Have your photo taken for free!

Shadeleaf Studios will be taking free Facebook pictures at Bottle & Bean in Wake Forest on Saturday, September 22 from 9am - 12pm.

This is a great opportunity to have a professional headshot taken for all of your online social networking needs (Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, etc) at no cost.

To view Shallyse's portfolio, visit www.shadeleafstudios.com.

Walking for Breast Cancer

I received this from my cousin, Kory........






This past winter, my girlfriend Meredith was diagnosed with Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, a rare form of breast cancer. Her treatment included a lumpectomy and six full weeks of radiation. As scary as it seemed, Mere was brave and determined to confront and overcome this affliction (even braver than me - and keep in mind, I'm a total stud). Today, I'm happy to say Mere is cancer-free and we're both much stronger as a result of her resolve.
As a show of solidarity and support, we'll be participating in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer on September 12 and 13. On the 12th, Meredith and I will walk 13 miles. On the 13th, we'll walk up to 26.2 miles more. It’s a kick-ass commitment, one that will require a gym rat like myself to spend even more time doing one-armed push ups while neighborhood children sit on my back. But it can be done!
The money we raise will be managed by the Avon Foundation Breast Cancer Crusade to help provide access to care for those that need it, fund educational programs, and accelerate research into new treatments and potential cures. We’ll be just two of thousands of people (like Honorary Chairman Reese Witherspoon) that will walk a marathon and a half over a weekend, raising awareness of the cause and educating even more people.
Of course, I can’t do this without your help. I know these aren't easy economic times, but I also know my family and friends are always there when I need them. And I need you guys now. I'm shooting for $2500 in 30 days. But DON'T break your bank! Donating is anonymous and every single dollar helps :) Besides, raising money should be much easier than finding someone who will hand me a Guinness along the marathon route. But I'm working on that too...
So check out my Avon Walk Page on the link below and let me thank all of you in advance for your support! Mere will be fine, but you might want to start praying for me. Seriously. 40 miles in 2 days. This could get ugly. Whatever happened to fundraising pub crawls? I'll have to ask Reese...
Love you guys! See you soon! Enjoy the rest of summer, and we'll enjoy the latest wildfires :)

http://info.avonfoundation.org/goto/Kory_Curcuru

or

http://www.avonwalk.org/goto/Kory_Curcuru

Inc ... list of 500 fastest growing companies... look who is on the list!

#132 and #9!

It’s an exciting time at Heritage Makers! In the September issue of Inc. 500, Heritage Makers is listed as #132 of fastest growing companies in America. Wow! It’s awesome to see others take notice of this great company that we have in Heritage Makers. To see the list, go here.



Plus, the excitement doesn’t end there…Heritage Makers is also listed as #9 in the Consumer Product and Services category! See that list here.



Look for some exciting announcements, promotions, and incentives concerning this incredible honor to come next week.

Mary Kay Trash NIght!!

Gals! We are having a trash night and you are invited! Please join us for some fun customer appreciation! We will crown a Queen of Trash, have some great munchies and browse/sample MK products! Bring some friends and additional credit on free products for yourself!

You’re Invited!

What: MK Trash Night

When: Thursday, August 20th

Where: Pink Link Center

Twin Forks Office Park

5932-C Six Forks Rd

Time: 6:30 pm

Come and trash your old “brand x” skin care, color cosmetics, fragrance, and body products! If its been sitting in your bathroom cabinet and you don't use it, get rid of it!

Receive discounts on your new MK!

Trash 1-10 items, get 10% discount!

Trash 11-15 items, get 15% discount!

Trash 16+ items, get 20% discount!

Food, fun, & freebies!

RSVP : Lisa Angell, only if you can make it

langell@marykay.com by Wednesday, Aug 19th!

Laptop Crop in Knightdale!

Virtual Workshops & Business Opportunities !!

Virtual Workshop ~ Introduction to Heritage Makers and Studio 2.0

Every Tuesday 6pm (Pacific) 7pm (Mountain) 8pm (Central) 9pm (Eastern)

Conference Call: 213-286-1201

Access code: 680-797-026

Registration links:

July 28, 2009 https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/295129177

August 4, 2009 https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/470183801

August 11, 2009 https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/266338600

August 18, 2009 https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/692405185

August 25, 2009 https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/837694337

We have also started doing Business Opportunity Webinars on a weekly basis!
Immediately following the virtual workshop Wendy McGee will have a business
opportunity presentation. It's a totally separate webinar and here's the
information on those:

Starting a Heritage Makers Business - Opportunity Call / Webinar

Every Tuesday 6:30pm (Pacific) 7:30pm (Mountain) 8:30pm (Central) 9:30pm
(Eastern)

Conference Call: 312-878-0211

Access code 281-084-608

Registration links:

July 28, 2009 https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/207703683

August 4, 2009 https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/360215882

August 11, 2009 https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/406017923

August 18, 2009 https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/303053731

August 25, 2009 https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/566488474

Heritage Makers Digital Workshop!

