CROP TIL YOU DROP event!!!

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

Mark your calendar for the FIRST international mini album "Crop til You Drop" event! October 22-23, Saturday and Sunday

:) Do you have multiple photos of events and theme occasions in your life that you want to scrap fast and with style?
:) Do you want to create a brag book of the great kid(s) in your life?
:) Do you want to show off your scrapbooking talents to friends and family and give them scrapbooks for Christmas?
:) Do you want a chance to win $5 bi-weekly prizes and a big $20 prize on December 21?

THEN JOIN THE FUN! Check out this thread for the thread (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/showthread.php?p=67380#post67380) and for info on great prizes from now til December 21. Many DSP members are now SAMA - Seriously Addicted to Mini Albums! Links to their mini albums can be found in the thread. Some of the albums completed for the Mini Album Challenge include:
- Sisters Album
- Christmas Album
- Wedding Album
- Girl Friends Album
- Grandma's Brag book
- Daughter's Friends Album - birthday present
- Annual Family Tradition: Ren Fair

If enough people sign up, the first 5 minutes on the hour will be a mini chat and the other 55 will be spent cropping mini albums.

SIGN UP IN THIS THREAD FOR A TIME OR TWO TO HOST. Bring ideas and challenges to your mini chat, along with the virtual refreshements of your choice

SATURDAY: (ALL TIMES ARE EST)
9 am - Stacey Jewell Stahl, host. PHOTO PREPARATION mini chat
10 am BREAKFAST CLUB CHAT
11 am - Stacey
12 pm - JudyY aka Bad JuJu
1 pm - Laura Lou
2 pm - MandyNIO
3 pm
4 pm
5 pm
6 pm
7 pm
8 pm
9 pm
10 pm COLOR CHAT
11 pm - Rosemary aka rnorwood

SUNDAY (ALL TIMES ARE EST)
12 am - Tammy aka CrazyCowGirl
1 am - Elisabeth
2 am
3 am
4 am
5 am
6 am
7 am
8 am
9 am - Stacey42 - REFLECTIONS
10 am
11 am
12 pm - JudyY - Bad JuJu
1 pm - Laura Lou
2 pm - MandyNIO
3 pm
4 pm
5 pm
6 pm - Tammy - CrazyCowGirl
7 pm
8 pm
9 pm
10 pm
11 pm
12 am

[Stacey42]

I'll take Sunday at 9am.

[Judyy]

Woo-hoo! Sign me up for Sunday at noon. I might sign up for another time too--let me check my schedule. Can't wait!

[Judyy]

Hey, Stacey--Maybe you could get this crop "advertised" on the dsp front page--that way more people might see it. Just a thought. :)

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

Hey, Stacey--Maybe you could get this crop "advertised" on the dsp front page--that way more people might see it. Just a thought. :)
Oooh! GREAT idea, JuJu!!! Will do!!

[Rosemary]

I can take 11 pm Saturday.

Great idea Stacey!

[Rosemary]

Now I should check the 'rules' before I get planning!

Do you have to use a mini-album kit for the crop?

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

Now I should check the 'rules' before I get planning!

Do you have to use a mini-album kit for the crop?
He he! YES! Rosemary - this is a perfect excuse for you to make a present for someone.

[Rosemary]

Oops, I might not have been clear in my question.

Obviously, you'll need to have soemthing to use for your album, but I've never bought a mini-album kit to make a mini-album! I usually use one of the others I have. Is it ok to use a regular kit instead for the crop?

[MandyNI0]

Promise to sign up and host a time, just need to double check my diary but I'll be there, somewhere!!!

[raynebair]

I don't want to commit to a time till I know there won't be anything going on that weekend, and that my internet won't be going wacked on me again. But as of now I'm planning to be there for hopefully most of it!

I plan to use the time wisely to work on my honeymoon album.

[Elisabeth]

Whaaaaahhhh! The 22 is my birthday, and I agreed to switch with the other supv. so she could go to Las Vegas! I have to work both days and won't get home until after midnight. Rufnsnufn ferntnsnufn. I'm going to miss EVERYTHING.

On a higher note, a little bird told me you should all make the Ghosts and Goblins chat when it's announced... if you are into mini-albums.
*whistles*

Edit: Oh, wait! I went back to look at the times again - let me check with my ghostie buddy and see if she wants to co-host a wee hour one!

[Judyy]

I'll sign up for noon on Saturday also. Can't wait!

