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Quote: Originally Posted by Sunsierra Firstly, thank you so much MikkiStreak for your template... it's awesome! Here's what I made: Now, does anyone know why my first one has a black background It's just supposed to be white (or transparent) but I can't seem to get rid of it. Hey Stacy, I think what may have happened is that there is not a background other than the white ppt page. Draw a square over it, white fill, no outline and send to back. Then group it together and save as a jpg. Maria! That will be great! I can't wait to see them! I will send you a link to a site where I have some old art work... I used to have a simple drawing of eyes I did as my avatar not too long ago.

Those look great Jessica! I am impressed with the amount of information you were able to include.

I went to the first bridal salon several weeks ago and to my surprise, I really liked 5 of the 7 or 8 I tried on ... which amazed me since I don't have that kind of luck with regular clothes. I narrowed it down to two. I tried them on again today (at lunch) and I love, love, love the Augusta Jones Jolie. They are having a trunk show at the end of June, so if I decide that is the one, I get 10% off. Augusta Jones - Jolie It has some sparkly beading along the neckline and back. There is a little piece of material that snaps into place at the cleavage too. I like the contrast of the materials. The second dress I liked is the 3rd dress in this catwalk video, they only show it for a sec though: Augusta Jones I went to David's Bridal for the heck of it and didn't find anything I liked. Yesterday I went to another store and they had so many beautiful dresses, but nothing that I liked very well. There was one by Mikaella, dress 1214, which is on their site: Mikaella Bridal | Wedding Gowns (you need to scroll to see it), but it really didn't really feel like me. I walked into their room with all of the bm dresses and I think I found the dresses for my bridesmaids! I ran right over to it at the end of the store. Adjust your screens... it really is a vibrant orange! Watters & Watters | Bridesmaid Gown Collection | Style 7544 | Iridescent chiffon v-neck dress with bias skirt and streamers at back. Available in floor length or extra length. I have two challenges: Two bridesmaids that are in Mexico Then two that will have given birth in October, so I won't have their true sizes. This dress should be forgiving because of the flowy material on the top and the A line. I had envisioned tea-length dresses, but these are nice too. My MOH is on vacation, so she has not seen this yet. My sister was with me and she liked it, (she gave our other sister a terrible time with the dresses she had picked out for us - so she changed them. She looks back and hates that she didn't go with her original choice). Anyway, I wanted mango calla lilies for me, will match with their dresses - but I am open to change that. There is a bouquet on on theknot site I really like with has orange, green and white. If I go with orange, what colour flowers do you think they should have? I had thought my wedding colours would be bright green and white with a hint of orange. I have one more store to visit and that may be it. I really do love the 'Jolie'... is it possible I found 'the dress' so quickly? Thanks for reading!

Sounds like a good idea ... make exactly what you want. I hope you hear back from her soon!

Hooray for Ann and Paul! (It's almost like our Senior class brides are graduating!)

Quote: Originally Posted by bride2be Something interesting about me.... In 32 days my fiancee and I leave to go traveling for 4 months! Ooooh! I want to know where you are traveling too! I would love to be able to do that!

I am a 2nd degree black belt in the martial art of Lima-Lama. (Have not practiced in several years though).

Congratulations!!! The countdown is ON!

Jilly, what did you end up doing about the dress situation?!

Quote: Originally Posted by MikkiStreak I think you're my art/tech twin! I went straight from art school to a tech job too! I tried to do freelance (weddings) and occasionally had a show or two at some small galleries/museums, but I let it slide because the tech job paid the bills and got more demanding. I started out as a tech trainer (software), then went into field ops (hardware), then into sales (expanded the Word/Excell/Publisher/PP knowledge), then became GM of a company and now into Project Management (rounding out all of those areas). The more I got into the tech arena, the less I did in art (photography was my major). Without ever planning to, I wound up 'giving up' art and am now starting to get back into it. In fact, this weekend I looked up an old friend from college who is now a pro photog and man, I forgot how good it felt to get really excited to "talk shop" with him!! You are my art/tech twin! That is excellent that you were able to feel excited about it again! Please show us any new pictures you take! ~poke - poke~

I have a little black lizard on my ankle that I designed.

