Just a quick update, changes are being made to the web site. This blog was only to be temporary during the holidays and while changes are being made. I can't wait for you to see the new site.
Right now voting is going on for the January layout contest. Go on in and vote for your favorite.
Plans are underway for February's virtual crop as well, the winner of this months crop was Viola! Congratulations Girl!
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Sunday, January 27, 2008
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Something New
We are going to try something new. This blog is going to be the main page of the site. All the links are still here, but this way things can stay fresh and up to date.
In case some of you are unfamiliar with blogs, I will do a little explaining.
There is a constant area which includes Site Links to information from the site. The Winner of the layout challenge of the month along with their layout. Feedblitz - Where you can sign up to be notified of changes to this blog. Labels, all posts will have labels on them which will make finding them easier in the future. If you want to find the layout contest you can just go down to labels and click on layout contest or challenges or whatever. Member links are links to Wisconsin Scrappers Members blogs. If you have one you want listed send me an email and I will add it. The blog archive is where you can search for information by month.
I'm hoping that by using this blog as the front page that information will be easier to update which will be more meaningful to you. Instead of seeing the layout contest from February, you will see the current month contest.
Let me know if you have any suggestions.
Angi
In case some of you are unfamiliar with blogs, I will do a little explaining.
There is a constant area which includes Site Links to information from the site. The Winner of the layout challenge of the month along with their layout. Feedblitz - Where you can sign up to be notified of changes to this blog. Labels, all posts will have labels on them which will make finding them easier in the future. If you want to find the layout contest you can just go down to labels and click on layout contest or challenges or whatever. Member links are links to Wisconsin Scrappers Members blogs. If you have one you want listed send me an email and I will add it. The blog archive is where you can search for information by month.
I'm hoping that by using this blog as the front page that information will be easier to update which will be more meaningful to you. Instead of seeing the layout contest from February, you will see the current month contest.
Let me know if you have any suggestions.
Angi
Friday, April 13, 2007
April 07 - Ain't Nobody Happy
Spring has sprung and it's time to get some spring cleaning done! I can hear you all now groaning and trying to get off this post, but wait! I'm not talking about getting out the windex or taking down the curtains. I'm talking about spring cleaning your life. We are all busy women. We have jobs, we have commitments, we have family and so on. I get it, we are all busy. When I first started this post I was going to tell you about all the things in my life that take time away from the things that are important to me, but it ended up sounding like a pity party for Angi. I just want to say that I am doing some spring cleaning myself. I had so many commitments in my life that I thought were for my family, but after a long hard lookg, ended up being me trying to please other people. What matters most to me is my family. I have also moved myself into that catagory. We are women and we tend to put ourselves last to take care of others. It's in our nature, it's what we do.
When I first put myself in the family I felt a little selfish....do something for me? How absurd! I am the one to make sure that everyone else has or is doing something for themselves! I make sure everything is running smoothly for them! I am the peacekeeper! I AM MOM....HEAR ME ROAR! and every 4-6 months I would have my meltdown and scream and cry for a while and feel refreshed and ready to take on all the stress again until the next boiling over point. Before I went to Magnolia Ridge in March I hadn't done anything for myself (really for myself)in almost 2 years. No retreats, no conventions hardly any scrapping. Sure I'd get a little time here or there and maybe get an altered item done (of course for someone else) but it didn't seem like enough. (ok this is sounding pity party-ish again)
I know I am not the only one out there who does this. So I am challenging you to do some Spring Cleaning of your lives. Are you really on the board of directors to better your family or are you there to please others. Can I volunteer in other ways and still feel good about myself? I am decluttering my life. I WANT to spend time with my family and I WANT to spend time scrapping the memories I've made with them. I WANT to have time to myself.
