The "new girl" arrived

and she seems to be fitting in and "playing nice" with others!  I won't have a chance to start the transfer of "knowledge" from DT to the "new girl" until Monday at the earliest.  I am booked solid this weekend with craft show on Friday and Saturday, KTECH class on Friday night, and a photo shoot with Mike on Sunday ... down toward Houston to take wildflower photos (his idea, not mine - he has a new camera!)

The internet is up and running on NG but not much else ... didn't buy new software, just plan to load what I can from reinstall disks, and buy as needed!

It's a whole new adventure ... I've never been the first person to open a computer, until today.  Mike set up 2 previous Desktop computers, and 2 notebook computers for me, but I got to drive this one for the first start up today!  Fortunately for me, he did all the "wire stuff" ... I am not very mechanical, more artistic than mechanical.  (For reference, see "Can an artist love an engineer?"

Another bit (or byte) of exciting news ...

I am awaiting the arrival of my new Dell XPS 8300 computer ... it is enroute from FedEx hub in Woodway with delivery expected TODAY!!!  I can't wait!

Excitement is brewing

Thanks to my friend Gail at DSDI, I've joined the AMAZING DIGI SCRAP RACE at Natural Designs in Scrapbooking ... I've partnered with another Paper Shaker from DSDI, Mira from the Netherlands, and we will be scrapping the challenges for the next 6 1/2 weeks over at NDISB ... The blinkie (thanks to Mira) is on the right side bar and will take you to the Forum.  Our challenge layouts will be posted in the Gallery under ADSR 6 (not 5, that's last year's race), but apparently that Gallery isn't open yet!  Check it out! 

Also, today is the last day to register, if you're interested ... http://ndisb.com/?page_id=258

SENIORS STILL CAN Arts & Crafts Show - March 25 & 26

poki is participating in this Arts & Crafts show in Killeen on Friday and Saturday.  Come and see me if you can!

Exciting news

DSDI forum has 2,000 members ... and we will all benefit this weekend! 

Go check out all the great stuff on sale at Digi Scraps Drive In store

It's Spring ... well, almost

Just another day or two to go ... but I think we can safely say that Spring has arrived in Texas!  I just did a layout with a lovely new kit that is available at DSDI forum as the DAILY DOWNLOAD (each piece is left for only 24 hours so you have to hurry over every day) or you can go to the DSDI store, and buy the complete  kit for only $3

One of the perks of being a Paper Shaker at DSDI is the opportunity to work with new product from the great designers over there... Jen C Designs is quickly becoming one of my favorites.  I have to sometimes be really creative with the use of my photo portfolio - I don't do PEOPLE you know!

I do make some exceptions to that though ... I'm working on a Tribute album for my "cousin" Gaila who passed away in Feb 2011 ... Mom looked up the photos in her collection, and I provided them for the slide show presentation at the Memorial, but her "sister" and "dad" don't have a computer, so I promised them an album.  This is my second page!

Digital Credits:  Jen C Designs SPRING SHERBERT; template by Jen C Designs for template challenge at DSDI forum Head {Cl}over Heels celebration, which will finish today!

Photo was taken on Easter Sunday, 1968 - picture back row: poki, Sandy (my sister); front row Brenda Kay (cousin) and Gaila (cousin)



Daphadilly Art's kit MY BIG MOVE

While participating in the Head {Cl} Heels Challenges at DSDI, I did the template challenge (template by Jen C Designs) with Daphadilly Art's MY BIG MOVE kit.  Here is the preview of the kit:

The kit contains 11 paper, 4 patterned papers and 7 solid papers;  It also contains 23 elements suitable for layouts about your home, or a move.

I immediately thought about the photos I had of my house.  I've lived longer in this house now than anywhere else in my life ... been here over 20 years!  (Next closest was my family's first home on Washington Street  - I was there for 14 years!) 

Here is the layout that I did:

Digital Credits:  Daphadilly Art MY BIG MOVE; font - Jester; WordArt- made by me!

Photos - bottom left, my house in May 2007, top right, my living room December 2010.