Burn Memories This Mother’s Day Or Just Because (NAPSA)—With Mother’s Day around the corner, many of us want to give the woman who bandaged our scrapes and kept away the monsters in our closet something special. In this age of digital photography, photo CD scrapbooks make perfect keepsakes for hardto-buy-for friends and family. In a few easy steps you can create a personalized gift that is more memorable than a sweater and will last longer than flowers. Here are a few simple andcreative ideas: 1. Find photos they'll love. Be sure to ask family and friends for additional pictures. 2. Create a theme for your CD. Customize CDs with pictures commemorating your family—birth- days, graduation, favorite family vacation and special moments with beloved pets. Or, take your loved one down her own memory lane with pictures of childhood, school days, marriage and other precious memories in herlife. 3. Sean in old photos as well as new ones and burn them to thedisc. 4. Instead of simple images, give digital scrapbook pages. Use free templates at Web sites like www.hp.com/projects and easily create great-looking, personalized scrapbook pages. 5. Customize the scrapbook pages with letters, poems and recipes that evoke treasured memories. For example, include a recipe for Grandpa Frank’s favorite BBQ sauce next to images of Fourth of July. 6. Label your digital keepsake with a unique andattractive silk- A personalized CD or DVD can make a marvelous present this Mother’s Day. screen-quality label. With today’s technology, CDs are not only easy and inexpensive to make, but can look terrific, too. Burn photos and text right onto the label using LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling, a technology found in many CD/DVD burners and PCs today. The process is simple: Burn your CD, then flip it over, and burn a personalized label (be sure to use LightScribe-enabled media). Check your computer or CD/DVD burner for the LightScribe logo. If you do not have LightScribe, go to www.lightscribe.com for details on whereyou canfind it. 7. Include a special note with the CD. You can insert a small card into the jewel case or LightScribeit right onto the CD. 8. Give the CD with everything he or she will need to print photos or scrapbook pages, including photo paperandink cartridges.
