Our Favorite Monogramming Quotes and Sayings

We know everybody loves a great quote so we decided to share some of our favorite quotes about what we love- Monograms! 

" A Monogram is your name boiled down the essence, with graphic artistry"- Glenn O'Brian  

 " My sheets are monogrammed, so is my silverware and pretty much everything else I own. My rule is, if it's not moving, monogram it."- Reese Witherspoon"

 " When Charlotte really likes somebody she said their whole name. It helped her picture their future monogrammed towels."- Sex and the City

                    " You can never be over dressed or over educated"- Oscar Wild 

We also want to share this article that we stumbled upon from the J.Crew Blog. Such a fascinating perspective on the larger meaning of a Monogram. http://jcrew.tumblr.com/post/41950559048/initial-here

Father's Day Gift Ideas! Aprons, Chef Hats, and Golf Towels!

With Father's day quickly approaching, we wanted to share with you some of our personalized gifts that will make your special someone smile from ear to ear!

First on the list, we have our personalized Aprons. These are great for the grill masters and the entire family. The Aprons are an easy way to keep the men in the kitchen!

Next, we have our personalized Chef Hats. These hats are the perfect addition to any of our Aprons! 

For all of the golfers out there, we have our personalized Golf Towels. Great addition to the golf bag! 

For more information on our gift items, log onto our website (shopmemento.com). Also, remember to follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for daily updates and giveaways!

" When I count my blessings, I count you twice Dad."- An Irish Blessing 

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!

A new coat of paint

Hello!

2012 has been a banner year for Memento! We have grown from 2 full time employees to 7. In the coming weeks we will be adding a new bio page to introduce you to our amazing team and also introducing a new line of products for sorority girls. I will begin by introducing myself. My name is Sandra and I started working for Memento 2 weeks ago and I love it. I am the shop’s friendly neighborhood designer and social media extraordinaire. I have been busy revamping the look and feel of our Blog, Facebook, and Twitter. Memento is growing so fast and I am so excited to be apart of it. Tune in for a new product announcement early next week. 

Till then,

I was the SITS Commenter of the Week

I was the SITS commenter of the week! How very exciting and oh so cool. To all the wonderful SITS bloggers I have met I have enjoyed reading your blogs and *meeting* and getting know y’all. For those of you saying what is SITS. It’s a group of more than 6,000 women bloggers dedicated to supporting one another by leaving comments. I have found and discovered some great blogs since. If you new to blogging or a veteran blogger interested in expanding your readership, the SITS community is for you! Here is a link for those you new to SITS.

I try to go to SITS Monday through Friday and comment in the blog role. There are great giveaway links and other things posted on Saturday and Sunday so check back then too if you can. 5 days a week is my desired goal. When you go to the main SITS page add a comment to the blog role. And visit the featured blogger of the day. I also read in the blog role the links and I click on the posts that sound interesting and I go comment. If the blog is about things I am interested or the blog write makes me laugh than I follow them. When someone comments on my blog I check out their blog and give them a friendly comment back. It’s like a cyber hello!

So now that we have the down and dirty on being in the SITStahood and what it's all about on to the comments part. This is how I came to be the commenter of the week. The featured blogger of the day was Busted Plumbing When Mother Nature kicks you right in the ovaries. Please check out Kate’s blog. I love the logo with the sexy plumbing lady sans plumber crack! From the adventure of trying to get pregnant to know being pregnant it’s a great chance to take a journey on another women’s adventure. This is one of the things I love about having a blog and reading blog. You feel like you are going through life with some fantastic women you've never met. Kind of neat and strange.

“Your blog made me laugh out loud a few times which is a great reason to follow you. Plus I need to keep up with the rest of your amazing journey on becoming a mom! And I would love to see a photo of you shopping out in your scuba gear! Congrats on your baby boy how exciting and so very special.”

Posted from SITS on Saturday August 7 2010.

I made the above comment on Busted Plumbing’s SITS Day post. Your SITS day is when you are the featured blogger of the day. Don’t you want to be one?

When I get my SITS shirt I think I should post a vlog…don’t know what a vlog is? I am the educator of the day today. Now I just need my apple. A little secret I didn’t know what a vlog was until last week when SITS educated me about it. A vlog is video blogging. You can learn more about it here:

Have a super great week!

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.

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.

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.

My Day, My Blog, My Adventure

Today was just one of those days that I could laugh, cry, get really mad, throw up and have a stiff drink! So I thought what better thing to do then blog about it! I will try to make it easy to follow with some headings. Blog Issues Earlier I accidentally set my blog to a new template instead of backing up my template. (Read previous post.) It drove me crazy being at the dentist and then having a busy day knowing my poor little blog was a blank white sheet all day. First off Thank you to Unknown Mami and to Melissa. Unknown Mami ~ Thank you for the help and great info! I was so frustrated today that I needed to take a break. Thankfully it is all back. I decided to take the opportunity to make lemonade out of lemons and changed it up with a new background and added some orange in! Thanks for the encouragements. Melissa thank you for your very sweet sentiments. I found my blog background at Hot Bliggity Blog isn't that the cutest name?

Lesson Learned
BACK UP YOUR BLOG REGULARLY!
My most recent backup was 3 months ago...that is bad! So learn from me and back it up.