Heritage Makers Digital Workshop!

What are you doing with your boxes of photos? How about your digital photos
sitting on your computer? YOU can get your photos out of the box and into a
professionally bound book!! Find out how to preserve your family heritage
using our state-of-the-art, online publishing system by joining me for an
online presentation of Heritage Makers!

Heritage Makers is an amazing company that helps you capture your stories
and memories and preserve them in a professional published book! The process
is simple: decide what you would like to put in your book, whether it be
photos or story or both, and go online. Once online you have access to a
powerful publishing system that is very user friendly. The system helps you
customize your projects and create them however you choose. Heritage Makers
uses our amazing product as a tool for strengthening home and family through
the power of story and preserving lasting legacies of family heritage.
Heritage Makers offers different types of project creation including books
ranging in size from 5"x5" up to 13"x11", calendars, posters, game cards and
our newly released individual scrapbook pages in 3 different sizes. We offer
full bleed, which means you can customize our covers, and our products offer
more flexibility and creativity.

I would love for you to join me for an online demonstration on what Heritage
Makers is all about and see if it's something for YOU! Tune in to a live
presentation with me by clicking the link below at the appropriate date and
time. Online meetings are the best way to share information and are simple
to attend. Cozy up in your jammies in front of your computer and watch the
presentation. Then watch the magic unfold as we introduce an amazing
storybooking company . . . Heritage Makers!

Date: Tuesday July 28, 2009

Time: 6pm (Pacific) 7pm (Mountain) 8pm (Central) 9pm (Eastern)

Register for the online portion of this presentation by clicking on this
link:

<https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/295129177>
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/295129177

You will receive an email confirmation of your registrations with a
personalized link for joining the webinar. Click on this link Tuesday night
and you will be connected to the online presentation. You will automatically
be connected to the audio using your computer's speakers (VoIP). Or you may
select "Use Telephone" after joining the Webinar. If you elect to use the
telephone please dial:

Conference Call: 213-286-1201

Access code: 680-797-026

Feel free to forward this to a friend! Hope you can make it!

Free Classes !!

STUDIO WEBINAR SERIES SCHEDULE To register for a webinar, go to your My Studio page on the website and look in the Story Center. Click on the Online Classes button. Introduction to Studio Webinar, Bergen Fairbanks Learn the basics of Heritage Makers’ Studio program. Mondays at 5:00 p.m. MDT Wednesdays at 5:00 p.m. MDT Intermediate Studio Webinar, Shani Ogden Learn more about Heritage Makers’ Studio program. Tuesdays at 5:00 p.m. MDT Thursdays at 5:00 p.m. MDT Interested in learning more advanced design techniques? Then attend one of our Master classes. Our Studio experts will show you fun, new, and creative techniques for making beautiful pages and projects. Aug 13, 2009 7:00 PM MDT Basically Speaking Instructor: Lynda Angelastro Studio Product Manager Lynda Angelastro showcases Heritage Makers new Basic Art Collection Click here to register.

Tips and Tricks

TIPS AND TRICKS Photo Uploader With the new Studio 3.0 came some great improvements. Now you can upload photos into your Studio while you are working on a project. No more shutting down the project, uploading the photos, and then going back to the project. To upload a photo, go to the "My Photos" tab and click on the folder you want to upload to. A new button will appear at the bottom of the screen that says "Upload Photos." When you click on this button a dialog box will appear for you to select the photos you want to upload. You can click one or multiple pictures. After you choose your photos, they will upload and appear at the end of the folder you selected. Image Enlarger You'll love the new image enlarger. In the tabs "My Photos," "Art Collection," and "My Projects" you can increase or decrease the image size. For example, if you are in "Art Collection" looking at collections as a whole, you can increase the size of the images and see more clearly what each collection includes. The image enlarger is a small tool located in the bottom of the left box of the open tab. It works the same as the project image enlarger at the top of the screen. Click the small image to the left, the large image to the right, or click and drag the arrow.

It's here..............

