Posted by melissa on Sep 8, 2008 in
Web Design,
everything else I have redesigned cyberelement.com, it now closely resembles photobookmemories.com. Business has slowed down quite a bit with the state of the economy. I am going back to web design. Photo Book Memories will still be here. I’ll now have both businesses to run. The blog will be shared by both sites. I’ll be posting web design related articles here in addition to the digital scrapbooking stuff. Let me know if there is anything specific you would like to see about web design.
Posted by melissa on Jul 24, 2008 in
Personal,
everything else,
family I found a Wii Fit in Costco a few weeks ago. They are scarce - I’m looking for another one for my mother. I love it! It’s fun and engaging. I hate working out. I need to lose about 60 lbs. If you search my blog, you’ll see where I lost 50 lbs. Yeah, well, I gained back 60.
I do my body test before I start. My Mii starts out looking normal, then it calculates my BMI and the little gauge goes up and up and up and a little voice says “that’s obese” and my Mii plumps up nice and fat like a turkey ready for the oven!
The good news is that I am actually losing weight with it. I’m down a few pounds in since I started around July 4th. I feel it in my body. My back feels great. I was having lots of low back pain - I think the hula hoops have made it much better!
Yoga is hard! I’ve never done it and I have a hard time with the poses on the Wii. I’ve only tried a few and am working my way up. The strength exercises are also difficult. I’ve avoided most of them so far, too. Aerobics is easy and fun and I work up a sweat. The Balance games are just fun. I’m sure they help my balance but it’s a stretch to call them exercise!
It’s worth getting a Wii just for the Wii Fit. It’s more fun than going to the gym and having the feedback while you’re working out makes a difference. Having others in the high score spot motivates you to want to beat them! I highly recommend it and you don’t have to leave home and can toss that gym membership!
Got a Wii? Leave a note about how you like it.
Posted by melissa on Jun 17, 2008 in
Designing Pages,
everything else I am currently designing my personal Disney pages (I have many, many photos from Disney). My husband bought me a DVC (Disney Vacation Club) last fall ensuring we will be visiting at least once a year. We have been going once or twice a year for several years.
I have partnered up with Sophia Sarducci to bring you her wonderful designs. Digital Scrappers can make their own pages from her designs and I am creating templates to use with my customers’ photos. You organize the photos in the order you want them, send them to me and I’ll make you a Disney Themed Photo Book! I am mixing my own designs in there with hers. There will be lots of themes including Cinderella, Mickey, Belle, Buzz, Woody, Bugs Life, Ariel, Nemo, Monsters, Snow White, Tink, Peter Pan and more.
I will post the pages in the gallery as I get them designed.
Posted by melissa on Jan 3, 2008 in
everything else I updated my galleries to include more pages and samples of custom work. Take a look.
http://photobookmemories.com/samples.html
I added pages from the 2 most recent wedding books I designed, a bunch of personal Disney pages, some 50th Anniversary books, pages from a travel album and lots of my personal pages. I took some time over the holidays to work on my stuff. I’m 2 years behind! I’m up to October of 2005.
Many of the graphics in my personal pages are from designs I’ve collected and purchased from other designers. I’ve put a note in the gallery that these graphics are not available for custom books. If you are a designer and I’ve used your graphics in a page and you would prefer I not display it, just let me know and I’ll remove the page.
Posted by melissa on Nov 29, 2007 in
everything else It was time for an update. My website was getting out of control with information and too many pages. It’s now nice and clean, clear and simple. I would love to hear your feedback, let me know what you think about the new site and the new look of the blog.
Photo Book Memories
Posted by melissa on Nov 1, 2007 in
everything else I have been ignoring my blog! I know you guys are out there, waiting for more great videos and I’ve been too busy to pay attention. I’m sorry I’ve been out of touch. Would you like to see something weekly, maybe a freebie or special quick-tip? I’m going to post a few videos to keep you busy. Leave me a comment if you have an idea of what you would like every week and I’ll keep the videos coming!
Posted by melissa on Apr 24, 2007 in
everything else I know I haven’t contributed a personal post in quite a while. I figure you come here to learn cool stuff about photoshop, not to hear about me and my life! But… I know it’s nice to know the person behind the blog, so here is a personal entry for you!
I bought a new cell phone last week - I’ve never really bought a cell phone. I had a really old phone, it was about 8 yrs. old. I went to visit my family back east and my 18 yr. sister (yes, she is very much younger than me - dad remarried) was embarrassed to seen with me, so she gave me her old flip phone. It was falling apart and wouldn’t hold a charge anymore. I’m in a leadership training program and finding myself on the phone way more than normal, so I bought a new one to lessen my disdain for cell phones - I hate them. It’s a pink/purple RAZR.
