smartphones & dingbats ...

Yes, this IS the third week in a row that I've actually updated my blog #shock #horror #dontfaint and talking of hash-tags, have you checked out the "mobile ready" goodies launched at The Lilypad this weekend? They're so cool! They're dingbats type fonts (TTF) that you can download right to your smartphone (iOS & Android) and then add to your photos using suitable software. I'm using a FREE app called Phonto and I'm able to change the size, colour & opactity of the wordart / dingbat / font. Here are just a few examples of the photos I've created & uploaded to Instagram so far ...

And here are a few layouts created in the past week (or so) ...

Credits: Paislee Press - Press Cards no.27 (available at The Lilypad)

Credits: One Little Bird, Heatbeat At My Feet (available at The Lilypad)

Credits: One Little Bird, Identity (available at The Lilypad)

beige delights ...

It certainly wasn't intentional, but over the past few weeks I've found myself creating layouts with a distinctly beige feel to them ...

Credits - One Little Bird, Forever Young (available at The Lilypad)

Credits - One Little Bird, Narrative (available at The Lilypad)

Credits - One Little Bird, This & That (available at The Lilypad)

Credits - Paislee Press + Valorie Wibbens, Make Believe collab (available at The Lilypad)

just some stuff ...

I'm not even going to make up an excuse. I'm just rubbish at remembering to update this blog. Sorry. If you're still here and reading this, I thank you. Your patience is always appreciated.

credits: Paislee Press - Presslines no.19 (available @ The Lilypad)

credits: Three Paper Peonies - Book Smart (available @ Oscraps)

credits: One Little Bird - Equinox (available @ The Lilypad)

not a fan of [unnecessary] change ...

but then again, who is? So this week when Flickr updated their site, I admit to cursing, several times, under my breath! I'm not a fan of the new style / LO. My first instinct was to try and revert back to the way it was before and the way I prefer it, but I guess I'll get used to it ... eventually.

In the mean time, here are the layouts I've created since my last post ...

Credits: Paislee Press - From Where I Stand (available @ The Lilypad)

Credits: One Little Bird - Philosophy + Philosophy Journaling Cards (available @ The Lilypad)

Credits: Paislee Press - From Where I Stand, Paislee Press - 2013 Calendar Kit (available @ The Lilypad)

Credits: One Little Bird - Philosophy (available @ The Lilypad)

Credits: Paislee Press - Press Plate No.37, Paislee Press - On My Desk (available @ The Lilypad)

Credits: Ange Designs - Mr & Mrs (available @ Digi-crea.fr)

it started with a single snapshot ...

and ended up being a week long photo series! I treated myself a new casual scarf and took a snapshot, which I then uploaded to Instagram. I deliberately cut-off the top of my head in the photo and thought it looked kinda fun, so I decided to take a similar style snapshot each morning [before going to work] showing my chosen outfit for the day ...

credits: paislee press - is it friday yet?, writer's block vol.2 & gallery frames no.5 (available @ the lilypad)

credits: one little bird, interlude & flight plan no.17 (available @ the lilypad)

credits: paislee press - the weekender, the weekender journal cards & nine (photo collage) (available @ the lilypad)

credits: one little bird - suncatcher papers & element, rise and shine (available @ the lilypad)

yeah, I'm still here ...

It was never my intention not post here for 3 months. Earlier this year, I took a short break from some of my CT responsibilities and this allowed me to scrap for myself for a change. Since returning to all my CT commitments, I've decided to simplify things. I'm going to use my blog to mainly showcase my layouts and photos. Sure there will be some other kind of posts every now-&-then (like holidays or other things that capture my attention), but in the main, this is going to be another gallery, somewhere I can post any LO without having to meet certain percentage criteria etc.

Hope you'll still pop by once in a while.

do you print?

I don't usually print my layouts / projects, but every once in a while there comes a kit that just begs to be printed out and Hipster from Three Paper Peonies is one such kit ...

Not only do you get a layered .psd template to play with, you also get handwritten month and day stamps and 25 wordart stamps such as "fabulous", "best day ever", "fun times" and many more ...

Just create, print & cut ...

Hipster is available exclusively from Three Paper Peonies' store at oscraps.com

I'm just a big kid at heart ...

I still get excited every time it snows and this past week, it's snowed quite a bit around here and it's been proper snow at that ...

 

I've been trying to get into the habit of getting out of the office during my lunch-break at work. Luckily, I work on a well designed business park and they have what they call a "trim trail" that winds it's way around the park and takes in some really quite pretty scenery ...

 

 

 

The snowfall was at it's heaviest on Friday morning, so-much-so that our managing director actually decided to close the office and sent everyone home at 11:30am. This was [and actually still is] the view from my front door ...

 

 

I probably should've brought my yucca plant indoors before it snowed. The plant itself was given to me as a house warming gift 17yrs ago and it's survived all sorts of weather conditions in the past. Here's hoping it makes it through this cold snap too ...

 

 

 

 

Wherever you are in the world, I hope you're warm & cosy (for any northern hemisphere readers) and cool & relaxed (for any southern hemisphere readers).

thank you cards ...

I don't know about you, but I love to receive thank you cards / notes / letters. Sadly, thanks in part to modern technology, I think the tradition of sending thank you cards has almost completely vanished. It's so much easier [& cheaper] to send an email / text / tweet to show your appreciation.

Now don't misunderstand me, there's absolutely nothing wrong with sending your thanks electronically. What's important, is that you say "thank you" in whatever format is best for you. For me, that means creating handmade cards ...

As you can see, they're not fancy. They're just a simple printed card, with a heartfelt message of thanks handwritten on the inside.

What about you, do you send thank you cards / notes / letters?