THE NEW STUDIO 3.0 Studio 3.0 has been a huge success. And with so many new and improved features, we have a lot to be excited about. You can now create your projects with greater ease and with more reassurance. Studio has never been this fast or easy to use. With the new Studio 3.0, you can: View and select collections in the new organized Art Collection tab. Watch pages and project load in a flash. Find artwork at lightening speed. Move photos from one album to another. Place direct shipping and regular orders together to make sending gifts a snap. Select address groups when using direct shipping. Send cards quickly by first class mail; you can even send to Canada. Import contacts from CSV files and Outlook. And so much more. Just take a look at what everyone is already saying about it. "I love the way you have upgraded the digital art. I love being able to see the different collections when I search for something, as well as individual pieces." ~ Megan Lee "I am in LOVE!" ~ Leslie Merlino "Oh my gosh... I love it more than ever! It's so quick." ~ Margie Klodnicki "It's so awesome. I love the thumbnails of my projects, and the new art tab is so great. I love seeing the collections. I love so much about it. I could go on and on!" ~ Bonnie Covel "HM Rocks! Thank you for all your hard work!" ~ Margie Smith "Love it!" ~ Stephanie Mestas

A dozen things to do.....

A DOZEN THINGS TO DO

Have a crafty urge but not sure what to do with it? Looking for fun, new projects to start this summer? Looking for new ways to use Heritage Makers Products?

Look no further. We've got a dozen ideas that will keep your craft crave busy.

Sometimes the best way to find a story is to make the story. You can have tons of fun by making games, books, and decorations for family time, your business, clubs, and more. You can even bring the family into all the fun. Laugh, sing, and play together while creating lasting memories. And who knows, the time you spend together creating may make a perfect addition to your book collection.

	#1 - 54 IDEAS FOR PLAYING CARDS SUBMITTED BY BECKY LOGAN Becky has some great ideas for playing cards and is making a deck to illustrate 54 examples. Already she has completed 21 cards. Her deck includes: 1) Girl Calling Cards, 2) Boy Calling Cards, 3) Adult Calling Cards, 4) Kid Gift Tags, 5) Adult Gift Tags, 6) Christmas Gift Tags, 7) Valentines, 8) Boy Chores, 9) Girl Chores, 10) Kid Coupons, 11) Love Coupons, 12) ABC Flash Cards, 13) Math Flash Cards, 14) Address Change Cards, 15) Graduation Contact Cards, 16) Conversation Starters, 17) Place Settings, 18) Book Loan Cards, 19) Seed Reminders, 20) Luggage Tags, 21) Room Fairy Cards, 22) Family Trivia, 23) Business Cards, 24) 52 Weeks To Do, 25) Fly Lady Routines, 26) Clue Game, 27) Sports Trading Cards, 28) Punch Cards, 29) Trivia, 30) Matching Game, 31) Birth Announcements, 32) Exercises, 33) Year Round Fun, 34) Prayer Reminders, 35) Recipes, 36) Dry Mix Ingredients, 37) Bible in a Year, 38) Lunch Notes, 39) Teacher Passes, 40) Teacher Gifts, 41) Coach Gifts, 42) Sales Motivation Cards, 43) Scavenger Hunt, 44) Grocery Staples, 45) Graduation Invites, 46) Thank You Cards, 47) Courtesy of... 48) Sports Plays, 49) Kids Art Work, 50) Bucket List, 51) Alzheimer's Patient Memory Cards, 52) Family Reunion Name Cards, 53) Dog Play Dates, and 54) Gift Cards.

#2 - PARTY PLANNER SUBMITTED BY GENE K. IRONHILL Gene is going to create a party planner with the cookbook/journal. The party planner will include sets of pages to write in checklists for food, decorations, themes, notes for future parties, etc. Another section will be for jotting down ideas, another for lists of websites to check out, another for favorite drink and food recipes, and yet another to place ideas pulled from magazines. #3 - AMERICAN FLAG SUBMITTED BY ANNIE GOLDMAN Using the 18x24 poster and over 225 family photos, Annie made an American flag. #4 - BABY'S FIRST YEAR SUBMITTED BY IVY BRIDGES Using the 18x24 poster and over 225 family photos, Annie made an American flag. #5 - "FAMILY TALK" SUBMITTED BY KIM BERWALD-VIAR Kim created a game for elementary age kids with the playing cards. "Family Talk" uses all 52 cards, each with a different question on it. The questions are used as conversation starters for dinnertime with the children. Each night they pull one card from the deck and everyone at the table answers the question. Examples of questions are: What is peace? Which one of the Seven Dwarfs are you most like? When you have a problem, who can you go to? What is your best motivator?

#6 - TRADING CARDS SUBMITTED BY MARY BETH LOVEJOY "I participate in Agility Training and Trials with my golden retriever Marley. When we register and get called to the line it is always done in the dog's name. Hence, all of the participants tend to remember the dogs, not the humans. "I have used the playing cards to create trading cards that have a photo of the dog participating in agility and any information about the dog such as birth date, owner's name, titles earned, recognitions, accomplishments, etc. Because playing cards come in packages of 52, a couple owners have ordered together; each takes a suit or two, making the product affordable to most participants. "I have also used this product as one of the items I use in raising funds for our club."

