Welcome to the new MemoryWorks Blog!!

We are so excited to launch our new MemoryWorks blog! We are thrilled to have a blog of our very own to keep all of our consultants, customers and blog stalkers up to date on all of the happenings here at MemoryWorks! We hope you are just as excited as we are.....we encourage you to visit often for exciting announcements, updates, inspiration and the top secret day-to-day inner workings of MemoryWorks!

"Cherry Chocolate" February 2009 MW Express Sneak Peek!

To get things started on our new blog, we couldn't possibly not add a fun sneak peek...we know there's lots of CHA sneak peeks going on right now...but were giving our own sneak peek of the new February 2009 MW Express Kit. I had a chance to play with this kit the other night....and I have to say I absolutely LOVE this kit. One of the reasons we changed our kit up a bit this year is so we could offer more fun chochkies (sp?) in each kit - when we added the altered item in our past kits it really took a large chunk of the budget for each kit so it limited us somewhat on what we could include. After many long discussions we decided to lower the price of the subscription (now only $29.99 each month; $23.99 for consultants) and eliminate the altered item so we could have more flexibility on what to add each month. And you'll see from this months kit that we had a lot of fun adding as many awesome embellishments as we could - you will be amazed at what we stuffed in this kit for the price! So I present you this months kit..."Cherry Chocolate"

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What a yummy kit! When we were going over the kit in Sue's office one day looking at all of the paper, elements and colors (rich browns, reds and pinks) I told everyone how it reminds me of cherry chocolates....so that's how it got it's name!

The Jokes on Me...

But I do have to tell you a funny story about our photo shoot...each month either Sue and I create projects for the photo shoot..to give everyone a fun look on what can be done with the kit....I did this months project and was ready to go into work the next morning with Kevin when I got a call from our babysitter Lexi (we are blessed with the world's best nanny who comes to our home 2-3 times per week so I can work at the office) and she wasn't able to come that day....so I sent Kevin to the office with all of my projects and layouts so him and Sue could do the photo shoot. I called him on his cell becuase I forgot to tell him that he would need to stop and buy some cherry chocolates and Valentines Day props for the photo shoot. So when I was finally able to make it to the office I found a cute a little stuffed heart on my desk...and I showed everyone in the office how cute Kevin was to buy that for me and leave it on my desk. Sue agreed how sweet it was and said that they actually used it in the photo shoot...and it took me back a little becuase we always try to have professional images and a cheap stuffed heart with legs wasn't my idea of "upscale"...so I just said "Oh really....and it wasn't cheesy?" Sue just laughed and said "No....it looked awesome...so cute wait till you see". I still wasn't convinced and in my mind seriously considering nixing Kevin and Sue from any future photo shoots....so we go in my office and she shows me the first image of the shoot right here:



As soon as I saw the image Sue shouted "Isn't it so cute?" I just gulped and said "Yeah...it looks great" trying to sound convincing. After looking at a few of the photos Sue just burst out laughing and said "okay - we're totally kidding that's not the real image" I guess Kevin really did want to use it for the photo shoot but Sue steered him in a different direction (thank you Sue!) but they both agreed I would just die if that was in the photo as a prop, so they played this hilarious joke on me!! Which to be honest I was so releived becuase I was seriously dying inside wondering what I should do becuase there was NO WAY I was going to send it out to all of our consultants and customers! Yes we have lots of fun in the office and sometimes your on the receiving end of a joke now and then....so watch your backs Kevin and Sue :)

I do have to say I LOVE everyone I work with and feel so blessed to have such amazing co-workers...I can't wait to go to CHA with them this weekend! We're flying out on Saturday morning ( we have to leave by 5:30 am - yawn) and we'll be going to Disneyland all day Saturday and then to the show on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday!! It's the funnest time of the year and such a great perk of being a business owner in this amazing industry!!! We will be taking photos and video all next week and will be updating our blog throughout the week to keep you all in the loop of the fun stuff and happening and being introduced at the show!

Free BasicGrey Collection Pack!!

I do have to say that we already have the new We R Memory Keepers paper (love it) and all of the new BasicGrey collection packs in our office - they're awesome and in typical blog fashion and to celebrate the launch of our new blog we're giving away a FREE new BasicGrey Collection pack from their brand new lines to one lucky blog reader....all you have to do is leave a comment!!