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I've always had a dilemma about where to keep the magnets to my Basic Grey magnetic mat. Until today, I found a 4x4 piece of metal (I want to say aluminum, but I don't know if magnets work on aluminum and I don't want to sound stupid)
I covered it with Jenni Bowlin butterfly paper, then stickled and added the black frame.
I actually took photos of the process so I could post a little tutorial, but all the pics are really blurry. (Poor quality control, I'll have to write myself up on my next performance review) When I made the frame, I was actually reminded of when I first started scrapbooking. I was convinced you should frame pictures rather than matting them. And I tried to make these frames on my Fiskars paper trimmer. It was a disaster.
Here it is...I must confess that I did the photos, mats, pp and layout several months ago at a crop. I just couldn't figure out a title treatment. So this is my number 2 DS last year at the beach. The sand on his cheek almost look like a 5 o'clock shadow; is this a preview of years to come?
And would you like to know why I don't produce more? Or why it takes me 6 hours to make a layout? Here's why...
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2 comments Posted by tigardlilly at Monday, June 09, 2008
Over here on the right are my shared items from Google Reader. I call them I found these great post. When I come across post I'd like to tell my friends about, I click "share with notes" in GR, and leave a note about what I thought was so awesome. It automatically update this box on my bog, it so cool! I think it shows that last 10 items I shared. There are a couple of ways you can see that I've shared.
- Click on it in the I found these great post box to the right. Clicking on the title takes you to the post I shared, clicking on the blog name takes you to that blog.
- Click Read More... at the bottom of the I found these great post box to the right. Which will take you to a page which list everything I've shared with the notes as to why I shared them.
- Subscribe to http://www.google.com/reader/shared/13981102155271029266?hl=en in your Google Reader, it updates just like any other blog. And you still get to read the notes.
I show this to melonscraps and she started using it. When I subscribed to her shared items, I could see what she found interesting, sometimes on blogs I hadn't seen. It a great way to expose your blogging buddies to other blogs you like.
So you assignment is to: 1) Start using Share or Share with Notes and 2) Share them with me, I have a "Show and Tell" folder on my Reader waiting for what you find interesting. 3) leave me a comment, I just love them!
ALL POINTS BULLETIN: Scrapbooking Geeks on the Loose.....
5 comments Posted by tigardlilly at Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Here I will relate a conversation I had Saturday afternoon with my lovely seven year old niece.
First some background; this past weekend was the opening of the Portland Rose Festival. This first weekend is especially busy in that we do the Fireworks Spectacular on Friday evening and then the Starlight Parade Saturday evening. Both events require arriving early in the afternoon to "stake out" our choice spot. So while reloading the car Saturday morning, I shut my tailgate on my garage door remote and the casing shattered. Luckily, it still works when you push the little yellow button on the circuit board.
At the parking garage, about 12 miles from my house:
Niece: Can I see the smashed garage door opener?
Me: OK, be careful
Niece: Can I push the yellow button.
Me: Oh no, you can't push that my garage door will open. (teasing)
Niece: Oh yeah, then someone could get into your house.
Me: Oh, they might steal my scrapbooking stuff.
Niece: Only if they're Scrapbooking Geeks!
Me: What!?
Niece: He he he he. Marilyn's one too. (Marilyn=melonscraps)
Tonight
Me: I just post a picture of Squirrelly-Girly with only one of her four front teeth. I'm a Computer Geek too!
PS She's scrapbooked with me before!!!
