Hey everyone! It's Friday, and if that alone isn't reason to celebrate, how about joining us in celebrating World Photography Day!
As scrapbookers, our photos are often the foundation or starting points of our pages - isn't it a wonderful feeling to look through your photos and smile as the memories come flooding in? As you notice the small details, the moments in time that you've captured, that were here and now they're gone? You know the feeling, the story starts to come together and you can't get that cardstock out fast enough!
According to the World Photography Day site, "World Photography Day originates from the invention of the Daguerreotype, a photographic processes developed by Louis Daguerre. On January 9, 1839, The French Academy of Sciences announced the daguerreotype process. A few months later, on August 19, 1839, the French government announced the invention as a gift “Free to the World.”
Your photos are a gift, not only to yourself and your family but to the generations to come! Celebrate World Photography Day by taking a moment to capture a few photos today, and of course it would not be a celebration on the SCT blog without a prize!
"Picture Keeper is the simplest automatic picture backup device. Unique built in software automatically finds and copies all of your photos. It also works with PC or MAC saving all your precious photos to one secure device for safekeeping. No software installation required. Just plug Picture Keeper into your computer, click “Start Backup,” and Picture Keeper’s built in software does the rest! Every time you plug it in, your Picture Keeper will find new additions and add those to its files in the same folder you use to organize your photos!" Be sure to visit Picture Keeper on facebook too. Be sure to tell them SCT sent you!
Just leave a comment below by 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 25th for an opportunity to win a Picture Keeper of your very own. Good luck!
Now, let's see last week's winner of the 6 x 6 My Minds Eye paper pads...
Wow, what a fab giveaway from my favourite magazine peeps! Hope the prize doesn't get lost and finds it's way to my postbox! I'vae got ideas whirling away in my head already! Posted by: janet chinn | August 12, 2011 at 01:51 PM
Congratulations Janet! Send us an email with your mailing information to us ideas@scrapbookandcards.com.
Go grab your cameras, take lots of photos and remember our summer photo contest is still on. Send us your best summer photo (under 500K) to ideas@scrapbookandcards.com and on September 3rd we will post a selection of entries right here on the SCT blog. A winner will be selected and win a fantastic prize package of scrapbook goodness valued at $100! Have a wonderful day!
~ The SCT team
I just got a new computer system and this would be a perfect addition!
Posted by: Jena Baker | August 19, 2011 at 11:25 AM
This is definitively on my wish list! Thank you for posting!
Posted by: Danielle Keltner | August 19, 2011 at 11:30 AM
Another fabulous giveaway! I am always terrified i will end up loosing all my photos, especially the baby ones. What a great idea for a doodah! :)
Posted by: Sarah | August 19, 2011 at 11:38 AM
I totally need one of these! I have so many pictures that need backing up and as they accumulate the more overwhelmed I get! AND this sounds easy to use! Thanks for the chance to win!
Posted by: GennyV | August 19, 2011 at 11:38 AM
Thanks for this informative post.Its going to be quite helpful some day.
Posted by: Isha | August 19, 2011 at 11:42 AM
I could really use this to back up my pictures. Thanks for the chance!
Posted by: Heather V | August 19, 2011 at 11:44 AM
Happy World Photography Day! I always think I'm backing up regularly, but then when I go check I find it's actualy been longer than I thought since my last backup. The Picture Keeper would definitely be a way to make that process quick and easy, so maybe I'd do it more often :) Thanks for the chance to win one!
Posted by: Jean_H | August 19, 2011 at 11:47 AM
Man, do I ever need something like this! My photo files are a disaster! Thanks for the chance to win!
Posted by: Roxanne McCleary | August 19, 2011 at 11:48 AM
Who doesn't need more picture storage? I know I do! Thanks for the chance to win a Picture Keeper!
Posted by: Cathy P in AZ | August 19, 2011 at 11:51 AM
OMG! I love it and NEED it! I was just scrapbooking and realized some of my pictures were deleted. Now the pictures of my son's birthday with the Blue Man Group and dinner at Emeril's are only in our memories.
Thanks for the chance to win!
Posted by: Michelle | August 19, 2011 at 11:52 AM
The Picture Keeper looks so wonderful! I would love the chance to try it out!
Posted by: Leslie Kiley | August 19, 2011 at 12:05 PM
Would love to win a Picture Keeper! Another great prize ~ cool gadget. Thanks for the chance to win!
Posted by: Marion S | August 19, 2011 at 12:12 PM
Such a fabulous giveaway!!! Thanks for the chance!
Posted by: Andrea MacDonald | August 19, 2011 at 12:17 PM
OH BOY!! I sure can use this prize. Keeping my fingers crossed. Of to look at Picture Keeper's website. Thanks for the opportunity.
Posted by: Barbara Albrecht | August 19, 2011 at 12:21 PM
What a great prize. Thanks!
Posted by: Jackie | August 19, 2011 at 12:26 PM
I would love this prize - I keep thinking it is one of those things I need to get to - pick me and I will fill'er up in a heartbeat!
Posted by: Tracey | August 19, 2011 at 12:29 PM
Would love to have one of these gadgets. Thanks for the chance to win.
Posted by: Janice | August 19, 2011 at 12:32 PM
What an awesome device
Posted by: Sue | August 19, 2011 at 12:36 PM
What a fabulous giveaway! Thanks for a chance to win =)
Posted by: Marie / Legojenta | August 19, 2011 at 12:40 PM
That sounds like an awesome thing to have,very useful!
Posted by: peggy | August 19, 2011 at 12:45 PM
Wow! a device that finds all my photos? Amazing! I could use that kind of help!
Posted by: Tricia Dee | August 19, 2011 at 12:47 PM
One of my current - and the most important - projects on the go at the moment is getting my photos (electronic and print) sorted and marked properly. It's so very important to me that they be kept for future generations. The Photo Keeper would be a wonderful tool to help me with this! Thank you for the chance to win.
Posted by: Amber M | August 19, 2011 at 12:50 PM
I love the idea of this product. Thanks for the chance to give it a try.
Posted by: Tona | August 19, 2011 at 12:52 PM
Wow!! this would be a great prize to win especially because my best friend is having a little girl, and I am positive there will be tons of pictures taken. It would be amazing having a place to store thoes picture. In addition I have already lost photos in the past because a computer got fried. So it would be super to have The Picture Keeper to keep my pictures safe.
Posted by: Melissa Mason | August 19, 2011 at 12:56 PM
This item sounds awesome! I would love to have that gadget since I'm always taking pictures!
Posted by: Sobeida Rodriguez | August 19, 2011 at 12:58 PM