[angels]

I am new to this can someone tell me exactly how the online crop works. Thanks for your help!

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

Angel, we will have a mini chat at the top of each hour and the rest of the time use our mini album kits to make pages. If there is no host signed up, then there will be no mini chat that hour. We are basically just rooting each other on to finish projects and give each other ideas and constructive critisism and get in line for the bi-weekly drawings and the big $20 prize in December. :) Thanks for asking!

[MandyNI0]

I'll do 1pm on both days, which if I've got this right will be 7pm my time.

[jenaRN]

I have a women's retreat at church that whole weekend-so I'm sad to say I'll miss all the fun :o( Hopefully there will be another one in the future!

[MandyNI0]

Ahhhhh got that wrong, if it's 1pm my time it's 6pm your time so can I make it 2pm on Saturday and Sunday which will be 7pm my time. Sorrrwweeee. :rolleyes:

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

I have a women's retreat at church that whole weekend-so I'm sad to say I'll miss all the fun :o( Hopefully there will be another one in the future!
I'm thinking we'll do one in November and December too!

[lauraloub]

I will take Saturday at 1 pm and Sunday at 1 if you still need hosts. What a grteat way to beat the Holiday rush to make presents!

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

I will take Saturday at 1 pm and Sunday at 1 if you still need hosts. What a grteat way to beat the Holiday rush to make presents!
Laura Lou!! I'm so glad you'll host!!! :) I'll put you on the schedule right now!

[Waterqueen]

So after the chat do we post our pages so other people can see them? Or just keep scrapping and telling folks we are getting stuff done?
-Bell

Edit: Also how does a min kit work? is it a specific size or can I do the layouts for any size album. Gosh I am such a newb

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

You can post ANYTIME! To be part of the bi-weekly drawings, you must post in the other thread that your album is completed . . . otherwise there are no restictions on when to post. The chats are a fun way to be at a virtual crop and encourage each other. I think I'll post as I get each page done, but we'll see. :)

[Judyy]

Hey, Waterqueen--welcome aboard to the mini-album challenge. I'm having such a great time with the mini-albums.

To answer your question about how the minialbum kits work, they come in different sizes--either 4x6 or 8x8--I like the 8x8 best, but it depends on what your project is. Each kit consists of a set of plopper pages--already decorated, and some even with titles, so you just paste in your photos and add journaling. I love their ease and flexibility: you can throw together a simple but beautiful page in no time at all by just doing the photo pasting and journaling, or you can change the colors, add other elements, clone out parts you don't care for, add your own titles--the sky's the limit, just as with any other LO.

Check out the mini-album kits in the DSP store to get some ideas. Also, something I didn't realize when I started is that some of the mini-album kits have coordinating regular-size kits, with more elements you might like to add to the your mini pages: tags, mats, brads, and other cool stuff. Check it out!
Mini-albums (http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2_33)

[Waterqueen]

:) Wow Judyy thanks for the help. My Son and Daughter have three grandmas and each year I give them another section of a scrapbook to remember the year because they don't all get to see their grandkids. This will make it SOOOOOO much easier.
-Bell

[Elisabeth]

Okay, Stacey, I can host. What I'd like to do is re-offer the Ghosts and Goblins mini-kit that KY Bumpkin and I made. It was available as a chat only freebie, so this can be a make up date for it. We made it together, and she has given me permission to re-offer it, on this mini-album weekend so close to Halloween. I will also offer up the "devil in me" chat freebie kit as well, as it coordinates with the mini album.

Now, all that said, it is not imperative that we use that kit for that hour. SO...for anyone who comes to my (or maybe "our" - KY may co-host with me) chat in the middle of the night, and uses a mini album kit from the store, and posts at least one completed page from it by the end of chat (dig this run on sentence), I'll send some freebie elements, which may or may not all coordinate but will be the equivalent of how many elements are usually in a kit. Good stuff to use.

So may I have the 1 am Saturday night/Sunday morning slot please? And should I specify which store kit they are to use, or should it be any?

Gah. Since I've just added a large bite to my "to do" list, let me get on it.

Edit: Um, uh-oh. Was I not supposed to announce the plan for the chat in the thread?

[Judyy]

No, I'm glad you announced it, Elisabeth--I've been wondering that also--whether we can discuss possible challenges in this thread.

I've signed up to host two hours of the crop, and I'd like to do some sort of challenge, but I'm not sure what sort of challenge would be appropriate. So I guess I'm fishing for ideas. A little help?

