Illustrator Flower

I just completed a tutorial, How to make a flower in Adobe Illustrator in 156 seconds, for drawing a flower in Adobe Illustrator. I could probably use better colors, but it was fun anyway. Below is the .png that I exported from Illustrator. I have used Illustrator for a long time, but never in this capacity. Now if I can just get my Craft ROBO to cut it out I'll be happy!

Heather's braces are off!

Heather got her braces off earlier this week. She was so funny. She was telling me about how the orthodontist said there is usually a little bit of a line on most people's teeth, but not on hers. Now she looks all grown up! It happened over night.

Mother's Day 2009

I had a pretty good Mother's Day today. I got a new small point and shoot digital camera. I started testing it out already. Jenna brought me flowers and Heather got me an itunes gift card. Michael and Heather made me waffles and eggs, but by the time we all got around to it, it was already lunch time. Overall it was a good day.

May Desktop Background

If you're not a fan of the 4x6 calendar, maybe a desktop background is more your style. I have created two, but they are exact sizes for your desktop. They should work just fine, but if you want, you can go edit them for your desktop. This is the same picture of the Oregon coast as I used in the 4x6 calendar.

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May 2009 Calendar

Looks like April and almost half of May got away before I added my calendar! So, here's one for May that you can print on 4x6 photo paper. This picture was taken on the Oregon coast last summer before we knew enough about digital cameras to be dangerous. I don't claim to know too much more, but I at least can play around with the raw files. I like printing out these calendars to keep near my desk because for some reason I'm always checking the date.

Maybe it's one of those things like checking my watch used to be. I remember when I used to always check my watch and finally stopped wearing it because it was distracting. Now as I'm getting older, I wonder if time is just moving so fast for me that I now refer to my calendars in the same way.

Either way, I have fun making them and hope you enjoy it.

Happy Mother's Day

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February 4x6 Calendar

I finally made it back out to take some pictures this weekend. They didn't come out as good as I would have liked, but I can work with a few of them. I went up near where my new job is located and took a few at a couple of different place. The one in this calendar is from the same hill the building is on. It overlooks the town of Hartford and when nature cooperates there are wonderful views. Unfortunately, nature didn't cooperate the day I took this photo! The sky cleared after sunrise! Anyway, feel free to use this calendar!