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Posts made in March, 2010

Indoor Rain!

Posted on Mar 29, 2010

Indoor Rain!

Hey Kiddos, after a long weekend of working in the garden crunching every hand tool imaginable with these old hands, I knocked off early and the boys stayed up late. Good thing they were awake because the fill pump on the toilet went wacko and flooded the house. In less than a hour a running toilet left 2 inches of standing water.  Clean water only! Phew! One look at the kitchen and we knew something was up…dogs all huddled in there ( high ground) instead of on their doggie beds and sofas....

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Snow Styles

Posted on Mar 26, 2010

Snow Styles

Buy Here    Its snowing outside! Okay it might not be where you are, but adding snow to all your projects just got a whole lot easier so it will SOON be snowing inside!   These 9 Photoshop Styles are all seamless and can be dropped right over your entire layout, or be the finishing touch on your winter elements and fonts. Anything can get a sprinkling of snow! Whoo HOO!   I really wanted a shake of snow on some clear Christmas bells I was working on, so I built one for that and then I...

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Clear Day Styles 01

Posted on Mar 23, 2010

Clear Day Styles 01

Buy Here   Clear to Opaque Styles to add gloss, shine, texture, highlights and shadows to your next project. These will come in handy time and time again in design work as well as in building your next layout. This product was previously sold under the name Gloss It Styles. Original Styles created by Jodiann Cates using a the Photoshop Styles Interface. Photoshop users can manipulate each style through their own Style Interface to customize these Styles to the work at hand.   The Styles...

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Merry A Round

Posted on Mar 19, 2010

Merry A Round

Its out!!! Remember when I told you if you bought one kit this year, ( you really need to buy more than one kit a year! LOL!) but that was me being dramatic! LOL! Well here it is! Droolie! Droolie! Merry A Round by Kim B Designs …images linked to store… Shannon of Desert Designs has the cutest little girl, Nadya! My goodness I couldn’t get over this child in her Halloween outfit! Shannon let me borrow her darling since I don’t have a cute little girl of my own. Posted to...

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Happy Birthday Mom!

Posted on Mar 16, 2010

Happy Birthday Mom!

  Mom’s Birthday is today. I ordered flowers from a totally new shop after years at the same place. So I am a bit hesitant. I hope they are fresh and really make her day. For once, she might be home for the delivery! With her surgery in February she should not be gallivanting around on her birthday, like usual, she should be home in recovery, but as I told the floral company, CALL FIRST!… I know where she SHOULD be, but she could be anywhere! LOL! Happy Birthday Robo-Granny!! The boys and...

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St. Patrick’s Day Styles

Posted on Mar 14, 2010

St. Patrick’s Day Styles

 Buy Here A Collection of 8 seamless Saint Patrick’s Day Themed  Photoshop Styles to be mixed and matched, some are transparent, some are simple solids with basic edges, and last but not least, a few prints. Try layering the solid and prints under and over the transparent ones to get a bunch of new looks.   The patterns include: GoldNClover: Realistic 4 leaf clovers with gold dots ( Transparent). GoldNClover on SpringGreen ( Solid). Spring Green Acrylic Shine ( Solid). Modern...

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Gold Robot Styles

Posted on Mar 14, 2010

Gold Robot Styles

Buy Here   15 seamless matte finish metallic gold styles of various pattern on gold + 3 Glossy Overlay Styles to add shine. Depressed dots, stripes, metal mesh, smooth in three tones, light medium and dark, coarse brushed metal, 3d statue metal, diamondplate, vintage embroidery, scratches, grid, checks, pin-tucked or couching with pearls. Original Styles created by Jodiann Cates using a combination of her own photos, photoshop created textures as well as CU photographs and patterns from...

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Electric Family!

Posted on Mar 12, 2010

Electric Family!

  We have a strangely wired home so the boys and I are working on changing some of the weirdness. Tomorrow the Direct TV guy is coming by to give us a new dish and 2 new receivers and we thought it would be good thing to rewire in the entertainment room ( something we have been putting off for a while) I love using a visitor to motivate us to do something we really would rather not do. It gets us in gear! WHOOT! So instead of blogging this morning I grabbed the boys to go with me to shop...

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Morning Glory Seeds!

Posted on Mar 11, 2010

Morning Glory Seeds!

They’re Here! My new friend, Rosemary H. has sent me some Morning Glory Seeds to try and fill up my ugly spot out by the road.   Boy Howdy! There are a lot of seeds in here! Thanks Ro!! Look how cute she labeled the back of the package!   I wanted to get started planting them right away… …but I read I have to soak them overnight first or go at them with a knife and give them a nick on the pointy end. Um! I am good with knives…yet, cutting the tiny tips of a very hard seed just...

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Phoebe Friday!!

Posted on Mar 5, 2010

Phoebe Friday!!

I should be planning a party, by that title, but I am excited by Friday because I can finally get some sleep! WHOO HOO! I have been up so many nights with our Phoebe Dane ( 15 yo). She used to sleep with the boys but now they need all the room in their beds since they are so large themselves and she is a pretty big girl herself. We bought her a big bed of her own but she can’t get in and out of it by herself and after a few mishaps trying she flat out refuses to get in it, even with help....

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