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

Hmmmm. . . we can announce our challenges! Why not? I'd like to challenge people to gather their photographs in the first hour, cropping and manipulating as needed. Clone out that pesky light switch in the background, apply a filter, mask if necessary. Save each photo in a separate folder to use in the next hour. I'm waiting to sign up for more slots so I can take a couple that are left over.

Judy - you could do a quote challenge!!! Bring some fun quotes to your chats and post them here afterwards.

Elisabeth - you do not have to specify a mini album kit. You may come up with a challenge or just chat and motivate. I'll add you to the schedule! WOO HOO!

[txmusicmom]

Stacey--

I would love to host a time --but I don't know how to make anything to give?? :o I guess this could be a first!

Any suggestions??

Donna
( who wants to send her entire family away for that weekend-- hee hee)

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

Donna, you don't have to give away anything at the chat! Just chat if you want! LOL. Bring virtual goodies for everyone and be your wonderful self.

[Stacey42]

I've got a theme for my hour. Since it is 9am on Sunday morning, my theme is REFLECTION!. It's still kinda early, so maybe not everyone is ready to leap right in get cropping. So have a cup of coffee with me & reflect on what you have done so far. Are you happy with it? Does it need some tweeking? If you want to get right in onscrapping then please do, but if you'd rather take some time & look at what you have done & maybe chat & ask for opinions on it, then please join me at 9am.

[Elisabeth]

That's a great idea, Stacey!

Donna, no, don't let my comments change your plan of action; I was just trying to think of some way to get folks into the chat room in the middle of the night, since that's the only time I can host! I'll have a preview up soon of what I've come up with.


I have some other ideas to throw out there, though: (edited to reflect Jewell's note on 5 minute chats vs. hour chats, below)


1001 ways to use this Mini-Album Idea Hour - Host links to the first mini album in the store and for ten minutes the group comes up with themes it can be used for, then in a few minutes the focus is shifted to another album. This is to get our creative juices flowing; other people might have a different use for the album than you thought of. (Things that make you go "hmmmm".) The host should take the chat transcript and send to the store so they can put the ideas in the description if they want.

Recoloring a Mini-Album hour - challenge the group to recolor pages from a mini album to suit their needs for a later hour crop, then post an image to show what they recolored it to. This would work for a five minute chat.

Journaling for mini-albums - Talk about how you can get meaningful journaling into small spaces. This might work for a five minute chat.

Make a Mini-album from a store kit - the host challenges the group to use any store kit to create 4 x 6 ploppers; their own new Mini Album! Five minute chat would work. For an hour long chat, a kit could be set beforehand, and the host could walk the group through making one. I wish I could do this one; I won't have time to do the prepwork, so if it doesn't get done for this weekend, I'll do this chat another time.

DSP Store Kit Review Challenge Hour - this could be an hour we all work to write reviews for the mini kits (or any kits) we've bought but not reviewed. It would be nice for the end of the weekend activities when we've all used our kits. There used to be a challenge up for reviewing 20 kits; not sure if it's still in effect, but if it is, here is a good time to encourage each other to do it.

Not necessarily related to mini-album chat ideas:

Basic element making for Newbies hour. Cupcake has temporarily ceased the regular chats, so this could be a chance for someone to share a quick tut on ribbon making or grunge stamping.

Kit Idea Challenge Hour - the host could collect kit ideas for an hour, then present it to the design team. We always seem to come up with these in other kinds of chats, and yet here is a great opportunity to take them all down in one place. Ones I can think of that have been suggested are kits for EMTs and Nursing.

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

Z - you have outdone yourself with ideas!!! I LOVE IT! However there is one slight problem. It's a mini chat you are hosting. Only 5 minutes. However, there is an easy solution - keep chatting! I'll post that your chat will be for an hour if you like. Let me know. WOW - it's no wonder you are the boss. You got the goods, baby.

[Elisabeth]

OH! I thought some of them were prep chats for the whole hour, like Stacey's Reflection and Feedback idea (which is fab) and then some were "Fill in your Album" chats for that time. Oops!

Mine is going to follow your guidelines, with the exception that I'll be using it as a make-up chat for the Halloween chat freebies as well. So I'll be in chat the whole time giving out the links for that.

Preview my challenge details and the freebie HERE (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57211)!

Now, off to get that sucker zipped up with tou file. Hope to see you there!

