Etsy It Up! Market Tote Giveaway

Memento's having another Giveaway! Etsy It Up is a fantastic place to learn and discover some amazing Etsy Shops. Celeste is having a November Palooza and right now you can win a Personalized Collapsible Market Tote Basket from Memento! The winner can pick their color of market tote & the design of their choice. Click here for details on entering and how to get Extra entries.

Make sure to enter before November 22nd

I have a few posts in draft mode but I haven't had the chance to finish them! Sorry for the 2 month hiatus. I may be a bit sporadic over the next month. The Memento Christmas Order Deadline is December 7th to ensure Christmas Delivery. I have some new creations and designs that are perfect for Christmas you can check them out here.

Little Sister & Big Brother Personalized Shirts

I created these adorable sibling shirts with lil sis and big bro for Trista & Ryan Sutter to celebrate the addition of Blakesley to the Sutter family and Max becoming a big brother. Trista is such a sweet woman and her family is equally sweet and precious. Trista was kind enough to send me a photo of Blakesley and Max in their shirts on Father's Day. I was so excited to see my shirts on these two adorable cuties.

There have been lots of new & exciting things added to my Website and Etsy Shop. I added the personalized mommy and me apron set with pockets & polka dots as well as the personalized cupcake mommy and me apron set. My Etsy Shop hit 100 sales over the weekend which is so exciting! Thank you to all my amazing and wonderful customers.

My studio is almost finished. The counter tops arrived this weekend and should be done in the next day or two. I will post pictured once they are completed. I love working in an organized place and I feel like it has been a bit scattered the last few months. but it is so worth the wait.

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a great week,

Paperlife Spotlight featuring a Memento Giveaway!

I am so excited to be featured on Amy's Picture & Paperlife. We are giving away an embroidered apron & market tote. Please enter the Paperlife giveaway by adding a comment on the Paperlife Blog. Amy also has a new website that will be launching next week. You can get a sneak peak and remember to bookmark it to see what Amy has in store for next week at the Paperlife Website.

I created this apron for scrapbookers and crafters. I love this saying, Life is a story Scrapbook it.

Memento's New Blog Makeover

Check out my new Blog. I LOVE IT! Hilary with Simply Yours Designs created it for me and she did an amazing job. I showed her my logo and website and she created something that I think looks so Mementoish. Thank you Hilary for doing a fantastic job. Please check her out if you are looking for a swanky blog makeover.

Sorry for my 1 month disappearance from my blog and from visiting my favorite blogs and SIT'S. I have been busy with lots of things that I thought I would share with y'all. I have done lots of orders in the past month and here are some of my creations.
























I embroidered 7 duffle bags for a cheer team. I have created some new Mommy & Me Apron Sets that I love. These aprons have pockets on the child and adult aprons.





I created these aprons for EAD Designs. I think they turned out great.




We have also been in the works of creating the ultimate workspace studio. I will post the before and in the process photos. We are still waiting on the countertops so the final photos will be posted once it is finished. Please don't laugh at how messy my space is. I didn't start taking the before photos until we were already in the middle of things.










My husband is an amazing man and he is very handy. He made the work table which I LOVE it is the perfect height and nice and big with lots of room. He used IKEA kitchen cabinets. The wall and floor cabinets are also from IKEA. I love my new space it is so much easier to find things and I have lots of space. I have a designated sewing and serger table. The first thing I made on my new table was this dress for Liberty's first day of school.






























And on the not so fun side I have had a cough for 6 weeks and I am on my third something or other I have caught. I was on antibiotics until I had an allergic reaction to them. I started a new antibiotic yesterday and it seems I am allergic to it as well. Hard to get better when you can't take the medicine! I have never before reacted to medicine and now in 3 weeks this has happened twice. Between trying to get orders done, and being sick I feel like I am that hamster in the cage running in the circle wheel. I keep trying to get more things done but they just don't happen. So thank you for reading my long awaited updated and let's hope that I am back in the swing of things now. Thank you to all my new and repeat customers. I have had my business for 2 years this November and I enjoy it so much and I am thrilled to see how my name is getting out there and my business is growing.

Thank you sincerely.
Terri

Memento's Etsy Shop 1 Year Giveaway

And the Winners are... Drum Roll Please

The winner of the Tailgate Gift Set - Personalized Collapsible Market Tote Basket and Fleece Stadium Blanket is Joanne Schultz

The winner of the Monogrammed Ice Bucket is Beth Jacobs

Congratulations to both of you and thank you for taking the time to enter Memento's Etsy Shop 1 Year Anniversary Giveaway.

We had 117 entries. Thank you everyone that entered by following Memento's blog, twitter or Facebook fan page. Thank you for all the tweets and Facebook shout outs. Thank you for displaying Memento's button on your beautiful blogs.

As a way to thank everyone that entered I am offering 10% for the month of August on my website and etsy shop. You will find different things both places. If you purchase from my website you enter this code: giveaway when you check out. For etsy please send me a convo with the code giveaway and the item you would like to purchase and I will change the price to reflect the 10% discount.

Thank you all for participating and being a part of a fun giveaway.

Etsy Shop 1 Year Anniversary Celebrate with 2 GiveawaysTailgate Set for Blog Readers Monogrammed Ice Bucket for Bloggers

Celebrating Memento's Etsy Shop First Year with 2 Giveaways!

I have 64 Etsy Shop Sales and 64 blog followers so I say let's give $64 away! Luckily I am the marketing, and accounting girl so I can approve both!

Giveaway for Blog Readers & Followers

Tailgate Gift Set - Personalized Collapsible Market Tote Basket and Fleece Stadium Blanket
value $58 plus shipping of $8 for total of $66 (oops a little over!)



