Here's another simple gift idea using the Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner ~ A 3-generation photo transfer of my grandmother, my great-grandmother, and my 2nd great-grandmother. Turned out well, I think. The photos were taken with my iPhone, but this time I used Photoshop Premier to put the slideshow together and to add my voice-over instructions. I wanted to see how different it was from using the iMovie app on the iPhone. The Photoshop Premier software definitely had more customization features.

Also, Flip-Pal has a Black Friday sale going on! The following offers are good from November 24 to December 1, 2011. Use this link or click on one of the Flip-Pal ads on my site and enter the appropriate code of choice at checkout in the Flip-Pal shop.

For:
$15 off the regular price of a Flip-Pal™ mobile scanner
$20 off the regular price of a Flip-Pal™ mobile scanner
Creative Suite-with Craft Edition DVD
Use:
Coupon Code: 15BF2011


For:
$25 off the regular price of a Flip-Pal™ mobile scanner when you also
purchase a Deluxe Carry Case
Use:
Coupon Code: 25BF2011


For:
$30 off the regular price of a Flip-Pal™ mobile scanner Creative
Suite-with Craft Edition DVD when you also purchase a Deluxe Carry Case
Use:
Coupon Code: 30BF2011

Happy Shopping & Happy Scanning!
~Caroline

Note: I am an affiliate for both Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner as well as Adobe Systems. This means that  if you click on an ad or link on my site for one of these companies and you purchase something from them, I receive a referral commission. For more information concerning this and other disclosures, please visit my Disclosure Page.

So here's the first video in the series. It's not perfect, but what did you expect. This was all done by me and my iPhone 4. That's right. No production company. No makeup or hair stylists. And the only diva around here is my Pug, Millie, who, if you'll notice, is not in the video. I don't even have a personal assistant.

Anywho, I hope you like it. Oh, and it's not in HD. Was taking too long to upload. So there ya go...

Don't have a Flip-Pal? There's no better time to get one than now. Here is a $10 coupon code that is good until November 13, 2011 or until supplies last: BDAY11A.

All you have to do is click the Flip-Pal graphic above or the one to the right in the sidebar and enter the coupon code at checkout. It's that simple. Then you can follow along with the rest of my video tutorials and we'll make simple heritage holiday gifts together that your family will absolutely adore.

~Caroline

Note: I am an affiliate of Flip-Pal. This means when you click on a graphic or link on my site for Flip-Pal and if you purchase from them, I will receive a commission for referring you to them. Also, I received a free Flip-Pal in order to participate in the review and the use of the Flip-Pal for the Simple Gifts Blog Hop. All opinions are my own. Please refer to my Disclosure Page for more information.

It just keeps getting better and better! To celebrate their birthday, Flip-Pal is extending to you, my faithful readers, a $10 coupon good towards a $100 or more purchase from them. Is that cool or what?

And just to whet your appetite, I did a little shopping today to get supplies for the first project that I'll be doing on Friday for the first Simple Gifts Blog Hop post, and I can't wait to share this gift idea with you.

Of course, if you aren't interested in making a simple but heartfelt holiday heritage gift for a loved one using a Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner, then perhaps you won't want to tune in Friday. *shrugs*

Perhaps you're not interested in being the envy of all your family members because you showed up for the holidays with a gift made using your Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner that reflects your family history for your loved one. *shrugs*

And by now you're probably rolling your eyes heavenward and thinking, "Duh, Caroline. Of course, I want to be that person. Who wouldn't be? But I don't have a Flip-Pal."

And you know what I'm going to tell you? Get. One. It's not just a fun tool for your genealogy hobby that you are so obsessive about. It's not just any old regular scanner either. It's a tool to help you make one-of-a-kind heritage holiday gifts that everyone you know is going to envy. That's right. It's a tool that will get your family wanting to know more about their family history.

And you know what? There's no better time than now. Here is a $10 coupon code that is good until November 13, 2011 or until supplies last: BDAY11A.

All you have to do is click the Flip-Pal graphic below or the one in the sidebar and enter the coupon code at checkout. It's that simple. Then you can follow along with my video tutorials and we'll make simple heritage holiday gifts together that your family will absolutely adore.

What do you say?

~Caroline

Note: I am an affiliate of Flip-Pal. This means when you click on a graphic or link on my site for Flip-Pal and if you purchase from them, I will receive a commission for referring you to them. Also, I received a free Flip-Pal in order to participate in the review and the use of the Flip-Pal for the Simple Gifts Blog Hop. All opinions are my own. Please refer to my Disclosure Page for more information.

Oh Yeah!

I was picked by Flip-Pal and Thomas MacEntee from Hi-Definition Genealogy and Geneabloggers.com to participate in the Simple Gifts Blog Hop!! I have a ton of projects and ideas for blog posts for this Flip-Pal, and if everything goes to plan, I'll be documenting each and every blog post by video. With my iPhone. It's gonna be a technology-packed vlog-fest.

The Simple Gifts Blog Hop will run from next Friday, November 4, 2011 through Friday, November 25, 2011. And the other lucky participants are as follows:

Sheri Fenley
The Educated Genealogist
http://sherifenley.blogspot.com

Drusilla Pair
Find Your Folks
http://www.findyourfolks.blogspot.com

Marian Pierre-Louis
Marian's Roots and Rambles
http://rootsandrambles.blogspot.com

Caroline Pointer
For Your Family Story
http://www.4yourfamilystory.com/blog.html

Heather Wilkinson Rojo
Nutfield Genealogy
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com

Nancy Shively
Gathering Stories
http://nancyshively.blogspot.com

Julie Cahill Tarr
GenBlog
http://genblogjulie.blogspot.com


And? You know how I mentioned in my It's Time to Change the Game post about putting a Smartphone in the hands of the young and unleashing them in retirement homes and cemeteries?

What I was trying to get at is that putting technology into the hands of the young and letting them record family history would be such an awesome idea. It'd get them interested in *gasp* genealogy. It'd make their own family history relevant to them.

So, with this Blog Hop, I decided to put my technology where my mouth is thanks to Flip-Pal and Thomas. I'm going to be able to put some technology into the hands of the young. Okay. It's one young person, my daughter, and she only agreed to one video post. But we'll find out just how easy it is to use Flip-Pal.

I'm so excited! I have a lot of other ideas for projects with this scanner, and I can't wait to show them to you! Are you ready? [I am. Well, after I get my hair and nails done. And maybe buy a new outfit. Ohmigosh. I'm gonna be on video!!]

Thanks, Flip-Pal & Thomas!!

~Caroline

[In the interest of disclosure, I am an affiliate of Flip-Pal. I will be blogging/vlogging my escapades and adventures using the Flip-Pal, and like a good business person, will suggest that if you like the Flip-Pal, that perhaps you might want to buy it by using a link that I provide. Why? Because I get a little commission from the sale, and it doesn't cost you any extra. You are absolutely in no way, shape or form obligated to buy the Flip-Pal, and you are certainly not obligated to buy it from me. If all you want to do is watch and or read and laugh at my hilarious and entertaining ways to use the Flip-Pal for genealogy and family history, then by all means watch, read and laugh. That's good enough for me. There isn't enough laughing going on in this world. For more information please visit my disclosure page. Where you should laugh. Because I made it funny.]