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Digital scrapbooking for free

fiasc224 — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:17:05 GMT

Cost is indeed a factor in scrapbooking. You can obtain free scrapbook supplies from places like Digi Free; Ikea Goddess; and other sorces. Just use your search by typing "Digital Scrapbooking Freebies". You can download free kits and boom you are off. Except: The one investment I made was in a graphics program called "Paint Shop Pro". I would love to coorespond with others using this program. PSP is less expensive than Photoshop and does nearly all the same things. I never bothered with instructions, I am adventurous and just started pushing "buttons" to see what happened. That started in "03 and I have not looked back. There are plenty of either free or very low cost programs for digital scrapbooking. Since I want to also use my program for digital art pieces I did not get just a scrapbook application.

One great benefits of digital scrapbooking is that you can't make a mess. (Grin) I do both hands-on and digital, frequently combining them for what is now called a "hybrid piece" If you would like more help, I will be glad to help you with PSP--I have PSP version 8. They are now up to version10. If you get that you will just have more options than I have. But when you begin to realize what is out there, you will go nutz. Frugal is great, but free is better.

If you want to use your free scrapbook kits by printing some of the things out and doing hands-on, you can do that too. Digital has ALL the supplies you would have in real life. Ribbons, brads, "stamps" meaning brushes;bows, household items, colored "paper", torn "paper", jewlery chains, pendants, lace, alphabets, quick pages (prepared designs--you just add your photo); animals, real and drawn, paper piecing people, leaves, flowers, wreaths, stick pins, bows, glitter, jewels, food items, baby items and kits are color coordinated for the theme of the kit. Of course, one usually has to use either an 8x8 or 8.5X11 paper in the printer. There are 12 inch printers, but they are very very expensive. I think digital scapbooking is really fun and it does go quickly.

Happy scrapping---Sharon

Re: Free book sites. : )

Infonut — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:38:15 GMT

Wow! What a treasure trove!

Re: Free Reach flosser

Infonut — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:34:38 GMT

Got this message when I clicked the link

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Re: Free Reach flosser

Infonut — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:31:38 GMT

[quote user="My Family's Interests"]unfortunately 90% of this sample offers don't apply to Canada![/quote]

I had the same problem, so I started blogging the Canadian freebies I did find. You can find Canadian freebies and links to sites with Canadian freebies on Freebies4Canada.

www.storiesformylittlesister.com

Stories for My Little Sister — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 18:18:40 GMT

Hope that the community might be interested in our website, which offers original kids' picture books and colouring in pages, fully downloadable in PDF format - all entirely free of charge.

Samantha & Diana

www.storiesformylittlesister.com

A tip to 'thinking like a homesteader.'

Millers Grain House — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:55:00 GMT

Well, weather you care to learn these tips because you dream of 'Little House on the Prairie Days' or you just want to stretch the dollars you have, a homesteader's mind works a little differently than most.

One main thing is to look at any one object and see how many different ways you can use it (avoiding extra purchases).

Let me give you some examples:

Peanuts: Snacks, dessert toppings, in granola/trail mix, tossed with garlic broccoli and of course home-made sugar free peanut butter (How to video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPnDIK7QAHs )
Plastic Ziplock Freezer Baggies: Of course freezer storage, pillows for camping, no leak lunch bag that fits in back packs, storing scarf/hat and glove sets for summer, meat marinade (easy flip & clean up), make up bag (you know they get messy inside anyways) and best of all these are really NOT disposable...make them LAST by washing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1UzVYfOkvU&feature=channel_page
Empty Milk Jugs: Cut to make oranizers or planter - , keep the handle part to make a basket for berries or produce from the garden, or use that as an all purpose scoop (maybe for dog/cat food/animal feed), also plant covers for that spring chill and cutting the 'flatter' part up as burger patty separators or to carve for paint sencils. Many more on this one....many....
Rolled Oats: Use in place of bread crumbs for meatloaf, use as toppings as all or part of the 'fattening' struddle on cobblers, send through the food processor for a while to make Quick Oats or longer to make oat flour (good for thickening and binding). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR6En56LNUU&feature=channel_page
Egg Cartons: Styrophome ones can be used for quick ice cubes. The cardboard ones work great for organizing small items like paper clips, tacks, screws and buttons. Use to fill space while shipping or start some garden seeds in them (the cardboard composts when planted).

There are so many items that are easily over looked as one-use items. These are just a very few.

No matter where on earth you live, you can develop a homesteader's mindset!

Best Blessings and enJOY the journey!