I have done giveaways on other blogs but this is the first giveaway by Memento for Memento. So let's make it Momentous!

Giveaway - (gívvə wày)
noun: something given away free ; specifically the act of giving something away free staging a promotional giveaway
Giveaway Starts Aug 6 2009 and ends Aug 9th at Midnight. Two Winners will be chosen Monday Morning August 10 with random.org.

How to Enter
There are a few ways you can enter and you can increase your entries. To receive additional entries do any or all of the following or do them all and receive a total of 5 entries

1. Become a fan of Memento on Facebook (if you are a fan already comment below that you're a fan & you will be entered)

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leave a comment here that you are a fan

2. Follow Memento's Blog (if you already follow comment below that you're a follower & you will be entered)
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3. Follow Memento's on Twitter (if you already follow comment below that you're a follower & you will be entered)

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4. Tweet this on Twitter:
Personalized Tailgate Market Tote Basket Giveaway
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5. Post on Facebook:
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Giveaway for My Fellow Blog Writers

Monogrammed Ice Bucket
value $40 plus shipping of $7 for total of $47


I am offering an additional giveaway just for my fellow blog writers. You can win a Monogrammed Ice Bucket. You can enter the market tote giveaway and the ice bucket giveaway.

How to Enter:
1. Blog about this giveaway by answering this question - What was your first personalized or monogrammed gift or item you bought yourself. Share your story.
Leave a comment here with your blog link about your personalized post

2. For a second entry add the Memento Button to your blog.
Leave a separate comment here with your blog link and say that you grabbed Memento's button. (If you have the button already ~ thank you! Just comment here & you will get a second entry)


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My story about my first personalized item.

I think my first personalized item was either a leather bible with my name on it or a gold id bracelet from a boyfriend in high school. Do y'all remember these from high school? I received personalized stationary for the first time from a friend of mine, Amanda. It took me at least 4 years before I finally used one. I loved them and didn't want to use them all up!

Thanks for participating in Memento's Giveaway.

Giveaway Starts Aug 6 2009 and ends Aug 9th at Midnight. Two Winners will be chosen Monday Morning August 10 with random.org.

Random ~ Update, Some Blogs to follow, New Designs, & Cookies

Thank you all for the great comments and emails about my adventure this past week. I will give you a little update. Today is Sunday and since Tuesday (my dental apt.) I have flossed daily, brushed my teeth twice a day with my new Oral B electric toothbrush and used the Crest Pro Health mouthwash. I also switched toothpastes. My whole life, or at least the majority of my 33 years I have used Close Up. It is a cinnamon flavored toothpaste. Most people probably have never heard of it! I am not a mint flavor girl and prefer the cinnamon taste. Whenever I tried others I felt like my breath wasn't as fresh come morning. When I was at Target getting my new dental regime arsenal I saw there were at least 5 kinds of Crest, Colgate and Aqua fresh toothpastes but only one type of Close Up. It made me think maybe I should give up my cinnamon toothpaste and go for a 12 hour minty brand. So far so good. I will let you all known the results of my new system once I see the dentist again in 4 months.

I enjoying writing my blog and I try to dedicate time to it. I also enjoy reading and commenting on lots of great blogs written by some very talented women.


A dear friend of mine, Emily has recently created her blog, Emily Hagerman Design. She is a very talented woman and I highly recommend you follow her blog to learn more about her amazing design skills. You can see some before and after photos of a house renovation and some great insight into the world of designing and redesigning.

A different Em from Life Liberty and the pursuit... has a great post on her blog right now about healthcare. I have had a post for my blog in the works but it is still in the works. It seems to get fueled when I get frustrated or fired up about the direction we are going right now. So check hers out and stay tuned from my take on why a socialized health care system is not the best option.

I found Em from SITS (The Secret is in the Sauce) if you blog or are looking for some great blogs to follow then SITS is the place to look. This amazing Sitstahood of women is a group of bloggers dedicated to supporting one another by leaving comments. Lots and lots of comments.

Another blogger that I discovered is Melissa's Heart & Home. Melissa shares some of the neatest home decor items and where she finds them so we can all try to make our house as pretty. She is very sweet and I enjoy checking in to see what she has discovered.

Did I did warn you that this post was random? I did a market tote this week in a design that previously I had only done on a cosmetic bag. It turned out amazing. I love it when my customers bring me an idea. Thank you Shannon for a great idea. One of my best selling items is the Mommy and Me apron sets. I received this great idea from a customer also. Thank you Kim Marie for starting a great gift item for mommies and their daughters.

Speaking of little kitchen helpers. I made cooked with Liberty my 3 1/2 year old. It is not the first time we have baked together however it is the first time that she stayed and baked the whole recipe. Of course there was more of a mess on the counter but for the most part 90% of the ingredients made it into the bowl. She did dip her fingers in the measuring cups of brown sugar, white sugar, butter and flour, not to mention he chocolate chips. It’s a good thing the cookies were for us only and not to be shared with the masses. We would have some quality control issues. We had a great time and it was fun to bake with my little helper. We made Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. If anyone has an amazing recipe for THICK CHEWY oatmeal chocolate chip cookies PLEASE share it with me. I have tried and searched for so many. I am looking for a thick chewy bite down into it type of cookie. Not a flat one. Speaking of recipes I have a great recipe book for baking that has an amazing pecan cookie recipe that I am in the works of asking the author if I can share her recipe and plug her book. So stay tuned for that too.

Okay I think I should sign off for now but I really do have lots more I could share... but I will save it for another day! Thanks for stopping by.