Monday, June 30, 2008

The French...

When I first started digiscrapping a little over four years ago, it was a very small community with a couple mega stores and a couple independants... and just about every community had a place to download freebies! (and the price of a full kit was $3-$4)
Since that time the Mega shops chased off most of the best artists with their contractual demands and private boutiques started springing up all over the web. At this time the availability of freebies or "gifts" became scarce or too difficult to obtain.
Now we have a zillion "e-zines" all with gifts for the subscribers... as well as subscription sites... some of which don't even tell you when there is a new "gift" available (scrapwow).
One of the most unique things I have seen happen is the formation of geographically based groups. We see a lot of this in the US with regard to just about everything from school groups to church groups. First there was the Canadian sites, then the Australian sites and the German sites, then the Brazilian sites.. now I have found a French site!
Don't get me wrong... I think it's great! I just find it odd that nobody tries to create an American site... I say that with tongue in cheek because everyone knows that in the US we would not be allowed to create such a site as it would infringe upon somebodies civil liberties. I just don't understand why it's ok to have the Black actors awards the Latino actors awards the Black music awards the Latino music awards etc etc. when the major awards include ALL groups... heaven forbid someone should try to create the honky music awards LOL...
ah but I regress... the point of this post is to tell you a bout a great French site I found DIGITAL CREA
Not only do they have some very talented designers, they also have some fabulous Freebies! So yesterday I bought one and I accepted one! LOL

This is what I bought...
In The Sea
In The Sea

And this is what I got Free...
My Butterfly
My Butterfly

Just to be clear, I didn't HAVE to buy ANYTHING to get the free gift. I just figure I have been doing this long enough that I don't need to go around and collect all the free samples anymore. (many of which aren't worth using anyway.. including my own)But since these are QUALITY gifts I should AT LEAST patronize the shop. BTW both these kits are created by Mimilou Designs

Friday, June 20, 2008

Beauty All Around

Tuesday Evening I picked up my Aunt from Texas at the Sacramento airport and took her to my moms house in Napa where I stayed a couple of days.

At 5:30 Thursday morning I went out to one of my favorite "ME" spots and stayed for about an hour. I then drove over to the river font revitalization project to take a walk. While over there, I decided this would be a good place to play with the aperture and shutter speed settings on my digital SLR...

I was rather please with the results so I thought I would share them... These pictures are just as they came of the camera, no digital retouching or enhancing.... they were resized or the web.

I warn you now, If you don't like still lifes... don't bother looking you'll be bored to tears

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Killing Time

Sitting around at my moms. Working with what ever's on my laptop! This is one of those "boys" doing a hand drag... I have never seen this done and can't visualize how he pulls out of this when his body is so close to the ground. When I ask, the answer I got was that he comes out of it [skiing] backwards and that this photo doesnt do the move justice! I've been sitting on this photo for a couple of months trying to decide what to do with it, I think when I get home I might try something different.

hand drag

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Under the Weather?

Yes I know... VERY ODD!

get well

Monday, June 16, 2008

Forgotten

sometimes when I'm not getting the results I was hoping for, I will close the layout and forget about it... then some months later i will stumble on it and wonder what it was  I didn't like LOL.. here are a few I came across today...


 


a covered bridge i took pictures of... i think it could use some word art... maybe a poem



 


Regina... lifted photo from her myspace gallery... If you have seen my gallery, you may remember a hawaiian dancer... that was Regina... and the adorable little flower girll in the red dress... Regina's daughter




And well yes.. little mister charming... (my grandson)  working it already!



 


Monday, June 02, 2008

Time for Beautiful Music

Thanks to Amber for letting me play with her picture... this is version 3 LOL
(acck I see somethings I forgot!)



Amber McDaniel