ScrappinWAHM’s Journal

Remember, I’m on dial-up - my experience with online digital scrapbooking is not going to be the same as it will be for someone using a hi-speed internet connection.

My trial of LifeTimez Online has had it’s ups and downs.  Last Friday, I was SO close to creating my brag book - I had most of my photos cropped and sized, uploaded.  I chose my theme, set up the front and back covers - and then…”local power outage” on their end (SLC, Utah)!  I couldn’t put any pictures on any pages, got an error message every time.  The end of my 10-day trial came and went without my being able to complete my brag book.

But fear not - while I was a little discouraged, I knew the company would make good on it!  I issued a support ticket Monday morning, as did a lot of Consultants apparently.  Yesterday I received an email from TLC explaining what had happened, and notifying me that my free trial had been extended to March 1st! YES!  This actually gives me a couple extra days to add a couple of things I didn’t think I’d have the time to do before I finish my pages.

So another update is yet to come, but I’m still creating in LifeTimez Online - have not come across any problems yet using my dial-up connection - other than it takes a lot longer to upload the pics, but I’ve learned some tricks there too.  I’ll share some of those tricks with my next update.  Stay tuned!

Okay-even though I’m on dial-up, I have decided to take the plunge, and am using my 10-day LifeTimez Online Trial to create my brag - Consultants get to create one for only the $7.50 shipping and handling fee too!  I just could not wait any longer!

First thing to point out - just like paper scrapbooking, it is a good idea to have your photos in order fore you go to create anything online.  I’ve also found that it would have been helpful to already have them cropped and sized before I uploaded them.  Saves upload time, and less time configuring online.

Thus far - I’ve picked out the pictures, and am in the process of cropping them.  I should be able to upload them into my brag book by Thursday.  (Remember I’ve got a lot going on around here )

I will post back here in a couple days once I have more uploaded and have started to fully create my brag book.  Dial-up for sure slows things down - maybe more than I realize because I’m used to it, but it is possible to do.  So far it is “Thumbs Up”!

I’ve posted pics of some of the neat craft kits that Top Line Creations has introduced over the last couple of months.  Now all of TLC Crafts Kits are in one place, under a new Craft Kits category in the online store.  There you will find the 2008 Calendar Kit, the Neighborhood Book, as well as seasonal project kits.

Each kits comes with step-by-step instructions, as well as whatever cardstock, designer papers and embellishments that you would need to complete the project.  Some of these kits provide enough materials to make 6 or more, for of the smaller crafts.

I love that it gives me something else to do with our scrapbook products, and they have even been something my son can get involved in with me.  No he’ll never be a scrapbooker, but he does like crafts!