So make your lists of all the things you do to please others and make your lists of all the things you do for yourself. Kind of short huh? Time do do the 27 fling boogie (for all you flybabies out there). Spring is here and it's time to transition into a new season. As the saying goes, "If Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy" (I think that's how it goes)
When I first put myself in the family I felt a little selfish....do something for me? How absurd! I am the one to make sure that everyone else has or is doing something for themselves! I make sure everything is running smoothly for them! I am the peacekeeper! I AM MOM....HEAR ME ROAR! and every 4-6 months I would have my meltdown and scream and cry for a while and feel refreshed and ready to take on all the stress again until the next boiling over point. Before I went to Magnolia Ridge in March I hadn't done anything for myself (really for myself)in almost 2 years. No retreats, no conventions hardly any scrapping. Sure I'd get a little time here or there and maybe get an altered item done (of course for someone else) but it didn't seem like enough. (ok this is sounding pity party-ish again)
I know I am not the only one out there who does this. So I am challenging you to do some Spring Cleaning of your lives. Are you really on the board of directors to better your family or are you there to please others. Can I volunteer in other ways and still feel good about myself? I am decluttering my life. I WANT to spend time with my family and I WANT to spend time scrapping the memories I've made with them. I WANT to have time to myself.
So make your lists of all the things you do to please others and make your lists of all the things you do for yourself. Kind of short huh? Time do do the 27 fling boogie (for all you flybabies out there). Spring is here and it's time to transition into a new season. As the saying goes, "If Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy" (I think that's how it goes)
Friday, March 2, 2007
March 07 - Scraplifting Etiquette
I hope I don't get into trouble for this.
The Art & Etiquette of Scraplifting by Allyson Bright (Nov 21, 2005)
For today's scrapbook artist, ideas are everywhere. There are numerous industry magazines full of page layouts and album ideas, and fantastic websites like Scrapjazz featuring extensive layout galleries. Sometimes, though, you may find yourself wondering exactly how to translate those fantastic ideas into pages and albums of your own. The act of taking someone else's scrapbook art and copying it or slightly modifying it into your own creation is called "scraplifting." When done appropriately and correctly, scraplifting can bring a fun look to your personal albums and help you save time by using the design work of others. Ways to Scraplift Perhaps the easiest method of scraplifting is to CASE a layout. CASE stands for "Copy and Steal Everything." CASEing a layout involves purchasing the same supplies as the original creator, and creating a layout with the exact same design and layout as the original, making only minimal changes, such as the page's title and photography. CASEing is excellent for new scrapbookers because it allows you to try out many different styles quickly and easily. Another method of scraplifting (and perhaps the most common one) is to simply adapt a certain part of a layout design for your own purposes. See a layout online that you love? Take a moment to carefully examine it. What exactly is it about the layout that draws you in? Use of color? A photography technique? Try isolating one or more elements that particularly appeal to you, and try them on a page of your own. Consider the following elements when analyzing layouts: Color combination Theme of the page Use of a particular product or embellishment Overall design/layout of page elements Use of handmade creations (i.e. freehand drawing, hand-cut elements, etc) Photography Storytelling/journaling perspective By isolating the elements of a page that you truly love, you can quickly and easily adapt them into ideas of your own. Quite often, pages "lifted" in this method become your own creations, bearing little or no resemblance to the original! Scraplifting Etiquette As with any art form, the most important thing to remember when scraplifting is to give credit where credit is due. For example, if you CASE a layout and then post it online without crediting the original page, that would be both insulting and unfair to the original artist. When scraplifting certain elements, it is simply a matter of judgment. If you see a page designed in red and blue and then decide to create your own page in the same two colors, and your page looks nothing like the page you first looked at, you probably have nothing to worry about. If you copy a hand-cut design from someone else's page, giving credit to the original designer is probably wise. The etiquette of scraplifting is especially important to remember when entering your pages into contests and submitting them for publication. Only pages which you can honestly claim are your own creations should be submitted under your name. (However, remember that scrapbooking is an incredibly saturated industry at the moment. Sometimes pages will bear a resemblance to one another. This does not necessarily indicate that one page was lifted from the other, or vice versa.) Scraplifting can be a fun and fast way to create fantastic pages, or try out design ideas that might present more of a challenge if you were left out on your own. Remember that scrapbookers love to share their ideas—this is the essence behind websites, like Scrapjazz, and major industry magazines. Share your own ideas regularly, and don't be afraid to benefit from someone else's!
