for the specials

aka Molly. :)

It's a BOY!

Most of you guessed right.

And I was right in thinking my belly looked exactly as it did with ewan.

Here comes boy #2! Brothers! Two little men! So excited.

original header design by: molly of tank and tink

digi downloads

As you've already noticed, I changed my header again. I change it a lot.

As a whole, I'm an indecisive person who likes constant change, variation, transformation, new direction, new options... you get the idea.

And you wonder why we move so much...? :)

....

Anyways, this blog is a fun hobby and creative outlet.

I love changing it up constantly.

I've been asked by several how/where everything comes from.

SO many sites, SO little time. Here's a few I like a lot...

.
.

Fonts and digital scrapping:

You'll find some freebies, but I always make sure my paypal account has funds available... :)

www.kevinandamanda.com/fonts/fontsforpeas

http://www.houseof3designdistrict.blogspot.com/ -Bought the love and heart banners used above.

http://www.elizabethkartchner.blogspot.com/ -She's great at referencing her digi scrapbook finds!

http://www.aliedwards.typepad.com/ -I use her personal handwriting font a lot.
http://www.designerdigitals.com/

www.twopeasinabucket.com/digital.asp

.

Fun online photo editing:

http://www.rollip.com/

http://photoshop.com/express

http://www.photofunia.com/

.

Video editing:

Windows Movie Maker

Flip Editor -Came with the purchase of the vid cam.

Roxio Creator 2010 -Bought at Costco. Lots of options, but not very user friendly. Can anyone recommend a better one??

.

Header/Photo editing:

My own computer programs used...

Roxio PhotoSuite 11

MGI PhotoSuite 4

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Paint

Seriously, these all so old school but they work for somebody who doesn't have the big bucks for Photoshop. :)

.

And I'll grab simple pretty things from here:
http://www.simpledesktops.com/ -Used for the first 2 headers above.

Found via How About Orange - love this blog! Click on 'Free Downloads' and you'll be in for a ton more free fonts, desktops, backgrounds, printables... super fun stuff.

.

There is so much out there. I spend my late night quiet hours getting my digi find fill. Or in this case today... during the quiet nap hour. :)

goodbye 09

Christmas 2009 header is outta here.

fall header

The green was still festive, but I was feelin' the need for red for Christmas... :)

new season...

...equals new header. Heeeeelllllloooooo falllllll!

So Long Summer

Our trip to Hawaii marked the end of summer for us. So long summer header. :)

Out with the old...

Time for a change. Bye bye bunny header. :)

In the past...

After I posted the last header in transition to a new one, I thought I'd look back and see what my other past headers looked like...

I like 'em. They show his growth, along with mine in this bloggie blogosphere. :)

Freshness

Happy Summer Solstice! Figured it was time to take down the old header with Ewan wearing his winter beanie and put up something new and fresh!

.

Header

I took pictures of Ewan playing on the floor a couple weeks ago wearing my favorite hat of his. One of the pictures made it up as the header because he was just so darn cute on this day. Here are a few more pics...

.