Posted by taneya on July 28, 2006 under Uncategorized | 
I have added a self-submission tool to my Cross Stitch Magazine Database. I am hopeful that more people will contribute now so that the site will continue to grow! There is a link from the front page, so if you have some magazines that you want to add – check it out!
The past week, work has kept me ultra busy as we are writing a paper to submit for publication. If it gets published, I will of course post about it.
Family life remains calm – not much to report there! Just having a relaxing end of summer. In stitching news, I have started to stitch again. And, seems I forgot to post that I started on Fish City a couple of months ago. Maybe this weekend I’ll get my first progress pic of it.
Posted by taneya on July 14, 2006 under Uncategorized |
And then there were two….
Last weekend we took three of the boys back home to IN. Even with all the chaos that it entailed while they were here, I miss them! We had a great time with them and this is the first time that all five kids got to be with each other for more than a week. Now, we just have Jihad with us and we will have him until August.
In stitching news, I am currently having a dilemma in regards to my xsmagdb.com site. I am trying to figure out a way right now to make the site more open so that anyone can contribute to it. Here we are in July already and I have added practically no new content to the database since January. If it were more open and anyone could contribute, it would make it a better resource for everyone. With all that I have going on right now I would hate to see the site suffer just b/c I don’t have the time to add to it.
However, to do this will require me to either a) change my format completely and re-enter all 350 magazines that I’ve indexed already or b) learn more programming skills so I can keep the existing database but allow online submissions. At this point, I am not sure which one I will do. I plan over the next week or so to play around with option a and see just how long it takes me to re-enter some magazines. I have a feeling that I will lean towards the first option though as it could be made more open sooner rather than later. we’ll see – more on that to come later.
And, just because, here is a picture I took yesterday with Kaleya.
Posted by taneya on July 7, 2006 under Uncategorized |
Okay – couldn’t help it! Have to post more of my pages 
This one is a QuickPages set from retrodiva.net
This one is another quickpages but from Shabby Princess
And, this one I made using a kit from Lisa Whitney
Yesterday, I also bought some scrapbooking magazines and a chunky scrapbook book that so far is going to give me some great ideas! I am thinking of it as a bday present to myself. I also started an album for my pages if you want to keep up — I promise not to keep flooding my blog with them
Posted by taneya on July 5, 2006 under Uncategorized |
I posted some time ago that I am really interested in scrapbooking. My interest peaked soon after Kaleya was born and then I have seen so many online scrapbooking sites/people and it looks like a great hobby. Trouble is, I know myself and collecting all the papers and embellishments was just not going to work for me. So, seeing some of Jennie’s digi-scraps inspired me to write to her for tips and advice. And boy, did she give it! I am now hooked!
So, last night, I made my first three digital scrapbook pages.
This first one is of one set of my great-grandparents.
The second one is from a bday party celebration we went to on Saturday. They probably look amateurish, but I enjoy doing them.
My third one was easier – I just inserted pictures.
Posted by taneya on July 2, 2006 under Uncategorized |
Our July 4th weekend started out wonderfully. On Saturday we went to a birthday party for a family friend who turned 13. Putt-Putt and CiCi’s Pizza – it’s the way to go! Pictures up at on my picasaweb.
