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Candles & Coffee

24 Friday Aug 2012

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birthday party, labels, Starbucks

For years I’ve been telling my children that they could plan our 50th birthday parties. Sure enough, the time finally came last week for my husband’s big celebration. On his actual birthday, we ate dinner out as a family but the following Saturday, his parents, his brother and his brother’s family joined us for a coffee-themed party. My daughter Katie loves to follow various blogs and gleans many terrific craft ideas from Pinterest so by the time the party rolled around, I don’t think she even knew where all the ideas had come from or what she had come up with on her own but no matter how you slice it, it was a terrific party.

Events like this always provide a great excuse to add equipment and supplies to the entertaining closet so even though we borrowed a few things, we bought a large black tablecloth (which has already been loaned out for a cousin’s party) and two dozen black napkins. The menus were so easy to make – I didn’t even bother using my Creative Memories Storybook software; Word was all I needed. The key was to make the type gray because black would have been too harsh (also, I had been given instructions by the event planner to make it as seen on Pinterest). I won’t go into much detail on the main course but let’s just say the Grilled Pork Chops were a big hit and the potatoes, green beans and salad were also very good.

The centerpieces, consisting of various glass containers with green marbles from a dollar store and goldfish, were a last minute idea that I recalled a friend telling me about many years ago. On Friday, the day before the party, my children bought thirteen goldfish. By morning, only two were alive. So it fell on me to go back into town to buy more. Two pet stores and twenty goldfish later, we had enough for the seven “aquariums.”

For several months before the party, my daughter and I would ask for freebies every time we bought a drink at a Starbucks. I was surprised at what all we got just because we asked. A day or two before the party, my daughter ran into a store for a last-minute purchase and after she explained what we were doing, the clerk offered her several posters on the condition that she wouldn’t tell where she got them. This was a bonus we were not counting on! We bought the apron on eBay for about $10 so overall, our theme items didn’t cut into the budget.

The dessert table was the feature of the party! Katie went to a ton of work to make two different kinds of cupcakes each kind with unique filling and all topped with a very rich buttercream frosting to look like the whipped cream on a frappuccino. I made the cupcake wrappers using CM. The cupcakes were a bigger hit than the birthday cake.

Chocolate covered raisins and chocolate covered espresso beans added an opportunity to munch throughout the evening. I made the labels using CM. Using a Starbucks logo, it was easy to block out their lettering and add what I wanted. I trust the trademark police won’t be knocking on our door seeing as we didn’t profit from the altered logo.

Katie made a quiz with questions about her daddy and about Starbucks. The two who answered the most questions correctly, won Starbucks gift cards.

As our family members were leaving, they each received a water bottle with a Starbucks Refreshers drink packet tied to it. This is one of Starbucks newest products and I think they taste quite good.

Katie put a lot of time and effort into planning and executing this event and it was all very worthwhile. Her (50-year-old) daddy loved it.

A Pretty Straight Line

17 Friday Aug 2012

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One of my friends and customers asked me recently about cutting a scalloped edge. I was kind of surprised that she would ask me this but then I realized that the fancy edges are hidden under the “Straight” option of the “Cut and Fill” tab. Turns out you can cut a pretty straight line (punny, I know) with just a few clicks.

 

Going back through pages already made, I found a straight line that needed some prettying up. I chose the half-circle shape and moved the other options around until I found the look I wanted. If you click “cut” and decide you don’t like it, the “undo” button is your go-to friend. It’s in the upper right corner, right above the ruler and looks like a squared off u-turn.

This page was made using the Love Digital Kit. What’s not to love about Savannah’s azaleas in spring? The font is GeeohHmk.

To make a dotted circle: Insert, Content Shape, from Art Kit, Circle, Fill – transparent, Line Color – your choice, Line Width – 1/4″, Compound Style – solid line, Dash Style – dotted, Dash Caps – round.

 

An Embellished Letter

11 Saturday Aug 2012

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No Photography Allowed

27 Friday Jul 2012

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The largest privately-owned home in the country does not allow indoor photography so when we visited the Biltmore, I bought postcards. After scanning them with the quality control set higher than usual, I added them to my scrapbook just like regular photos.

The title was made using the Freebooter Font. To get this look, type the letters, Flatten (Arrange tab), select Filters (Format tab), 3D Edge, Amount 100, Softness 100, Width 20.

