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They won!! So now they are State Field Hockey Champs in Class M/S and have had an undefeated season. Needless to say, one very happy team. It's the first time in the history of the school that they have won the state championship in field hockey! Way to go girls!!
They won the State Class M/S Semi-Finals for Field Hockey! Woo hoo - we're in the state finals!
An amazing game - tied 2 to 2 at the end so they went into overtime. For field hockey that means a 15 minute period with only 7 players on the field instead of the usual 10. As you can see above, they scored the winning goal shortly after the overtime began.
It's supposed to be a beautiful day tomorrow for the finals - seasonable cool and sunny - a perfect day for Field Hockey!
Up and down I-93 at (approximately) 65 mph every day. The trees are gorgeous and my camera is at hand. A few shots from the car looked interesting when I downloaded them, so the next days I took a few more, playing with the manual settings.
Here’s my travelogue – picturelogue – of New Hampshire’s fall foliage at at 65 mph:
Details:
My camera is Panasonic DMC-FZ5
Manual setting with ISO of 100 and I used two diferent settings - an exposure of 1/20 and aperture of f/7.1 or exposure 1/40 with aperture of f/4.5
If you don’t have a manual setting, try zooming in which will create the blur nicely or use the macro or close-up mode. At 65 mph it should create an cool blur.
And please shoot as a passenger....
The sign on the fence says it all...Teen does love Field Hockey. This year the varsity is undefeated so now we start the NH State championshops.
Sunday...you couldn't ask for a more perfect day...
and it was a tight game. Even those on the bench look tense, huddled not with cold ( it was 70) but anxious anticipation.
And they won! So next it's the semi finals under the lights on Thursday. I can't wait!
With all the Harvest Festivals and County Fairs going on, this seems a perfect time for a Blog Carnival!
What is a Blog Carnival? Good question. Much like a country fair (but virtual), it is a collection of fun things to do and sites to visit which all center around a theme. For this one, the MC is energetic digiscrapper Hummie who has an amazing blog of information. I'm hosting it this week and it is on digital scrapbooking, of course! And there are loads of great articles!
News
Digital Scrapbooking Day is on Saturday, November 3rd and it looks like there will be tons of fun things to do for the first ever celebration. Don't forget to order your official DSD shirt. All proceeds from the shirt sales go to the Susan G Komen for the Cure for breast cancer research so you can support two good causes at once!
What is Digital Scrapbooking Day? A day to celebrate the wonderful world of digital. Would you like to let us know you are doing something special on your blog or store or site for DSD? Just let us know at seswhite@gmail.com
A few teasers...Memory Makers magazine has a free digital download in the Nov/Dec issue which just came out.....Tamron is giving away a Zoom Lens (worth $400)
Scrap Back Up Day was October 13th but it is never too late to back up your photos and LOs. Learn how here
Wordy Wednesday - Get Amazing posted at The DigiShoppe
Tutorials
Dishwasher Magnet posted at Digital Scrapbooking Day - hybrid project for a sign to tell you whether than dishwasher is clean or dirty. Print out on magnetic paper.
Digital Curled Edges How To posted at Scrapbook Ideas
Tour of Bevel and Emboss Settings in PSCS2 posted at Misty Cato Designs
Photoshop Friday 2007 #33 Organizing posted at Jessica
Using and Customizing Styles in CS2 posted at Scrap Your Art Out! who notes "Nice little tutorial showing how to use and to customize styles in Photoshop."
PURSuE Your Art changable purse is also posted at Digital Scrapbooking Day - make a purse that you can change with digital scrapbooking to suit your mood(s). Or better yet, make one for grandma. This one was made by Angie Pedersen.
My First Video Tutorial at The Legacy Lady who tells us this is a "Video tutorial on recoloring an overlay and frame for a layout..."
The Legacy Lady also sent in another tutorial - Creative Photo Fun Tutorial - and describes it as "Blend your photo into your favorite digital scrapbooking element using the tips in this tutorial..."
How to Create a Soft Focus posted in Welcome to Scrapville
How to Turn an Ordinary Business Card into a Quick, Handy, Stylish Gift Tag posted at the Everyday Digital Scrapbooking site
Are You a Beginner in Digital Scrapbooking? posted at Everday Digital Scrapbooking - great resource forthose just getting started
My Comments on Your Comments - tutorial by Misty Cato
How to Create an Epoxy Bubble or Plastic Charm as Digital Art posted on Everday Digital Scrapbooking
Articles
DigiScrapZine is a wonderful new site with lots of articles. The creative genius behind it is Michelle Thompson who also authors one of my favorite blogs Scrapability.
Re-emphasing This Kaboodle Group posted on Scrapability
Seeking Digital Scrapbooking Tutorials posted at Angie Pedersen's Blog of Me
Digital Scrapbooking Meets Genealogy posted at The Legacy Lady
A Most Reluctant Convert by Kaylie about organizing your digital scrapbooking stuff.
What You Need to Know about Copyright in the Scrapping World by Karen is a great article about this subject and a must read for designers.
5 Great Photo Projects for Partes from the Photojojo blog is a bunch of ideas for party photos. I might just have to use some of these at DD's birthday sleepover.
