photos. The first is called Winter in Russia. It was created by Kyra at the With a Russian/Dutch Heart blog. Here's the preview.
This is a personal favorite of mine. I love the colors and the ethnic feel. My Polish grandfather was actually born in what was Russia at the time (the borders changed over time). And really, culture knows no borders. The folk art from Russia is very similar to the folk art from Poland, Slovakia, Lithuania, etc. It all makes for beautiful scrapbook pages! You can download the kit here (just scroll down 10 rows and click on the text below the preview image). Enjoy!

Next up we have a beautiful winter kit with a Lake Tahoe theme. Got any skiing pictures? How about family vacation photos from the Tahoe area? How about dreaming of Tahoe vacation pictures? How about sledding or building a snowman photos? From Jane at the My Scrapping Life blog we have Tahoe on Ice. Here's the preview.This kit has more to it than what you see here. It come in three downloads which you can get here, here, and here. This is a wonderful and versatile kit for all your winter photos. There are a total of 19 backgrounds and loads of elements too! I know you have some winter family photos... get 'em out and play with them!

Now go get creative with your genealogy!

An Honor for Creative Genealogy

Kimberly Powell, author of About.com:Genealogy, has come up with "10 Genealogy Blogs Worth Reading". It's a great list and I have to agree with her that choosing 10 blogs from among the wonderful and talented group of genealogy bloggers online is no easy feat. But she's come up with a wonderful sampling of that talent! Check it out and see if you don't agree.

The Creative Genealogy blog was one of those that made her list... {grin} She was also kind enough to mention and link to my Creative Gene blog as well. THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION KIMBERLY!

Another Place and Time: Chanukah, Christmas, New Years!

Has it really been over a month since I've shared any tips for getting creative with your genealogy? Well shame on me!

The Christmas and Chanukah holidays are behind us for a few months but hey, there's always next year! On that note I'm going to share some holiday scrapbook kits with you so that you can scrap the memories of your most recent holiday and share them with your loved ones next holiday season.

First off I have a Chanukah kit called Chanukah Joys by CanDee that is very elegant. You can get the download link to Part 1 and Part 2 on her blog. Isn't it lovely?

And next up we have a HUGE Victorian Christmas kit I know you'll love. This kit is from the Winged Heart Ohio blog. It was created last year and re-released this year... with an add-on! Check out the previews...



You can find the download link for the main kit here and the add-on here. Isn't it just great?!!!

And just to round out the holiday season, I have a New Year's kit for you. This is a great timeless kit all done in black and white... tres chic!

It's called New Beginnings from the Raspberry Road Designs blog. Head on over and get it for yourself here! This is obviously a very versatile kit that you can use for both vintage and contemporary photos. Color photos would pop on these backgrounds!

I am constantly amazed at how generous these designers are to share their talents for free. They live for kind comments so please don't forget to drop them a note of thanks when you download!

It's time to start the new year off right. Go ahead... get creative with your genealogy!!!

Christmas Around the World

Free! Get it while you can!

The ultimate digital scrapbooking Christmas mega-mega kit is now available. This kit has like 60 designers contributing and will have hundreds of pieces. It's available free from today, December 10, 2007 until December 16, 2007 only so get it while you can.

A special blog has been set up to access this kit. It's called, Christmas Around the World Kit! The URL is: http://christmasaroundtheworldkit.blogspot.com/. The blog will have a list of links to the blogs of the participating designers. You'll have to hop from blog to blog to download all the pieces. Expect slow downloading at times as this will be a very popular kit, sure to have something something to please everyone.

I'll be busy downloading this kit over the next few days. I just know this is going to make my hard drive groan! I know you have Christmas photos just waiting to be used in scrapbook pages. Here's the ultimate digital scrapbooking kit... for free!

Now go get creative with your genealogy!