Mackenzie - My iMac

Yes, it's true! I have named my iMac, Mackenzie. Yes, I am getting more and more attached to her everyday, let's just hope that she doesn't let me down. I am still learning all of her tricks and hope to soon be proficient at her iMovies, Garage Band, and all the new graphics software I have installed on her! Here is a recent picture of her, only at just under two weeks old, hehehe!

Urban Threads

So, I am a digital designer for Top Line Creations and they just released a kit that I created today for their LifeTimez software. I designed the layouts and they added the photos. Photos are not what I would have chosen, but hey, that's ok!

Runway Urban Threads Circles
by Karma H.
Runway's Urban Threads Circles Collection will add a masculine, urban style to your digital scrapbooking. This 14-page album brings a unique, rugged variety that will be a great addition to anyone's digital library.

Order the 28-page Runway Urban Threads Circles album for Mac or PC today.

Shot Through The Heart

OK, I grew up in the 80's and 90's so this video is so totally relevant to me and it's STINKIN' FUNNY! Hey friends, you know who you are... you will love it too!

I'm an iMac!

WHAT HAVE I DONE???

Sooooooo, we have been saving up to get me a new computer for a while now. With doing so much more digital scrapbook designing I needed something more powerful than my laptop. It was driving me crazy trying to design new papers or elements and it taking a good 2 minutes just to have one action do it's job!

NOW, I have a screaming iMac! Why an iMac you say? Well we have been told that it is the best computer you can have if you are a graphics designer!

WELLLLL, it's driving me nutz! So many years of being proficient on a PC and now with the iMac, all the shortcuts are different, the folders are different, the software is different! UGH!

Slowly I am getting used to it! I YOU HAVE AN iMAC and could give me a few tips, I welcome any comments on this post! LOL!

Here is my new baby.... well, she is a BIG baby, 24 inches, lol!
YES, the computer is INSIDE of the monitor! No tower to mess with, I could take this puppy to crops if I wanted to, lol!

Creative Design Team Call

FaithSisters.com is looking for 10 Faith Sisters to be on our NEW Creative Design Team for October, November, December and Beyond!

Do you consider yourself to be creative, team oriented and willing to share your faith with others through Faithbooking? Well, we are seeking scrapbookers like you with many different levels of expertise and styles, paper craft and digital.

It is our desire that every scrapbooker feel comfortable and blessed to record their faith and share their creativity with our community.

What you will gain:
Many Blessings as well as being a blessing to others.
Fellowship with like minded Christians.
A cute blinkie, exposure on our blog, all our praise and gratitude.

Your Commitment To Us:
Participation in our weekly challenges.
Participation on our Forum & Gallery with at least 10 posts/week in each.
Promotion of FaithSisters.com through personal use, faith-based organizations, and online scrapbooking communities.

Optional Commitments:
A rotating RAK will also be sent to Creative Design Team members.

MISC Details:
All challenges will be posted in advance.
Deadline is September 28, 07.
New Members announcement will be made by Oct 1, 2007.
We reserve the right to choose less than 10 members.

To enter the Design Team Call:
FIRST you will need to post your layout submissions to our gallery! http://www.faithsisters.com/gallery/index.php?cat=17
-Create three faith-based layouts using any products that show your best scrapbooking style as well as the way you are comfortable putting your faith on your pages (you may also submit photos of other faith-based projects that show your creativity)
*Please make sure your name is in the file title such as "sunnykohlerbelieve.jpg"
SECOND, once you do that please email designteam@faithsisters.com before September 28, 2007 to get a copy of the agreement. Receiving the agreement does not make you an automatic member. If you are selected as a CDT member then we will ask you to send in the agreement along with the requested information. (You may request an agreement before you submit your layouts.)

We look forward to creating a great team!

Toast Weeping Willow

I copied this from Kims Blog
It's so much fun. Once you do yours please post it in my comments or link me to your blog in your comment.

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car), Smokey Lexus

2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie), Mocha Chocolate Chip

3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name), K-Hol

4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal), Pink Puppy

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born), Miriam Alberta -changed this to province..

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first), Holka - LOL!

7. SUPERHERO NAME: (”The” + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink), The Red Smoothy - LOL!

8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers), Golden Kristian - LOL!

9. STRIPPER NAME: ( the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy), Cocoa Chanel Score - Oh my!

10.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names ), Can't answer this one...

11. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (Your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter), Wilson Washington

12. SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday, flower). Christmas Orange Rose

13. CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now + “ie” or “y”) Raspberry Shortie - Hehehe!

14. HIPPY NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree), Toast Weeping Willow

15. YOUR ROCKSTAR TOUR NAME: (”The” + Your fave hobby/craft, fave weather element + “Tour”), The Scrapbooking Cool Tour

FaithSisters.com

Faithbookers unite! Faith Sisters is an up and coming community of talented designers sharing their challenges, resources and creative inspiration to help you leave a legacy of faith in your scrapbooks.

