Thursday, September 20, 2007
Article: Can You Make Too Many Digital Memories?
Sorry. I can't repost this. The bottom of the article says so.
Too Many Digital Memories?
I've posted this blog in response to an article posted by MSNBC entitled, "Can You Make Too Many Digital Memories?" http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20763864/ I'll post the original article next.
I have almost 2000 pictures of my 11 month old daughter. I'm sure she won't care about half of them, but I scrap the ones I want to make sure she sees. I don't take nearly as many as I did when she was really little. (mostly because she broke the digital camera I absolutely loved and now I have to use my much larger, much more bulky digital camera) Still, my mom took hundreds of pictures and when I was growing up and scrapped a lot of them. I have 8 books of me. She did this for my other two sisters, as well. She gave us our books when we turned 18 and we were then told that we could get rid of anything we didn't want to keep. I tossed so many pictures I had drawn and other papers, but not the photos. Well, maybe a few from the awkward tween years. But I don't want ANYONE remembering those times!
The article says that we CD's may become old news and unable to be viewed due to software changes. I say to that, well, at least I scrapped the good stuff! Also, I plan on keeping something that will view these things or transferring all that info to the new viewing devices...or even, heaven help me, printing all the photos I don't scrap. *gasp* I should start now, huh? At least they're only a few cents at walmart or kinkos!
I have almost 2000 pictures of my 11 month old daughter. I'm sure she won't care about half of them, but I scrap the ones I want to make sure she sees. I don't take nearly as many as I did when she was really little. (mostly because she broke the digital camera I absolutely loved and now I have to use my much larger, much more bulky digital camera) Still, my mom took hundreds of pictures and when I was growing up and scrapped a lot of them. I have 8 books of me. She did this for my other two sisters, as well. She gave us our books when we turned 18 and we were then told that we could get rid of anything we didn't want to keep. I tossed so many pictures I had drawn and other papers, but not the photos. Well, maybe a few from the awkward tween years. But I don't want ANYONE remembering those times!
The article says that we CD's may become old news and unable to be viewed due to software changes. I say to that, well, at least I scrapped the good stuff! Also, I plan on keeping something that will view these things or transferring all that info to the new viewing devices...or even, heaven help me, printing all the photos I don't scrap. *gasp* I should start now, huh? At least they're only a few cents at walmart or kinkos!
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
What's Your Fashion Personality?
You're more of Casual Cutie
Comfort is your middle name. If you're not comfortable, then why bother? You'd choose cotton and spandex over tight clothing and itchy fabric any day. You understand that to look good, you must feel good on the inside and outside. You also believe that fashion isn't necessarily the best reflection of who you are - it's what's on the inside that counts. Maybe you are in a fashion rut or just aren't sure how to spice up your look while still feeling like you're YOU underneath. Whatever it is, don't be afraid to experiment. Add bolder choices gradually, but always choose something you feel at ease in.
Fashion Personality Quiz
Comfort is your middle name. If you're not comfortable, then why bother? You'd choose cotton and spandex over tight clothing and itchy fabric any day. You understand that to look good, you must feel good on the inside and outside. You also believe that fashion isn't necessarily the best reflection of who you are - it's what's on the inside that counts. Maybe you are in a fashion rut or just aren't sure how to spice up your look while still feeling like you're YOU underneath. Whatever it is, don't be afraid to experiment. Add bolder choices gradually, but always choose something you feel at ease in.
Fashion Personality Quiz
Paperdoll Psychology
My results:
Let's go to the hop! Your choices tell us you are comfortable with traditional gender roles and may have watched too many reruns of "Happy Days."
Totally true. I am a traditionalist. Nothing feminist about me!
Paperdoll Psychology
Let's go to the hop! Your choices tell us you are comfortable with traditional gender roles and may have watched too many reruns of "Happy Days."
Totally true. I am a traditionalist. Nothing feminist about me!
