Posted by melissa on Apr 25, 2008 in
Photoshop I have a Razr phone and I have pre-paid. I refuse to go on a monthly plan. I don’t use my phone very much. I can’t send photos with plan. I wanted to download the photos I took in Las Vegas but I can’t. I searched a little and it looks like I’m not the only one with this problem. None of my friends know how to get photos off their phone, either. I have a Mac. Anyone know a way besides sending a photo to an email address which I can’t do?
Posted by melissa on Apr 25, 2008 in
Photoshop Using Clipping Masks
You’ve all seen postcards or advertisements with a picture of something inside a block of bold text. In this tutorial, you’ll learn just how easy it can be to achieve this effect
Posted by melissa on Apr 25, 2008 in
Photoshop 
With all the press about diet soda making people fat, I’ve gone back to regular. I try not to drink soda, but I gotta have on every now and then. My new favorite is Coke in a bottle from Mexico. DH bought a case from Costco. It’s so much tastier than the US version - why? Because it’s sweetened with good old fashioned sugar - not corn syrup. I did some research - Coke-a-cola around the world is sweetened with sugar - but not here in the US. Unfortunately, corn syrup is in everything!
Corny Syrup is all about the numbers.
Here is the more info about the Coke formula.
My kids and husband prefer Orangina
After Orangina, Vivi loves cranberry juice. We get the cran-rasberry from Costco - 100% juice. Cranberry juice can be tricky - the bottles are labeled to make you believe it’s all juice when it’s not.
I try to do juice with soda water - tastes great and is more healthy. Like Izze sodas. They are tasty, but pricey.
What do you like to drink?
Posted by melissa on Apr 25, 2008 in
Photoshop 
I don’t recommend washing a digital camera! My Canon Powershot SD750 went through the wash last week. I had taken the kids to the zoo with my camera in my pocket. That’s one of the things I loved about it, it fit perfectly in my pocket! DH likes to toss the dirty clothes over the banister down to the foyer below - years of yelling has not deterred this behavior. I’m sure the camera had a good bump to the floor. Then we went to Las Vegas for a few days. I was annoyed on the way to the airport - I forgot the camera!. Oh well. My stepmother was watching the kids - she loves to do laundry. We called to talk to the kids and check in when I learned of it’s demise. At that point, I was upset because it had been a while since I downloaded the photos from the memory card.
I decided to buy a new Canon, having all the pieces and parts from the old one. I love the screen on the SD750, but hate that there is no battery warning - it’s just done, without warning. I have an extra battery from the first camera. I bought a Canon PowerShot SD1100 IS from Costco.com - came with a free 2GB memory card. It’s about the same size, nice for a pocket - I’ll be more careful! It also has an image stabilizer - good for DH who manages to take really bad photos most of the time. The screen is much smaller, but it has a viewfinder (so tiny, it’s not very useful).
The first thing I did was put the old memory card in there - and it works just fine! All the old photos were there. I tried the old battery - didn’t work. Charged the old battery - it works just fine. So I now have 3 batteries, 2 2GB memory cards, 2 battery chargers and 2 cables to connect.
Posted by melissa on Apr 14, 2008 in
Photoshop I have finally put my designs up for sale. I’m slowly getting them uploaded and entered on a new site, Digital Scrap Designs. This site is dedicated to commercial use and S4O/S4H (scrap-for-others and scrap-for-hire) products. You can purchase my designs in the store.
I would love to hear feedback from you. I know you’re out there, lurking. Let me know if you like these kits. I’m also interested to know who and how many of you are looking for S4O/S4H kits.
Here are the kits I have up so far:
Heritage
Pirates
Glitter Girls
Boys Life
Sweet Baby
Posted by melissa on Apr 14, 2008 in
Photoshop I have worked out the printing issues and I’m back in business. I will now be printing on a newer machine and the prints are awesome. They are higher quality, the paper is much nicer for the books. The prices have been adjusted and are effective immediately. Thanks for your support!