These come courtesy of my friend Laura, we met in college as camp counselors, now each have 3 girls and love to share our scrapbooking finds with one another!
Little Dreamer Designs, home of $1 Wednesday is having a birthday celebration and they are posting freebies
http://littledreamerdesigns.typepad.com/little_dreamer_designs/2008/04/another-day-ano.html
http://littledreamerdesigns.typepad.com/little_dreamer_designs/2008/04/more-party-game.html
Laura also introduced me to using templates and I found these really cool templates the other day,
http://mandagirl.com/free-templates/
if you need help on using templates here is a video that explains it all and gives you a template too!
http://spraguelab.squarespace.com/blog/2008/4/11/photoshop-friday-free-digital-templates-d.html
And last but not least other free stuff, I found this bloggy giveaway thing last year and actually won something, may be you'll find something you want too! I am dreaming of the year supply of ice cream for my husband!
Monday, April 21, 2008
Saturday, April 12, 2008
So I guess we can't really be 3 under 3 anymore...and I am beginning to see that there are many out there with more kids than me in a short span of years, how do they do it? So it's finally time for a header update, here are a few of my favorite pictures of the girls from the last few months! I would love a picture of all three of them together, where they are all smiling but I think that is asking for a real MIRACLE!
Justin has been bugging me for awhile to put up his picture with the possum, I hope that it didn't disgust too many of you! And the shoe next to the possum is his...so as you can see the thing was quite large. I personally wouldn't come look at it after he did the deed but he showed me his capture via the pictures. The thing had come to eat the dog food in our backyard so I wasn't too upset that he took care of it as I really don't want my kids to encounter them as they can be quite feisty!
Justin has taken the girls to recycle bottles and metal so I am going to get back to the scrapbook I was trying so hard to finish but never did! Lucky for me, the winkflash sale was extended!
Justin has been bugging me for awhile to put up his picture with the possum, I hope that it didn't disgust too many of you! And the shoe next to the possum is his...so as you can see the thing was quite large. I personally wouldn't come look at it after he did the deed but he showed me his capture via the pictures. The thing had come to eat the dog food in our backyard so I wasn't too upset that he took care of it as I really don't want my kids to encounter them as they can be quite feisty!
Justin has taken the girls to recycle bottles and metal so I am going to get back to the scrapbook I was trying so hard to finish but never did! Lucky for me, the winkflash sale was extended!
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
A few months review in photos...
Yummy Frosting!
Hungry Caterpillar Cake
Our little explorers
Look at that hair fly!
Getting her own snacks...
Sunny February Days
All ready for ballet!
Check out this cool fort someone made and left for us!
Malia the make-up queen!
Playing with babies
Lainey's High School Musical Birthday Party
Justin's hunting expedition...in our backyard.Check out the size on that POSSUM!
Sink baths!
We LOVE visits from Ashy and Scott!
Finally a picture of US!
The great EGG hunters!
Ward Easter Party
Lainey and her new "buddy"...not her "friend"
Sink baths!
We LOVE visits from Ashy and Scott!
Finally a picture of US!
The great EGG hunters! Ward Easter Party
Lainey and her new "buddy"...not her "friend"Sunday, March 23, 2008
Happy Easter
So this will just be a quick post to let you know that we are all here...I am busy trying to finish another winkflash book before the sale ends so I'll post more at the end of the week when I'm done....we have lots to report on...but we wanted to wish you all a HAPPY EASTER...
thanks to Aunt Christal we have had lots of fun playing with ducks this past week.
Saturday, March 8, 2008
I'm hooked...
special thank you out to Tammy and Amy who let me borrow their books. I am now officially hooked on the series and can't wait to start the second one, sure is good we had nothing planned for the weekend, as I might just have to read all 3 this weekend!
Friday, March 7, 2008
Free Fonts...Yippee!
I am not sure how long this offer if good for but there are some really cute fonts and they are all FREE!
http://www.scrapnfonts.com/searchprod.php?showingonly=free
http://www.scrapnfonts.com/searchprod.php?showingonly=free
Digitial Scrapbooking 101...
I won't claim to be an expert on the whole digital scrapbooking thing but several of you have asked how I do it so here it goes...
1. I use a program called Adobe Photoshop, a friend of mine uses Adobe Photoshop Elements and I believe that it is a cheaper version of the program that I have. I have never seen the Elements program so I am not sure what the differences are but my friend has doen amazing things using the Elements, so I know it works.
Photoshop can be a bit overwhelming at first, but once you learn the basics you'll be amazed at what you can do. One of my sister's took a class at the local college but it was really just a self learned course where you followed the tutorials in the manual that you bought for the class. I was fortunate enough to be able to take a few classes when I was teaching and then with my sister's help, and lots of just playing with it know how to do a few things with it now. The great thing is that there are tons of tutorials out there to help you learn how to digital scrapbook. Photoshop is the place where you actually work with both the downloaded stuff (paper, elements etc.) and your pictures, turning them into scrapbook pages.
2. Go to one of the sites listed below and start downloading the "freebies" so that you will have paper, buttons, ribbons, etc to work with.
I would suggest starting with some of the free downloads from the Shabby Princess as they are complete sets and will give you tons to start with.
www.shabbyprincess.com
www.heatheranndesigns.com
www.thedigichick.com
www.littledreamerdesigns.com
www.sweetshoppedesigns.com
you can also buy some sets if you want too but if you start searching the web you will find that there are lots of freebies out there. One of my favorite sites is www.littledreamerdesigns.com
they have Wednesday dollar specials, sign up for their newsletter and every week they'll send you an email and you can find their $1 kit...it so much better that spending that $1 at Target! I have gotten some really cool kits by just buying when they are on sell. www.sweetshoppedesigns.com also has a newsletter and that they send each week with their specials.
