tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921964384604072952024-03-13T11:47:47.309+10:00Nettie's NookNettiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00263822493403934722noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892196438460407295.post-83222812103320783312012-03-11T13:58:00.000+10:002012-03-11T15:45:02.237+10:00
This week I have been fiddling around with Photoshop Elements, trying to teach myself how to create a photo collage. This involves learning about layers. I found a great video here which shows how to create a simple 4 photo collage template. There is also a downloadable cheat sheet which takes you through the steps in case the video moves along too fast for you. It does for me. I find it Nettiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00263822493403934722noreply@blogger.com0Upper Coomera QLD, Australia-27.8693295 153.312302-27.9254775 153.23333799999997 -27.8131815 153.391266tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892196438460407295.post-25694348565215030192012-02-16T18:37:00.000+10:002012-02-23T11:51:12.799+10:00Outfoxing FoxingThis week I've traveled back to the late 1930s, journeyed to Townsville, trekked to Papua New Guinea and wandered, a little bit reluctantly, back to the Gold Coast. All of this without leaving home.
No, I haven't been reading books. Well actually I have been reading a book, but that's not how I got to visit all those places. No. I've had a lovely time scanning photos and creating a slide-show Nettiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00263822493403934722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892196438460407295.post-11900802795682233882012-02-08T15:13:00.000+10:002012-02-18T18:14:56.734+10:00Life is What Happens
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Nettiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00263822493403934722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892196438460407295.post-7609593687580291282010-06-30T23:14:00.005+10:002012-02-08T09:14:49.413+10:00A Change of DirectionIt's been a while since my last post and in that time I've had a rethink about my business.
Although it's my first love, I've decided to postpone my idea of traditional scrapbooking and album creation business in favour of offering a photo scanning service to begin with. In this way I hope to build up a client base, then offer a digital scrapbooking service. I still plan to offer Nettiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00263822493403934722noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892196438460407295.post-87577139874351643722010-04-28T11:16:00.000+10:002010-04-28T11:16:53.563+10:00A RAK! and The Warrior (Worrier?) Queen Rides Again!How about that! I won! In my last post I wrote about Pam Callagahan's blog Ideas for Scrapbookers and her invitation to followers to show how their styles have evolved. I left a comment on her blog and I was rewarded by winning a Random Act of Kindness. How lovely! Thank you so much Pam.
This was actually a week or so ago and I've been very remiss in getting back here to thank Pam publiclyNettiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00263822493403934722noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892196438460407295.post-37892501286952171292010-04-18T12:27:00.002+10:002010-04-20T11:51:37.496+10:00Scrapbooking StyleI've just been over at Ideas for Scrapbookers where Pam Callaghan has been discussing and showing how her scrapbooking style has evolved.
Her invitation to followers to show how their styles have evolved got me thinking about when I first started scrapbooking. My first project was a scrapbook of my son's first 21 years. You will see from my last post that this has been a somewhat lengthy Nettiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00263822493403934722noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892196438460407295.post-35103223368475627912010-04-10T20:45:00.003+10:002010-04-12T21:42:33.440+10:00A Conversation with My Self.The following is a conversation I had with myself this week
Self: "The first Scrapbook I ever started was an album of my son's first 21 years. He's 26 now ... in fact ... he'll be 27 in a couple of months."
Other Self: "What did he think of it?"
Self: "Well ... he hasn't seen it yet."
Other Self: "Why?"
Self: "Well ... because I haven't finished it yet."
Other Self: "What!  Nettiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00263822493403934722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892196438460407295.post-59038031922740399032010-04-06T13:57:00.006+10:002010-04-10T20:39:53.701+10:00What's in a Name?"What's in a name? That which we call a rose, By any other name would smell as sweet." ~ Shakespeare.
I've been a tad worried since I created this blog and decided to call it Nettie's Nook.
Firstly it struck me that the word "nook" meaning a corner or recess is a bit outdated ... archaic even.
But then ... I decided that it was okay, Nettiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00263822493403934722noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892196438460407295.post-2091257620681942342010-04-02T19:31:00.001+10:002010-04-06T12:55:36.782+10:00A Baby is Conceived
I have been Scrapbooking for a few years now and have often wished I could do it for a living ... but being, until recently, a full-time teacher, I had very little energy left at the end of the week to do my own projects, let alone create albums for other people.
During the past 18 months things have changed for me and I now have more spare time. So, I've decided to see if I can create and makeNettiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00263822493403934722noreply@blogger.com2