Monogrammed Seersucker Koozie + Diet Coke= A Match Made in Heaven!

To all of our Diet Coke and Koozie lovers out there... We produced a very cute Vine video about the two! The memento girls had so much fun with the Vine app and can't wait to create more clips. Make sure to follow us on Twitter and Vine to see them all!

 If you love a Memento product and want it to be featured in one of our Vine clips please comment and let us know!

It's That Time of the Year Again- Mother's Day!

With Mother's Day this weekend, we wanted to share some quick, creative, and budget friendly gift ideas for Mom. If you are in a time crunch and want to make something homemade we can help!

• Give Mom a relaxing night out of her main area (the kitchen!) and cook her favorite dish. 
• Instead of buying an already made card, make one on your own that shows off your Mom's personality. 
• Chocolate is always a nice way to a Mother's heart. Bake her favorite kind of cookies,cupcakes, or brownies. 
• Make a personal coupon book. This is a fun and thoughtful way to help your Mom around the house. These coupons can be for anything such as folding the laundry or cleaning the kitchen. 
• Be her chauffeur for the day! Any mom would love a day off of driving the Mom taxi! 

We hope these ideas help you all have a great Mother's Day! Also, don't forget that Father's Day is right around the corner. We have Daddy and Me apron sets that are perfect for the family!

Have a great weekend and Happy Mother's Day to all of the Mom's out there!

Wedding Wednesday - Memento Monogram Update!

Happy Wedding Wednesday from Memento!

It has been far too long since we posted anything personalized, monogrammed or bridesmaids related but with good reason. We have been working on 2 new websites, and a new brand! We were hoping to share our new updates on our new blog but we didn't want to leave y'all in the dark about all the fun things happening in Memento Land so here is an update!

Here are some of the new monogram products we have added, aqua personalized chevron beach bags, comfy flannel PJ Pants, and preppy monogram pocket tees. Check out our website as we have added lots of great new items. We would love to hear what y'all think about them. If you have ordered from us in the past please share photos with us on shopmemento's instagram or twitter.

We love when brides share photos with us from their wedding day. Megan one Memento's Beautiful Brides, choose white and purple waffle robes for her bridesmaids gifts. The Ornate layered name and initial font is a favorite for lots of our Brides and us too! She and her bridesmaids look stunning in this photo.
Thanks Megan for making us a part of your special day!

 

Keep checking back for more info on new products and the new website.

Monogrammed 1/4 Zip Sweatshirt Giveaway

Memento is happy to announce we are giving away a Monogrammed 1/4 Zip Sweatshirt on Miss Southern Prep's Blog. If you love monograms and all things Southern & Preppy you probably already follow Miss Southern Prep. If you are just discovering her we are excited to share a great must follow blog for all our monogram friends.

We love partnering with Blogs that love monogramming as much as we do! From Dec 3 - Dec 5 make sure you enter to win the monogrammed 1/4 zip sweatshirt.

Miss Southern Prep

Monogrammed 1/4 Zip Sweatshirt

Wedding Wednesday - Oversized Monogrammed Button Down Shirts for Bridesmaids

Oversized Monogrammed Bridesmaids White Button Down Shirts

I love when Brides send us photos from their wedding day for us to see our monogrammed items & how we were part of making their day & photos extra special! One of our beautiful brides Victoria sent us these photos yesterday of her Bridesmaids on her Wedding Day. Beautiful! 

Wedding Wednesday - Southern Aisle Monogrammed Bridesmaids Shirts

Southern Aisle is a wedding blog that is amazing for inspiration and everything wedding! Lauren posted today about Memento's monogrammed over sized bridesmaids shirts that were inspired by Lauren's Wedding Day! I am sure many of you have also seen her photos all over Pinterest.Southern Aisle

Georgia Bridal Show January 2012

 Look at our FIRST Bridal Show booth!

Yes, it finally happened. Memento debuted our fabulous bridal collection of personalized gifts at The Georgia Bridal Show on January 22, 2012 at Cobb Galleria in Atlanta, GA. We were truly humbled by the praise we received. It felt wonderful to talk personally to each bride and listen to their feedback.
 The Memento Girls 

                                        This is the Memento crew. Check out our personalized aprons!

                                                                         Give Aways

 

Our Bridal Give Aways were the showstopper of the booth. They were placed at the corner of our booth and the aisle with a large boudoir mirror to create the 'boutique' look. They really helped us drive traffic and get ladies talking about their weddings. Want to know the NEWEST, PREPPIEST trend in bridesmaid’s gifts? OVERSIZED MENS OXFORD SHIRTS! We had numerous requests for that specific gift and are now in the process of producing our FIRST order! More to come...

Wedding Wednesday ~ Personalized Bridesmaids Gifts Waffle Robes

Looking for Personalized, Pretty and Practical Bridesmaids Gifts? As Brides are finalizing their fall wedding details and starting to plan for spring and summer 2012 weddings. Monogrammed Personalized Bridesmaids gifts are a great way to give each of your closest friends a gift that they will cherish. Waffle Weave Robes are the perfect gift for getting ready the morning of the wedding or for a spa pedicure day with your girlfriends to celebrate your friendships.

Personalized Waffle Weave Robes

Here are some of my favorite bridesmaids gifts I recently embroidered for waffle weave spa robes to give you ideas and color combinations for your wedding and bridal party gifts.

Chocolate Brown and Green with Layered Name 

Hot Pink and Black with Names

Dark Aqua and Black Layered Name

Light Pink, Hot Pink and Black Layered Name

Teal and Black Fancy Script Monogram

Grey, Black and White Layered Name

Light Pink and Hot Pink with Names

Grey and Hot Pink with Layered Name

Hot Pink and Black with Circle Monogram

Happy Wedding Planning.