I love doing it digital because everything can be used over and over again!
www.heatheranndesigns.com has they cool quick fill pages that you can buy. I like them for when I want to put a lot of pictures on one page. Although now that I have played with a photoshop I know how to do some of this on my own, but they are a good thing to check out and there is a tutorial telling how to use them.
3. Now that you have some stuff to play with choose a photo or two and then go back to www.shabbyprincess.com for a tutorial, they look a bit daunting but they really will help you, my friend really self taught herself to fdo this just using the tutorials.
My same friend also introduced me to this site
http://spraguelab.squarespace.com/
I haven't look around much on it but it looks like she has some really cool stuff on it. Some of it looks a bit advanced to me but she also has some courses that you can pay for where she teaches you stuff...worth checking out at least.
Another friend mentioned a site where she did a tutorial but I can't remember what it is...maybe it will come to me eventually...but if all else fails to a search, I am sure you will find something.
4. One of my biggest issues was what size to make things, at first I was making 8x10's and having them printed at Costco, however I have recently become a big believer in making books from places like winkflash, snapfish, shutterfly, or the one that Costco has one their site. Truthfully it comes out cheaper to print them as books, especially when they are running specials, and sizewise they are so much smaller to store. But that still leaves me with what size do I make pages in because you will find there are all different sizes of books out there that you can make. Personally I have decided that I will keep making them 8x10's and that I will make them all in a horizontal layout, it is not my favorite all the time but it works much better. But what happens when I am going to put them in an 8x12 book because that is what is on sale (I am all about the sale!) Well I just drag my final page onto an 8x12 page and either leave it white or put a background behind it. This all sounds confusing I know but just call me...I can explain it all.
I think that it is it for now...I have to go get my kids they've been playing at a friend's...I actually got to watch a movie, of my choosing, in the middle of the day!!!! It was wonderful!
1. I use a program called Adobe Photoshop, a friend of mine uses Adobe Photoshop Elements and I believe that it is a cheaper version of the program that I have. I have never seen the Elements program so I am not sure what the differences are but my friend has doen amazing things using the Elements, so I know it works.
Photoshop can be a bit overwhelming at first, but once you learn the basics you'll be amazed at what you can do. One of my sister's took a class at the local college but it was really just a self learned course where you followed the tutorials in the manual that you bought for the class. I was fortunate enough to be able to take a few classes when I was teaching and then with my sister's help, and lots of just playing with it know how to do a few things with it now. The great thing is that there are tons of tutorials out there to help you learn how to digital scrapbook. Photoshop is the place where you actually work with both the downloaded stuff (paper, elements etc.) and your pictures, turning them into scrapbook pages.
2. Go to one of the sites listed below and start downloading the "freebies" so that you will have paper, buttons, ribbons, etc to work with.
I would suggest starting with some of the free downloads from the Shabby Princess as they are complete sets and will give you tons to start with.
www.shabbyprincess.com
www.heatheranndesigns.com
www.thedigichick.com
www.littledreamerdesigns.com
www.sweetshoppedesigns.com
you can also buy some sets if you want too but if you start searching the web you will find that there are lots of freebies out there. One of my favorite sites is www.littledreamerdesigns.com
they have Wednesday dollar specials, sign up for their newsletter and every week they'll send you an email and you can find their $1 kit...it so much better that spending that $1 at Target! I have gotten some really cool kits by just buying when they are on sell. www.sweetshoppedesigns.com also has a newsletter and that they send each week with their specials.
I love doing it digital because everything can be used over and over again!
www.heatheranndesigns.com has they cool quick fill pages that you can buy. I like them for when I want to put a lot of pictures on one page. Although now that I have played with a photoshop I know how to do some of this on my own, but they are a good thing to check out and there is a tutorial telling how to use them.
3. Now that you have some stuff to play with choose a photo or two and then go back to www.shabbyprincess.com for a tutorial, they look a bit daunting but they really will help you, my friend really self taught herself to fdo this just using the tutorials.
My same friend also introduced me to this site
http://spraguelab.squarespace.com/
I haven't look around much on it but it looks like she has some really cool stuff on it. Some of it looks a bit advanced to me but she also has some courses that you can pay for where she teaches you stuff...worth checking out at least.
Another friend mentioned a site where she did a tutorial but I can't remember what it is...maybe it will come to me eventually...but if all else fails to a search, I am sure you will find something.
4. One of my biggest issues was what size to make things, at first I was making 8x10's and having them printed at Costco, however I have recently become a big believer in making books from places like winkflash, snapfish, shutterfly, or the one that Costco has one their site. Truthfully it comes out cheaper to print them as books, especially when they are running specials, and sizewise they are so much smaller to store. But that still leaves me with what size do I make pages in because you will find there are all different sizes of books out there that you can make. Personally I have decided that I will keep making them 8x10's and that I will make them all in a horizontal layout, it is not my favorite all the time but it works much better. But what happens when I am going to put them in an 8x12 book because that is what is on sale (I am all about the sale!) Well I just drag my final page onto an 8x12 page and either leave it white or put a background behind it. This all sounds confusing I know but just call me...I can explain it all.
I think that it is it for now...I have to go get my kids they've been playing at a friend's...I actually got to watch a movie, of my choosing, in the middle of the day!!!! It was wonderful!
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