Beach "weekend"
The three of us headed for the beach this weekend. We found we're not really Oregon Coast people. It's cold. And sandy. And there's not a lot to do. We left less than 24 hours we arrived. We would have left earlier except we promised Avery that we'd go to the beach, so we had to at least stay Friday night.
On the upside, the Tillamook cheese factory has delicious ice cream and is right along the way.
Silhouette uses
I'm busy finding uses for my new toy, you know, since I bought a toy that has nothing to do with any actual hobbies I have. Right now, I'm cutting out a design with two fairies and the word "reward" wedged between. Then I'm gluing that cut out to rectangular card stock. Then I laminate it. They are the new reward certificates that Avery gets each time she successfully fills a row on her sleeping chart. I made a new sleeping chart, too. Instead of five nights to get a reward, she now has to do seven nights. The reward is worth the same amount. Eventually I think I'll do ten nights. Since we started the light timer, she has earned a sticker every night except for one.
I also discovered how to use the tracing function for evil. Well, not evil exactly, but for deviousness. It allows the user to import a .bmp file and then use the software to trace the imported image. The intent of this is to allow something like a child's artwork to be scanned and then the image used to cut or sketch. It occurred to me that if it traced a scanned image, I could easily do a screen grab of anything on my computer, convert it to .bmp, import that, and trace it. This means all I need is an image on my computer and I can essentially cut that image. What it really means is that if there's a relatively simple design that I want on the store, I can easily get that image into my library without paying for it. I'm sure I'll still buy a few out of laziness, but I'm pleased with myself for devising a way to beat the system. It's very simple, so I'm sure I'm about the xx,xxx person to do this, but I would guess the average Silhouette user does not do it.
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