We are doing something we have never done here in the past – a giveaway! You know what else is different? It has nothing to do with children either.

WHY THEM?

This coming week, we want to take the opportunity to highlight some wonderfully creative and hardworking moms, who have also been incredibly supportive of MeMeTales. They are dear friends and amazing people. It is an absolute honor for me to highlight them here! We love stories at MeMeTales … so the only way we know to showcase these women is with little stories about them :)

WHY HERE?

Most people who support MeMeTales are moms or dads (who have wives or moms themselves) and grandparents (we love the emails from grandparents!). And, we want to pamper you!

1. Lisa Leonard and Lisa Leonard Designs

Lisa is a mom of 2 lovely boys, a jewelry maker and an amazing photographer. There is a story in everything she creates – her jewelry, the pictures she posts on Instagram, her blog posts … And she is an incredibly nice person. And an inspiration. A true inspiration.

Lisa designs and creates the most wonderfully personalized jewelry ever at Lisa Leonard Designs. How do I know? Well, I own several pieces she has made. My newest favorite is her mama necklace. She carefully chooses and places every word on her creations.

Surely, you want to shop in her store. Check it out. You know what else? Hop over to her blog and subscribe to her newsletter! Besides getting a 15% off your first order, you will get a peek into Lisa yourself. And use “memeshipping” to get *free shipping* on whatever you shop (for US ans Canada only).

AND play along to win $50 to spend in Lisa’s store and make YOUR Mother’s Day really really special!

2. Jessica from Allora HandMade

I met Jessica at the airport when I was heading back from the Blissdom conference last year. I raided her ziploc full of rosette earrings right there. We also chatted for a long time. Jessica told me about how she started AlloraHandmade when her husband went back to school and she decided to stay home with her boys. Three years later, Allora Handmade is thriving. Such an inspiration!

Jessica takes fabric and makes magic out of it. The most adorable, colorful pieces of rosette necklaces, earrings and baby headbands. The colors are to die for.

Hope over to Jessica’s store and enjoy the visual feast. She also tells us that you can get 15% off by subscribing to her newsletter.

We are giving away $50 gift card to Lisa Leonard Designs and a $50 gift card to Allora Handmade just for you or for a wonderful mom you know. You don’t want to miss this …and it is so easy to enter!

The winner will be announced on Monday, May 14th.


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MeMeTales at DEMO Fall 2011

by Maya on September 25, 2011

We had a blast at DEMO 2011. We were invited to present on a scholarship, thanks to Kauffman Foundation.

The DEMO team did a great great job with every single detail. The Press people were incredibly gracious.

Here is the video -

We got some great press too!

VentureBeat, Sept 14 – Demo: MeMeTales will make a mobile reader out of your kid

MeMeTales.com Gives Kids Access to More Stories, Launches the Story Platform at DEMO Fall 2011 – MarketWatch

MeMeTales and RRKidz set sights on book-apps for kids market | Mobile Industry | Mobile Entertainment

Demo: Lost in a maze with amazement – Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal

Mobile Startups: Tip of the Iceberg, Say Venture Capitalists CIO.com

Moms on a Mission with Mobile Apps use tech to inspire, motivate, and educate families

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Can dogs teach kids to read?

August 18, 2011

Over the past few months, ever since we released our app, more than 80K stories have been read on our app!! That is awesome but I have been thinking really hard about why kids read. Why do some kids love to read and some not? And how do we get kids to start reading? How [...]

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Too Many Bananas – Book & Craft

August 11, 2011

Our Book of the Week is “Too Many Bananas” by Noni and illustrated by Angie & Upesh. Srigeri Srinivas is growing ripe and sweet bananas on his farm. He wants to sell all the bananas in the market but nobody is ready to buy the sweet and ripe bananas.  All of a sudden [...]

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Freeky – Book & Craft

August 8, 2011

Our Book of the Week is “Freeky” by Krishna and illustrated by Sayantan Halder. This is the story of a young peacock that wanted to change his appearance. This is a fun story that teaches children that pretending to be something we are not is never a good thing.
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Topsy Turvy – Book & Craft

August 4, 2011

Our Book of the Week is “Topsy Turvy” by Noni and illustrated by Angie & Upesh. Ever wondered how it would be to wake up to a world all upside down? This is a story of a boy who wakes up early in the morning and notices some changes in his room like – [...]

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Vayu The Wind – Book & Craft

August 1, 2011

Our Book of the Week is “Vayu, The Wind” by Madhuri Pai and illustrated by Rijuta Ghate. Vayu means “wind” in Hindi. While, the wind cannot be seen or heard, it does end up doing a lot. A “wind” can  – makes a hot milk cold to drink, After hot water bath your [...]

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Memetales’ Publishing Platform – A Demo

July 28, 2011

Memetales provides a publishing platform for publishers that allows them to share and market their own books online. Our platform at Memetales provides the following advantages for publishers – reach a large niche audience easily and within a short time, instant value addition to their books by the context and contributions by the community, [...]

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Thumbelina – Book & Craft

July 25, 2011

Our Book of the Week is “Thumbelina” by Hans Christen Anderson. This is a story of a fairy tale named “Thumbelina” -  a little girl who is as small as a thumb. This book is all about her adventures – how a giant toad kidnaps her and how she befriends a mouse and how [...]

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Our Iphone App Demo

July 21, 2011

“Memetales” is a place where kids along with parents can read story books together. Through the “Memetales” platform, parents and kids can share and celebrate the experience of  reading books. “Memetales” provides kids of all ages with the best children’s book collection in a very innovative way. Furthermore, the Memetales publishing platform also allows anyone [...]

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