Jan May

It's so easy to do! Word Art pictures seem to be taking over this season.  Everywhere is stocking them.  And for quite a while it's been really bugging me.....   How on earth do you do them? I've found a few different apps, but nothing has been quite what I wanted.  Today I've found it! Prepare to be lost in the world of TAGXEDO   - where you can make up a word picture out of just about anything.    There are a host of shapes to choose from, or you can upload your own.  You can even do words.  With a wide choice of text and a host of colour templates to pick from - you may be lost some time!  If you don't want a shape, you can have a word "cloud".  By jiggling around with the controls, you can totally change the appearance.  I have been lost there for most of the afternoon. Best of all, as you create a picture you are happy with you can save as a jpg image in a variety of sizes - even big enough to print ...

What a morning.  Woke up feeling like death warmed up (nothing new, I am allergic to mornings).  Then, over my first cup of coffee and a swift peruse of early morning tweets, I discovered   Handmade Monday  An opportunity to find lots of other crafty folk, and find out what they've been up to.  I know, I know.... it's another time-waster.  But what a lovely one!  So, without any further ado - this is my handmade effort to join in.  And I've made it on a Monday!  (Am now left to figure out how to actually link along with everyone else - that may take me some time).  Designs on Fabric I'm a wee bit excited today.   How many of us dream of creating our own fabrics?   Squeal!!!! Albeit in a micro-printing sort of way - I now can.     I have discovered the range of printable fabrics from Crafty Computer Papers   Up to now I've fiddled about with t-shirt transfer paper.  This is okay for very sm...