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Month: October 2010

  • This is a crazy weird fall. Lots of sun (say what?!?!). It’s caused my yard to be beautiful and amazing. I can’t believe how much of it is still green! The leaves are going to be dropping very late this year. My little munchkin and I still find lots to nibble on. My poor confused tomatoes, look at them flowering! Don’t worry mom I cut them all back yesterday so hopefully I’ll get a few more to ripen up. Speaking of flowering so many things are continuing to bloom! I am so glad. Not sure if…

    8 comments on My freaky fall garden
  • Oh Best scrapbooking (and lots more) tool ever! I’m going to give you a little review, based on my whole three days of ownership ๐Ÿ™‚ I am in love with my new Silhouette SD! I took it to my in-laws this weekend and played around with the software (which is brand new and works with a Mac!) on the way up. I did what I never do and read the manual (it’s in the software, not a hard copy, at least not the full thing). On the drive I figured out how to group objects, scale…

    16 comments on The first cuts
  • I’m loving this new app Bj got for his iPad. I think it’s called sketchbook pro. I really miss sketching. It’s something I did all the time in art classes in college. These are for my current obsession, scrapbooking. But I’m sure I’ll be experimenting with digital paintings soon.

    3 comments on Sketching

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