Quote: Originally Posted by hln321 wow, very impressive!!! Maybe I can get you to design a tattoo I've been wanting.... Sure thing!

Quote: Originally Posted by MikkiStreak That makes 2 of us! I went to school for art too and (sadly) haven't done a thing with it in the last 10 years... But, I'm planning on taking steps toward a career change that will hopefully put me into photography again! (yea, I'm excited)... Haha! Okay, I will push you if you push me to do something with it! I graduated in '94. Right after school I drew some random illustartions for a tattoo shop when they needed something they didn't stock. Ha! I did some freelance stuff while I had jobs that paid the bills. I got into teaching some graphics classes... simple ones like Pagemaker, Corel Draw, etc. Then other software classes like Access, Excel and that fun stuff ... then into PC hardware ... then fixing servers... so now I do IT Process Mgmt. Fun stuff I tell ya! I really wish I could do artsy stuff, I really do love it, but it won't pay my bills

I must have overlooked the sugar starfish bit. One last link before I go to bed: eBay: SUGAR STARFISH - 4" TO 6" - (EA) (item 180100679157 end time Jun-23-07 20:55:16 PDT) You can calculate your shipping at the bottom of the link. Goodnight all!

I completely understand your pickiness Good luck - good luck!

You are so lucky... Leigh rocks!

Quote: Originally Posted by MikkiStreak If you go to Microsoft.com, you can seach for "Clipart" and you'll find a lot of choices. Once you download them, you just change the color of them and can "manipulate" them to suit your needs. What she said I just used graphics from there for both. I also have a program called SnagIt which can copy anything from my screen and save it as a jpg. SnagIt rules! I actually use it for screen shots for training manuals and presentations... but I use it for fun too Thanks for the vote of confidence Maria. Maybe I will... Make me feel like I am putting my art degree to work, eh?

Hey Court, there is a seller on Ebay that has a flat rate for shipping to Canada of $10 : eBay Store – THE BOCA BEETLE SHOP: Search results for starfish. These are nicer, ships to Canada, no price details: eBay: LOT 10 WHITE STARFISH 5"TO 6" & 10 SAND DOLLARS CRAFTS (item 330079110489 end time Jun-21-07 07:37:14 PDT)

Thanks to Maria's template and her encouragement, I made mine... I am not sure if we will use it or not, but I think these will be our colours: I have one more as I was thinking about putting it on the OOT bags without our names:

Quote: Originally Posted by Nini_Bride UGH!! So, I finally find the best deal for Starfish and Sand Dollars, and I go to check out... $64.00 SHIPPING!!! Ouch! That doesn't even include tax! That's on top of the $100 I'm spending on sealife... and thats not even converted to Canadian dollars yet!!! Does anyone know of a Canadian site that sells starfish and sand dollars? I tried searching under Vancouver and all that jazz, and came up with no great deals. Ugh... so frustrated. Back to square one I guess. I feel like swearing at some random guy for personal satisfaction right now!!! I don't know of a site, but what about getting some when you go to Cabo? Will that be too late?

Wowza! He's going to love it! It looks stunning on you ... you've definitely got the bod for it! (Glenda - I gasped for a second reading your post about calling off your engagement! Phew!)

What a gorgeous wedding! Congratulations Jen! (I need to ask you details on your bm dresses!)

Estan impresionantes! I love them! You are so creative! You should go into business...

I love the little details you added to the fans! Your guests will love them!

Gosh Lisa! I just read through this thread... incredible that someone would do that to a friend on such an important day in their lives... I am glad you got it all resolved and have moved on from it. There are other things to concentrate your energy on now. PS: Did she have a BM dress?