I figuring out of the hows and mechanics of typepad is not my forte and pictures still seem to be the biggest issue, as in getting them to appear as a real size, not a squashed distorted mess or a thumbnail. The darling husband offers his help when he can but he works hard all day and so I dont want to stress him and pounce on him as soon as he gets home with an epic list of "to do's". So my blog remains lame and picture-less but hopefully not for long as I have felt a huge surge of creative juices lately...perhaps I should get a towel.
The magical internet has been my source of great inspiration but I honestly think it was Avery's will to make a pinata that reawoke my creative beast. The pinata is a definate W.I.P (work in progress) along with creating 18 fabric mustaches on sticks for Stephanie's mustachio themed birthday party (don't ask!). So in the flurry of mustache birthday preparation, I have felt the urge to create more although I don't seem to have an inch of free countertop,tabletop or even floor space, there is stuff everywhere. My "studio" a.k.a the spare bedroom, formerly the computer room but no longer since the new laptop has permenant home on the living room table, is a horrid disaster. Hmmm writing "living room" just made me think that this a home that is truly lived in. Messy is what my mother in law would call it but I look and see yes dirty dishes but also little creative piles all over. The mustache pinata...(oh yes a mustache pinata) is drying on floor by the never used front door after a second coat of 'mache. The fabric mustaches are on the table under the window waiting for touch ups on the fabric paint "adhesive", the portable sewing cabinet is resting beside the fish tank and the beads and jewelery making stuffs are in tubs hiding in the end tables. All of this stuff is withing a few steps reach, creativity at hand.
Back to my thought about my studio, I have decided much to my husband's delight to FINALLY shovel out and tackle the mess that has gathered in there since we arrived home from treeplanting in mid-august. I have a large desk in there somewhere and a load of crafty supplies but they seem to be burried under planting gear, about a metric tonne of clothes (clothes that are all mine) and a bunch of other random stuff. But I feel that cleaning that room and freeing up a creative space will allow me to 1. not thrash the living room on a daily basis 2. actually finish a project. But I need to finish projects as I have signed up on swapbot.com for a bunch of great swaps coming up.
Off to dig myself out of a creative rut
the easiest way to put an image into TypePad is to click the "set image options" button, and click "full size".
You'll have to make sure that your image isn't wider than the column you're inserting it into. You can either file a ticket with tech support in TypePad to help get this sorted out (they're very helpful!) or you can also read out support knowledge base article here:
http://support.typepad.com/cgi-bin/typepad.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=588&p_sid=ZLfPhgfj&p_lva=66
I hope this helps!
Posted by: Ginevra (TypePad Community Manager) | October 01, 2008 at 12:37 PM
Its true those shrunken heads are on our enertainment unit. You are an amazing creator and very gifted on that front! A little update on your creative side would include mini carrot finger puppet (oh snap), I love him baybee thank you. Love you lots your mustard
Posted by: Larry Jamieson (husband) | November 28, 2008 at 03:22 AM
It seems my previous comment was meant for your last post honey (oh sorrrrry). You really surprised me today, for when i came home from work the whole house was cleaned, and for that I am very much pleased and a thank you is in order. The mustahce pinata and mustache sticks were a HUGE hit, and crongrats to both sister and you for your creative works. I look forward to reading more of the things you write baybee, and please don't hesitate on asking me to help you with this code beacuase I am willing to help you where it is needed. Now I just hope that i will be able to figure it out where you were unable. I love you so very much Mikki, and am honored to have you as my wife! You mean the world to me...moy moy, LYSY!
Posted by: Larry Jamieson (husband) | November 28, 2008 at 03:33 AM