Question for Other Bloggers

Just wondering if any bloggers out there have used Windows Live Writer and if so, what were/are your impressions on it? Was it easy to use, difficult to use, better or worse than just going to the blog site and posting from there? I have downloaded it but haven't tried it yet and was curious what others thought of it.

Please feel free to leave comments as I'm very curious about this.

Busy Busy Busy!

(well, trying this again... first time, the browser froze and I lost EVERYTHING I had written... ::sighs::)

Just dropping a quick note to let you all know that I have been busy, creating for you all. I am actually participating in 3 different blog trains that will be coming through in the next couple of months. In November, I'll be part of a wonderful train called "After Dark" which is supported by the designers at ADS Designers. I have seen quite a few of the other parts and have to tell you, if you don't go around snagging them, you are really going to miss out. A lot of hard work and effort went in to creating these lovely pieces, and I'm sure the designers would love to see how much their work is appreciated! Look for my part - and the links - on November 1st! It will be going on all during the month of November.

Then, in December, I will be taking part in 3 different blog trains. Yes, you read right! Three! The first one, leaving the station on December 1st, is another blog headed up by ADS Designers. This one is called "Holiday At Home" and it's already looking to be a very interesting, memorable kit! Each designer is allowed to use their own color scheme/palette for their portion of the kit, and there are already a good number of designers signed up to take part! It will be exciting to see the different holiday colors and themes portrayed in the different parts of the collaboration. Be sure to check here on December 1st for my part of the train, and the links for this wonderful kit.

Also on December 1st, I will be participating in the Christmas Convoy! This is really shaping up to be an impressive kit as the designers are doing their best to share with you their little bit of the holidays! There is still some time to sign up if you are a designer and interested. Just send an email to ChristmasConvoy (at) gmail.com stating your interest in participating in the Christmas Convoy. Be sure to include your Yahoo ID, Designer name, and URL to your blog/site. (Also note, they are already taking information for those who are interested in participating in their New Years Convoy too!)

Then, on December 15th, I will be getting on board the Holly Jolly Express with my part of this wonderful, huge kit which currently has about 50 designers signed up to participate! There are some established designers taking part, like Queen Brat, Hummie, and Gail of Aussie Scraps. For a list of the participating designers, check here. And if you are interested in participating, I'm sure they'd love to have you! Information for submission guidelines and contact email can be found here.

And then, on top of all these wonderful blog trains, I am trying to make my own Yuletide kit. I've been trying to work on a color scheme that isn't real close to the ones being used for the collaborative kits. I don't know what size this kit will be, so I guess we will both be surprised!

Anyways, going to log here, so I can get to working on some of the kits and email and other stuff. May you all have a happy, haunted (and safe!) Halloween



and to my fellow pagan friends and readers, may you have a Blessed Samhain.

New Template!

Hello Everyone!

Just a quick share this morning while I wait for my daughter to finish getting ready. She has a follow up appointment with her doctor at 9:10 AM as she has managed to get another ear infection about a week ago. For those of you who might not know, she has a bad history of ear infections - ever since she was a baby. Last winter she had one so bad it ended up as a perforated eardrum and took over 2 months to heal. Needless to say she also missed quite a bit of school and ended up taking summer school to make up the missed time so she could go on to the next grade. We really don't want a repeat performance of last winter. She's been on antibiotics for the last week or so for the right ear however now she says that her left ear is bothering her (that's the ear we had the problems with last winter), so I'm a tad worried what the doctor is going to say.

So anyways, while she was getting ready, I whipped up a tag template real quick. I've been sketching out different ideas for templates when I'm not on the computer, and this is one of the ones I thought up on paper. Hope you all like! Here is the preview:



It's available in 2 formats: .psd and .pspimage. Here are the download links:

4Shared
.psd format
.pspimage format

If you make something with it, I'd love to see!!

Off to finish something else real quick before we have to leave. Hope you all have a wonderful day today!

Until next time....

I've Received the "Proximidade" Award

I've received the beautiful Proximidade Award (aka the "Butterfly Award"), with many thanks to MissLadyHawke. Such a wonderful surprise! I feel very honored to have received this award.

Here is the award:


It's the "Proximidade" or "Friendship Around The World" Award. The purpose of this award is to highlight blogs that are special to you and to spread friendship around the world.

In return, I nominate the following 3 wonderful people for this award:

1. Tracie, of Neeny's Place
2. Tizzy, of Tizzy Made Me Do It
3. Lynne, of Baby Cakes Scraps

Enjoy!

And here's hoping you all have a wonderful weekend!!!

Holding on to the Springtime

I guess this is one of my last-ditch attempts to hold on to springtime. It's been getting colder here at night and the days are even starting to get cooler. I don't mind the cool days so much - love springtime and autumn the best - just not looking forward to the extreme cold that wintertime brings. We have a frost advisory out for this morning.... will be interesting to see if we actually get any.

However, I was playing around with the different filters and shapes and such in PSP and trying to get better at making my own shapes and such, and made the following "spiky" flowers. They come in 8 vibrant colors and of course I had to get my purple in there too! Here is the preview:




and the upload links, in the usual 3 formats:

.png format
.psp format
.pspimage format

Hope you like them! If you make anything with them, I'd love to see it.
Be sure to check back often as I'm always working on something!

Think I'm heading to bed in a little bit as it is after 5:30 AM here. Hope you all have a wonderful day and start to the weekend.

Until next time...

Some New Shares For Taggers

Good morning everyone!

I am only here for a few minutes as I'm getting ready to head to bed. I've been meaning to put this on the blog for the last couple of days and have just been sidetracked. A little something for the taggers - 2 new tag templates! I hope you like them.

The first template preview (and download links):

Template #5


Download Links for Template #5

4Shared
.psd format
.pspimage format

FileSavr
.psd format
.pspimage format


And the next template (with download links):

Template #6


Download Links for Template #6

4Shared
.psd format
.pspimage format

FileSavr
.psd format
.pspimage format


Also, I've been working on something very exciting. I recently joined the ADSD yahoogroups (and forum), which is one of the group of designers and digi-scrappers that host those awesome blog trains each month. Currently they are doing the Sugar Shoppe train, which is amazing! I went around the earlier part of this week, snagging up all the parts, that came up to just under 3 GB!! Anyways, I signed up to take part in the blog train that they will be doing in November, so I've been working on my part of the collaboration, and I can't wait to show it and share it with you all. I'll be posting my part on November 1st, which is the official start to the train for that month, so keep your eyes open! I'm really excited to be part of this!!

In addition, I have some ideas for my next kits and plan on starting the next one soon. I have also been working on some other shares, so be sure to check back often to see what else I have for you all.

Anyways, heading off to bed. Thank you so much for looking and if you like what you see, be sure to check back!!

Until later...

Purple Letters and Numbers, Oh My!

Good morning everyone!

As some of you may know, I'm a real bad insomniac, so I do a lot of my creating and computer time from about mid afternoon to the weeeeeee hours of the morning, and then I am finally able to fall asleep some time around 8 AM or so. Tonight is no different - it is just before 2:45 here and I am WIDE awake, so thought I'd make a matching alpha and numbers set to go along with the purple kit I recently posted. So if you liked the purple kit, you will probably like these too!

Here is the preview:


They are available in the usual 3 formats. Each "line" of letters or numbers is on it's own layer in each format, so they will be a little easier to use.

Here are the download links:

.png format
.psp format
.pspimage format

I hope you like them and if you download, please leave a quick comment? I love hearing from you all! And if you like what you see, be sure to check back often as I'm always working on something to share.

Until next time, remember: