Once Upon A Memory Designs

Another Family Tree

2010-02-20T12:42:00.000-05:00

Here is another Traditional Family Tree. It was printed on linen paper.

Car Posters & Car Show Signs

2009-11-08T14:44:00.004-05:00

I've been making these for my husband and his friends lately, and am trying to expand a bit. Let me know what you think.

POSTERS start at $35 for a 20"x24" or $50 for a 20"x30". Frames are available.

CAR SHOW SIGNS are designed to be placed next to your car at shows. It will include your mods, trophies, etc (posters CAN include that as well, that's up to you). It can be printed on either a 1/4" white plastic substrate or on Ready to Hang Acrylic. (The acrylic looks pretty cool...)

On plastic substrate prices start at $75 for a 16"x20".
On Acrylic, prices start at $175 for a 16.5"x23.5"

House for rent photos

2009-07-23T20:02:00.001-04:00

Summertime

2009-06-01T11:37:00.002-04:00

and the livin' is easy. Or something like that.

And I have a new house and a newish baby.

So...20% off any cards or announcements ordered between now and the official start of summer (June 21). That's also Father's Day and a PhotoBook would make an awesome gift for an awesome Dad!

Baptism

2009-06-01T11:29:00.001-04:00

Jack was baptized last weekend (more on that and pics to come later). After I showed his invitation on thenest, someone asked me to design a card for their child's upcoming baptism. They wanted something very similar to Jack's, with a few small changes.

Here's Jack's:

And Cole's:

And the Thank you card I ordered for Jack (I'm not wild about the printing on the card, I'm going to have to check out some new printers if I'm going to start selling them):

Safari Club International Trophy Rooms of Northeast Florida

2008-12-01T11:30:00.000-05:00

I was commissioned to do a 50-copy book for SCI. These are 12.5x10 Fable books with 40 pages each. Obviously, the organization received a multi-purpose discount!

D'arcy & Mark's Wedding

2008-11-01T11:33:00.000-04:00

This album is a Fable Collection, printed in 11x14 size. D'arcy and Mark had a beautiful destination wedding in Hawaii.

Jack is here!

2008-10-01T11:30:00.000-04:00

and adorable.

Follow us at my4thboy.blogspot.com.

Family Tree (kind of)

2008-09-11T15:34:00.003-04:00

Not genealogically correct, but fun for Jack's room! I've made a couple more in the last few days b/c I'm slacking on getting ready for the baby, but they aren't quite finished yet.
10 days, y'all!

Laura and Luke's Wedding

2008-05-06T22:20:00.005-04:00

This is a complete departure from my normal style. Very simple, but w/ embellishments and stuff. I did this last night, REALLY quickly, and there are some changes I'm still planning to make. I was just learning how to use brushes, after all!

Anyway, Laura is my husbands cousin, and I decided to use her wedding to experiment with - wouldn't be good to use someone who paid me to play with a new style! It's a surprise for her mom's birthday.

Anyway, my husband likes it. I'm less sure, but I think w/ a few changes I can get it there.

TWB Mountain Hunts

2008-04-23T23:44:00.002-04:00

I guess some people will be turned off by this book, but, well, I really like some of the pages, so I'm putting it up here! It's my dad's hunting trips in Mountain locations. It's kind of interesting and some of the scenery is gorgeous, even if you're not into the whole dead animal thing:)

Random, but pretty cool.

2008-04-18T11:09:00.000-04:00

Watching a water balloon explode using a high speed camera:

Happy Easter!

2008-03-23T21:18:00.001-04:00

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Jess Cumbie Photography is awesome. Visit her website on the sidebar.

In other news, you can read more about my easter if you have interest in my whiney-ness at .

Happy Easter!

Blog Party 2008!!!

2008-03-12T01:28:00.008-04:00

Welcome to the Ultimate Blog Party 2008! If you don't know what that is, head on over to The Ultimate Blog Party.

I just learned about the blog party today, from my Cousin-in-Law Kelly's blog, which is odd, considering just HOW MUCH TIME I spend reading blogs every day. But that's Ok. Better late than never:) (I tend to run late to IRL parties anyway).

The party over here at Once Upon a Memory has a lot going on. 1st, you can learn a little about me and a little about 1M. 2nd, We have prizes! Yep that's right. There's a giveaway goin' on. And 3rd, we've got the cutest party guests around!

About Me
THE BASICS: I'm 26, married for almost two years to Daniel (our 10 year dating anniversary is 3/21...I'm not givin' up 10 years, darnit!), I've got 2 adorable dogs, a beautiful horse (or 2) and a baby on the way. I don't really know yet if he's cute, but based on his US, I'd say yes (that's a he in the purely generic sense. I'm still 6 weeks away from knowing the details!). I design albums and announcements (more on that), and am a part-time counseling grad student.

