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What’s in Your Wish Jar?
Morning found this jar sitting in the window sill above my kitchen sink: My nineteen-year-old son is rather deep, almost poetic, and I knew that this was his doing. It made me smile, and throughout the day it continued to pop into my mind at unexpected times: What...
Springtime in Image and Verse Today at (In)Courage
Wouldn't you love to see the spring flowers without breathing all the pollen? Join me today at (in)courage to do just that!
Announcements and Links
Marsha at Other Such Happenings is the winner of the Orville Redenbacher hot air popcorn popper! I've got a super simple tutorial posted today at Blissfully Domestic on using textures for photo effects I just saw that Zack Arias posted one of his videos from Photoshop...
Red River Paper for Home Printing and Easy Gift Ideas
Red River Paper has been kind enough to sponsor me for all three Photoshop World conferences that I've attended. For specifics about their company, visit this earlier post. Today I want to tell you how I use Red River Paper's photo paper. I have an inexpensive Canon...
iHeartFaces Week 14 (2nd year)—My Story in Photos: Dessert Recipe Edition (Cream Puffs)
This week's themes at iHeartFaces is "My Story in Photos: Dessert Recipe Edition." A dear friend had a small birthday party today, and I made cream puffs for dessert—the perfect opportunity for an iHeartFaces dessert photo story. Cream Puffs 1 cup water 1/2 cup butter...
Big Things Coming from NAPP and Adobe!
Things are heating up from the National Association of Photoshop Professional and Adobe with the big CS5 Launch announcement next week! NAPP will unveil its CS5 Learning Center on Monday. There will be one Free Adobe Photoshop CS5 Upgrade given away each day next...
Photoshop CS5: Sneak Peek of the Latest and Greatest!
I'm now allowed to say that I'm a beta tester for the new Adobe Photoshop CS5 and to release images that I've edited using it. What I'm not allowed to reveal is the tools that I've used. I would hate to find a "This site closed by authority of Adobe Systems Inc."...
My Easter Sweet Shot
What is a Sweet Shot? A mini dessert at Chili's, served in a shot glass A new photomeme on Darcy's blog All of the above The correct answer is "all of the above"! I'm a little late to the party—we have Classical Conversations on Tuesdays, plus lots of cramming...
Happy Easter!
Happy Easter to you and your family. We had a lovely day at church and later an Easter egg hunt. Our pastor had asked our 19-year-old son to introduce services at church today and he hadn't told us; that was a big surprise. He did very well, although my husband and I...
Zack Arias Rocked My Photoshop World
Last week in Orlando was Zack Arias's first appearance as a Photoshop World instructor. I knew a little about Zack: he lives here in Atlanta; I'd watched his guest post video on Scott Kelby's blog and related to the winter photography funk; a few months ago my husband...
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