We Have a Winner!

We have a winner to the blog contest! I used a random number generator to get my number. And the number it picked was...

Congratulations to...

JULIE D!

Who Needs Toys When You Have A...

I'll bet you're dying to know what one item can substitute all of the baby toys in your house. Be patient! I'll tell you in a minute.

If you want to get rid of all of the thousands upon thousands of baby toys, just go out and buy your baby...

A PHOTO PRINTER!

A photo printer is a baby's best friend.

See?

It teaches them how to crawl...

How to sit...

And how to contort themselves into all sorts of bizzare positions.

And also how to fall without breaking your nose.

And then they will just sit and stare lovingly at the photo printer, and talk to it, and proceed to turn all 37 knobs the wrong way.

A baby and her photo printer... how sweet!

Tutorial on How To Use GIMP, Part 1

I've decided to do a tutorial on how to use the various tools on GIMP. I don't know what some of the tools do because I don't use them.

When you first bring up GIMP, this is what the main window will look like:

These are the first 4 tools on the top:

The first one is used to make rectangles and squares. If you wanted to draw a house on GIMP, you could use this for the "body" of it. The second tool is just like the first one, only it is used to make ovals and circles. With the third tool you use the mouse to hand draw an area that you want to crop. The fourth tool is used to select an area so you can erase everything on the outside or inside of it without erasing the outline.

These are the next 4 tools:Actually, I'm not sure what they do because I never use them.

Here are the next 4:The first one you use to pick a color that is already on an image so you can color another part of an image the same shade as the first part. The second one is used to zoom in or out on an image. I don't know what the third one does (grin), but the fourth one you use to move an image that you have put on top of another image around.

Here are 4 more:I only know what the second one of these does. It's the cropping tool, and I used it to make these pictures that y'all are looking at right now!

Come back later for more of the tutorial!

We Have GUPPIES!

Yes, my subborn guppy DID finally pop! I'm not sure how many babies there are. At one time, I saw 4 swimming around together, but now, the most I'm seeing is 2. The others must have died or got eaten or else they're hiding.

The babies are SO CUTE! They're about as big as a grain of rice. They have HUGE eyes. I can't get a good picture, so here are a couple I found off of Google:

Oooh goodie! A Giveaway!

I've decided to participate in the Bloogy Giveaways Carnival! I'm giving away a free makeover to any Blogger* blog! It will include a free header, a free background, 5 free buttons, and your choice of a free customized picture for your profile or an extra sidebar!

Here are some examples of blogs I've done:

Logue Lobby got a complete makeover!

So did This She Could Do!

Leave a comment to be entered! I would appreciate it if you tell others about this, but it is not required to be entered. No more entries after 12:00 Noon on Friday, and I'll draw a winner and announce them in Friday evening.

Go to Bloggy Giveaways for more great giveaway fun!

*I can only do a makeover to Blogger (Blogspot) blogs at this time.

Salamander Habitat

I'm making a habitat for Cricket. It's good and big (70" by 44") so he has plenty of room to crawl around. It's not done yet, because...

Well...

I don't know how I could have possibly counted wrong (wink wink), but I don't have enough wire.

Actually, it's called hardware cloth.

Why is it called hardware cloth? It is in no way, shape or form like cloth. Look at the checklist:

CHECKLIST FOR DETERMINING IF SOMETHING IS CLOTH:

Soft: No.

Patterned: No.

Able to be sewn with a sewing machine without breaking the needle: No.

Pretty: No.

Un-scratchy: Definitely NO! (This can be proved by my right arm and hand, which look like I got in a fight with a cat.)

See?

Not cloth-like.

And about my guppy: The stubborn thing absolutely REFUSES to have its babies! Unless I counted wrong again, and it's due NEXT Monday.

Blog Designing

I can do headers, buttons, backgrounds, borders, and lots more! Contact me at smockityfrocks AT msn DOT com, tell me what you want, and we'll work out a price.