Paperdoll Psychology
Friday, September 14, 2007
More Pages
Credits: Dusky Rose Page Kit by Lauren Bavin, DSP Designer; Paper Squares Quick Click by Jamie Rousselle Heyl, DSP Designer
Credits: New Beginnings Page Kit by Suzanne C Walker, DSP Designer; Faded Glory Page Kit by Lauren Bavin, DSP Designer; Take A Walk Page Kit by Lisa Carter, DSP Designer
Credits: Weathered Ancestry Page Kit by Valeri Brumfield, DSP Designer; Dragonfly Dreamer Page Kit and Add On by Nicole Young, DSP Designer; Vintage Devotion Add On by Nicole Young, DSP Designer; I Close My Eyes Add On by Beth Nixon, DSP Designer
Credits: Weathered Ancestry Page Kit by Valeri Brumfield, DSP Designer
Credits: Weathered Ancestry Page Kit by Valeri Brumfield, DSP Designer
Been a Couple Days
It's been a couple days since my last post. Sorry about that. I've been busy taking care of my daughter and scrapping and whatnot.
I'm really trying to get myself ready to design some of my own kits. I had some earlier ones that I thought were good at the time, and I got a bunch of requests for them, but I want to be a DSP Designer, so I'm going to have to step it up a lot and start creating. I've been reading books and trying to teach myself how to create elements. Time consuming research. But I'm determined! I still want to create scrapbook pages for people at a nominal fee, but I have no idea how to set it up paying for it. I know I can use paypal, but I don't know how they contact me and all that. I need someone with website design knowhow.
That's about it with me.
Ta ta for now.
I'm really trying to get myself ready to design some of my own kits. I had some earlier ones that I thought were good at the time, and I got a bunch of requests for them, but I want to be a DSP Designer, so I'm going to have to step it up a lot and start creating. I've been reading books and trying to teach myself how to create elements. Time consuming research. But I'm determined! I still want to create scrapbook pages for people at a nominal fee, but I have no idea how to set it up paying for it. I know I can use paypal, but I don't know how they contact me and all that. I need someone with website design knowhow.
That's about it with me.
Ta ta for now.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
September 11th
I've been busy creating a mini 9/11 scrapbook for my daughter and my future generations. Here are the 4 pages I've done so far. I did a search on google and found these pictures from various sites. Sorry, I forgot to write down where I got them from.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Attention to Detail. When people come to your home what is the first thing you want them to see and why?
That's easy. I want them to see a clean house, despite my daughter being a little tornado. I make sure the dishes are done, the floors are vacuumed, swept and mopped. I make sure the rooms are picked up and there are no stray toys hiding anywhere (I actually do this an ungodly number of times a day). I make sure my bathroom is spick and span, too. Never know when they are going to need to use the restroom. If the trash is full, my hubby is then ordered to take it out! I dust and straighten up the desk and fluff the couch cushions, making sure to clean any food prints my daughter left behind. I make sure that there is no odor anywhere, either. Candles and an airwick are a must. Candles in the bathroom and the airwich is on a timer in my daughter's room because of the daiper pail. That always stinks without the airwick. Lastly, I straighten up my daughter...as much as I can.
I do all of this because I can't stand the thought of someone coming over and seeing my place a mess. I don't want to leave them with the impression that I can't keep a clean house. I want them to walk in and think, "Wow! This house is so clean!" I've gone over to people's houses and seen a mess and thought to myself, why on earth didn't they straighten up a bit more? My eyes focus on the mess. So if my eyes focus on the messes at other people's houses, I assume that their eyes would focus on any mess at my home. Cleanliness is important to me. My house is almost always clean, but I go the extra step when there's company over. I even take these steps when the maintenance people come, even if they're only going to be here for a few minutes (I live in an apartment).
So that's what I want them to see. Clean. I don't decorate so much because we're moving once our lease is up here. We hate it where we live now. I hate to say it, but I actually hate my downstairs neighbors. They play their techno music so loud at all hours of the day. I have to bang on the floor regularly to get them to turn it down. They smoke and their smoke comes into my house when my glass door is open. Sometimes they smoke pot, too. I hate it. It stinks up the whole apartment. Then there is the fact that this is the ghetto to me. We got this place because of the space and the price. We got over 1000 square feet for under 800, which should have tipped us off in the first place. We're definitely moving. I'm counting down til I get to submit our 20 day notice! Looking forward to it. Maybe I'll get to decorate at the next place. I'm not even bothering here. I hate it so much I don't want to leave any doubt that we're moving come April!
