Geek stuff

Just throwing a couple things up here. The first is a template in 300 ppi that fits a Nintendo DS. I used sticker paper with it and created a Pokeball to cover the scratches on my son's DS. Plain paper covered with packing tape would work too since it's size to have a bit of a border space around it. The blank template is in PNG format.

The other thing is blank game tokens. Why? My son is designing a board game that looks very complicated. While he's in the process of testing and designing, these will give him something inexpensive to use as game tokens that he can also write a quick note on them. To use them, you cut out the circle, fold it half and glue it, then cut a notch where the black line is. I cut a narrow V shape out. Then cut out the token parts, fold it in half and cut the corresponding notches. You can glue this or not before cutting the notches, I left his unglued so he can easily re-fold them so the blank side is out for extra notes. I'm really not sure if these will come in handy for anyone else, but if you can use them, do! Lined, unlined and half lined, these are 300 ppi gifs and print out to be about 1 inch at the base, and 1.5 inches tall.

Black and White Flower printable boxes

My first printable boxes of 2011! This set is at 100ppi. I used the cookie box template, the Andes mints box template and a 2x2 cube. Hope you like them! The Andes mint slide box will hold 4 mints and the layout will print 3 boxes on a sheet of US letter sized cardstock.

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A couple of photos from New Year's Eve

Click on the images for larger versions. Not full sized though, I resized them to 50% before posting them.

New Year's Eve is my son's birthday. We celebrated with lunch at one of his favorite restaurants, then after that, went to the mall to pick him a cover for the Kindle he got for Christmas. That evening we went to see the fireworks.

The New Year's Eve show here is always better than the 4th of July show. For one thing, it's earlier. It starts at around 8 pm instead of at midnight. The other thing is that it's DARK. On the 4th of July, even at midnight, it's not really dark here, more dusk than night. 

Both photos are unretouched. 

Taken with my HS-10. (affiliate link)

Mandalas-coloring pages

I drew both of these mandalas recently and thought you might like them as coloring pages. If you want to use them for embroidery or other crafty uses, you may. The coloring pages are 100 ppi, the colored versions are 300 ppi. Click on the images for the full sized versions.