Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Photoblog Wednesday
Can you imagine "running out to mail something" here?? What a gorgeous building!
Monday, March 29, 2010
(The Best of) Monday Mug Shot
Originally posted at Yahoo on 10/22/07
Chicago Cubs
The mug is from one of the shops in Wrigleyville, that neighborhood in Chicago that surrounds Wrigley Field. I “collect” out of town ball parks, so I have been to a lot of stadiums all over the country. Still, even being a Reds, Braves and Tigers fan before any of the other teams, Wrigley is one of the parks of which I am most fond!
The first of many times I’ve been to Wrigley was in 1995. It was a baseball and art adventure with my mom, John, Heather, Rich and Tom, a friend that worked with Rich, Heather and me. We went to the station in Dearborn, Michigan, on Saturday morning and took Amtrak to Chicago.
We were split down the middle all the way! The Saturday afternoon game was the Braves and Cubs. John, Rich and I were going to tomahawk chop at Mom, Heather and Tom in Cubbies blue. It was a fun rivalry all weekend long. The Braves won game, which opened the door for some great antics later.
We had dinner at Ed Debevics, where the waitress “tripped” and flipped a full tray of (empty) water cups on our table and instigated the applause for John as he returned from the men’s room. Tom brought his video camera, so I even have a few snippets of video from the weekend. That video became even more meaningful to me after Mom’s passing.
Saturday night, we went to the observation deck at the Sears Tower and got to see the fireworks display at Navy Pier from above. That was SO cool to see!
We stayed at the Palmer House Hilton, in downtown Chicago. Still pumped up from the day, we played a board game back at the room and Tom, while recovering from the Cubbies loss, started insisting that they were supposed to have a mini bar and Ryan Klesko (my favorite Brave at the time) was a thief because he came to our hotel and stole the mini bar. We laughed as we walked through the halls, Tom boisterously insisting that “Ryan Klesko stole my mini bar!” It was a bit more sheepish Tom the next morning when we discovered that we were staying in the same hotel the Braves were!
Our group remained divided on Sunday. If baseball is a true art, than the Cubs are the impressionists, while the Braves are the Italian masters! Mom, Heather and Tom went to the Monet exhibit at the Art Museum on Sunday. The other three of us, the Braves fans, toured the rest of the museum and spent some time in the Renaissance wing with DaVinci and company.
It was a great weekend with many fond memories. It was also the first of many trips to the sacred grounds at Wrigley.
Chicago CubsThe mug is from one of the shops in Wrigleyville, that neighborhood in Chicago that surrounds Wrigley Field. I “collect” out of town ball parks, so I have been to a lot of stadiums all over the country. Still, even being a Reds, Braves and Tigers fan before any of the other teams, Wrigley is one of the parks of which I am most fond!
The first of many times I’ve been to Wrigley was in 1995. It was a baseball and art adventure with my mom, John, Heather, Rich and Tom, a friend that worked with Rich, Heather and me. We went to the station in Dearborn, Michigan, on Saturday morning and took Amtrak to Chicago.
We were split down the middle all the way! The Saturday afternoon game was the Braves and Cubs. John, Rich and I were going to tomahawk chop at Mom, Heather and Tom in Cubbies blue. It was a fun rivalry all weekend long. The Braves won game, which opened the door for some great antics later.
We had dinner at Ed Debevics, where the waitress “tripped” and flipped a full tray of (empty) water cups on our table and instigated the applause for John as he returned from the men’s room. Tom brought his video camera, so I even have a few snippets of video from the weekend. That video became even more meaningful to me after Mom’s passing.
Saturday night, we went to the observation deck at the Sears Tower and got to see the fireworks display at Navy Pier from above. That was SO cool to see!
We stayed at the Palmer House Hilton, in downtown Chicago. Still pumped up from the day, we played a board game back at the room and Tom, while recovering from the Cubbies loss, started insisting that they were supposed to have a mini bar and Ryan Klesko (my favorite Brave at the time) was a thief because he came to our hotel and stole the mini bar. We laughed as we walked through the halls, Tom boisterously insisting that “Ryan Klesko stole my mini bar!” It was a bit more sheepish Tom the next morning when we discovered that we were staying in the same hotel the Braves were!
Our group remained divided on Sunday. If baseball is a true art, than the Cubs are the impressionists, while the Braves are the Italian masters! Mom, Heather and Tom went to the Monet exhibit at the Art Museum on Sunday. The other three of us, the Braves fans, toured the rest of the museum and spent some time in the Renaissance wing with DaVinci and company.
It was a great weekend with many fond memories. It was also the first of many trips to the sacred grounds at Wrigley.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Early
It’s just past midnight and this IS a Friday blog. So, the post tiled “Early” starts early!
I did my catch-up scrapbook page early today, er yesterday. I am complete in 2007 up to September and I’ve imported the last folders for that year onto the laptop. I had already done the Christmas folders, so I have October and November, but that includes a huge folder for our Montana trip! Early Thursday I “fixed” two layouts and added a second page to one. Remember, I started digi-scrapping in late summer 2007 and I was excited to use some of my fabulous Montana photos for a couple of challenges. At that time I was paper scrapping in 8 ½ x 11 too.
Here was the original of the first layout I did. I don’t remember the designer for the paper and ribbon I used 2 ½ years ago. Sorry!
