3 Things : playing with printing + a giveaway

Love the vellum layered over lace paper. I have printed on fabric before but not the product made especially for printers. I have used cotton fabric (even some with subtle tone on tone patterns - really cool) and spray adhesive it to cardstock. The real trick for me it to tape the leading edge (use regular tape, masking tape, painter's tape, whatever you may have that is not too thick). This gives a smoother edge for the printer rollers to go over and traps any loose threads to keep them from getting caught up in the mechanism of the printer. I use this for quilt labels mostly (on a laser printer! inkjet is not water proof - but, of course, you wouldn't be washing a scrapbook page!)

Thank you for all the coolio ideas...would love to play with the three types of printables...

My favorite photo tip. Take the pictures and then take more. I grew up with film and the idea of wasting film was unheard of. The digital camera makes it easy to take a lot of photos I just need to remind myself that its ok to over photograph because I have a delete button.

Thanks so much for the info, and the website! Cool Stuff, would love to win some of my own so I can play!

Oh, there's so much to work on. Thank you for your encouragement. Trying now to take photos more consistently- less at special occassions (after all, they are special and I want to be a part of them) and more of life the way we live. Less of perfectly dressed children. More of working in the garden. Less of the birthday cake. More of the growth over a year. Less of the finished product. More of the process. Less of stuff. More of emotion. Add those to words and it's a priceless gift.

I need to work on actually printing those photos I take! I take hundreds each week and don't usually print many.

Photo tip: Delete as many photos as you can from your camera before putting them onto your compter!

i am going to read the manual that came with my camera. ha! a simple yet genius idea.

I'm sure you've given this tip - take millions. I know I have gotten better at taking photos and I know I'm more likely to get THE ONE (and with a 22mo DD, that's not always predictable!) Plus with digital tech, there is no more expense. SO why does my husband STILL moan about it!!!

JOURNALING...I dread this word. People who knows me will agree that I am the queen of anti-journaling. However, after reading your blog, I think I will give it a shot and just accept that I may not be a genius in writing but who cares...right? I am not being graded on my grammar or punctuations. Talk about- "embracing imperfection".

I want to work on being more organized with my photos. Right now they are in folder broken down by date...not the most efficient method when I want to find something later. Thanks for the chance at the giveaway!

the most common advice is perhaps one must always print out photos - it's one way to preserve your memories. i've heard too many horror stories of losing precious photos because computers have crashed or caught a virus.
i have yet to learn to take really good photos...
thanks, Ali!

Love the reminder to be RUTHLESS with deleting photos. I try to be good about this but am inspired to delete down to the best three photos of a series.

Best photo tip:
Take tons and tons of pics and expect one or two of an event to be acceptable.
Get some Actions -- as they save lots and lots of time.
Dana

Love the vellum idea.Emily

i want to do the whoIe printing on fabric thing but you are making me nervous about AIi!! HA! HA! :)

My favorite photo tip is to take extra pictures--from different angles, w/ or w/o flash, zoom in, zoom out, just experiment. It really helps me change perspective, and see things in a new way when I actively experiment.
But it is definitely key to be "ruthless" with dicarding the excess photos, and I love your rule, or guideline, of not needing more than 5 and usually less than three!

Hi Ali,
I often use my printer to color copy patterned paper or fabric to include on my pages and as the envelope liner for a card.
Would love to win, but especially love your blog!
Thanks,
Wendy

My best photo tip, since Ali already mentioned not using the flash, is to fill the lens with your subject. Get up close and click away!!!

I'm just figuring out how to use my camera so my shots aren't either orange and/or blurry, so I'm probably not the best person to offer tips - any great shots that I've gotten have likely been by fluke!