Whether you're working on making a mini book, a family album, a scrapbook from your most recent vacation, documenting your kids' growth from year to year, or just want some ideas on how to make a great card - the Faith sisters challenges, layouts, forums, inspiration galleries and resources will help you turn those projects into legacies of faith.

Faith Sisters isn't just a website! It is a community! The faith forum gives everyone a chance to get to know each other and share ideas. The Faith Sisters Inspiration Gallery is a fabulous place to share your faithbook pages and projects as well as see the projects being submitted by others.

Every other Monday morning a new challenge is added to the Faith Sisters site! To make it even more inspiring the Faith Sisters design team will already have projects on display to help you get those creative juices flowing for that weeks challenge!

Read the challenge and then create your project! There is a readers inspiration gallery for you to post your completed projects! The Faith Sisters design team will publish a post about their favorite project from that month and you just might be the designer of that project!

The very first challenge is one of the challenges here at BellaOnline Scrapbooking - Meaningful Songs! The really awesome thing about Faith Sisters is we can all see the projects that everyone is doing for the challenge! The Faith Sisters Gallery is going to be an awesome place for faithbooking inspiration!

There are lots of great things planned for the Faith Sisters Site and Community! You will want to make sure to sign up for the newsletter list to keep up with all of the excitement!

I am truly blessed to be a part of this ministry. I hope that you will be blessed by becoming a part of the Faith Sisters community too!

Article Written by my business partner Michelle McVaney

Pachelbel Bedtime

Anyone with little kids must watch this. This guy is amazing and what a great song!

SHE WAS PREGNANT!

YES, the spider saga continues! My Writer Spider was SO HUGE because she was PREGNANT! Check out her before and afters, lol!

ANOTHER Spider! This one's yellow!

Ugh! Ya know, I love South Carolina, but these bugs are DRIVING ME CRAZY! This is the 3rd CrAzY looking spider we have seen now, check a few posts down for the other two... Do you know what kind this one is???




UPDATE: A few hours after posting this, I found this great post-

Writing Spider, Scribbler, Black and Yellow Argiope (Argiope aurantia)
http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/69/
On Jul 25, 2006, melody from Benton, KY
(Zone 7a) wrote:This is a very large and intimidating looking spider, but in reality, it's a great bug catcher, and rarely leaves it's web.

The female's body can be nearly 1 1/2" long not counting the legs. The male, who is rarely seen, is much smaller, between 1/4" and 3/8". He is not as brightly colored, and only has one purpose in life.

The female spins the large web with the distinctive zig-zag down the middle, and is the one people see in their gardens.

While this spider is seen all across the US and southern Canada, it isn't common in the Rocky Mountains and the Canadian Great Basin area.

Because of it's large web, that it maintains by eating it each evening and spinning a new one before dawn, people have come to enjoy them in their out of the way garden areas and co-exist with them easily.


ANOTHER Update: LOOK! We JUST found the male not too far away also!
Another update: It started to rain HARD and I went out to look at my spider. Here she is holding on to her web with her back legs. Too cool!

Hunter's First Day of School Scrapbooking Layouts!

Here are some layouts that I put together this morning!

Hunter's First Day of School!

Here is our little guy today on his first day of 2nd grade! Uniform and everything! Whaaa! I swear when I woke him up this morning he had grown over night!

This is Hunter's new teacher!


Update: Well, we just got back and he was so excited. He said, "I had a GREAT, GREAT, PERFECT day in second grade!" Yahoo!

Alvin and the Chipmunks

OK, so my son and I LOVE Alvin and the Chipmunks and we were so excited to know that they are making a movie that will be out at Christmas time! Here is the movie trailer and then below a clip of Hunter dancing and singing to the CD's that I bought for him a few years ago! He is MAKING everyone dance with him, lol! Good thing I was behind the camera!





Here it is slowed down and you can hear when Alvin talks at the end how it sounds like the real "Dave" because it's Ross Bagdasarian Jr. voice, who is the real "David Seville's" son.

Spiders!!! Eeeuuuww!

OK, so I went to let the dogs outside and THIS is what had strung a web across the deck! Do you know what kind of spider it is? If so, post a comment!



OK! Here is ANOTHER ONE! It came crawling out of the garage when we were taking Hunter to his first day of school! It looks like he is missing a leg. August 20th...

My Niece, Jolie

I love my little niece, she is so adorable! Here are some layouts that I did with the "Little Princess" digital kit. You can get this kit to do you own special girly layouts on my website at: http://www.topline-creations.com/kreativekarma

P.S. There is also a "Little Prince" kit like this one for boys too! ;o)