I do all of this because I can't stand the thought of someone coming over and seeing my place a mess. I don't want to leave them with the impression that I can't keep a clean house. I want them to walk in and think, "Wow! This house is so clean!" I've gone over to people's houses and seen a mess and thought to myself, why on earth didn't they straighten up a bit more? My eyes focus on the mess. So if my eyes focus on the messes at other people's houses, I assume that their eyes would focus on any mess at my home. Cleanliness is important to me. My house is almost always clean, but I go the extra step when there's company over. I even take these steps when the maintenance people come, even if they're only going to be here for a few minutes (I live in an apartment).
So that's what I want them to see. Clean. I don't decorate so much because we're moving once our lease is up here. We hate it where we live now. I hate to say it, but I actually hate my downstairs neighbors. They play their techno music so loud at all hours of the day. I have to bang on the floor regularly to get them to turn it down. They smoke and their smoke comes into my house when my glass door is open. Sometimes they smoke pot, too. I hate it. It stinks up the whole apartment. Then there is the fact that this is the ghetto to me. We got this place because of the space and the price. We got over 1000 square feet for under 800, which should have tipped us off in the first place. We're definitely moving. I'm counting down til I get to submit our 20 day notice! Looking forward to it. Maybe I'll get to decorate at the next place. I'm not even bothering here. I hate it so much I don't want to leave any doubt that we're moving come April!
Sunday, September 9, 2007
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Two More
Watching The Ducks Pages 1 and 2
Credits for both pages: Tiny Bubbles Add On by Rene Bross, DSP Designer; Faded Glory Kit by Lauren Bavin, DSP Designer; Frame by Krista RingAnn-Marcee Kit by Marcee Duggar, DSP Designer; Brushed Away Add On by Rene Bross, DSP Designer
Credits for both pages: Tiny Bubbles Add On by Rene Bross, DSP Designer; Faded Glory Kit by Lauren Bavin, DSP Designer; Frame by Krista RingAnn-Marcee Kit by Marcee Duggar, DSP Designer; Brushed Away Add On by Rene Bross, DSP Designer
Friday, September 7, 2007
DET Contest Update
So I didn't make it past round 1. I don't know why, but it's ok. Even though I'm a competitive person I'm not a bad sport about not making it. I know that the most important thing is that I scrapped a page my daughter will look at one day and admire. That's all that matters. The memories, not the contest. She won't know that it was entered into a contest. She'll appreciate the memories it signifies. That's all.
I'll try out again in March. By then I'll have gotten much better at scrapping. In the meantime I'm going to perfect my skills and even try my hand at designing my own kits in hopes of becoming part of the talented designers on DSP. That would be awesome!
I'll try out again in March. By then I'll have gotten much better at scrapping. In the meantime I'm going to perfect my skills and even try my hand at designing my own kits in hopes of becoming part of the talented designers on DSP. That would be awesome!
More Page-2's
Credits: Tiny Bubbles Page Kit and Add On by Rene Bross, DSP Designer
Credits: Brushed Away Page Kit and Add On by Rene Bross, DSP Designer
Blog Prompt
Fashion Facts. Over the centuries, fashions have taken dramatic changes. Do you know of any obscure fashion facts to add to our knowledge?
Totally the wrong person to ask. I have no idea! I'd have to look that up!
1. The first pair of Doc Martens were made from old tires.
2. Elizabeth the I loved hats so much that she made it mandatory for all females over the age of 7 to wear a hat on Sundays and holidays. Anyone who refused to do so was stiffly fined.
3. Many years ago the blue-blooded society of women would change their garments many times a day. The clothes were never worn again by the royalty, but were instead, given to the slaves.
4. Victorian times promoted the hourglass figure causing women everywhere to wear tight corsets. Some women wore the corsets so tight that in doing so, they often broke ribs.