[Stacey42]

I'm not going to be able to do any scrapping Sunday morning, since I have to leave my house about 10:15am and I hate working with a deadline. I figured I do the 5 minute mini chat & then just hang out in the chat room & invite people to join me & talk about their projects if they want.

[d2vasquez]

Hey Stacey - Do you have to be there the whole entire time? I know that I have things to do on Saturday but want to participate if I can....Thanks!

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

Darla, pop in the chat room when you can for a mini chat, crop when you can, do other stuff too. No rules! :)

[Elisabeth]

bump - Hey! We need to get this thread going again - it's THIS weekend! C'mon, folks, sign up for an hour of playing!

My mini album is going slower than it should, but my photos are between 75 and 80 years old and are needing some cleaning up. I'll try to have a good deal of it ready to show by my chat.

[Waterqueen]

We have decided that this weekend is for potty training. I had such hope of getting something done. Oh well I will catch ya'll next month hopefully.
-Bell

[lauraloub]

Elisabeth, do you have a mini-album you are using for Heritage? I would love to print the heritage photos I have scanned for albums for my family...at least 3 or 4 of them. That will be my focus this weekend IF I can find an appropriate album.

[lauraloub]

Someplace I saw an album made from old 5 inch floppies. The photos (layouts?) were glued to both side of floppies and they were strung together on a chain. It looked GREAT! Of course there was a hole in the middle of each, but since the example had used several photos on each floppy, they were arranged to avoid that hold. I am thinking a template could be made with the hole in the middle and new layouts could be arranged to incorporate the hole into the design.

Now, if I just had even ONE floppy I could make a template and share. Really...I don't think I have any. Maybe I could ask my more computer savy neighbors.

[raynebair]

I plan on being around for part of this. That is if DH doesn't make other plans for us. I finally got the photos my sister sent...some really good ones of the two of us. So I plan to work on that if I get a chance. Maybe try to finish it!

[MandyNI0]

Well given my current mini album project (top secret till the weekend lol!!) I'd quite like to do a recolouring chat. Will I be steppin on anyones toes if I do??

I'll also have a got at doing some freebies - if I can come up with anything that's worth giving that is!

Looking forward to it.

Mandy

[Judyy]

Mandy, you woman of mystery, you! :D
A chat on re-coloringis a great idea--I'm a re-coloring fool, so I'll try to be there.

[Judyy]

And I like Elisabeth's idea of a journaling mini-chat--think I'll try that, if no one else was interested in doing it. A mini-chat on mini-journaling for mini-albums--yeah!

[lauraloub]

Everything sounds so good so far. I have 1:00 PM both days. I would like to work on Heritage and, also, offer some "home made" freebies. Did anyone else take Heritage Holiday GIfts?

[lauraloub]

Elisabeth, if you are working on Heritage for your chat I will change mine. One of us should take that and the other take Repairing Photos. Let me know before Saturday, ok?

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

I'm not going to be scrapping on Saturday - I'm going to be making one of two mini albums I have requests for - one of which is a "Generations" mini album! So . . . it won't be ready for this crop, but for next month's. ;)

[MandyNI0]

OK well I'm going to offer up this freebie in a blatant attempt to gather a crowd in! lol, my first proper attempt at a kit! :eek:

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57797

[Rosemary]

Hi Stacey,

I'm trying to figure out what to do in my crop. I don't think I quite understand the 'rules' right. I thought that each crop had to be centered around a DSP Store kit, yet I see some members are 'doing their own thing' so to speak and working on other topics that aren't directly about using a DSP Store mini-kit for the crop? I'm not quite sure what to do. My original idea was to do a 'crop down' chat on how to crop down a kit and design your own mini-kit - but I thought you told me I couldn't do that? So, I'm not sure what to do at this point.

[Elisabeth]

Yay Rayne! You got your photos!

Laura, no, I'm not doing a heritage chat, that was a side comment I made about the mini album I'm actually trying to assemble. I am using "Eternity" from the store for an album on my grandparents.

BUT - that is not my challenge. My challenge details can be found here (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57211)!

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

Hi Stacey,

I'm trying to figure out what to do in my crop. I don't think I quite understand the 'rules' right. I thought that each crop had to be centered around a DSP Store kit, yet I see some members are 'doing their own thing' so to speak and working on other topics that aren't directly about using a DSP Store mini-kit for the crop? I'm not quite sure what to do. My original idea was to do a 'crop down' chat on how to crop down a kit and design your own mini-kit - but I thought you told me I couldn't do that? So, I'm not sure what to do at this point.