THE BUSINESS: Once upon a Memory was created to be an affordable way for brides (or parents or any kind of people) to get affordable albums. My main staple is coffee table style books. A nice book to keep out and page through. I also offer digital flushmount books. My designs are customized to your style - from modern to classic, busy to calm, colorful or black and white. Whatever you want I can provide. I also LOVE to designs announcements for births or Save the Dates or party invitations. If you've got photos I can make them fun:)

INTERESTS: I love to read. It's a truly unhealthy passion. I watch too much tv, and spend WAAAAAY too much time reading blogs. All kinds of blogs. Politics, moms, educations, psych, law (I went to law school...forgot that part), animal, whatever. I just love them. I love to be outside, go on the boat, to the beach, whatever.

Now for the party guests...I'm sure you'll agree there are some cuties over here!

My Moe

MacDougal

Lorelei aka LouLou

The Baby

And for the prize. If I had known earlier, I would have donated a prize to the UBP. Since I didn't, I'm just going to do a giveaway here. So here are the rules:
Check out the blog or website (to make sure youlike what I do) and leave a comment with your email address so I can contact the winners. I'll do a random drawing once the Blog Party is over on the 14th and there will be TWO WINNERS. The 1st place winner will win a custom designed announcement or invitation and 20 cards+envelopes. The 2nd place winner will win the design work alone. Good luck!

And if anyone is interested in the baby's progress or the crazy thoughts in my head, head to the baby blog!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the party!

Have I mentioned I'm pregnant?

2008-02-06T14:31:00.001-05:00

No? Well, it's true! And if you want to keep up with my pregnancy and progress, head on over to my baby blog!

Long Day, Good Day

2008-01-08T14:00:00.000-05:00

Yesterday was a very long day, but it was a good'n! Jess Cumbie and I went to Tampa to the ImagingUSA Expo. Yes, Jacksonville to Tampa to Jacksonville between 7am and 7pm. And y'all know I'm NOT an early riser!!!

It was a fun day though: I got to look at lots of great album samples without having to purchase them (more on my new choices later) and Jess bought a Shootsac (the cuteness of the ShootSac made me wish YET AGAIN that I could be a photographer! Why can't I have that talent???).

Happy New Year Giveaway!

2008-01-08T13:59:00.000-05:00

The 1st person to purchase an album from me in 2008 will receive that album at my cost - this can be a photographer's sample album, an engagement book, guestbook, baby book, wedding album, whatever you choose, from any of the many companies that I can purchase from! This means you pay nothing for my time or design work.

Email northfloridawedding@gmail.com to sign up for your at cost book now!

Merry Christmas everyone!

2007-12-25T13:52:00.001-05:00

Merry Christmas!!!

Secret Book Update - Rachael and Adam's Wedding

2007-12-25T13:49:00.001-05:00

Well, it's Christmas and the album has been received so I can show it off now. This was my Daniel's cousins wedding, and while we didn't get to go we saw pictures and I stole some from their facebook pages and blogs to make a book for Christmas. I really like some of these pages. I do wish I had had some that I later found on Rachael's facebook page, and I'm going to offer to redo it for them...(I have a compulsion to be perfect).

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O Christmas Tree

2007-12-17T19:01:00.000-05:00

The Hellmuth Family Christmas Card 2007:

RJs Gap Year

2007-12-17T18:59:00.000-05:00

RJ is a Morehead Scholarship recipient from UNC-Chapel Hill. He decided to take a year off an travel the world, working and doing community projects. Here's a 70 page album documenting his year.

It was printed in a My Publisher classic album with the new leather cover. Pictures to follow.

Ethan's 1st Football Season

2007-11-28T15:40:00.000-05:00

This is, as is often the case, a bit different. It's an album designed for an 11 year old's 1st football season. It was kind of challenging, since, well, I'm not an 11 year old boy (and never have been!), but I think I like the final version. As always, questions or comments are appreciated.

2007-11-25T01:32:00.000-05:00

There's not a whole lot to report, I've been distracted with real life lately. But I should have some images from Ethan's Football book up soon, and hopefully a little bit of RJs Gap Year as well. That's pretty much it...

ZookBinder Photobook

2007-11-06T21:25:00.000-05:00

I received the 1st of my Zookbinders photobooks today! I love it! I was a little nervous about it...it wasn't cheap and the company has gotten mixed reviews lately. But I think maybe the problem is the response time, and from what I understand, they're working on that. I'm going to post pictures of the book, but remember...I took them. And I am the world's worst photographer.