5. Women who had straight hair wanted it to be curly. Those with curly hair looked for options to straighten it. In 1906 the first hair perms began, requiring clientele to sit for six hours or more while a dozen brass curlers were positioned. Each curler weighed close to 2 pounds making this an uncomfortable ritual at best. Aristocratic ladies of the 16th century even went as far as to grow pubic hair as long as possible then adorn it with ribbons and bows. (Ok, this one is kind of gross, but obscure nonetheless.)
6. Early bras weren't exactly a fashion statement, though. Some consisted of simply a ribbon which tied two handkerchiefs together.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/9551/strange_but_true_fashion_facts.html
7. Agnes Sorel, the mistress of King Charles VII of France was the first woman to wear diamonds.
8. Although the hardest substance known, diamonds they can be chipped. They have a grain line and may be broken by a sharp blow along this line.
http://searchwarp.com/swa7270.htm
These are just a few that I found.
Totally the wrong person to ask. I have no idea! I'd have to look that up!
1. The first pair of Doc Martens were made from old tires.
2. Elizabeth the I loved hats so much that she made it mandatory for all females over the age of 7 to wear a hat on Sundays and holidays. Anyone who refused to do so was stiffly fined.
3. Many years ago the blue-blooded society of women would change their garments many times a day. The clothes were never worn again by the royalty, but were instead, given to the slaves.
4. Victorian times promoted the hourglass figure causing women everywhere to wear tight corsets. Some women wore the corsets so tight that in doing so, they often broke ribs.
5. Women who had straight hair wanted it to be curly. Those with curly hair looked for options to straighten it. In 1906 the first hair perms began, requiring clientele to sit for six hours or more while a dozen brass curlers were positioned. Each curler weighed close to 2 pounds making this an uncomfortable ritual at best. Aristocratic ladies of the 16th century even went as far as to grow pubic hair as long as possible then adorn it with ribbons and bows. (Ok, this one is kind of gross, but obscure nonetheless.)
6. Early bras weren't exactly a fashion statement, though. Some consisted of simply a ribbon which tied two handkerchiefs together.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/9551/strange_but_true_fashion_facts.html
7. Agnes Sorel, the mistress of King Charles VII of France was the first woman to wear diamonds.
8. Although the hardest substance known, diamonds they can be chipped. They have a grain line and may be broken by a sharp blow along this line.
http://searchwarp.com/swa7270.htm
These are just a few that I found.
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Yet Again More Pages
Here's page 2 of the Layout I did for the DET Contest for DigitalScrapbookPlace:
Credits: Fantaisie D'Aile Page Kit by Valeri Brumfield, DSP; Word Art-Famous Authors-Keats by Tina Chambers, DSP
Here's one I did of my husband and his best friend, Rich.
Credits: Fantaisie D'Aile Page Kit by Valeri Brumfield, DSP; Weathered Ancestry Page Kit by Valeri Brumfield, DSP; Dragonfly Dreamer Page Kit and Add On by Nicole Young, DSP
Thanks for looking!
Credits: Fantaisie D'Aile Page Kit by Valeri Brumfield, DSP; Word Art-Famous Authors-Keats by Tina Chambers, DSP
Here's one I did of my husband and his best friend, Rich.
Credits: Fantaisie D'Aile Page Kit by Valeri Brumfield, DSP; Weathered Ancestry Page Kit by Valeri Brumfield, DSP; Dragonfly Dreamer Page Kit and Add On by Nicole Young, DSP
Thanks for looking!
Another Page...
Credit: A Birdie Told Me Page Kit and coordinating Paper Flower Kit by Rene Bross, DSP Designer
I loved this kit so much that I had to use it.
Blog Prompt:Shoes make the woman. Give us an insight into your closet. Your shoes closet that is.
I don't have a shoe closet. Ever since I was a few months pregnant I have been wearing flip flop sandals because my feet swelled up so bad that I couldn't fit anything else. That's all I wear now. Those same sandals. I like them. I used to have a thing about my feet. I though they were so ugly. How could I show them to the world? But pregnancy has a way of getting you to overcome such nonsense. I don't care who sees my feet now. Whatever. I was born with them. It's not like I chose them, you know? I can't help how they look. My daughter now has the same feet. I call them "the family feet." Poor baby. Wide shoes will be a must for her.