Dentist
So I go to the dentist and I get my normal hygienist. the last time the lady was rude abrasive and mean. I don’t like her at all so I made sure I got the nice sweet lady again. I even told her that the other lady was this way. I thought she should know that I requested her and I liked the way she treats her patients. At my last appointment they said I had gingivitis(gum disease) and that I HAD to floss every day. I have never in my life flossed every day. But I did floss for 8 weeks straight every day. I was so proud of myself. Then after that I didn’t floss everyday for 2 months. I did it 3 or 4 times a week which I thought should be good since I have greatly improved on the flossing thing. Well no! My sweet lady hygienist tells me that my gums have gotten worse and I need to have a procedure done that will cost $400. The full cost was $850 and my insurance was paying the rest but that was my cost. I asked for a minute and I called my sweet husband because I knew I was about to cry. I was a crying mess trying to explain to him that I flossed for 2 months and then didn't keep it up and know my gums are worse and they told me to take better care of them and know we have to pay this and it is my fault. He told me not to beat myself up over it that I should be very proud of myself that I did floss the amount I did. He said it's okay and asked if I was going to be okay. The hygienist came back in with me wiping my tears and asked if I was okay. I told her I thought I tried so hard and here I am still in worse shape. She gave me a hug and said Oh honey it's okay. I am sure she thought I was a hormonal crazy lady. I then told her about my blog to the best I could so she would know what I was talking about and how it was just not a great day and here it was only 11 AM.

Lesson(s) Learned
(1)Floss EVERYDAY - I discovered that if you floss every 24 hours you stop the bacteria from growing. *Gross alert* The bacteria in your mouth doubles after 24 hours so to floss 3 times a week will not stop the bacteria you need to do every morning or every night but keep it to a 24 window.
(2)Get an electric toothbrush. I thought those were expensive and not necessary. Well $50 for an Oral B toothbrush sounds cheap compared to my dental bill!


Target
This afternoon I went to Target to get an electric toothbrush which they had on sale from $69.99 to $49.99. My sweet hygienist told me that an electric toothbrush gets the bacteria that a regular old fashioned brush can never get and she said that with flossing is the best way to prevent dental issues. So I am willing to give it a try. Tonight should be fun flossing and a new fandangled plug in toothbrush. I sure lead an exciting life! My 3 year old Liberty also got a battery operated Hello Kitty brush so we can start her young. Maverick my 14 month old got his first toothbrush toady. We had been using a face cloth but he is a biter so a toothbrush is probably wise! As for Ron my dear sweet husband well he never gets cavities or has any teeth issue so for him we will stick with the old fashioned. I did tell him I would get him one if he wants one but he said nope. Maybe he needs a visit to the unfriendly hygienist?

The rest of the day was rather calm and I had no more tears and I did avoid any stiff drink so I think I came away from the day mostly unscathed. My sweet little 3 year old told me she had a tummy ache when my computer wasn't cooperating but she didn't tell me because she thought I was not happy. I gave her a hug and said you can always tell mama when you have a sore tummy.

I hope y'all got a little snippet into my day and I hope your days were all just as interesting.

I Lost My template!!!!!

UGH!!!!!!!!!!!! I hit the wrong button!
I went to backup my template and I hit save template and gave myself the blank Minima template! I am so MAD! I could break something! Okay so here is my new blog with no background no colors and no 2 side bars! UGH! I will fix it later today or tonight. If anyone knows if I can backup with an older saved version will I lose my template and widgets? I am trying to decide if it is easier to refigure out how to change the template to 3 column and change the background or if I should upload a previous version. But I think I will lose more that way! Oh Me Oh My!

Twitter, Facebook, Blog ~ How do other WAHM'S do it all?

I have recently recreated my facebook account. So currently I have twitter, facebook and my facebook business fan page, my blog, my business which consists of my website sales and my etsy shop and all of my wonderful customers. In a whole different direction is my amazing family and my role as a wife and mom. I have not completely figured out the balance yet on all these things. I wonder what other small business owners, wahms and etsy artisans think and do? If you are one of these and if you use twitter, facebook or your blog please add some comments on what works for you and maybe we can all help each other. I do see how you can connect all 3 together but you still need to give time and attention to all 3 separately. I have thought of giving a time of the day each day and setting a timer for 30 minutes and that is my social media promo time and try to give a little love to twitter, facebook and my blog. As you can see it has been almost 2 months since I posted to my blog. Rediscovering facebook and the fan page was not so helpful to my poor blog!

Can't wait to see what some of you facebook, twitter and blog moms have to say.

May is in full bloom at Memento

It is a busy time of year for Memento right now. To all of my new and repeat customer's thank you for keeping me hopping. I have created some great Graduation gifts, Mother's Day gifts and Teacher year end gifts. I am really busy embroidering which is why I haven’t been on my blog or twitter. I don't know why the last few weeks have been busier than normal. Does it have anything to do with twitter or my blog? Or perhaps some featured places my products have been. Whatever it is it's working. Yeah!

Thank you so much for letting me be a part of your gift giving. I love creating personalized gifts that are just what the customer was hoping to find. The hot item of the past week has been this Navy Market Tote Basket with the polka dot design and initial. I have always really liked this one and for some reason lots of others are loving it right now too.

I need to run to go create and ship some more orders but I wanted to say a quick hello to my new followers and customer's and say I will be back again to blog and twitter I am just not sure when!

Thanks and everyone have a wonderful Mother's Day tomorrow.

I want to introduce y'all to a friend of mine who is a fellow WAHM. Her name is Dallas and her company is Miss Priss Tutus She makes beautiful tutus for infants and toddlers. She even makes them for teens and adults. Dallas does a great job at promoting her business and getting her name out there. Check out her celebrity page to see what celebrities have a Miss Priss Tutu.

Check out Miss Priss Tutus blog for an incredible giveaway Miss Priss Tutus Blog. This zebra onesie and tutu set would be adorable for photos of your new baby! Be sure to enter by April 13.