This was the River Boat Trip Book I blogged about a month or 2 ago.

1st, the box it came in. It's a nice, black box.
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My attempt to show the thickness of the pages:
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And the pages themselves...
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What's up next

2007-10-12T14:49:00.000-04:00

1)Austin's Senior Year
2)RJs Gap Year
3)Ethan's football season (December)
4)Jose's new baby!

So, yeah, not a lot of weddings coming up, which is of course where I have all my fun. Anyone have a wedding?

Secret Book

2007-10-12T14:46:00.000-04:00

I just finished a new book that I can't post yet. It's going to be a gift for someone, and while I doubt they'll see the blog, it's not worth the risk. So, if anyone wants to check out my newest wedding album, send me an email. Otherwise, I'll post the pics around Christmas time.

RIver Boat Trip

2007-10-05T22:34:00.000-04:00

My inlaws spent 10 days on a River Boat Trip through Europe this summer, and I put together an album for them for a Christmas gift. It is being printed by zookbinders in a 7.5" square photobook, but till it gets here, here are the layouts!

Jess and Wes's Wedding

2007-09-23T20:00:00.001-04:00

This is the most recent album. I don't really know how I feel about it. I like some pages, others I'm not as sure about. It's also getting mixed reviews. Comments would be VERY appreciated!

It's final version will be printed in a Zookbinders Photobook 6x9. Each of these pictures is a 2 page spread.

Savannah Kate

2007-09-21T01:06:00.001-04:00

Savannah is an absolutely beautiful little girl with a very cute little brother. This album shows Savannah's 2nd year.

Animoto.com - Very Cool Site!

2007-09-16T18:22:00.001-04:00

Besides the fact that this video demonstrates VERY VERY clearly why I'm not a photographer (which a ton of peopl have asked since I started the business), it's such a cool thing. Animoto.com takes your pictures and music and puts together a music video. Seriously, it's not a slideshow, it's much much cooler. And you can remix it as many times as you want. A 30 second video (as many as you want) is free, and a full length one is $3 or a one time yearly fee of $30 (I think!). Check it out:)

Daniel's 1st Love - Toyota MR2

2007-09-12T19:15:00.000-04:00

My husband loves his car. I mean, he LOVES his car. It is his baby. He adores it. He is happy just looking at it. Well, on Monday he had pictures of it taken by the awesome Jess Cumbie of www.blissfulphotos.com. The pictures turned out great...here's a sampling (ok, never mind they ended up above). Contact Jess if you need pictures taken of your car, your wedding, your family or anything else. She's awesome!

Well, he wanted a book for his car. I made a kind of crappy one a few years ago for his previous MR2 and he wanted one for this one. I'll add pictures of the book when it comes, but for now, here's a slideshow of the pages:

Kimmy's 50th Birthday Book

2007-08-14T15:11:00.001-04:00

My mom turned 50 on May 25. To say she was unhappy is quite the understatement. To cheer her up we had a surprise luncheon with her favorite people and I put together a book of pictures and letters from her closest friends and family.

Ben and Shanida's Wedding Album

2007-08-14T14:55:00.001-04:00

Ben and Shanida were the 1st couple to ever be married at the Jacksonville Landing. This wedding was shot by Jess Cumbie Photography, check out her page to see more great work!

I got Photoshop - and other news!

2007-07-03T20:37:00.001-04:00

I am so excited to finally have photoshop! It should start making all of my work go much, much faster.

Coming up:
I'll finally post my album...the one that started it all
The inlaws belgium vacation
50th Birthday Book

New Album and Some in the Works!

2007-05-31T13:27:00.000-04:00

I uploaded the album I put together for my mom's 50th Birthday. It's not my best work ever, but it's sweet and shows a different style and some new ideas.

I also have a couple of projects going. I am working on a 2006 Debutante Album, focusing on the parties and the ball of the local coterie.

Also, I am going to be working with Jess Cumbie Photography to create albums for her clients. I am going to be making a sample album over the next few weeks featuring her work.

And...I am planning to revise my wedding album. It was my 1st ever, and I think I can make it even better now. Plus, I want to order a sample of the flushmount album and I will use my pictures:) Can't hurt to have my own fancy album, right?

Remember - don't hesitate to contact me if you have questions or want a special package. I can customize ANYTHING!

James and Christine

2007-03-02T00:52:00.000-05:00

Album Type: Linen Bound 8x10 and 11x14

James and Christine married in December of 2002. Yes, it's been a while:) However, they only asked me to do an album this spring. Their wedding took place in Tampa, Florida. James and Christine are happily married now with 2 children, 1 girl and 1 boy. I think this album shows the beauty of this couple and their day.