LDS Blog Train May 2011

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I am so excited to be participating in my first blog train! the theme for this month was “All Things Bright and Beautiful”. I absolutely LOVE that song. In this minikit are 9 papers, 8 stickers, a ribbon and a tag. Click here to download the papers and here to download the elements.

I hope you enjoy and of course don’t forget to visit all the other designers in the blog train.
LDS Blog Train Blog
Word Art World
Scraps N Pieces
Toddlers of Unusual Size
Steadfast and Immovable
The Latest Scoop, Too

My 4 Princesses
Cocoroo Scraps
Robyn Pali Designs
All LDS Freebies
Dancing Princess Designs
Pink Igloo Designs
WinksArt
Krisi’s Kreations
Chelle’s Creations
Let Me Scrapbook
Little Penguin Designs
Piccolina Designs
Hot Pink Pansy
Plum Dumpling Designs
Scrappy Pilgrim
Psychozoe
DesignsZ by Dede
Alevtina Scrap
Meta Wulandari Design
Becoming Peculiar
The Adkins Family Blog

Freebie Friday- Mother’s Day Cards

I know, I know I’m a little early. Today is my mom’s birthday. She is such an amazing woman. I can only hope to one day be half the perosn that she is. Because I’ve been thinking about her that led me to think about Mother’s Day. For all you people who like to plan ahead grab these two printable cards. Both are designed in a 5×7 landscape format. You can print at home on cardstock or send them to your favorite professional print company. Click on the image to download. Enjoy!

My Favorite Weekend

This is one of my two favorite weekends of the year. You see every 6 months my church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, has a General Conference. At this conference the leaders of our church give us the messages that God would have us hear. I am always inspired. I must admit I also thoroughly enjoy having church beamed to me via Internet. Who doesn’t love church in their pajamas! Not having to get the three little monkeys ready to go for a 9am meeting is awesome too.  The church broadcasts two sessions on Saturday and two sessions on Sunday. I only had the chance to watch one session today, and I am looking forward to watching more tomorrow. If you want to watch, visit http://lds.org/general-conference?lang=eng . You can watch live at 10am and 2pm MST or you can tune in whenever you like to watch the archives. 

Last night when I was thinking about conference I felt the desire to create some products specifically for those of my faith. You don’t often see kits that include things for Young Women in Excellence, Priesthood ordinations, or Temple attendance. I want to make some great designs for these occasions. Today while listening to the Saturday morning session of conference I began working on a baptism scrapbook kit. I have grand plans to make several more kits as well as some beautiful wedding albums that center on the temple. Here’s a little preview of the papers for the Baptism kit.

Freebie Friday!

Pink and Yellow, Stripes and Polka Dots! What could be better! Here’s a fun Digiscrap kit for that little fashionista in your life. Download by clicking on the images

Funk

What do you do when you are in a creative slump? I have so many ideas. I just can’t seem to get them out of my head and onto the screen. They just don’t come out the way I picture them. I feel frustrated, and honestly a bit lazy, and just don’t feel like putting the effort into really workng ou tthe kinks. So what do you do to get your head back in the game when you’re feeling a little out of it?

P.S. yes I missed Freebie Friday. That’s because my intended freebie is not as cute as I wanted it to be. I promise I will somehow pull myself out of this funk and there will be two freebies by this Friday!

Wordless Wednesday- “Summer” Album Sneak Preview

 

Photography by Dixie Tayler Photography http://www.dixietaylorphotography.com

Sneak Peak- Animals

I’ve been working on these cute animals for the last 2 days. They are going to be the main feature of a few kids themed albums I’m working on. I will also be offering them as a set of PSD work paths. You will be able to take the path and stroke it with your choice of brush (in these examples I used a brush called “stitch” by boyinpaw) or fill it with your choice of color or pattern. So far I have 26 different animal paths and I’m looking to add more! Stay tuned to see when the final product is available.

 

You can view all the completed animals so far by viewing the album on my Facebook profile here.

Freebie Friday!

Freebie Friday WILL be a tradition around here. If I ever forget then I’ll make up for it, I promise. Today’s freebie is an album template that I created. It is called “Rockin” and is perfect for photo’s of any boy that loves guitars or rock and roll. This album includes 10 spreads in a 12×12 format. This is the full layered PSD file so it is completely editable. It is specifically formatted to fit White House Custom Color Album printing specs, but can be easily altered to use with any printer you like. Here are a few samples of what you will be downloading.

This download is in two parts so click here and here to get it.

As with all my freebies feel free to use this template for both personal and commercial use. The only thing I ask is that you not share the digital file in its original form. Please send people to this blog to download their own copy. I would love any feedback you have to share with me. Thanks and enjoy your freebie!

A New Direction

What initially attracted me to the world of digital design is digital scrapbooking. I LOVE to create my own digital scrapbook pages and kits. As I have learned more about design and refined my skills I’ve decided that there is even more that I want to do.

Playing with everyone elses photo’s has led me to have a desire to learn to improve my photography skills. All the research that I have done on that topic has introduced me to the world of professional photography in a way I never knew truly existed. I was completely unaware of the fact that many kids have a Senior portrait session their last year of High School, for example. I have discovered that professional photographers are always on the look out for a well designed album, card, or other options to display their work. This is what I want to focus my efforts on for the time being. This blog is going to become a place for me to showcase and sell that work.

I will try to update and add more designs at least 2-3 times a week until I have a good supply built up. Every Friday I’ll upload a freebie so that you can get a feel for my work. I’d also like to work on making some tutorials for those desiring to create their own designs. On top of it all I want to continue improving my own photography skills and sharing with you along the way with Wordless Wednesday’s.

Please leave a comment letting me know what types of designs you’d like to see, what you’d like to see as freebies, what tutorials would best serve you, and anything else you think I can do to make this blog relevant to you!

The New Way to Work

What does “The New Way to Work” mean to me?  This is the question posed by Elance the awesome website that I use to find freelance work.

The new way to work for me is one of the biggest blessings in my life.  Because of Elance and other work at home opportunities I get to be with my kids in these precious years when they need me the most! I am here to love them and teach them.  They will never have to be sitting in this house by themselves just waiting for mommy to get home from work.  They will never be stuck at a babysitters all day long just so I can earn enough money to pay the babysitter!  My children will know without a doubt that they are the number one most important thing in my life.  Well maybe second because their dad is number one My children will grow with confidence and high self esteem because I will be able to fill them to overflowing with love and positive encouragement on a daily basis.  My children are my life and now my life can revolve around them thanks to Elance!

According to USA today 70% of mothers work outside the home.  To each their own I say but I am so glad that I can be home with my children and still be able to earn some money.  That lifts my self esteem to know that I have done a job well and that a client is pleased.  When I have something to lift me up and help me feel valuable then I can pour all of that right back into my children and help them feel more valuable.  After all what can make a mother feel any better than watching her children grow to be strong intelligent productive members of society?

Does this sound good to you?  Check out my Elance Profile. Support a work from home mom by hiring me to do your creative digital designing or join Elance yourself and join the movement that shows us a New Way to Work!