#7 - BROCHURES SUBMITTED BY KIM BERWALD-VIAR Kim created something a little different with the 3 Fold. She owns a specialty videography company and needs, not a lot of brochures, just about 100. The problem is that the brochures are always changing and she has to use different ones for different trade shows and other events. So, she made brochures using the 3 Fold. The custom-made brochures work perfectly and are nice quality—better than printed tri-folds from her office printer or from an expensive printing company. The 3 Folds work great for Kim's business plan and she sees a lot of potential for company and personal use. #8 - CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS SUBMITTED BY LYNN THIBAULT Last Christmas Lynn used the playing cards to make Christmas ornaments. She put a picture of her kids on one side and on the other she put warm wishes. When she received the printed cards, she hung a plastic snowflake on the bottom of each card. She added a hook at the top and hung the card ornaments on the tree. Her family and friends loved the idea and this year want to give Lynn a picture of themselves so she can make new ornaments to add to her tree.

#9 - LEARNING CARDS SUBMITTED BY CATHI KERSHNER Cathi is a home school mom who found a great use for the playing cards. She split the deck in half and used 26 cards for the printed alphabet and the other 26 for the cursive alphabet. The cards are great for practice and memory games. #10 - FLIP BOOKS SUBMITTED BY ANNA DEMILLE Anna used a camera that takes rapid shots to take pictures of her kids. She used the pictures and the playing cards to make flipbooks. Her kids love it. She says, "It's like handheld movies of themselves." She also came up with the idea for two other great ideas: Use two 3 Folds to make a giant die Make a message board by wrapping ribbon in a diamond pattern around one of the wrapped canvases; reinforce the back with a few layers of corkboard.

#11 - LEGACY BOOK SUBMITTED BY SANDY MANGANI "A picture of my deceased parents hangs on the wall in my living room and my four year old and I talk about them often. Not a day goes by that he doesn't look at those pictures and mention a story I've told. With that in mind, I'm always looking for that perfect Christmas gift for my brother and sister. Their needs are met and it's not easy to find the gift they will truly enjoy. "So, I put the two ideas together. A storybook of our parents' legacy begins with them as children, outlining some significant events in their life while growing up, while in the military, going to school, their wedding, their children, and their grandchildren. I asked each sibling to write favorite memories to include. The most fun was learning what character trait each of them believes they have from each parent. I thought this would be a perfect way not only to memorialize my parents' enriching life, but a way for us to keep their memory alive through stories with their grandchildren, some of whom never got to meet them. I plan to give a book to each family for Christmas." #12 - FAMILY REUNION RECAP BOOK SUBMITTED BY WENDY K. BROWN "Last year at our Peterson family reunion we had everyone write [their] memories and how they are related [to the family] on sheets of colored paper. Then we scanned them. We also took many photos. "I am compiling some old, rare photos of generations past and new photos from last year—as well as the papers that were written last year. I will leave some room [in the book] for more notes from this year. I will also be putting in the back a list of all known contact info and leave room for any additional info."

New Classes!

Online Class Schedule

Introduction to Studio Webinars
Learn the basics of Heritage Makers Studio program.

Monday, July 27, 2009: 5:00 p.m.–5:45 p.m. MDT
Wednesday, July 29, 2009: 5:00 p.m.–5:45 p.m. MDT

Monday, August 3, 2009: 5:00 p.m.–5:45 p.m. MDT
Wednesday, August 5, 2009: 5:00 p.m.–5:45 p.m. MDT

Monday, August 10, 2009: 5:00 p.m.–5:45 p.m. MDT
Wednesday, August 12, 2009: 5:00 p.m.–5:45 p.m. MDT

Intermediate Studio Webinars
Learn about extra features such as “My Projects” and “My Favorites.”

Tuesday, July 28, 2009: 5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. MDT
Thursday July 30, 2009: 5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. MDT

Tuesday, August 4, 2009: 5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. MDT
Thursday August 6, 2009: 5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. MDT

Tuesday, August 11, 2009: 5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. MDT
Thursday August 13, 2009: 5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. MDT

Studio 3.0 Master Classes
Learn from studio experts about new and great techniques for making beautiful pages.

Studio Master Class
Thu, Aug 13, 2009 7:00 PM MDT
Topic: Basically Speaking
Instructor: Lynda Angelastro
Studio Product Manager Lynda Angelastro showcases Heritage Makers new Basic Art Collection
Click here to register.

Thursday, August 27, 2009: 7:00 p.m. MDT

Topic: TBA

Studio Product Manager: Lynda Angelastro