Giveaway: My Memories Digital Scrapbooking Software

Just as I was looking for a digital scrapbooking software to preserve family recipes, serendipity struck. My Memories Suite asked me if I would offer my readers a giveaway of their software. Before I agreed, I tried it out because I wouldn't want to offer you an inferior product just because it's offered as a giveaway, and I do turn down plenty of bad offers. Look at what I created in no time at all. I'm excited at how very easy and fast it was. (Click photo to enlarge.)

This is NOT my great-aunt Julia. I got the photo from the Commons at Flickr so that I could show you just one of the creative things you could do with this software. I used one of the software's preloaded templates with a burlap texture. I just pasted the recipe and dragged the Flickr photos onto the template boxes. It was SO fast and easy, despite my complete newbie status. I'm not a digital scrapbooker. This is my first time creating digital scrapbook pages, so if I can do it with this software, so can you.

Of course you can use it for photo albums too. You can make greeting cards and even videos and much more, plus the representative tells me they are always looking for designers so you could even create kits to sell on their site. That's a boon in this crazy economy.

They have plenty of free pages and kits available on their site too. And the software comes preloaded with lots of templates, papers, textures, embellishments, etc., etc., etc. You could do so much without even buying a single item. There's plenty in their preloaded library, and plenty more online both free and for purchase. There's even a dollar store section.

I'm liking this software so much that I'm sure I'll share lots more with you in the future. My Memories Suite is an award-winning digital scrapbook software and it's rated #1 by both Amazon and TopTen Reviews.

Enter to win the My Memories Suite!

There's one winner for the software,  a $40 value,

but everyone is a winner with My Memories Suite.

They are also providing all my readers a $10 discount off the purchase of the My Memories Suite Scrapbook Software and a $10 coupon for the My Memories.com store - $20 value!

Use code STMMMS96222 for your discount/coupon.

To enter to win the My Memories Suite just:

1. Follow Joy of Desserts with Google Friends Connect 
2. and leave me a comment letting me know one of your favorite paper packs or layouts found on their MyMemories.com website.

For extra entries leave one comment for each of the following:

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• Follow their Twitter - http://twitter.com/#!/mymemoriessuite

This giveaway will run until Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 11:59 p.m.
There will be one winner. The winner can choose to either download the software or have My Memories Suite mail a software disk.

Don't miss my other giveaway! Click to see my review and enter the giveaway for See, Mix, Drink: A refreshingly simple guide to crafting the world's most popular cocktails.

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The Funny Thing About Chocolate ...

Funny video. You'll enjoy it. Take the time to watch and smell the chocolate. :-)

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Sundaes on Sunday

"My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate."

Flickr/mauriziopani Maurizio Panicali

- Thornton Wilder

"Without ice cream, there would be darkness and chaos."
- Don Kardong, 1976 U.S. Olympic Marathoner

"Always serve too much hot fudge sauce on Hot Fudge Sundaes. It makes people overjoyed, and puts them in your debt."
- Judith Olner

"I love Hot Fudge Sundaes; I could die for Hot Fudge Sundaes."- Bob Farrell, Founder, Farrell's Ice Cream Parlors

"I'm still saving a Hot Fudge Sundae for you."
-NASA administrator Goldin to U.S. astronaut Norm Thagard, upon his return from a 31/2-month stint aboard Space Station Mir

"Few problems in life cannot be greatly helped by (1) an increase in sales, or (2) a Hot Fudge Sundae."
-Jean Baum

"We dare not trust our wit for making our house pleasant to our friends, so we buy ice cream."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"We do not get ice-cream every where, and so, when we do, we are apt to dissipate to excess."
-Mark Twain, Innocents Abroad

"Rodeo Drive is a giant Butterscotch Sundae."
-Andy Warhol on the Beverly Hills shopping district

"What the Contract (with America) says is you can have a Hot Fudge Sundae for every meal and still lose weight."
- Al Hunt, Wall Street Journal Editor

"What really distinguishes ice-cream parlors is their atmosphere and therein lies the difference between a Sundae that satisfies the palate and one that satisfies the soul."
- Fran R. Schumer

"Try to cut back. Leave the cherry off your Hot Fudge Sundae."
- Garfield, Words to the Wide

"Steak, cream pies, hot fudge - those were thought to be unhealthy - precisely the opposite of what we now know to be true."
- Doctors in the year 2173 in Woody Allen's Sleeper

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Click for more than 70 ice cream recipes from Joy of Desserts and blog friends.

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• Savory Sunday
• Sister Sister Sunday
• So Sweet Sundays
• Sweet Indulgences Sunday
• What I Love Wednesdays  
• Sweet Treats Thursdays
• Thursday-13

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May flowers: pretty and edible

Happy Wordless Wednesday and Thursday 13. I've also just discovered What I Love Wednesday, and I'm linking there.  You can too.  :-)  If you have your own WW post, be sure to sign in with the linkie below.  I have beautiful and edible May flowers to share with you today.  I hope these photographs give you inspiration for your own culinary delights.  I find it impossible to choose a favorite.  Can you?

Flickr/chotda
Cream cheese, condensed milk and gelatin folded into whipped cream, atop a sugar/orange liqueur-drizzled sponge cake. Topped with "petals" of fresh mango, and a mango-orange juice glaze. The working recipe is here if you'd like to try making it yourself. 

Flickr/Amy Eilert
Flower themed cakelet.  Flower pot mini cake design serving 3-4.

Flickr/bananagranola
Sakura Themed Jelly Candies
Made by Takanoya-sadahiro confectionery, Kyoto, Japan.

Flickr/nadiya9
Rose granita.
Rose water, lime, and honey. Tastes very delicate.

Flickr/k_keiko
Would you like to have a lotus cake?  This is the center of the lotus flower.