Donna MIller

Donna Miller is a work-from-home wife and mother. She delighted to share her trials and triumphs of learning to homestead anywhere. The Millers own and operate Millers Grain House which offers Organic and Chemical-free Whole Grains, Bosch Mixers, the NutriMill, instructional tutorials, recipes and more.

A "leg up" vs. a "hand-out".

Millers Grain House — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:21:00 GMT

Please let me preface that I know many people who are legitimately in a 'program' of some form, so don't take this the wrong way. There are real people in real need. I also believe their character would prefer a 'leg up' over a 'hand-out' any day of the week. At least, they would after I explain the difference. I can speak because I have been there.

Yep. I looked the difference up. Just to make sure I wasn't living in some southern colloquialism time-warp. I'm a vocabulary geek. They do each mean what I thought they did.

leg up:

a.a means of help or encouragement; assist; boost:

b.advantage; edge

hand-out:

a.a portion of food or the like given to a needy person, as a beggar.

b.anything given away for nothing, as a free sample of a product by an advertiser.

Is there a reason why home grown tomatoes taste better than store bought? I believe it is the effort put into growing them yourself. We can argue the point of what is in or not in the soil, but the truth is, you've earned it and it is a sweet reward!

Is there a reason this quote is, well, quoted so often? "Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day; teach him to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime." One fish will not keep a man (or woman) from goING hungry. It only stalls the inevitable unless another fish falls in his/her lap the next day.

Let us look at what is created with a 'hand-out', shall we?

By the first definition, yes, it is our duty to care for the needy, but to give one fish means they are only temporarily cared for...so...is our obligation fulfilled? I would say "HARDLY." But also, by simply handing out items that are needed, we have reduced this person, this soul, this productive body of society to a 'beggar.' That is not a label to many would willingly wear for too long.

Secondly, when something is given for 'nothing' - someone, somewhere IS always paying the price for it. Usually it is the consumer, unwittingly until the end, but still ultimately paying a price. By becoming dependent upon the 'hand-out' and seeing no way out or worse, lethargically addicted to it as a source of sustenance (be it drugs, food or money). A free sample from an advertiser, as we all know, is meant to entice us to buy and take the bait, for who's gain? Do those giving free samples have OUR best interest at heart or their own? Free information is one thing. Free money, free food, free items are all another, much like bait.

Now let us look at what a 'leg up' is in comparison.

Let's take the saying to 'teach a man to fish' that act not only impacts his own starving body, but that of his family, friends and community. He will likely out of his boosted confidence spread this skill by teaching others. He enjoys the fish he works for with a more enthusiastic gusto than the one that washed up on shore (that's a little 'iffy' smelling).

Encouragement says: "YOU can do it!"

Assistance says: "I'll help YOU, but I'm expendable, YOU are what is important."

Giving someone a boost, advantage or edge puts them ahead in the game, but the game still has to be played by everyone who is in it. No benchwarmers ever helped win the game.

On a personal note, I know the difference between the two intimately. I was on scholarship (poor-people & talent scholarships, not brainy-people scholarships) for all of my high school and college years. That was humbling and encouraging. It wasn't a free ride. I had to do work-study and still pay for classes. Had I not had that 'leg up' I would not have never gone on to school. Yet, early on in my adult life we found ourselves struggling as a married couple to make ends meet and suddenly a baby was on the way, surprise! We did turn down the government subsidies we qualified for (well below the line) because we'd known what it was to be poor and work hard all our lives already. We did accept food from a food bank ONCE because we had three small children and a job loss. That was all it took to realize the difference between working hard because we had someone give us a 'leg up' (wanting to honor their encouraging trust in us) and waiting for that next 'hand-out'.

I don't fault anyone for doing what they need to do. I just think the two differing means of 'help' create two different attitudes in the receiver. I would rather help someone feel empowered because they don't need me anymore, they’re fine now, and can go and give a 'leg up' to someone who needs them.

Video of a free, pesticide free fruit fly trap

Millers Grain House — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:31:00 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/user/thewheatguy

Re-use, recycle and rethink...the three R's of homesteading and stretching dollars!

This video is the re-use of the flimsy plastic produce bags to make a fruit fly catcher. No chemicals and no pecticides.

The items used are free or would be trash.

Enjoy!

Freebie & Coupon Newsletter

tinamarie123 — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:08:41 GMT

Hi! Just thought I would share a free newsletter called Penny Pinchers Daily. It has tons of freebies and clearance that is 80-90% off and coupons and other money saving items. It is nice because there are no spammy type ads to weed through. Just clearance and real freebies.

With the crazy gas prices we all need to save money anywhere we can! Hope you like it!!

Free Homeschool Resource: Poetry

Brandy — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:09:52 GMT

A Child's Garden of Verse