How to Scare an Arc (and Consequently a Nikkiana)

nikkiana — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:38:31 -0700

If there's ever an Arc sleeping on your couch, don't jump on him like a kitty-cat mid-dream. Otherwise there will be an Arc screaming in terror and a Nikkiana plastered to the ceiling in fright. That is all.

Life Update

nikkiana — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:52:06 -0700

It's been awhile since I've really written much of anything, so as an update on my life...

In the middle of August I had my last day at Advomatic, I had a wonderful time working with them, but it was time to move on to bigger and brighter things. What I'm doing for now is theming work for Sony/BMG. (I got to do Billy Joel's theme!)

Our friend Arc is temporarily living with us, which seems to be a good thing. His vegan ways are rubbing off on me. I have ate more veggies recently that I had no idea that I liked, have more or less quit eating out and have more or less quit drinking soda. I'm now drinking lots of green tea instead. Yummy. We've also been going to the gym and the pool almost every day.

In the wonderful world of scrapbooking, I've made some layouts recently.

I got my hands on Kiki Halbert's Frosty Limeberry lately and made two layouts

Also using SgD Designs - Template #8

Where's the Linux Support, DNCC?

nikkiana — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:23:15 -0700

Operation Hair Dye

nikkiana — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:12:30 -0700

On Friday, I was inspired to cut my hair... Really short. Jokingly, I had commented to Arc that I should dye it some strange color, and he advocated for the deviant act. So, on Sunday... it was done.

The video posted to Seesmic on Sunday:
Pink & Blue.... Hair!

A picture of the pink and blue hair in all it's glory:

What's up, weather?

nikkiana — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:01:01 -0700

Middle of Nowhere

nikkiana — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:21:47 -0700

I chose to work with Kiki Halbert's new kit Retro Jungle this week and I think I got a pretty interesting result. I had the hardest time figuring out what photo I wanted to scrap with this kit, so I just started scrapping without a photo in mind.

When I finally ended up going through my photos, I ended up finding this great photo that my mom had took on a trip to Arizona that seemed to fit really well! Kinda ironic that the name of the kit is Retro Jungle and I ended up using a photo of the desert though.

You can grab Retro Jungle over at Sunshine Studio Scraps!

Scrapping the Weekend

nikkiana — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:19:47 -0700

This past weekend we had tickets to see The Avett Brothers in Northampton, MA and since my cousin Tom doesn't live too far from there we went down and spent the weekend hanging out with him and his daughter, taking lots of pictures which I've turned around and scrapped with some Flutter Expressions products!

Tom happened to be pet-sitting for a few critters while we were there... Two rats, a gecko and a python. I got some really great pictures of the gecko which I scrapped with Rustic Grunge.

He was a pretty chill little creature. Just sorta sat there and let Matt hold him.

On Sunday, we took my cousin's little girl to the park to go on the swings and play on the playground and get some pictures. I used Color Line Design's August Template Challenge template and Flutter Expression's Bold n' Dirty to scrap the trip.

On the way home we stopped for lunch at the Whately Fillin' Station Diner and got some gas, which where the photos from this last layout using Bold n' Dirty and The DigiChick's August 4th Sketch Challenge template. I don't usually scrap in 8.5 x 11, so I thought I'd give it a try for once!

Whoa! I Have an Exploding Scrap-life!

nikkiana — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:41:42 -0700

I have three pieces of exciting scrap related news!

One, I was accepted to Flutter Expressions CT team. Katherine, the mastermind behind Flutter Expressions is a talented new designer selling at Been There Scrapped That. I've already been quite busy creating some layouts for her!

First of all, from her Soft Storm kit I have made...

Which I also made for the Been There Scrapped That Jump Start Challenge for July. Template by Colie.

Which I also made for the Been There Scrapped That Desktop Challenge. Template by IkeaGoddess.

From her Retro Fun kit I have made...

Look forward to more great layouts made with Flutter Expressions products!

Second, I was also accepted to Kiki Halbert's CT! I've known Kiki from hanging out on the wedding board scene and she was one of my inspirations for getting into digital scrapbooking. It's a real honor to be scrapping for her! Kiki's designs can be found at Scrapbook-Elements, Plain Digital Wrapper and Sunshine Studio Scraps.

I whipped up this layout for her For Sentimental Reasons kit.

Lots more Kiki Halbert layouts to come in the future!

Third, I have just become a moderator at Scrapbooks Gone Digital! Scrapbooks Gone Digital is very near and dear to my heart because of their encouragement and support of the use of open source software in digital scrapbooking. It's the only digital scrapbooking forum that I know of that has made a concerted effort to offer to support for The GIMP to scrappers. I'm excited to be a part of their effort! It's a wonderful welcoming little community of scrappers that would love to see you there!

The Ticks

nikkiana — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:18:23 -0700

Our Mini-Vacation to Cape Cod

nikkiana — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:07:29 -0700

We went to Cape Cod over the weekend for the Woods Hole Film Festival.