Anyway. So I used to have a lot of shoes. I used to have a lot of nice shoes that I paid a lot of money for (well, a lot of money for me). Bakers was my favorite store. All of my shoes are dressy shoes. I'm a stay at home mom now. What in the world do I need dressy shoes for? Wearing heels while simutaniously dealing with an 11 month old (well, 11 months on Sunday) who just learned how to walk a few weeks ago and has been enjoying it and constantly doing it ever since? I don't think so. My feet hurt doing all that. Nowadays it's all flats, please. So all my shoes are in a laundry bag. Yes, I put my expensive shoes in a laundry bag. The horror, I know. But it was either that or just throwing them in a box...which I still may do. One day I'll dig them out and dust them off (or unscuff those that I can) and don them again. No time soon, let me assure you. So for now they sit in my closet inside a laundry bag that I had from the military and await the time when I'll be ready to wear them again. If they had a soul and feelings and all that, I would think that they'd be a bit hurt by being discarded so easily. But then, they don't have to support my weight anymore!
Not that I'm fat. I could stand to lose the weight I gained in pregnancy, plus a little more. About 50 pounds would do good for me. That would make me as skinny as I was in 2001. I looked so hot then! Or as skinny as I was in 2004. That was a good year, too! That's also the year I stopped working out regularly while still eating like a football player. I was counting on my youthful metabolism to carry me through forever. Well, the joke is on me for sure! Tell me, how am I supposed to work out when I'm a stay at home mom and have an 11 month old that is super clingy and doesn't really want strangers near her and I live in an apartment where there is no gym and no one close that I know or am comfortable with watching my daughter? Tell me. I would LOVE to know. And no, I'm not paying for one of those jogging strollers. A waste of money to me. I've already got 2 strollers. What on earth do I need to spend all that money for a third? Your right. Maybe I'm making excuses. Ever since the military FORCED me to work out every Monday, Wednesday and Friday I've hated working out and once I got out of the military I practically gave it up. LOL. Who am I kidding! I gave it up COMPLETELY! LOL Well. Guess I'll have to do something about it, huh? I'm eating less but maintaining my weight where I am. Sucks. Oh well. At least I'm well poportioned. There's a plus.
So I've strayed from the topic, but what do you expect? I'm a woman who had a baby. Shorter attention span and all that.
Thanks for reading. And if you comment, thanks for that, too.
Jennifer
Anyway. So I used to have a lot of shoes. I used to have a lot of nice shoes that I paid a lot of money for (well, a lot of money for me). Bakers was my favorite store. All of my shoes are dressy shoes. I'm a stay at home mom now. What in the world do I need dressy shoes for? Wearing heels while simutaniously dealing with an 11 month old (well, 11 months on Sunday) who just learned how to walk a few weeks ago and has been enjoying it and constantly doing it ever since? I don't think so. My feet hurt doing all that. Nowadays it's all flats, please. So all my shoes are in a laundry bag. Yes, I put my expensive shoes in a laundry bag. The horror, I know. But it was either that or just throwing them in a box...which I still may do. One day I'll dig them out and dust them off (or unscuff those that I can) and don them again. No time soon, let me assure you. So for now they sit in my closet inside a laundry bag that I had from the military and await the time when I'll be ready to wear them again. If they had a soul and feelings and all that, I would think that they'd be a bit hurt by being discarded so easily. But then, they don't have to support my weight anymore!
