playing around with iMovie...

Wanting to learn how to make video tutorials equals...

- shooting video on my iPhone late at night...tried earlier in the day but was impossible with kids

- wishing for a great lighting kit so shooting video at night would actually look ok

- jimmy rigging my iphone to a kids table on top of my craft table to get an overhead shot

- wishing for a really nice camera...

- thinking I'd like the Canon 5D for photos and video...anybody have suggestions?

- trying to figure out how to use iMovie

- trying to figure out how to export a movie so that the quality still looks ok but the file isn't ginormous...still not sure

- signing up for a youtube account

- staying up way too late and not getting any necessary things done like laundry and the dishes

- thinking tomorrow morning is not going to be fun...I hate waking up to a messy house - do you?

- wishing I hadn't woken up to a messy house all week - oh, laundry and the dishes why don't I like you?

So here's my first attempt...thinking attempt 2 will go much better.

Martha Stewart Wedding and the L Letterpress

Martha Stewart has always been a favorite of mine so I was excited to see the L Letterpress featured in Martha Stewart Weddings! Here's the online version.

"We're all about personal touches, but penning a hundred save-the-dates seems excessive, even to us (save that energy for your thank-you notes!). Instead, write your message once, scan it, and send the PDF to Print Icon to have it made into a photopolymer plate. Then replicate it with the L Letterpress machine"

CHA winter

Just got back from 2 days at CHA (Craft and Hobby Association Tradeshow) in LA where we released a ton of new products (lucky for me and my pregnant body, I didn't have to stay for the entire 4 days of the show). The new dies are great versatile basics you can use for all types of projects. And, we launched 2 paper lines with dies that coordinate - a new product category for us. I've got a few projects I've been creating with the new products that I'll post soon.

At the show, I spent most of my time demoing the L Letterpress and walking the tradeshow floor. It's always fun to talk about and introduce the product to new people.