Open Type Fonts vs. True Type Fonts

24 Tuesday Jul 2012

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There are so many free fonts available that it seems silly to pay for one but my daughter found Lavanderia and was able to buy it for one dollar. It was too pretty to pass up. Unfortunately, it’s an Open Type font and with CM you can only use True Type fonts. There is a way, however, to get around it.

1. Type the word(s) you want in Word. Set the font size rather large so you’ll get good quality.

2. Using the Word Snipping Tool (I keep the icon on the bottom of my screen) hilight the word(s).

3. In the Snipping Tool window, click Edit, Copy or click on the copy icon. Go to the CM page you are working on and click Paste.

4. Select the word(s) you just pasted in and click on Cut & Fill, Wand, click on the white background around the word and inside any letters as needed and delete all the white. Now you have your word(s) as an element and you change the color, or add effects as desired.

Note: With the wand tool you can select more than one area at a time by holding down the Shift key. Also, if you want to fine tune the background removal, zoom in to 200%. Anything that looks good at 200% will look even better at 100%!

Attached is “A Day at the Beach” which was made using Lavanderia. Be sure to save it as a png file so that the background will be transparent.

St. Patrick’s Day Freebies

19 Thursday Jul 2012

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I understand why stores and websites that sell scrapbooking supplies advertise papers and embellishments for a specific holiday on or around that holiday but I’m still a bit amused. After all, who is actually going to be making their 4th of July pages on the 4th or even the 5th of July? Perhaps they should be more realistic and run about six months behind (or maybe they are actually a year or two behind and are on target for some scrapbookers!). So, in the spirit of being a bit more realistic, I’ve attached the papers and embellishments I made from one shamrock for St. Patrick’s Day as well as a page I made using these elements.





And yes, I also used the opportunity to show that my son is leading the cadets in the parade. Moms can be proud, right?

Summer freebie

16 Monday Jul 2012

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I simply could not delete this email from Georgia Power without trying to copy it. I wish there was a way in CM to twist and turn elements but seeing as I haven’t figured out a way yet, we’ll just call the attached png file my interpretation of it.

Two Pages @ Once

12 Thursday Jul 2012

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two pagesSeveral days ago while scrapbooking at a friend’s kitchen table, she commented on how nice it would be to work on two pages at once instead of having to wait for the file to save while going back and forth between two related pages. Thanks to a frappe consumed earlier in the day, it occurred to me very late last night that there was a way to do this (I am typically asleep within seconds after going to bed).

1. Click on the vertical bar that separates your work area from the Pages/Pictures/Content column on the right and move it as far to the right as it will go. Move the bottom horizontal bar to the right.

2. Select “View” and then “All.”

3. Create your facing page on a 12 x 12 square. When you are done, gather up the elements that make up the second page (hold down the shift key and click on each element) and group them together (“Arrange” tab and “Group”).

4. Right click on the group, select Cut, move to the next page and click Paste. Go back to the Two-Page View and make sure it’s all how you want it. You’ll have to “Ungroup” it if you want to make any changes. You may find that everything, except for the background, needs to be moved to the right a bit to allow for the binding. To do this, lock the background, then use Control-A (select all) and nudge everything into place using the arrows on your keyboard.

Album Ordering Checklist

04 Wednesday Jul 2012

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Before you click on “Order,” be sure your album is completely ready!

1. Flatten photos that have the warning symbol on them. For some reason, it increases the quality of the photo.

2. Copy and paste all of your journaling into Word and reread it while checking for errors. Somehow seeing it in a different context may help to catch mistakes.

3. Double check the details on each page and also confirm the page order.

For the Cover…

1. Click on “View” and “Front Cover” to see exactly what will be on the cover. Create your cover or rearrange what’s already there if necessary.

2. Click on “Spine” and add a title that you will be able to see while the book is standing on a shelf. I typically use a very plain, clear font. Be sure you flip the title so that it will be right-side-up when the book is laying face up (Arrange, Rotate 90 degrees clockwise). Make the text box for the title the same size as the revealed spine section. Zoom in for accuracy.

3. Insert a signature on the back cover perhaps something like the example below.

Click on the “File” tab, “Order” and continue to follow the directions. CM recommends that you check the pages once they have been uploaded to the Digital Center. It’s worth the time and money to check it all again!

Do not do this when you are tired! If you’re a morning person like me, then 10:00 pm is not the time to finalize an album.

Misc.

01 Sunday Jul 2012

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Q: What do masking tape, film strips, metal framed tags and measuring tape have in common?

A: They are all in my miscellaneous file.

(Remember to save as png files.)




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