Creative Home Computing » Computer Crafting http://creativehomecomputing.com Computer Projects, Tips and Tricks For the Non-Techie Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:32:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Home and Craft Ideas In Microsoft Works http://creativehomecomputing.com/485/home-and-craft-ideas-in-microsoft-works/ http://creativehomecomputing.com/485/home-and-craft-ideas-in-microsoft-works/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:22:54 +0000 Mrs C. http://creativehomecomputing.com/?p=485

A lot of the new computers come preloaded with Microsoft Works. Other than using the word processor, I’ve never really looked at all of the templates that are included. And so many of them are for home and craft ideas.

Take a look at these templates that are listed in the Task Launcher:

  • caregiver instructions
  • chores and errands list – maybe if the list looked nicer, my hubby would act on it
  • grocery lists
  • home improvement worksheets
  • home inventory
  • instruction sheets
  • journals
  • lawn and garden worksheets
  • medical records
  • menus
  • moving lists
  • recipe books
  • greeting cards
  • certificates
  • address books
  • event flyers
  • party and reunion planners
  • wedding planners
  • vacation and holiday planners
  • vehicle logs
  • travel planning tools
  • fitness tracking
  • sports team records

I feel like starting at the beginning of the list and running my own little publishing business. And since this is March break and grandson might be looking for something to do, he might just be interested in helping me.  Would you like to join us? We’d love to see what you create.

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I have to confess that I haven’t really done much of anything with my digital photos. Some are saved on memory sticks, some are in digital photo frames, and some are saved on my computer or burned to a cd. I rarely print them off and almost never alter them in any way. My physical photos from pre-digital camera days suffer similar fates. They lie in boxes, waiting to be framed or put in albums. Not a priority, they may wait for a long time.

Not everyone is as lax as I am with their photos. Former scrappers have become dedicated to digital scrapbooking. For those of you who enjoy giving your photos the love they deserve, I’ve found a couple of websites that you may find useful. One is at Digital Scrapbooks and More and the other is a Squidoo lens called Digital Scrapbooking Freebies.

I’m sure I would really enjoy scrapbooking and I’ve promised myself I will get around to all those photos someday soon. Maybe I need a month away to work on them or something. Motivation anyone?

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Thanks to our new reader, Chandra, I’ve got another website for you to check out. Filled with resources that you can print out on your computer and use for craft projects and scrapbooking,  Printables is aptly named.

As you’ll notice, the site hasn’t been updated since 2005, so some of the links may be broken. But there are so many good websites mentioned that I wanted to include it anyway.

I’ve spent the last while reading one of the links, called Jacob Tyler’s Journey, about the short life of a critically ill child, told through the eyes of his mother. It’s so well written and left me in tears. If you’ve ever thought about journaling your life, you’ll want to for sure after reading this.

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If you enjoy computer crafting, the people at Crafty PC have a book called “Creative Computer Crafts” that has a number of interesting crafts you can try. The book is going out of print, so it’s available right now at a very good price. If you are outside of the U.S., beware of shipping charges though. It would have cost me four times the price of the book to have it shipped. So I’ll have to get it sent to my daughter’s place in the states.

It doesn’t benefit me in any way if you purchase the book, but I do have a special reason for recommending it. You see, the Creative Home Computing site is listed as one of the useful resources. This post is my way of saying thank you.

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If you are a mac computer user, I have a good image sharing program for you to check out.

You can snap a picture of a website, capture a chat moment, take a screenshot of an application, quickly sketch an idea, even add notes with arrows and circles to point out specific things.

You can find out more at skitch.com. I have not personally used this program although I was all ready to get it until I found out I needed a mac. If anyone knows of a program this good for the pc, let me know. (I am saying it’s a good program because of things I’ve heard from other people, so thought I’d pass it on.)

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