My photo of the day. There is not a lot outside at the moment to photograph and my cat, Sox, is now getting followed by me with the camera. Today he was sunning in the lounge and I was able to get some good photos of him.
Have a good weekend.
Patricia
My final photo of the day.
I hope you have been enjoying my offerings to help lead us into the weekend on a high note.
Kind regards
Patricia
Another photo of succulents with the light shining on them and creating beautiful shadows.
I find succulents easy to grow as they do not require a lot of work and still look stunning.
Patricia
Another photo of the day.
These succulents looked lovely in the golden glow today. The lights and shadows were beautiful.
Patricia
Another photo of the day. The late afternoon sun had a golden glow to it and I grabbed my camera and rushed outside to take photos of the last few remaining flowers in the garden. I can now understand why they call it the Golden Hour.
We are now in the middle of winter so everything is looking a little bleak at the moment. So we make the most of the sunshine and the flowers that we have.
Patricia
One of my photos of the day. Today was incredible with no wind and sunshine and Wellington was definitely not living up to it’s reputation of the Windy Capital . The harbour was like glass and the reflections were amazing.
Patricia
Hello everyone.
Well it looks as though Creative Memories Australia and New Zealand will be closing down on 10 June 2013. This is very sad as the business in New Zealand and Australia was doing well and the products are of very good quality. There is some hope in that there will be an announcement on June 11 regarding a new venture so all is not lost. However, I have made the decision not to continue as a CM Consultant. I have had significant health issues over the last year and it has been a struggle to maintain my commitment to my customers and to the company. I have enjoyed my time with CM and have met some wonderful people. I have also gained some great tools that will keep me going for some time yet.
But as one door shuts another one opens! I have been involved in setting up an Art and Craft Collective in the Hutt Valley and in conjunction with the Hutt City Council, we are in the process of setting up a shop in the Hutt CBD. This shop will be selling locally produced arts and crafts and be run by the collective. I am really excited about this new venture and I am very grateful to the Hutt City Council and their About Space Programme that has allowed us to set up this venture and keep our costs to a minimum. I will be selling my cards there (and look to doing some artwork with my photos) and there are going to be a wide variety of products for sale – a one stop shop for all your gift needs. So watch this space…
I hope you all have a safe and happy weekend.
Patricia
Hello there
It is sooo good getting my computer back! But there is still a lot to do with tidying up all my photos and trying to remember all my passwords to go back onto various websites. I think I will be busy over the next few weeks. I am so pleased that I had backed up onto an external hard drive, although I did lose a couple of digital kits but it is no big deal fortunately.
As I said yesterday I have been working on James’ album and he is now up to 9 months old and soon I will be doing his first birthday. I am still trying to make my resources stretch and have kept up with lots of photos per page and linking the album with accents such as the border maker twinkle chain and picket fence cartridges as well as the same colours throughout. It is not taking long to get through these photos and I should have his first year album completed very soon which will be good.
Here are a few of the layouts:
The materials I have used here are:
Creative Memories Card Stock – Cloud
Creative Memories Card Stock – Green Metallic
Creative Memories Card Stock – Brown Cardstock
Creative Memories Border Maker – Twinkle Chain and Picket Fence cartridges
Creative Memories Rugged stickers
Creative Memories Rugged Paper Ribbon
Creative Memories Rugged Photo Mats
Creative Memories Rugged Tags
Creative Memories Rugged Title stickers
Creative Memories Enchanted Epoxy stickers
Creative Memories Decorative Pack – sorry I have forgotten the name of this.
Creative Memories Rotary Trimmer
Creative Memories Personal Trimmer
Phew what a list, especially as it did not take very long to do and did not seem to use a lot of materials.
I have also been making a lot of cards so please take the time to check out my crafty creations.
Have a good day everyone and stay calm and keep scrapping.
Patricia
My photo of the day for the people in Oklahoma who are facing yet more tornadoes. I think the people in Oklahoma are incredibly brave to deal with these forces of nature. I am not sure if I could do it. We get southerly storms here but they are nothing compared to the twisters.
My computer is now up and running again after being without for a week. I have had to get windows re installed and I am now faced with the mammoth task of transferring my photos back into Memory Manager. Fortunately I was able to activate the both my Memory Manager and StoryBook Creator before the cut off time midnight last night. I will now look at using Picasa to store my photos as well so if this problem happens again I won’t lose my photos and it will be a good back up for Memory Manager. There is now no Digital Centre from Creative Memories and I suppose that at some stage I may have to look at Photoshop or Lightbox in the future as well. However, people can still get their photobooks and other digital products printed until midnight 3rd June. There is to be a meeting on Tuesday in Australia so it will be interesting to see what the outcome will be for Creative Memories Australia and New Zealand. This is such as shame as the products (especially the albums and pages) are really good quality and I have done a lot of pages for my children’s albums. It has been so easy to use coordinated products that last a long time.
While I have had no computer for the last week I have been busy with doing cards and scrapbooking and when I get the photos sorted out then I will upload them on here. So watch this space…
I hope you all have a good weekend.
Patricia
A rose for all those involved in the Oklahoma tornadoes.
My thoughts go out to everyone that has been affected by this latest tragedy.
Patricia