Not that I'm fat. I could stand to lose the weight I gained in pregnancy, plus a little more. About 50 pounds would do good for me. That would make me as skinny as I was in 2001. I looked so hot then! Or as skinny as I was in 2004. That was a good year, too! That's also the year I stopped working out regularly while still eating like a football player. I was counting on my youthful metabolism to carry me through forever. Well, the joke is on me for sure! Tell me, how am I supposed to work out when I'm a stay at home mom and have an 11 month old that is super clingy and doesn't really want strangers near her and I live in an apartment where there is no gym and no one close that I know or am comfortable with watching my daughter? Tell me. I would LOVE to know. And no, I'm not paying for one of those jogging strollers. A waste of money to me. I've already got 2 strollers. What on earth do I need to spend all that money for a third? Your right. Maybe I'm making excuses. Ever since the military FORCED me to work out every Monday, Wednesday and Friday I've hated working out and once I got out of the military I practically gave it up. LOL. Who am I kidding! I gave it up COMPLETELY! LOL Well. Guess I'll have to do something about it, huh? I'm eating less but maintaining my weight where I am. Sucks. Oh well. At least I'm well poportioned. There's a plus.
So I've strayed from the topic, but what do you expect? I'm a woman who had a baby. Shorter attention span and all that.
Thanks for reading. And if you comment, thanks for that, too.
Jennifer
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Yup! Another Page
Another page I've just finished.
Credit: Faded Glory Page Kit by Lauren Bavin, DigitalScrapbookPlace Senior Designer
Credit: Faded Glory Page Kit by Lauren Bavin, DigitalScrapbookPlace Senior Designer
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Blog Prompt: Fashionably Correct.
Fashionably Correct. In years past one would not be seen without a hat to complete your ensemble. Not so much these days. When and where do you think it is fashionably correct to wear a hat?
Hmmm. Nowadays, not many places. It really depends on the hat. Baseball Caps are hats and are appropriate in many places at almost any time. Cowboy hats can be worn just about any time, also. If we're talking about big ladies hats with flowers and what not on them, the most appropriate and common place to wear them are during church services (for baptists and other non-catholics- don't think I've ever seen a catholic adorne a hat in church). I could be wrong but that's the only place I would think it would fashionably correct. Also there's the beach. Hats are great to keep the sun off our faces! And they look good, too!
I don't wear hats. After being in the Navy for 4 1/2 years having to wear a baseball cap or other hat every time I went outside in uniform, I hate wearing them. They give me hat-hair! No thanks!
Hmmm. Nowadays, not many places. It really depends on the hat. Baseball Caps are hats and are appropriate in many places at almost any time. Cowboy hats can be worn just about any time, also. If we're talking about big ladies hats with flowers and what not on them, the most appropriate and common place to wear them are during church services (for baptists and other non-catholics- don't think I've ever seen a catholic adorne a hat in church). I could be wrong but that's the only place I would think it would fashionably correct. Also there's the beach. Hats are great to keep the sun off our faces! And they look good, too!
I don't wear hats. After being in the Navy for 4 1/2 years having to wear a baseball cap or other hat every time I went outside in uniform, I hate wearing them. They give me hat-hair! No thanks!
More Pages
I've done a couple more pages that I'm extremely pleased with. My husband helped me out with the "My Dog Darby" layout. He suggested that I enlarge the dog and place him in the corner and do sort of an overlay look to it. After playing around with the blending modes I settled on Luminosity. I then did a light opacity eraser brush to it to give it a softer look around the edges. With the other page, I added depth to the foliage by adding drop shadow. I extracted my daughter and sat her on a rock that I extracted and added a few more rocks that I extracted.
Credits: April Showers Add On Pack by Rene Bross, Digital Scrapbook Place
Credits: Word Art by Tina Chambers, Digital Scrapbook Place; Inspired By Nature Parts 1-3 Kits by Ingrid Designs
Credits: April Showers Add On Pack by Rene Bross, Digital Scrapbook Place
Credits: Word Art by Tina Chambers, Digital Scrapbook Place; Inspired By Nature Parts 1-3 Kits by Ingrid Designs
Simplify life. We all have them, those household items that we purchase for one thing and then end up using them for another. What items do you have t
Hmm. The only thing I can think of is baby wipes. With being a mother of a 10 month old, I use these all the time. Not just for wiping bottoms, but for cleaning up her face, hands, etc, when she makes a mess eating or whatever. I use them for dusting sometimes. I use them to wipe the food and finger prints off the furniture that my daughter leaves behind. And, after watching a news episode where they said that baby wipes disinfect like disinfectant wipes, I use them to disinfect tables at restaurants and shopping carts if my daughter will be touching them. No need to have her sick because someone doesn't wash their hands or a rag is filled with disgusting bacteria, right? I'm not a germ-a-phobe, but I still like to keep my daughter safe from some things, you know?
