JEANINE'S BITS AND PIECES

QOTW - Viewing/Organizing Adobe Presets?

How do you all organize and view your presets? Like brushes, shapes, etc.?

I am going bonkers trying to figure out an effective way to organize (spring cleaning bug I guess). Does ACDSEE have a trick that allows you to see/tag them?? I have ACDSEE 9 (LOVE IT BTW - go grab it if you don't have it!!)...

I would prefer not spend a lot of money (lol - obviously right?) but really think it would be a good idea. Unless adobe CS3 has a way to do this and I am just missing it - yes, yes i can be an airhead sometimes. That, and I have a rather large nose so seeing past the end of it isn't always easy! LOLOL!

Anyone want to share tips? THANKS! :)

FREE at Shutterfly!

Aside from all the freebies at the KV Blog, don't forget Jen and I are featured at SHUTTERFLY this week! We designed a ton of freebies just for them so visit Shutterfly throughout the week to download the coordinating creations! Here is just a taste:

And here is a layout I did with one of the KV Blog free QPs using the Calista Collection:

Even though we designed Calista with Spring in mind, I really thought it went well with Calista's jacket and the orange pumpkin...

Have a great Thursday!

Free, free and more FREE GIFTS!

Whoa. So we went a little crazy. Um, yeah.

The timing of all this is a little insane, but if you go and check out the Kristy Valshan blog you can grab yourself some freebies and coupons... THEN head over to Scrapbook Etc Magazine if you haven't already and get that free QP the ladies made using our kit... THEN head over to Shutterfly EVERY DAY this week to get even more stuff! Crazy, crazy stuff going on!

Hope you LOVE the new collections in the store too - Calista Collection and Jessica's Garden Collection. Perfect for Spring!! :)

New Kit up at KV (and a coupon, and a freebie)!

Well it is about time right? We have a new kit up in the store called "Calista". It was really fun to design - kinda freeing in a way. We tend to design project-specific and this one was just "design". We used a really trendy color palette and some cute birds to boot! Hope you like!

And, if you want to grab it on the cheap PLUS get a free quick page AND be entered into a drawing for the kit, we will share a secret. Head on over to visit Candi and Erica at the Scrapbooks Etc. Magazine Digital Scrapbooking Blog   and look at today's post!! Woo hoo!

Here is a peek at the kit (papers and elements are sold separately)...

Diversion...

Sometimes you need to step away and do something totally irrelevant, yk? Correen and Rachel sent me this, so I figured i would post it and make it more of a tag thing. Here goes...

1. What time did you get up this morning?   7:00am

2. Diamonds or pearls?   Diamonds

3. What was the last film you saw at the movies?  Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

4. What is your favorite TV show?  Lost

5. What do you eat for breakfast? Breakfast Burrito and XL Diet Coke

6. What is your middle name? Kristy

7. What food do you dislike? Dislike Seafood, Steak, Lemon Flavor

8. What is your favorite CD at the moment? Rent Soundtrack

9. What kind of car do you drive?  Toyota Sienna minivan

10. Favorite sandwich?  Chicken Salad with grapes

11. Favorite item of clothing? Oversized WI sweatshirt, yoga pants

12. Person dead or alive that you would like to have a conversation with?  My Dad

13. If you could go anywhere in the world for a vacation, where would you go? Australia/New Zealand

14. What color is your bathroom?  Coral and Sage

18. Favorite Sport to watch? Soccer

19. Farthest place you are sending this (I guess this can be changed to furthest friend reading this)?  Sydney, AUS

20. Who do you expect to follow through on the tag? No one - LOL

21. Person you expect to complete it first? See #20

22. Favorite saying?  “whatever”

24. Are you a morning person or a night person? Night

25. What is your shoe size? 8

26. Favorite food for Dinner?  Pasta/Lasagna

27. What did you want to be when you were little?  A dancer

28. What are you doing today?  Cleaning and designing

29. What is your favorite candy?  Toblerone

30. What is your favorite flower? Stargazer Lilly

31. What day are you looking forward to most on your calendar?  Christmas

32. What are you listening to right now? Calista singing a song about food and the princess Aurora

33. What was the last thing you ate ? The Burrito in #5

34. Do you wish on stars? Yes

35. Do you believe in Angels? Yes

36. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?  Burgundy

37. What is your pet peeve? Hmmm. When people interrupt.

38. Last person you spoke to on the phone? Jen Reed

39. Do you like the person who tagged you? Yes :)

4 0. Favorite soft drink?  Diet Coke

41. Favorite restaurant?  Cheesecake Factory

42. Siblings? 2 younger brothers

43. Favorite day of the year? Christmas

44. Favorite day of the Week?  None

45. Spring or Fall:  Fall

46. Hugs or kisses? Hugs

47. Chocolate or vanilla? Vanilla

48. Do you want your friends to tag you back?  Hmmmm...

49. What is under your bed?  Rubbermaid with bathing suits

50. Who is the friend you've had longest? Angi B from HS and Kristi V (oops – T) from College

51. What did you do last night?  Read darkufo.blogspot.com LOST stuff and watched American Idol

52. Favorite smell?  Banana Bread

53. What are you afraid of?  Fire

54. How many keys on your key ring? 2

55. How many years at your current job?  SAHM – 6 1/2, designer/artist - 4

56. Favorite city to visit?  San Francisco, CA and Nice, France

57. How many towns have you lived in?  8ish I think

58. Do you make friends easily? Not true ones

I had to alter some of these since I changed it  from an email to a tag, so if you have to change anything to make more sense please do!! I am going to tag four people (aside from the people I
emailed, you know who you are JEN, ROBIN, MELINDA, KIM, ETC)...

I am tagging...
JULIE
KIRSTEN
KAYLA
BUNNY

And anyone else who wants to join in! Please post the link to your answers below. :)