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Quote: Originally Posted by Christi I haven't been roller skating in years...do they still do the hokey pokey and disco spot lights for slow skating? Have fun..can you take picts? no hokey pokey, but they do have disco lights on Quote: Originally Posted by starchild OMG Morgan you would love it here. I have a girlfriend that skates every Thursday and Saturday night faithfully! (like she hasn't missed a Thursday in 15 years!) It's 21 & over skating and she's always trying to get me to go but I'm not a good skater. The crowd she skates with is too fancy for me - they go fast, backwards, sideways, it's nuts! They even have these skate jams where skate clubs come from out of state and they all show off and party! I'm not a fancy skater. the group I go with falls a lot.

I'm leaving to go roller skate soon. There is a skating rink in town that is empty on weekdays. About 15 of us will be there tonight. We went a few months ago & it was a blast.

Quote: Originally Posted by litl_april I guess I would say I'm slightly confused by your asking about opinions on the difference between Photoshop and Elements, only because I have what is called "Photoshop Elements." However, with that said, I do highly enjoy the software I have and know it produces better quality images than some products that friends have. I actually have a combo in which it is Photoshop Elements (Version 6) and Premiere Elements (Version 4). The premiere is a video editing software. My fiance and I are going to look into saving money on edited video this way and doing it ourselves, as he is very good with computers and I'm into creative things like that. My only suggestion when thinking about purchasing Photoshop is you must be willing to read through the help pages in order to learn a lot of the techniques if you aren't experienced with the software. It is quite a bit different than others I've used as it is directed slightly more to an experienced audience (which I was not!). The guidelines are easy to follow, you just must be willing to read them. Some things I figured out on my own, but it took time! But with that, I love it! I am able to do spot coloring, blending more than one photo together, fix or erase flaws in the photos, etc. I hope you find what you're looking for and good luck! If there's anything more you'd like to know about photoshop, feel free to ask, and I'll answer as best I can (as I am STILL learning lol)! My interpretation was that she wanted to know the difference between the full version of photoshop (currently CS3) and elements (which is the smaller package). I agree, photoshop is not an intuitive program. You do have to learn it before you can use it. Unlike word, powerpoint, publisher & others that you can usually just figure out. But, once you get passed the learning curve, you won't want to use those other programs for designing stuff. I have thought about buying premiere. Right now I use movie maker (which is free with windows) for editing videos & making slideshows. There is also a free online version of photoshop. That might be all you need too. Then there is another free online program called gimp.

Amazon.com: Sleep Studio Ventilated 3-Inch Thick Memory Foam Mattress Enhancer with Two Contour Pillows, Full: Home & Garden I bought this on sunday & it already arrived! It was $84, but I see the price has gone up since then. Maybe it's a sale they will run again. I was planning on buying a $200 memory foam topper until I found this one. The reviews were great. The main complaint was that it was too small so I ordered a queen size one for our full sized bed. On Sunday they were the same price. It wasn't hard to trim it to fit. The other problem would be that you would need deep pocket sheets. We already had them. I love how tall our bed is now. Mike has been wanting a new matress, but I didn't want to buy one because I know we will be replacing our bed in 2-3 years once we have a larger bedroom and can get a king. We definitly don't need a new matress now. It's so comfortable!! Even on the floor it's comfortable. I can't wait for bed time tonight. Oh, it also came with two pillows. They are pretty good, but not amazing. I'll update my review after my first full night of sleep. I've already napped though & it was wonderful

You can do the sketch thing with photoshop. I'd go with photoshop. It's way more versitile. You wouldn't want to spend that much on a program taht can just do one thing. CS3 is much better than elements, but elements is a lot less expensive. You can do a ton of stuff with elements & might not even notice the difference if you are not that avid of a user. A big benefit to CS3 is being able to automate things. Like if you follow steps to turn a picture black & white you can record those steps & do it with one click. Photoshop brushes are also a lot of fun. They are kind of like digital stamps. You can make your own from clipart or download premade ones. There are also many premade actions. CS3 runs about $600 unless you can get a student deal. I paid $200 through my school. Just be aware that the program does take time to learn. You probably want to get some good books & just practice a lot. another program I love is lumapix (only for PC). It's what a bunch of us use to make collages. It would be great for making photobooks from your wedding pictures. The basic version is $40. There is a free trial. I upgrades to the full version that is over $100 to be able to export larger collages. You can also get elements used on ebay for a lot less. My suggestion would be to spend about $40 on elements & $40 on lumapix. Then you still have some money left for something else. You can have a lot of fun with those two programs. If you really enjoy elements, upgrade to the full version someday. Same for lumapix. You can always upgrade later. unless you have an educational discount for CS3. Then you might want to spend the $200 on it. Oh, there is also lightroom. I haven't used it, but it's like photoshop but geared more towards photoediting. It's less expensive, but can't do all the things photoshop can do.

http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t2140 here they are

Natasha, a BDW member did. I don't know if she posted a review.

I'd just ask her first. I personally wouldn't care at all. I had a friend who did the same thing. It was great to get to wear a BM dress twice. So many of the styles are similar anyway.

I did a collage for our AHR. The main picture was the group picture. then there were 4 pics of us on the sides.

I didn't have a theme or colors. I just used a lot of bright colors. there was a starfish on my logo.

there is no reason why a beach wedding has to have a beach theme.

MP3 CD Burner -Download I am so excited I found this software. I have been working on a dance party mix for our after-wedding fiesta. I have cropped a lot of songs to about 2 minutes each using audacity. I then wanted to cross-fade them so it's a better dance mix. Doing that on audacity takes a while. Itunes will do it for you, but you can't burn the CD with cross-fade. We will be playing the music from a CD player, not a computer or ipod. I was worried I was going to have to mix them individually which would take a long time. I found this software today. I just loaded my songs & it cross-faded them all and I burnt a copy on a CD. It sounds great! there is a 7 day free trial. After that it's $25.

Quote: Originally Posted by ErinB And don't yell at me, but the wedding pics are up on my Facebook page. There are so many to sort through! I promise I'll post them to BDW tonight! you don't have an "add as friend" option

there is a BDW myspace group too. I must not be a member of it because it is not on my group list. I don't use myspace much.

BDW | Facebook see if this link takes you right to it

I missed this before. those bags are great!

there is a BDW group. I think if you just search groups for BDW it will pop up. edit here is the link BDW | Facebook

sometimes i wonder if he really isn't OCD, but just needs to settle in one place long enough. Moving that often would make anyone crazy.

Quote: Originally Posted by Davematthews16 Actually, part two of this whole thing is this: I read the reviews on the dress and a lot of people said that if you don't have big boobs then the straps fall down. The girls are going to try them on tonight and who knows, we may change dresses completely. We'll see how it goes tonight. Thanks everyone for your input!!!!! get some hollywood fashion tape. it's great.

congrats! you got married on my one-month legal anniversary I told mike "happy legalversary" and he said, nope we don't count from then.

You might be able to sell it on ebay

Quote: Originally Posted by ethrondson Boom wanted me to pass this on to those of you who are not really familiar with ferrets! is that the platform he is running on? you know boom is getting the ferret vote!

I've only seen a few episodes. I love when he is trying to tell his assistant to get him a drink that is 85% punch, 10% sprite....

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