** I've invited my little sister Charlee to join me on Fantastic Find. This review is written by her.**
I am all for anything homemade. Take, for example, the extra things I do
for my 8 month old daughter. Each week I make her diaper wipes as well
as baby food from scratch. No jarred stuff around this place. But when
it comes to scrapbooking, I make zero extra time to sit down and create
beautiful pages of tedious craftiness. Maybe if I had a dedicated room
or space for scrapbooking specifically, I might make the time to do it.
Though, who seriously has an
extra room in their house to
dedicate to all things scrapbooking? Even if you do, are you really in
there scrapbooking often? I dream of a scrapbooking room, but my life
requires more of me. Cooking. Cleaning. For heavens sake, sleeping!
Playing
around with the features of My Memories Suite,
I realized how much easier it is to
digital scrapbook vs. traditional scrapbook. You could lose several minutes per
page by searching through your scrapbook supplies to find the exact paper or
button you need, but searching for those things in digital format takes much
less time. Additionally, with traditional scrapbooking, you have to make sure
your page looks just right before gluing everything in place. Using digital scrapbooking software, you have the
unique opportunity to play around with different paper and layouts before you
ever have to "glue" anything in place.
Both
traditional and digital scrapbooking can be very costly. Using
My Memories Suite costs money to download to your computer, and if you want to buy more
digital paper or embellishments, you need to spend more money still. I find it
easier to spend money online, because I don’t have to swipe a card or hand over
some cash. If money isn’t an issue, then this is an obvious advantage over
running to the scrapbooking store to gather supplies.
After downloading
My Memories Suite,
I spent a few hours just navigating through different things. It has a
small learning curve, but once you know where everything is, you can get
a whole book done in a cinch. After spending some more time on the
program, I was able to create a
template for a photo book and a few
pages for a calendar. I loved using the shadow feature for any
embellishment I placed on the pages. It makes the pages look more like a
traditional scrapbook with 3D elements. As for some of the truly
digital features, I didn't find a use for them for my specific projects.
You can add music, videos, or links to web pages to the albums if you
are truly just going to leave the book or project in digital format. It
would be compared to using Microsoft Powerpoint, and you could send the
project in an email to friends and family.
So while traditional scrapbooking can take up a lot of space in your house, digital scrapbooking
only takes up space on your computer. The way I see it, you will spend
more money on traditional scrapbooking unless you plan to the very last
page. One drawback I do see for digital scrapbooking
is that you don't get the real homemade feel that a traditional
scrapbook gives you. In the end, it is all a matter of preference, but
for someone like me without extra space and money, digital scrapbooking with
My Memories Suite makes a lot of sense.
*Although I received this product free of charge to review, I have made up my own mind about it!☺
MyMemories Suite is a software for making scrapbook layouts, videos, photo books, cards, decorations and more! From their site: 'Print directly from the software to your home printer or export and take your project to your favorite printer. MyMemories Suite lets you export your projects as JPG, PNG, PDF or SVG.
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