getting my feet wet

Despite all the great ideas I had for books, when I tried to focus on one that I could actually begin, I got cold feet. All these negative thoughts invaded ... I'm not technically savy ... I've never used computerized drawing or art programs ... I can barely print digital pictures from our camera, how can publish a book ... I'm not a good photographer either ... how can I make an interesting story ... and I was sinking fast.

Getting a grip, I decided to attempt a small project.
Happy thoughts, no more negativity, what shall I do? well happy thoughts brought me to my happy-face grandson, and since he had just celebrated his first birthday, a family fold-out would make a perfect mother's day gift, for his mom and my mom, and a copy left for me. Perfect. Just 7 photos to work with, a few words, and it would be easy.

The directions were excellent, I uploaded the photos to my account ... no problems. quick tip - load large photos, as they can be cropped* in the layout section. Playing with which photo would go where was fun, I flipped one on its side ... looking good. All that was left was to add a very short story line. It took a couple of rewrites (I'm no author), then I asked my hubby what he thought, he was suitably impressed with the result ... first project done!

Well, almost done ... I sent it for publishing ... and waited (10 days can be a very long time to wait) it reminded me of waiting for our first baby to come, and she managed to be 14 days late! How would it look, would it really look like the file I sent in, would the grandparents like it ? Too many days, and finally it was in ... completely amazing. I was so happy with the results, I wanted to start another, back to paragrahp two (no more worries) and trying to settle on the next idea.
*cropping is like cutting pieces of the background away until you are happy with the photo that is left, because you can use the photos more than once in a project, you can even focus on two different sections of a photo and end up with two entirely different pictures, click here for tips, or try digital photo tips for a more technical explanation