off to print

I did it ... previewed my project again, proof read for spelling errors again, and hit the publish button. Off it went. This is my second project to go to publishing, and I thought I would be calmer, but I am NOT. Now I want to hold it, and can't wait for the books to come in, I hope the ones I am giving as gifts will be enjoyed as much as I enjoyed the process of making them (glitches all worked out, it is still a ton of fun).

Hats off to the programming guys at HM, they have put together an excellent program, and I hear there are going to be additional perks added later. Bonus, I survived the testing phase, and eneded up with a storybook I am very proud of. Take a peak, search under germany.

Now I am focusing on the next project, or two. Just like with quilting, I need to have a couple of ideas on the go all the time, so if I hit a mental block I can just fiddle with something else until the preverbial bolt of lightning strikes. And it will make the time go by quicker.

digital glitches

I had Thanksgiving weekend all planned - my hubby was going hunting - and I had the whole weekend to finish my long awaited travel storybook. I was so excited about the new release of the digital storybooking tool, I couldn't wait to have all that time to myself ... and no one said "wait a minute, it's not quite perfect yet".

In the beginning everything flowed - the adjustments to the photo files meant I could now flip through my pictures and quickly find what I was looking for, and get them onto the page fast - the new backgrounds and embelishments provided by scrapgirls were amazing and versitile - and then I started to add text. That's when things got messy, frustrating and time consuming. I have to admit that I e-mailed a long complaint to the help department, offering to roast the turkey that believed the text formating was working, because it wasn't.

I felt a little foolish when I opened my e-mails and saw the announcement that these last bugs would be ironed out, and all will be well in the world by Oct. 16th. That's only a week away - I can deal with that.

digital scrapbook

WOW - I just was looking over some of the features in the "hot off the presses" digital scrapbooking tool that came out of the beta program we tested this summer. It is amazing, not only did Heritage Makers fix the concerns that consultants had with how the program was working, they took it to a whole new level. wait ... first check out how the program looks, or take the quick tutorial.

OK, now I can tell you that HM partnered with Scrap Girls* to provide even better layout and embelishment options. The creative possibilities have become unlimited. And if you are fortunate enought to put together tactile scrapbooks, you can still have them copied and published using the designer books.

I'm off to go back to work on my book now - have fun with yours.

*specialty accessories are now available through subscription with Heritage Makers to create even more amazing pages for your book, these are designed by www.scrapgirls.com , and questions concerning this collection should come back to consultants like me @ Hertage Makers. This is seperate from Scrap Girls web business.