Monday, September 3, 2007
Blog Prompt: Fashion Woes. What, in your opinion, is your most embarassing fashion moment?
Hmmm. I don't think I have one PARTICULAR instance. I think the 80's would have to suffice as my most embarrassing fashion moment. I don't remember it much, but I do see pictures and I can't believe what I wore then. Yes, I'm only 24, but oh my goodness!
There was, however, one particular picture that I am embarrassed about. On my 10th birthday I picked out my outfit. I wore white cowboy boots and a purple dress (not frilly, just plain). I can't believe I wore that! Oh my goodness!
Most recently, the most embarassing moments were when I was breastfeeding in the beginning and I used to leak through my shirts. How nice to look down and see a nice round wet spot! I hated wearing the nursing pads because they were visible through the shirts.
I don't think I've ever been REALLY embarrassed by something I wore. I don't feel that way usually because I really don't let it bother me. Especially now that I'm a mother of a baby. Once she started eating solids I gave up on being embarrassed by the food that ended up on my shirt that I hadn't noticed for most of the day, or any other time I have a fashion mishap. I blame it on parenthood!
There was, however, one particular picture that I am embarrassed about. On my 10th birthday I picked out my outfit. I wore white cowboy boots and a purple dress (not frilly, just plain). I can't believe I wore that! Oh my goodness!
Most recently, the most embarassing moments were when I was breastfeeding in the beginning and I used to leak through my shirts. How nice to look down and see a nice round wet spot! I hated wearing the nursing pads because they were visible through the shirts.
I don't think I've ever been REALLY embarrassed by something I wore. I don't feel that way usually because I really don't let it bother me. Especially now that I'm a mother of a baby. Once she started eating solids I gave up on being embarrassed by the food that ended up on my shirt that I hadn't noticed for most of the day, or any other time I have a fashion mishap. I blame it on parenthood!
Digital Elite Team Contest
Every six months, in March and September, Digital Scrapbook Place holds a contest to choose new layout designers for their team. These designers create layouts using the DSP designers kits to showcase the kits. Even though I've only been digital scrapbooking for a few months (I think 5 months) I've decided to try. There are three elimination-style rounds. I'm hoping that I at least make it to round 2. Here is my submission for this round:
We were to use DSP Designer Kim Liddiard's Fantaisie D'Aile Kit and DSP Designer Tina Chamber's Word Art-Famous Authors-Keats. The objective: Using just the kits as is, create a layout that showcases the kit. Here is a preview of the kit:
My question is, do you think I showcased the kit well? I think so, but I'm not sure. I wish I could have seen the March round 1 finalists layouts so I could get an idea as to what the DET were looking for. I really want to be a DET member. I love the kits and I love the site. If I don't make it this time, I'll definitely be trying out next time. But I'll find out if I made it to round 2 on September 7th. Hopefully mine is unique enough and impresses the DET enough so they'll let me into round 2.
Anyway. That's what's been going on lately and why I haven't posted for a while. So busy with contests and challenges with deadlines very near.
We were to use DSP Designer Kim Liddiard's Fantaisie D'Aile Kit and DSP Designer Tina Chamber's Word Art-Famous Authors-Keats. The objective: Using just the kits as is, create a layout that showcases the kit. Here is a preview of the kit:
My question is, do you think I showcased the kit well? I think so, but I'm not sure. I wish I could have seen the March round 1 finalists layouts so I could get an idea as to what the DET were looking for. I really want to be a DET member. I love the kits and I love the site. If I don't make it this time, I'll definitely be trying out next time. But I'll find out if I made it to round 2 on September 7th. Hopefully mine is unique enough and impresses the DET enough so they'll let me into round 2.
Anyway. That's what's been going on lately and why I haven't posted for a while. So busy with contests and challenges with deadlines very near.
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