Flickr/bananagranola
Rose Rakugan. Wagashi shop Fukujudo-Hidenobu in department store,
Daimaru-Shinsaibashi, Osaka, Japan.



Flickr/BakeyBakey
Rosy cupcake set, inspired by Cath Kidston, designed by Bakey Bakey.
These were a trial of a white chocolate mudcake recipe decorated with buttercream and fondant.

 

Flickr/Mo RisaJonawagashi
Note below the box: Each shape represents seasonal items and/or flowers.
Each is hand made using red and/or white bean paste with natural food coloring.
Usually served for Japanese tea ceremonies.

Flickr/Amy Eilert
Flower themed cakelet. Fancy little vase of flowers mini cake design.

Flickr/Kim Dever Thibodeaux
The outside of the cake was frosted with Ghirardelli chocolate frosting, then vanilla fondant.
Border and stems are fondant. Flowers are gumpaste.

Flickr/purpletwinkie
Chocolate Centerpiece.
Photographed at the IKA International Culinary Olympics, Erfurt, Germany.

Flickr/Joseph's Vienna Bakery
Susan's flower, hand made flower on chocolate fondant wedding cake.

Flickr/Soma.R
Saffron Yogurt Mousse with Rose Petal Honey.

Flickr/Amy Eilert
Flower pot on gardening book mini cakes design with coordinating cupcakes.

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Classic chocolate cupcakes with purple buttercream and edible flowers.

Flickr/Tiney's Bakeshop
These are sugar flowers.

Flickr/Betty Crocker Recipes
Flower Power Cupcakes decorated with colored licorice twists.

Flickr/Amy Eilert
Set of 3 Flower pot mini cake designs.

Flickr/Amy Eilert
Flower themed cakelet. A topiary mini cake of little roses.

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Jelly Bean Story sweetly shares the meaning of Easter

It's very easy to share the Easter Jelly Bean Story with a jar of jelly beans.  Just get a nice jar with a lid, fill with jelly beans in the appropriate colors, print the two images below, glue them back to back with a light dab of glue, punch a small hole, and tie the tag with a pretty ribbon.

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A sweet way to share the meaning of Easter.

The person you give it to will be nicely surprised and will think of you each time they reach in for a sweet treat.  You will be able to share your faith and the meaning of Easter.

Here's a list of the supplies you will need:

• Jar or other decorative container
• Jelly beans in orange, yellow, black, red, white, green, pink and purple
• Scissors or X-Acto knife (mat optional - be careful of not damaging the surface you are working on)
• Printer (or do it the creative way, by handwriting and decorating the tag yourself)
• Paper
• Glue or double-sided tape
• Hole punch
• Decorative ribbon

Print these two images to add to your Easter gift.

Lightly glue the two images back to back.

Betty Crocker proposes four royal wedding cakes fit for Prince William and Kate Middleton on April 29th

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What if Prince William and Kate Middleton called Betty Crocker for help with the Royal Wedding Cake?  These four very different cakes are their proposals based on the theme Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue.

If it were my royal wedding, I would pick all four because the theme itself is so great, and each cake has its own strengths and beauty. My favorite cake may be named Something Old because it looks timeless and elegant, but it shows so much new creativity and flair. It is not only suspended from the ceiling, but it incorporates romantic lighting right into the cake too.

Which of these royal wedding cakes is your favorite?

If you are also participating in Wordless Wednesday, by sure to promote your own post by using the linky at the bottom of this post.

Flickr/Betty Crocker Recipes
Something Old
Classic, timeless, and elegant. This wedding cake takes its inspiration from
a vintage chandelier – but with a modern twist. The majestic tiers, soft
white color palette, gilded accents and romantic use of light make this cake
gorgeous and traditional. The modern twist? With a flair for drama, this
cake floats above us, suspended from the ceiling!

Flickr/Betty Crocker Recipes
Something New
The wedding dessert buffet meets the traditional British topiary. This
cone-shaped tower of delightful desserts is an elegant white mosaic of our
favorite sweets, from frosted sugar cookies to dainty petit fours to
elegant-but-simple palmiers.

Flickr/Betty Crocker Recipes
Something Borrowed
Reinvention is all about combining elements in a clever new way, and that’s
just what we did. This cake borrows from a dessert trend on the rise – pie.
Here, piecrust is a decorative and delicious fondant on the cake. It is also
used to create accents such as birds, a traditional English wedding cake
icon. The cake’s design even borrows from the royal china pattern!

Flickr/Betty Crocker Recipes
Something Blue
Royal by nature, blue is the perfect color for this wedding. This design takes
inspiration from the heirloom sapphire ring, as well as peacock feathers
(traditionally associated with both courtship and royalty) and the feather
“fascinator” hats favored by the future Royal. Inside, this “peek-a-blue”
cake features layers of Royal Blue Velvet Cake, a new spin on popular
Red Velvet Cake!

Flickr/Betty Crocker Recipes
Something Old Design Sketch

Flickr/Betty Crocker Recipes
Something Old Base Detail

Flickr/Betty Crocker Recipes
Something Borrowed Topper Detail

Flickr/Betty Crocker Recipes
Something Borrowed
Doves and Roses Detail

Flickr/Betty Crocker Recipes
Something Borrowed
Lattice and Sugared Fruits Detail

Flickr/Betty Crocker Recipes
Something Blue Detail

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The Fearless Baker by Emily Luchetti and Lisa Weiss

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Fly me to Paris

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Ever wish you could pop by Paris in 2 minutes for a macaron or chocolate mousse and just pop right back home?

Fly to Paris with this video I discovered through @onlyinsf.  There are 2,459 photos for 5,576 miles!

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The Fearless Baker by Emily Luchetti and Lisa Weiss

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