Great Photography is About 30% Camera posted on Scraps of Mind is a wonderful article and a must read. "Even if you have a point and shoot camera - you can take great shots using the photography tips in this article..."
Edit Your Photos Online Without Any Software by Monkey Insight and she notes " Picnik just launched two weeks ago, It's a website that lets you upload, edit and save back your pictures to your computer or photo hsaring site for free. This article incudes a short review and demo video."
All Talk and No Action? posted on Dream Scrapper who describes it as "Info for designers on requirements for designing actions that will work in Photoshop Elements."
Now That I've Got It, Where Do I Put It? posted at DreamScrapper who says "Information regarding where to put add-ons for Photoshop Elements, no matter what version you use."
At Digital Scrapbooking Info you will find ACDSee Photo Manager 10 has great new features - "This article details the new features available in ACDSee 10 Photo Organizer. There are even videos that introduce the new features in a way that you can't get by just reading about them!"
and finally a blog I would like to share because I find the posts are always interesting:
Blog of Me is a lovely thoughtful blog about scrapbooking by the very energetic scrapper Angie Pedersen who also wrote several books The Book of Me, The Book of Us and Growing Up Me - and maintains the Scrap YOUR Stories website.
Trends
Scrap Praise offers Picks for Today which Monique describes as "A great blog to find the latest hot scrapping products and beautiful layout finds!"
Monique's Scrapping Blog > Challenge 411! is "The posts to read for info on new and happening challenges! I try to find challenges a bit different from the usual classics, and give you all the info you need to decide if it's one you want to try or not!" and you can find it on Monique's Scrapping Blog
Freebies
Layered Template 2008 Planner / Calender by Simply Sarah - this a wonderful calender!
Sketch Me If You Can! offers tons of free sketch templates
Candy Corn Border by Hummie. Isn't this prefect for halloween?
How about these Halloween Charms ?
A couple free recipe cards - just click on the title to download the full size card. Print out and add it to your recipe box.
Credits: Fiesta Ole by Elizabeth Lane at Scrap Outside the Box; font is Offshore Banking Business and Augie
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Credits: La Creameries Fraise by Katie Pertiet at Designer Digitals; fonts are Quiggley Wiggley and Augie
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Credits: DST free kit by Carrie Stephens at Fishscraps; font is Willing Race
Memory Makers magazine is celebrating Digital Scrapbooking Day with a FREE kit!
The November/December issue, which hits newsstands today, has a bit about DSD in their calender area. And readers may download a kit by Corina Nielsen at Funky Playground Designs which you see above. We used this kit for the header at the Digital Scrapbooking Day site so I can tell you first hand that this is one you don't want to miss. This is an exclusive kit only for Memory Makers readers so be sure and get your copy soon! You can even order it on line.
I love the title of this post Idiotic Mistakes to Avoid When You're Learning Digital Photography which I found on the Digital Scrapbooking Day website. Anna Wiliams mentions some good ones and...well...I have to admit I have done some of those too...
Here's one ....water or liquid of any kind and digital cameras don't mix well. Don't store your water bottle and camera in the same bag.
How about you? Any good things we can pass on so we can all be better photographers? I'd love to here them....
Tuesday was a big day for all of us - Teen made National Honor Society. At her school, the names are announced as assembly and it's all a big secret until that day. Of course, the moment the seniors spot their parents, they know but at least it's a secret until then! It's not the best photo of her but I think it says it all!
Credits: La Creamerie Fraise by Katie Piertat at Designer Digitals; stamped alpha by IOD
A couple of people have asked me this - why didn't you name it National Digital Scrapbooking Day? Hmmm...good question...
To be honest, I'm afraid it wasn't a conscious decision - at least not on my part. But now that I think of it, it was a great idea. To give credit where credit is most definitely due, Digital Scrapbooking Day was the brainchild of Angie Pedersen who is co-coordinating the day with me. At any rate, we didn't really discuss calling it anything but DSD - or maybe she had figured all this out way before I did....:-)
There is, of course, a National Scrapbooking Day (NSD) which has been around for a long time. Since the advent of digital, NSD has been celebrated in both the paper and digital world. So not having national in our name does cut down on the confusion.
Then there is the international angle. Michelle Thompson, a digital scrapper and author of the enormously popular Scrapability blog pointed out that she was happy that we left national out of the name. After all, digital knows no geographic bounds and there are digiscrappers all over the world. Hopefully, the lack of the word national really tells it like it is - this is an international community and we have many (on line) friends all over the world. How cool is that? Okay..so maybe this is a little corny ...but I just think it amazing that we can bridge borders with digital scrapbooking. And that, hopefully, DSD is part of that.
Digital Scrapbooking Day shirts are now available!
Thanks to the talents of Clara Wallace and Jennifer Kinney of Martini Sweeties we have a wonderfully cool design...
I love this design. Click on it to make it bigger and you'll see how how wonderful it is.
The shirts come in brown, black, grey or white and there is a long sleeve option too.
You can place your order at Martini Sweeties. Do it now so you can wear it on Digital Scrapbooking Day. The shirts come in white, brown, black and gray. All profits will be donated to Susan G Komen for the Cure so you can support digital scrapbooking and the fight against breast cancer
