An amalgam of tutorials, (failed) recipes, life, and Aussies (Australian Shepherds).
Thursday, December 2, 2010
I need to post more & Pens!
I love pens...but I hate using them up, so, for some weird reason I would rather let them dry up than to use up all the ink. Plus, as much as I hate how Hobby Lobby tries to rip some of us off, I appreciate their line of pens available. Probably couldn't find a 0.25 mm pen in Office Depot or Staples.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
IT CAME!
CRICUT EXPRESSION FINALLY CAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!
Too bad I have to study!!! :(
Too bad I have to study!!! :(
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Cricut Expression about to be shipped
UPS has gotten the billing info and they're waiting to get their hands on it. Can't wait for it to be shipped!
Monday, September 6, 2010
OMG YAY! Cricut Expression©!!!
I'm so excited!! After watching the price for more than 24 hours on several Cricut Expression©s, losing 11 bids, getting angry at several buyers that had bid on several at the same time, and almost giving up hope, I finally got my hands on a brand new machine! :D
I noticed though that the ones I lost were almost $100 more than what I paid for tonight. Not only that, the bidders were going crazy because the prices skyrocketed before it got down to the 30 minute mark. Also, it was during the afternoon and early evening, so, seeing that it was Labor Day and that everyone was still awake, I should have known better than to waste my time staring at the computer screen and waiting for a good price to come along to not be raped by other potential buyers like me.
It was because of luck that I got mine at a fantastic price. One of the buyers that had simultaneously bid on 14 Cricut Expression©s won one of them and backed out of mine when I thought the bidding was over. Lo and behold, the timer restarted at 3 minutes and I was just going crazy with anticipation because I knew that someone could side-swipe me and buy it. I know I could have waited and skipped out on the tension and frustration of being beat, but having to stare at your computer screen for a day without seeing any results was getting so annoying that I decided I had to be more aggressive with my bid limit based on the results I saw from losing those 11 bids.
YAY! CRICUT! I can't wait to start making my own cut outs! :D
I noticed though that the ones I lost were almost $100 more than what I paid for tonight. Not only that, the bidders were going crazy because the prices skyrocketed before it got down to the 30 minute mark. Also, it was during the afternoon and early evening, so, seeing that it was Labor Day and that everyone was still awake, I should have known better than to waste my time staring at the computer screen and waiting for a good price to come along to not be raped by other potential buyers like me.
It was because of luck that I got mine at a fantastic price. One of the buyers that had simultaneously bid on 14 Cricut Expression©s won one of them and backed out of mine when I thought the bidding was over. Lo and behold, the timer restarted at 3 minutes and I was just going crazy with anticipation because I knew that someone could side-swipe me and buy it. I know I could have waited and skipped out on the tension and frustration of being beat, but having to stare at your computer screen for a day without seeing any results was getting so annoying that I decided I had to be more aggressive with my bid limit based on the results I saw from losing those 11 bids.
YAY! CRICUT! I can't wait to start making my own cut outs! :D
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Photoshop Tutorial: Making Clean Pictures of Items
Well, here's my first tutorial with Photoshop. It's not revolutionary in concept, but hopefully it would be a bit of help to those starting out or just a refresher for veterans. Also, please bear in mind that my tutorials are done using Adobe Creative Suite 5 (CS5). However, that shouldn't make much of a difference if you are using CS, CS2, CS3, or CS4.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Fish, Black Beans, Onions, and Pickled Ginger??
I'm pretty sure being on a diet makes my brain not work and does not...complete...sentences...correctly...form...does...not...compute...
Anyways...it's pretty gross. My cooking skills have gone down the drain because I've been counting calories and trying to find a balance between less calories and yumminess is proving to be hard. :P
Ingredients:
4 oz. tilapia filet
3 tbsp of diced onion
1 tbsp of parsley
dash of garlic salt
dash of cinnamon
dash of pepper
dash of paprika
Secret Ingredient: 1 tbsp of pickled ginger
Anyways...it's pretty gross. My cooking skills have gone down the drain because I've been counting calories and trying to find a balance between less calories and yumminess is proving to be hard. :P
Ingredients:
4 oz. tilapia filet
3 tbsp of diced onion
1 tbsp of parsley
dash of garlic salt
dash of cinnamon
dash of pepper
dash of paprika
Secret Ingredient: 1 tbsp of pickled ginger
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