Inside Etsy Interviews Memento!

I have tried to blog every week and so far so good. I did miss Memento's Tuesday Treasury yesterday but I wanted to share with everyone a great blog that showcases Etsy Shops, Inside Etsy. Today I was the shop that was featured. You can see Inside Etsy article here. Melinda is a wonderful lady and I enjoyed answering her questions and reflecting on how far my business has grown in 3 years.

Some of the new and exciting things in the works for Memento are PRIVATE LABEL aprons! I am so excited it has been in the works for a while and it is finally happening. It will still be a few more weeks before I have them. Yesterday two sample aprons came with my logo and website label and my slogan Monograms Make it Personal. They also have my new logo which you can see in Memento's Etsy Shop and in the button on my blog. My website and my blog are going to be updated soon. The website I had paid a designer and we had it half finished and half paid.... but then no more answers to my emails. That was frustrating and disappointing. Thankfully we had it built on a different domain so my current website was still working. I cannot wait for the new website to be finished. I have just found and started with a new designer. My husband is actually doing all the back and forth since I am the creator girl. If it was left to me it would never make it off my list. I am glad that I have a consistent flow of orders but that keeps me hopping! I am excited to have my logo, silhouette mom in her snazzy apron with her little girl and boy...did you realize it was made for me and it is me and my 2 children? I just love it and can’t wait for all my online hot spots to match! I am an organized gal and it really bothers me. That is the what is happening update that is long overdue. Thanks for all your interest in Memento and for all the great word of mouth advertising that my customer's bring me.

Tare Care!

I will blog more campaign 2010

I will not start this post with sorry, or that I have been MIA. Or say I will try to do better. Instead I will just make a commitment to weekly blog features that should do the trick right? I love that I have my blog and I feel that I have lots of great things I want to share with y’all so here goes. The new and improved I will blog more campaign 2010!

There are lots of great new and exciting things coming for Memento and this poor lonely neglected blog. Here are some of my new ideas and features that I am going to start on a *regular* basis. I have been collecting a list of Etsy shops that I want to feature and I am going to start two weekly features. One will be Memento’s Etsy Treasury Tuesday. I will post a treasury and comment about why I picked that treasury. If you are not aware of what an Etsy Treasury is they are a selection of items typically with a theme that might be by subject, color or style. On the Etsy front page there is always a treasury but if you click on see more you can see lots of treasuries that are member picked showcases of products. There is a search at the top right and you can search a theme or color for the treasuries. Check back tomorrow for the start of Memento’s Etsy Treasury Tuesday. My next feature will be to spotlight a shop every Friday with Etsy Feature Friday. To start I am going to share some of my favorite shops. I will change the type of shops that I showcase so it won’t be the same types of items every week. If you are interested in having your shop showcased please send an email . This Friday's Etsy Shop will be one of my favorite shops….hmmm which one to pick. For those of you that know me I love the beach and the color blue maybe something with these in mind. Or personalized items. There are so many great Etsy artist it will be hard to choose who will be the first for Memento’s Etsy Friday Feature.

Beautiful Bride with her Bridesmaids in Monogram Spa Wraps

I have had a busy summer with bride and bridesmaids gifts. Here is a beautiful photo that Brittany sent me of her and her bridesmaids wearing velour spa wraps with their monogram in hot pink. The spa and the ladies look so classy and beautiful. Thank you Brittany for sharing the photo and that Memento could be part of your special day.

Coming Up
Memento has had the opportunity to be part of some great PR lately. Thank you too all of those that have help spread the word about Memento’s Personalized and Monogrammed Gifts. I will let you in on more of it in the next few weeks. There will also be 2 giveaways coming in the next 2 weeks. Stay tuned….See now I have to blog more I have set everything up & don’t want to keep y’all hanging.

Thanks for stopping by.

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,

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.

Monogrammed Ribbon Flip Flops

Show off your summer pedicure with some cute Flip Flops


Last summer I did a bunch of flip flops for a girls swim team. I have lots of photos of flip flops I made but I haven't had the chance to update them on my website or etsy shop. But I was so excited about them I wanted to share them with y'all while I'm adding a few more per day. Here are some of the newer ones that I created and some of the popular styles. If you are interested in any of the flip flops that you see here but are not on my website or etsy shop yet please email and I would be happy to create them for you.


Preppy Stripe Ribbon Flip Flops

I love these they are so bright, cute and perfect for summer time. The other great thing about having a big bow on your toes is if your pedi needs some help nobody will notice because they will be admiring your cute flip flops! So far I have one pair of preppy flip flops on etsy.

It's A Girl ~ It's A Boy

I got a pedicure before both of my children were born. Ironically I have a pedicure and two days later I had a baby - both times! Maybe there is something to this. How cute to celebrate a new baby then with these adorable girl or boy flip flops. Another great idea is to use these flip flops to let your toes do the talking to tell your friends and family that you are having a baby and what the sex is. If you are waiting to find out the sex, (One of those people who drive everyone else crazy! I was one of them!) you can wear one pink and one blue! I have both of these listed on etsy click here for the boy or the girl pair of flip flops.

Pretty as a Princess

I created these for my little princess last year and she loves her princess crown flip flops. I created one in blue inspired by Cinderella. ~ A dream is a wish your heart makes.~ What little girl doesn't love pink? There had to be a Sleeping Beauty inspired pair in pink. ~ I know you I walked with you once upon a dream.~ How can you tell I have a little girl? I need my little man to start watching some shows to even out the Princess and Barbie movies! I do have flip flops in toddler and kids sizes.