Cricut Video Master List has a new home

The Master List of Cricut Video Tutorials has been transitioned over to its new home and now boasts over 180 videos. I’ve enclosed a skitch-enhanced screen shot below to show you some of the features.

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Save money on wallet size photos

With graduation time approaching I thought I’d share a tip that saved me some cash last year. If you go though Walgreens, Walmart, etc., and order wallet sized photos, they will print them 4 to a sheet that is smaller than 4 x 6 inches total, but charge you .59-.99 versus .09-.19 for a 4 x 6 print. Fortunately, all you have to do to get around that is prepare your file “4-up” before you upload it to them and order 4 x 6s of that.

How you do this depends on the software you use. I use Photoshop, open my photo and crop it to 2 x 3″ (300dpi). Then I open a new file at 4 x 6″ (also 300dpi) and paste in the 2 x 3″ photo and then duplicate it 3 more times. You could do the same thing with multiple photos and any sizes that will fit within a 4 x 6″ document. Basically, you are making a simple collage and then cutting them apart after printing. The 4 x 6″ prints are the best value so it makes sense to do it this way, even if you have white space left over. The guy at the Walgreens photo counter may look at you funny when you pick them up, though

Welcome to my new blog

Well, if there’s anything women like more than learning a bargain or a clever way to get something accomplished, it is sharing that info with others. I suppose that’s one more reason we love the Internet and blogging in particular. Hope you’ll find some useful tips here and plenty of reasons to keep coming back.

Cleverly yours,
Kay