The Art & Etiquette of Scraplifting by Allyson Bright (Nov 21, 2005)
For today's scrapbook artist, ideas are everywhere. There are numerous industry magazines full of page layouts and album ideas, and fantastic websites like Scrapjazz featuring extensive layout galleries. Sometimes, though, you may find yourself wondering exactly how to translate those fantastic ideas into pages and albums of your own. The act of taking someone else's scrapbook art and copying it or slightly modifying it into your own creation is called "scraplifting." When done appropriately and correctly, scraplifting can bring a fun look to your personal albums and help you save time by using the design work of others. Ways to Scraplift Perhaps the easiest method of scraplifting is to CASE a layout. CASE stands for "Copy and Steal Everything." CASEing a layout involves purchasing the same supplies as the original creator, and creating a layout with the exact same design and layout as the original, making only minimal changes, such as the page's title and photography. CASEing is excellent for new scrapbookers because it allows you to try out many different styles quickly and easily. Another method of scraplifting (and perhaps the most common one) is to simply adapt a certain part of a layout design for your own purposes. See a layout online that you love? Take a moment to carefully examine it. What exactly is it about the layout that draws you in? Use of color? A photography technique? Try isolating one or more elements that particularly appeal to you, and try them on a page of your own. Consider the following elements when analyzing layouts: Color combination Theme of the page Use of a particular product or embellishment Overall design/layout of page elements Use of handmade creations (i.e. freehand drawing, hand-cut elements, etc) Photography Storytelling/journaling perspective By isolating the elements of a page that you truly love, you can quickly and easily adapt them into ideas of your own. Quite often, pages "lifted" in this method become your own creations, bearing little or no resemblance to the original! Scraplifting Etiquette As with any art form, the most important thing to remember when scraplifting is to give credit where credit is due. For example, if you CASE a layout and then post it online without crediting the original page, that would be both insulting and unfair to the original artist. When scraplifting certain elements, it is simply a matter of judgment. If you see a page designed in red and blue and then decide to create your own page in the same two colors, and your page looks nothing like the page you first looked at, you probably have nothing to worry about. If you copy a hand-cut design from someone else's page, giving credit to the original designer is probably wise. The etiquette of scraplifting is especially important to remember when entering your pages into contests and submitting them for publication. Only pages which you can honestly claim are your own creations should be submitted under your name. (However, remember that scrapbooking is an incredibly saturated industry at the moment. Sometimes pages will bear a resemblance to one another. This does not necessarily indicate that one page was lifted from the other, or vice versa.) Scraplifting can be a fun and fast way to create fantastic pages, or try out design ideas that might present more of a challenge if you were left out on your own. Remember that scrapbookers love to share their ideas—this is the essence behind websites, like Scrapjazz, and major industry magazines. Share your own ideas regularly, and don't be afraid to benefit from someone else's!
March 07 - New Message Boards
The old message boards crashed and luckily the hosting service we use was able to get them back up and running. The program that is used for the boards is very old and they don't even support it anymore, but I could never get the old boards to upload to the new boards....so I didn't change it. Well, after the crash I decided that the new boards would just have to be started emtpy. We will be going completely to the new boards on Friday March 9 at probably 6:00 pm (I am still on overtime so won't get home till 5:30). Some of you are having problems with going between the two and I'm not sure how they are being looked at but try opening two browsers and logging into each one in a seperate browser. If that doesn't work you may have to close your browser in order to switch between the two. I am unsure of why this is happening or how to fix the problem as I can't replicate it in a test account. It's only for the week so please bear with it. :)
Friday, February 2, 2007
February 07 - Newsletter
I have decided to give this a try. Jessica gave me the idea to use a blog for the newsletter. I'm not sure how well it will go over so let me know your thoughts. The program I normally use for the newsletter is great, but it's kind of slow and cumbersome once I have pictures in it.
Angi
Angi
February 07 - Trolls
As you may have already guessed we are having issues with trolls in the message boards. I have the boards set up so they can't post, but they are still able to register. I have to manually delete each one individually, which is why there are so many in there right now. I have changed the web site so that I have to send a link to you for access to the boards (unless you bookmark it to your favorites. I have mine set to my homepage) and I know that can be a pain, but I can't think of another way for us to get them to stop signing up. Right now they are still coming, but I'm hoping that it will slow down and even stop soon. Thanks for your patience.
Angi
Angi
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