It really only took a few moments this morning to make it a square layout, like I do now, and oh, yeah, shadows! I used the same ribbon on the psd file to make a page two with additional photos from the same day and area.
Here is the new page 1:
And here is page 2!
I like the 2010 version of 2007 better than the original 2007 version!
I got my coffee photo for today early yesterday morning too. David had an early meeting and since I was awake anyway, I stayed that way. It gave me some extra time to scrap a little before school.
I wasn’t sloughing off either! I got back to the books by ten and finished up my case study. Done with the assignment due next Wednesday…early!
It was easy to do that this week. I had a lot of fun with this chapter. I learned how to make drop down menus. I don’t know why, but I was just tickled pink when I coded in the drop down menu for a credit card in a form and hit refresh on my browser to reveal “select a card” and a drop down menu of the four major cards. It was just cool!
Like I said, I don’t know why that particular thing is cool to me, it just is. It made me giddy.
Look what I can do now!
There’s another test next and then one last chapter and our project before the final. I’m pretty excited about the project. I get to choose the subject, as long as I have the required elements, kinda like internet figure skating. But, I’m NOT grabbing onto the blade of my cyber-skate and sailing around like a mobile peeing dog!
Okay, that’s it for the early morning…now I’m calling it a late night!
I did my catch-up scrapbook page early today, er yesterday. I am complete in 2007 up to September and I’ve imported the last folders for that year onto the laptop. I had already done the Christmas folders, so I have October and November, but that includes a huge folder for our Montana trip! Early Thursday I “fixed” two layouts and added a second page to one. Remember, I started digi-scrapping in late summer 2007 and I was excited to use some of my fabulous Montana photos for a couple of challenges. At that time I was paper scrapping in 8 ½ x 11 too.
Here was the original of the first layout I did. I don’t remember the designer for the paper and ribbon I used 2 ½ years ago. Sorry!
It really only took a few moments this morning to make it a square layout, like I do now, and oh, yeah, shadows! I used the same ribbon on the psd file to make a page two with additional photos from the same day and area.
Here is the new page 1:
And here is page 2!
I like the 2010 version of 2007 better than the original 2007 version!
I got my coffee photo for today early yesterday morning too. David had an early meeting and since I was awake anyway, I stayed that way. It gave me some extra time to scrap a little before school.
I wasn’t sloughing off either! I got back to the books by ten and finished up my case study. Done with the assignment due next Wednesday…early!
It was easy to do that this week. I had a lot of fun with this chapter. I learned how to make drop down menus. I don’t know why, but I was just tickled pink when I coded in the drop down menu for a credit card in a form and hit refresh on my browser to reveal “select a card” and a drop down menu of the four major cards. It was just cool!
Like I said, I don’t know why that particular thing is cool to me, it just is. It made me giddy.
Look what I can do now!
There’s another test next and then one last chapter and our project before the final. I’m pretty excited about the project. I get to choose the subject, as long as I have the required elements, kinda like internet figure skating. But, I’m NOT grabbing onto the blade of my cyber-skate and sailing around like a mobile peeing dog!
Okay, that’s it for the early morning…now I’m calling it a late night!
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Cock-a-doodle Mooooo!
Rise and shine scrappers! Today is the official release of a fun collab by Nibbles Skribbles and Wetfish Designs, Cock-a-Doodle Mooooo!
This great collab is available in all of Nibbles Skribbles’ stores AND all of Wetfish Designs’ stores. You can’t get any more convenient than that. You’re bound to already have an account at one of these stores, so getting the kit is easy, but they’ll make it even easier to get the kit. As an introductory sale, it’s 30% off at Digital Scrap Ink and right now everything is on sale for 40% off at The Studio as part of the Spring Celebration!
Here is a layout I did with Cocka-Doodle Mooooo for the Monday night scrap chat at The Studio. I just loved working with this kit!
I am so pleased with how my cluster turned out on that one! I’ve really been working on those. One of the spoils of a CT position, I got the okay to share my first cluster that I’m really, really pleased with! Manda said I could give it away as a blog freebie at The Chronicles of Nani!
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Visit the designers' blogs for more Cock-a-Doodle Mooooo freebies too! Be sure to check out all of the great things at Nibbles Skribbles’ stores and checkout Wetfish Designs too. Good stuff!
This great collab is available in all of Nibbles Skribbles’ stores AND all of Wetfish Designs’ stores. You can’t get any more convenient than that. You’re bound to already have an account at one of these stores, so getting the kit is easy, but they’ll make it even easier to get the kit. As an introductory sale, it’s 30% off at Digital Scrap Ink and right now everything is on sale for 40% off at The Studio as part of the Spring Celebration!
Here is a layout I did with Cocka-Doodle Mooooo for the Monday night scrap chat at The Studio. I just loved working with this kit!
I am so pleased with how my cluster turned out on that one! I’ve really been working on those. One of the spoils of a CT position, I got the okay to share my first cluster that I’m really, really pleased with! Manda said I could give it away as a blog freebie at The Chronicles of Nani!
Visit the designers' blogs for more Cock-a-Doodle Mooooo freebies too! Be sure to check out all of the great things at Nibbles Skribbles’ stores and checkout Wetfish Designs too. Good stuff!
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Photoblog Wednesday
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