Rosemary, my original idea was to have 5 minute chats every hour - hostess choice on what to chat about - so we could crop the rest of the hour til the next chat. As usual, clever DSP members have rolled with the ball and come up with cool stuff to entice people to come to their chats! It looks like some people are doing full hour chats too! The only rule I'll mention is about the drawing for the mini album challenge - you have to use a DSP mini album kit to be eligible. So, go ahead and do your "crop down" chat - it's a very clever idea and I'm sorry I squashed it before. :)

[Judyy]

Wow, everyone's coming up with such cool ideas, and Mandy and Elisabeth, your goodies look great!

I don't really feel equal to creating a kit or elements as you guys have done, but I do have some talent related to writing. So I'm working on a handout about journaling ideas (just a page or two, but packed with ideas), with a few special tips for journaling in mini-albums (that is, tight spaces), and with links to examples in the DSP galleries. I'll email this document to anyone who comes to the mini-chat during my hours--noon on Saturday and Sunday. No sneak peeks, but here's the title as a little enticement:
"The Resisting Writer: Ideas for Scrappers Who Avoid, Dislike, or Otherwise Have a Difficult Relationship with Journaling"

My DH says the title is about half the document, but no worries--he's a master of exaggeration for effect. :D

[Rosemary]

Stacey - Thanks for your reply. You didn't squash my idea, just left me a bit confused! I thought I would leave it for a week and try and think it over and figure it out, but things turned out just fine in the end!

Judyy - your idea sounds fantastic! I look forward to seeing the results!

[Lauren]

Ive just completed 2 baby themed mini album sets which should be in the store by the weekend - one for boys , one for girls - I will pop in on Saturday and Sunday some time and give away a coupon so someone can buy the kit and addons for that album that are already in the store - it will be at the top of the hour - but Im not telling you WHICH hour it is!!!!

[Judyy]

I'm positively salivating over all the new mini-kits we're hearing about.
And I'm also excited to chat about cutting down regular size kits for mini use, Rosemary. I've occasionally thought that that could be done, and I'd love to have some guidance and pointers.

Sounds like more people are catching the mini-album fever. But you could catch worse things. :D

[raynebair]

Looks like I'll definitely be able to make it for part of the day on Saturday. DH and his buddy are going on a little exploration trip for most of the day so I'll be at home by myself with plenty of time to scrap. Woohoo!

[Judyy]

Well, I'm fresh from my latest shopping trip in the DSP store: got that gorgeou-licious new My Heart mini, so I'll have something special to work on this weekend--a Twins mini for my dear bro. I think those colors are masculine enough. And since it's digital, I can make a copy for each of us! :)

[raynebair]

That mini kit really is something. But I have to hold off till I find a use for it. I'm working up my plan for the "I AM" mini that I plan to work on using the You Are mini album kit. I just hope I can find the right photos for it.

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

I'll be around Saturday morning and will pop in every hour until I drop. ;)

[txmusicmom]

Where is the master list of crop times?

Donna

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

Donna, the first posting of this thread has the master list.

[crazycowgirl]

Hey Stacey, I just found this. So glad someone bumped it up.
I'll do the 12am Sunday and the 6pm Sunday if that's OK.
? though can we use any mini kit and can we embellish them oh ever up to and including changing colors if we want? Do we need to all do the same album in the hour or are we doing which ever ones we have on hand?

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

Tammy, I'll put you on the schedule. Feel free to use the mini album kit any way you like. Judy recolored Marcee's My Girl kit and I've added elements from her Eternal Bliss kit to it and Charmed elements from the page kit to the mini album. You do not have to use the same ones every hour - just be the hostess with the mostess to motivate people to keep on cropping in their mini albums! Thanks!!!

[edding]

Sign me up as well it sounds like fun. Jen

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

I prepped my photos for nieces's ABC album (I hope I don't confuse people too much by working on an ABC album for another challenge during this crop - My ABC album is 5x7, so it's a mini album in size and I'm doing these for Christmas presents).

I also finished some pages for my nephew's ABC album. I'm short a couple of photos and will take those tomorrow. My batteries died last weekend when I wanted to get more shots, but I did get a couple good ones that you'll see in my recent pages "Miracle" and "Quality."

