As the cold of winter draws near, let us take this opportunity to remember the warmth of the summer months. December’s theme for the Kolo Monthly Photo Contest 2010 is SUMMER. This month is your last opportunity to enter to win the grand prize of $500 cash and $500 Kolo merchandise, to be announced on February 1st, 2011. Deadline for submissions is December 31st.

The fifteen monthly winners for the theme “summer” will be announced on January 10th, 2011. Each winner will take home $50 worth of Kolo merchandise.

Don’t forget to upload November’s “blue” photos. To start uploading, go here.

For more information on the contest, go here.

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-Kate

Paisless Press blog editor and digital scrapbook designer Liz Tamanaha shared with us her Thanksgiving album. After collecting her favorite memories, mementos and photos that were scattered around her house throughout the year, she brought them together in a mango Noci photo album to show what she was thankful for.

It’s a simple mini-album with a whole lot of heart: A collection of your favorite photos of the year and why you are thankful for these moments, in three easy steps:

1. Pick 10-12 of your favorite photos from the year
2. Jot down why you are thankful for the moment or memory that the photo depicts
3. Put the photo and the corresponding journaling side-by-side in the album

I'm thinking of doing one of these every year around Thanksgiving time. It'll be neat a few years from now to look through this collection of thankful moments and see how things have changed (or remained the same).

To see more from Liz on Paislee Press, go here.

-Kate

Please join me in congratulating October's winners of the Kolo Monthly Photo Contest 2010! The fifteen lucky winners will receive a $50 worth of Kolo merchandise and are automatically entered to win the grand prize of $500 cash and $500 worth of Kolo products, to be announced on February 1, 2011. Photographs are judged by a panel of expert photographers and designers. Winners will be directly contacted with information about receiving their prize.

Be sure to send in your photos for November's "Blue" theme. Good Luck!

To read more about Kolo's Monthly Photo Contest 2010, go here.

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