Today, a lot of companies offer 12x12 and 8x8 prints, and books that are glued (which start to fall apart after a year or so). Most for a good price and quality.
THEN I found Heritage Makers... or I should say they found me. One of their consultants (my birth mom) gifted me with a book and posters for the kids. She also gave me credits for a few more items, but I was already hooked! I have a DEEP passion for heritage and archiving and had spent a lot of my time scrapbooking, not to mention a LOT of my money. I had worked for a scrapbooking company before, but after a year (and a lot of product to sell in inventory) they went out of business. I have pictures out from those OLD sticky paged film covered albums, and put them in new scrapbook albums so that they would not get ruined.
I checked into the company and learned what they use, how they assemble the books and found out every single detail about the papers they use. Yes, it is a true archiver's dream product! So I not only made the decision to use this product, but I also become a representative and offer them to my clients and sell publishing credits to fellow scrappers. We do not call it scrapbooking, it is STORYBOOKING!
Shutterfly and Scraping Simple like many others, may be great for single prints, (so is Costco), but as far a books go, they are among the worst. They glue the books together and they fall apart within time. The glue will also yellow with age and deteriorate with time and there goes your book. Also, the pages are not 100% acid free. If you call Shutterfly and ask if their pages are 100% acid free, they will reply with "They are close enough to acid free to be considered acid free." Hmmmmm... Either they are or they are not!
This is why I choose become an Independent Publishing Consultant with Heritage Makers. REAL STITCHED Binding, no glue. 100# paper totally acid and linguine free. A real archiver's answer for a book to last many generations not a few years like many of the others out there. When you're ready for the best Storybook product out there, contact... I'll hook you up!
Added bonus?
Unlike other companies, our covers are photo covers, not cloth, linen, or blank, they are totally customizable like a scrap page and so is the binding area. We have protective vellum between the book and the pages. We offer a 100% guarantee on the book for LIFE! And even if the dog chews it up, they replace it at half price for LIFE! Now tell me who else does that?!?
And if you think all this is for the artistic, digital scrapper... think again. We have this awesome little FREE program, (unlike Creative Memories), that is all online! No downloading! You can even work on it from any computer with an internet connection, even a local library if you don't have a computer... (I know there are still a few houses without one).
This program can let the totally NOVICE scrapper create BEAUTIFUL Storybooks easily and quickly! We have many many templates, ready made books and over 40,000 pieces of digital art if you want to assemble your own book. It's all drag and drop and even my kids could created thier own books.
We can help you record ALL of your precious memories before they slip away. Self-publish your hardcover storybook with Heritage Makers today or ask me to help you.
We have a wonderful Story Center to help you get started creating your very own Storybooks and not only is every single page customizable, but so are the front and back wrap around covers and spine!
Sign up for a Free account to try out today! Let me know if you are a novice or fly on the darker side like us with Digi and want to print your own Digi-Scrap pages and I will let you know the most affordable way to GET PUBLISHED!
Heirloom Assurance - NO ONE else does this!
The Heritage Makers Heirloom Assurance assures that your projects will last lifetimes. Torn pages, missed typos, daily wear and tear or worse. Heritage Makers will print a replacement copy for you at only half price. Your projects are archived FOREVER!
You create all of your Heritage Makers projects in your own online, password-protected, personal publishing and creative center, Heritage Studio. Studio is easy to use and provides tremendous flexibility. You can access Studio from ANY computer, anywhere with internet access. With your Basic account, you can create beautiful projects for your friends and family.
Or, you can upgrade to a Premier account and enjoy even more with thousands of pieces of digital art, unlimited photo storage, hundreds of free templates, free online classes, and so much more!
We have over 40,000 pieces of art. Click here to check out the art!
Ways to Publish and use Studio
You can upload your pre-finished digi-pages and/or artwork as a jpg or png file, start with a blank page and use any one of our thousands of pieces of digital art available to you.
Or choose one of our many pre-designed community and professional templates to use in your projects that are totally editable by you. You'll enjoy the benefits of having complete control over how your project turns out.
With Studio templates and our drag and drop technology, you can create an entire book quickly.
Your Account
Your FREE Basic account gives you the ability to upload photos and create meaningful projects all with free online Studio classes. Or you can choose to upgrade to a Premier membership and enjoy even more with thousands of pieces of digital art added to monthly, unlimited photo storage, hundreds of free templates added to monthly also, and so much more!
The Community
When you become a part of the Heritage Makers' family, you join a community of people devoted to strengthening family through the power of story. Plus, you're going to have tons of fun! You can enter contests, participate in free online classes, learn tips and tricks for designing and writing your story, share your projects with others in the community, and more. As always, I am here to help you every step of the way as your PERSONAL PUBLISHING CONSULTANT!
