"O" You are too wonderful!!! (+ a template peek and photoshop ramble...)

Thank
You!!!

Two little words that always seem oh so inadequate when I try to express how much your incredible support and heart warming words mean to me. I just can't tell you how extremely lucky I feel to know you guys. Wish I could be next-door neighbours with you all! Wouldn't that be a great neighbourhood? Crafting buddies galore for everyone! sighhhhh.... ;o)

I'm thrilled to report that I'm in the process of feeling crafty goodness coming on (thanks to your encouragement!) and I'm making a template. Here's a sneak peek of part of it...

These are the side pieces of a curvaceous purse basket.
There's a non-patterned version too :o)

If you'd like the free curvy purse basket
template, you can find it my post here

A strange random ramble about photoshop: You long time blog friends may notice I have finally conquered the curve!!! The curvy bits on here are real, symmetrical circles--not "shaky drawn with pencil" kind of circles---not "tracing-the-lid-off-the-spaghetti-sauce-jar" kind of circles---not "try-to-line-two-of-them-up-and-get-that-curses-on-mel's-crooked-circles-feeling" kind of circles! but bona fide computer roundness! teehee

Although, I still "feel-the-love" for that wonky kind of homemade circle, it was an exciting moment when I figured out a sneaky way to make circles in photoshop. [Using the letter 'O', lining it up on my template, using the "find edges" filter to turn it into a line, and erasing the parts of the "O" that don't fit the template.]

Granted, it's definitely not the right way (which for some reason eludes me to no end) and this weird way probably takes way too long comparatively, but "O" man oh man, was the tech-challenged stamp-dork side of me ever thrilled to have symmetrical circle ability engaged! ;o)

Well, enough of my yadda yadda... I'm looking forward to finishing the rest of this template up & sharing it with you fabulous sweeeeeeet people, soon!

Thanks again for being You!
You make my heart burst with happy!
:o)
Mel