This goes fast!!! Now to start working on the pages for my niece now that I have her photos ready (except for the D page - I want to get a shot of her tomorrow with her "Daddy.")

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

First hour was me talking about photo prep, then the next hour I chatted about fonts and word art, then Judy gave us some journaling tips . . . . next hour is Laura Lou with ideas on a mini heritage album for gift giving!!!

[lauraloub]

My mini-Heritage GIft album is at 10 pages at 4:00 PM. Here is the link:
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=1411&ppuser=891
I am using kit 557dsp Wedding Mini Album.

[raynebair]

Well, I've finished a mini! Hurray!

[Rosemary]

Wow guys, what great progress you are making!

My chat at 11 pm is on cropping down regular kits to fit make your own mini-album.

I've summarised my points into a little handout. If you'd like to download ahead of time or keep this for reference, I've included it here.

[Judyy]

Wow, everyone's doing such great things with their minis! I've got about 7 pages done in my mini, along with 5 more in my ABC. It's taken me all day--in between loads of laundry, emailing students, and, oh yeah, going out for a bite with DH. But I'm pretty happy with my results.

Rosemary, thanks for the handout! Looking forward to your chat.

Here's my brother's mini, so far:
Jim and his poems (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=1417&ppuser=5998)

[raynebair]

Excellent album Judy! I love it.

[Aquamoon]

I will do 4 PM Sunday and give a freebie mini kit I made.

[MandyNI0]

Oh I've been busy and mad that the site was down for me for most of today!

A lot of people were interested in the easy peasy plaid, so if someone explains to me how to attach the file here I'll add it.

[MandyNI0]

Judy, love the album and your brothers poems. He looks and sounds like quite a character, someone I'd love to get to know!

[MandyNI0]

Love the colourising you've done on the piccies Laura Lou, looks great.

[lauraloub]

Well, this was my hour to host and the chatroom is down so here is the link to my feeble little freebie.
http://www.lisacdesigns.com/1926_Winter.zip
It is a collection of backgrounds for a very old Christmas card in an unusual color pallete of oranges.

[Judyy]

Feeble? Are you kidding me? Those are so pretty, Laura--thanks!!!

I'm bummed about the chat room being down. Rats! I wanted to talk about Ready-Made or Found Journaling, which we didn't get to yesterday.

Anyway, I'm in the same boat as Mandy--if someone will explain to me how to attach a file here, I'll make my 4-page journaling tip sheet available in this forum.

Thanks for the compliments on my brother's album. I think he's going to love it. :D

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

I missed everything today because I couldn't get on the site. I'm scrambling right now to view everyone's albums and I'm so geeked about the cool stuff everyone did.

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

You can attach a file when you post a reply to a thread. On the bottom is a spot called "Manage Attachments" - click that and browse for your file. Hit okay and TA DA - you have an attachment.

[Judyy]

OK, then, here it is--four pages of clear, persuasive, engaging prose on the subject of photo-journaling. :rolleyes: I hope this is useful for someone!

[Aquamoon]

The chat I signed up for also did not take place. I made you a mini kit which was used in this layout. There are links to my freebies, but get them soon as I don't know how long I will keep the links up. This is the first time I have made a kit so I hope it's okay.

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58348&nocache=1

[lauraloub]

With no chatting today my grand total for the heritage album done with the wedding mini-album (557dsp) is a grand total of 20 pages. I still have more to do so I will probably just keep going for a few more weeks.
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.co...1411&ppuser=891
Oh, and I am not colorizing any of the photos...these are just as scanned with very little repair or cleaning. I thought they would be more authentic that way.

[Elisabeth]

Thanks aquamoon and Lauralou for the great goodies! I'll remember to pm you when I use them!

[crazycowgirl]

What happened Yesterday???????????
Everytime I tried to come here it said "Site could not be found". I was so bummed I couldn't do my 3pm chat or anyone elses for that matter.
I missed everyone.
On the lite side, I do hope the site is alright.

Thank You, Rosemary and Judyy for the doc's I'll be reading them more later today and putting them to use. I surely appreciate everyones hard work on this event.
Thank You all for being there.

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

Tammy, I was bummed too! Not sure what happened.

I'll do another one of these in November, I'm thinking the 19th and 20th. This past weekend was a huge blast!

[lauraloub]

I am waiting for an announcement of another Crop Til You Drop. What do you say, Stacey?

[raynebair]

Laura - Here's the thread for the next crop: http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/showthread.php?p=72042#post72042