Jedediah Then & Now: 5 Years

(layout - Jedediah Then & Now: 5 Years)

We were supposed to do a layout for out class about Then & Now. I chose a couple of shots of Jedediah. In shot one, he was almost 3, in shot 2, he is almost 8. It's amazing how much he has changed! I'm thinking that if I were to edit this layout, that I may change the two photos... and see if I can find photos of him from those ages that are more of my "favorite" photos. I was late & wanted to get through the tutorials! I love JS's tuts!

My favorite thing out of this layout - the cool ampersand "&" sign at the top left - I learned how to fill that letter with a paper. Y'all know how much I love fonts & I can use any font & fill it with a cool paper! Something that looks really amazing & it's super easy to do (in photoshop anyway!)

What has amazed me about this class in particular, is that i'm learning the skills to actually create these cool background elements myself. I told Rod tonight - I don't think i'll ever go back to traditional scrapbooking! It's tooo much work!

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Happy Birthday Spencer Layout

(layout: my layout of Spencer's birthday at C.E.Cheese)

Awhile ago, I signed up for a digital scrapbooking class at jessicasprague.com. That was before I knew I was pregnant. Well needless to say, I did not keep up with the class because I've been sick & tired. So, the last couple of nights, after the kids went to bed - I've been working on my layouts. This is one of three from this class (although there are minor projects, that i'm not sure if i'll finish or post.)

What I really like about this layout is it's design. I learned how to use a brown overlay over the group shot that really made a difference in the photo - not that you can tell. What I really don't like about taking a digiscrapping class is that they kind of tell us what the design needs to be about. I do much better if my stuff comes from the heart.

What I'm hoping to do is create templates that I can reuse over and over by changing some of the features to fit the designs. In this class I'm learning a ton about designing - Photoshop is the bomb!

I've had a quite a few friends request info on digital scrapbooking and am considering putting together a workshop to show people how to get started. In my spare time, of course :D

Zindra's to do's:

get newsletter done

get ezine done

find someone to take over newsletter

help kids with display night projects

Birthday shop for Jedediah - we're getting him a new bike

check on a couple of bills

pay our pse bill & mom's pse bill

Figure out what we'll do for Jedi's birthday~

we're thinking maybe CECheese (his request)

Decide whether or not the kids are a going to horsecamp this summer

mail property taxes

Copyright © 2009-present by Zindra Nelson, zindra@yahoo.com

Woot! Winter Quarter IS DONE!

(Rod's Photoshop Final 50/50) I am so excited! Rod was able to finish his final - final project today and he took his Photoshop Final Exam. One more quarter down! We officially have two weeks of dad/evening time!  A couple of weeks ago I was stressed about these three final projects that had to be done.

Rod worked hard & got them done & they were fabulous. He will get two, if not three A's this quarter. In InDesign he got 100%! Uh, I've never done that! His InDesign & Photoshop final projects he got 50/50. I think on his third final project he got 94/100. So all's well!

Next quarter, he'll be studying *Multimedia Design *Digital Photography and *Web Design.

I'm up at 6 in the morning - Pregnancy has a way of messing with my schedule the first trimester. Sunday, I must have slept three quarters of the day. I know it's just part of the process. I was talking to Rod about it, and for some reason, I was thinking that because I know it happens, that this time, I would be able to overcome it... right.

Still praying about what to do about Josiah's coach. Haven't heard back from the President of LL about switching him out - but I sincerely hopes it happens soon. He's supposed to have practice tomorrow!

Jedediah is signed up for LL for the first time this year. I hope it's a good experience for him. We have the first pre-practice meeting on Tues. night.

Tonight we went to Big5 and picked up cleats. Josiah is in a 10.5 cleat! (He normally wears a 10!) We got Jedediah 5's. We also got Jed his first glove & first pair of Baseball pants. The team usually provides a set of clothing, but Josiah usually wears out an extra pair of baseball pants every year - so we thought ahead and got Jed an extra pair. Josiah has lots of clothing from over the past couple of years. Couldn't go get their socks/belt because we have to wait to find out what the team colors are.