It’s cool - but I have pre-paid, so I can’t really use all the cool features - which I actually don’t really even know what the cool features are. I can take pictures - I did that. I can receive and reply to text messages, but I can’t seem to send one. I can’t send a pix message - I’m guessing it would eat all of my minutes. I refuse to buy a plan - I pay $15 a month for my minutes - no extra stuff, I pay as I go, when I want. The guy who sold me my phone said he’s never seen my plan - because it’s about 8 yrs old!
Back to the reason - this leadership training I’m doing. I’ve been participating in programs with Landmark Education since last May. I completed the curriculum for living and I’m now in the Introduction Leaders Program. It’s intense and I love it. It’s the best leadership training on the planet. If you are looking for breakthroughs in your life, want to dissolve barriers to your success and happiness, check out Landmark Education.
Posted by melissa on Jan 25, 2007 in
everything else I’ve been analyzing my web stats lately and they don’t make any sense to me at all. They say there are about 3000 visitors to my site per month and 75% of those bookmark it. That is huge - over 2000 people per month bookmarking my site. But I have a difficult time believing the numbers. If that was true, I would have more communication with those people - right?
That’s where you come in. I have a blog for many reasons, increase ranking on the search engines, keeping customers updated and informed, providing tips for making better pages for printing and I love teaching, so adding tutorials and info is great. The problem is, I don’t know who is here, where you came from or why you’re here. I have a spam filter on my comments - so they don’t show up right away, I have to moderate them and make sure you’re a real person. But the comments are rare and few, so I feel very alone and quite at odds with my stats!
So I’m asking you to please, please say hi. Let me know what you like, what you want to see, who you are and what you do. The more feedback I get the more stuff I will post to feed the requests. And, if you see a few comments posted, please don’t think one more won’t matter - it does. I want to hear from you. I want to know I’m talking to real people and not a bunch of bots trying to spam my site.
Thank you for making a difference.
Posted by melissa on Nov 14, 2006 in
everything else A friend emailed this to me today and I just have to share.
Jeff Foxworthy on Colorado
You are a Coloradoan if …………..
1. You switch from “Heat” to “A/C” in one day.
2. You know what the “Peoples Republic of Boulder” means.
3. Your sense of direction is: towards the mountains and away from the mountains.
4. You’re a meat-eating vegetarian.
5. The bike on your car is worth more than your car and you have your own special bike lane.
6. You’re able to drive 65 miles per hour through 13 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without even flinching.
7. You take your out-of-town guests to Casa Bonita even though you would never go there otherwise.
8. You think your major food groups are granola bars, tofu and Fat Tire Beer.
9. You design your kid’s Halloween costumes to fit over a snowsuit.
10. You think that sexy lingerie is wool socks and flannel PJs.
11. You know all 4 seasons “almost winter, winter, still winter and spring blizzards
12. You’ve been tear gassed in a riot to celebrate a CU/CSU victory.
13. You can never figure out why your out-of-town guests faint from altitude sickness on a picnic to the mountains.
14. You can drive over a 12,000-foot pass in 4 feet of snow, but can’t get to work if there are 4 inches of snow.
15. You know the ‘correct’ pronunciation of Buena Vista.
16. When you visit friends at sea level, you can drink a case of beer and not get a buzz.
17. Your car insurance costs more than your car.
18. You have surge protectors on every outlet.
19. April showers bring May blizzards.
20. ‘Timberline’ is someplace you have actually been.
21. You know what a ‘Chinook’ is
22. You know what a ‘Rocky Mountain Oyster’ is.
23. You know what a “fourteener” is.
24. …But you don’t know what a “turn signal” is.
25. A bear on your front porch doesn’t bother you nearly as much as a Democrat in Congress does.
26. Your golf bag has a 9-iron, a 3-wood and a lightning rod.
27. People from out of state breathe 5 times as often as you do.
28. Having a Senator named Nighthorse doesn’t seem strange.
29. Thunder has set off your car alarm.
30. You have an $800 stereo in your $300 truck.
31. You think a red light means 3 more cars can go.
32. Where we’re going, we don’t need roads!!
33. You know where the real “South Park” is.
34. You can recognize the license plates of all 50 states on sight.
35. Driving directions usually include ‘Go over _________ Pass.’
36. You’ve ‘checked for ticks’
37. You’ve dressed in shorts, sandals, and a parka with a hood.
38. You’ve gone snow skiing in July and………
39. You’ve played golf in January and…….
40. They were in the same year!
41. You’ve urinated on the Continental Divide just so it could run into both oceans
42. You know what a down slope and an up slope weather pattern is
43. And the most important: You get a certain feeling of satisfaction from
knowing that California and Texas are both downstream.
44. You actually understand these jokes and send them to your Colorado friends,
Posted by melissa on Oct 26, 2006 in
everything else Thanks for all for all of the great ideas for my new little product. I’ve chosen PocketBook Memories submitted by Paula. Thanks Paula! Get your little layouts ready for your very own.