New Free Summer/Camping/Picnic Stationery Added
Author: Wes | Filed under: FREE Stationery Friday Aug 12,2011
I just added 4 Brand New Summer/Camping/Picnic digital Stationery Downloads for you at:
http://1-computer-stationery.com
In the Seasons, Summer Category.
They are in both our 8.5×11 Letter and A4 Size Formats.
I just know you are going to love them!
Wes
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I’m Using Free Stationery for My Piano Recital Programs…
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More FREE Easter Stationery Downloads
Author: Wes | Filed under: FREE Stationery Saturday Apr 16,2011I’m uploading more FREE Easter Digital Stationery Pages this afternoon. You can see all our Easter and Holiday Stationery templates at:
You’ll find them in the Holiday / Easter Section. We have them in A4 format as well as in 8.5×11.
Have a great weekend,
Wes
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Free Stationery Downloads News and Updates
Author: kwaddell | Filed under: FREE Stationery, Site Information Sunday Feb 20,2011Here’s what’s new on the PrincessCrafts.com Websites and Members Areas this week.
I just added 3 new valentines day and 9 new family memorial page sets to all three of our members areas. (8.5×11, 12×12 and our Scrapbook of a Lifetime 11×8.5 landscape)
Also I am working hard to update all the papers on the sites to our new higher resolution 200 dpi format. I will begin replacing the animal category at the end of February. So, if there are any particular ones that you want, get them now before I replace the entire category. The new sets, while some what like the old sets, are different and will contain some new graphics.
I will do my best to keep letting you know which categories I will be replacing and when as the site updates continue.
I will also be eliminating the following categories and merging them into other categories on the members areas:
- Borders
- Mini-Pages
- Fantasy
For all our FREE Downloads users; I’ve also just added the following (no signups needed)
- 3 new Valentines Day Stationeries
- 2 New St. Patricks Day Stationery downloads
- More updates A4 sizes in New Categories
On www.FreeScrapbookTraining.com
- 3 new Valentines Day Photo Greeting Card Templates
- 6 New Photo Frame Scrapbook Elements
Have a great Week and be sure and tell all you friends and family about our sites… we can use all the help we can get.
Happy Scrappin’
Kathy
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Stationery Calendar Question Answered
Author: Wes | Filed under: FREE Stationery, Training Sunday Sep 5,2010Hello Stationery Friend,
From time to time we get questions on how to use our stationery or on how best to work with the different file types. One of our Stationery Friends had some questions on our file types and what paper types to use.
I thought it would be a good training lesson for our BLOG as well. That said, here it is:
From: Cath Kilgallon
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 2:40 AM
To: PrincessCrafts.com
Subject: A big thankyou and a small question.
Hello and a good morning to Kathy, Wes and everyone at Princesscrafts.
I’d like to ask you a quick question please, but before I do I have got to say …
THANKYOU…THANKYOU AND THANKYOU!! YOU ROCK!!! YOUR WEBSITE ROCKS!!!
Your stationery is beautiful and was stunned when I realised that it’s also free – You are amazing! So I,ve just gone and bought you several huge Lattes! You deserve them!!
Myself and my three children ( who are all boys under ten years – my eldest is severly mentally and physicaly disabled ) really enjoy making cards and homemade gifts for family and friends, especially at christmas – it’s that one time of year I stop being too busy long enough to try and show people just how much I love and appreciate them.
So this christmas we’re going to attempt to make two calenders for 2011, both calenders will be a month by month view, one month per page ….
The first thing I want to do is print one of your designs onto a sheet of printable paper…….Then putting the same sheet back into the printer I want to print over the top of the first design with the name of the month at the top of the page, the days of the week will be printed down the left side of the page and the rest of the page will have a basic open type square grid for the dates…. ..I hope I’m making sense because I do have a tendancy to babble on ….
Anyway …. if I was using an A4 thick printable parchment paper…or an A4 printable white vellum….or an A4 printable plain thin card …. Which files would you recomend using please?
The jpg or pdf files?
Would one file be okay to use with all three types of paper or do I need a different type of file for different types of paper please, or does the size of the paper I’m using determined the type of file I need to use please? Or will the jpg and the pdf files give different / varying results when they’re both printed on the same type and size of paper, if it does can you tell me the differences please? And finally if I haven’t explained myself very well and your reading this thinking, “Wow this woman is completly crazy!” Well you’d be right! But also can you please tell me the difference between using the jpg files and the pdf files, I can download / save both types with no apparent problems but I’m running out of space on my computer because I’ve been saving both the jpg and pdf files for every single image I think I might use – and there’s a lot I like!
Thankyou very much for taking the time to read this and keep up the brilliant work your doing.
Cath x
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Hello Cath,
First of all, thank you so very much for the compliments… we are very glad you are enjoying the site and we love helping out as much as we can.
Next, I had no problems understanding what you are trying to do and I have a fairly simple answer for you that I’ll get to in just a minute. I want to let you know that we also have a site with no cost calendars already done. Kathy’s working on the 2011 papers now as we usually post them in September.
You can see what we have at http://www.freescrapbooktraining.com/
Now, to your questions on file types. The simple answer just depends on what software you are using. With the .jpg files you could place the image in MS Word, PowerPoint or in OpenOffice as the background, draw your calendar right on top and even add your photos before printing just once. The .jpg files are meant to use in graphics, photo or scrapbook/journaling programs to create your finished page all at once before printing.
The .pdf files are meant to use as you planned, that is that they are meant to be printed in advance and then hand written or used as a pre-printed paper and run through the printer a second time with margins and formatting to place the content where you want it.
So, this means that you need to figure out how you want to work and then choose the file type that best suits your needs.
As for the paper, that just depends on your printers abilities and the final print is dependant on your printer settings. Whether you use .jpg or .pdf or any other file type, it’s the printer quality and settings that determine the final quality. Most printers can handle card stock or thick papers but on most you have to tell the printer controls so it adjusts the carriage and head height. Look in your printer properties settings to see if this is the case. Most newer printers also print borderless but how much over the edge a print goes can be adjusted in the properties settings. Most default settings for borderless prints have way too much overage set and you can loose graphics and print close to the edge. We recommend you start with the minimal setting, usually .1 inch and make adjustments to that if needed.
I hope this answers your questions. If it missed anything or added more questions, just let me know and I’ll be happy to help all I can.
Have a great weekend,
Wes
(877) 751-6368
28115 N. Spotted Rd.
Deer Park, WA 99006
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My Two Favorite Mothers Day Gifts That Cost Next To Nothing
Author: Wes | Filed under: FREE Stationery, Training Saturday Apr 10,2010My Two Favorite Mothers Day Gifts That Cost Next To Nothing
I used to stress over what to get my mom for Mothers Day. For years it was flowers, cards, clothes or even decorative items for her house. As I got older, I noticed that the things she kept around and bragged on most were the things that cost little or nothing but came from real love. You know the ones, the hand print in plaster and/or paint, the photo mug of us together at the zoo and the hand written card all covered in glitter that said nothing more than “I Love You Mommy” on it.
OK, so I’m not a kid any more, but I still noticed that what mom’s really like best are the gifts that create or retell of fond memories together.
It was at that very moment that I knew I had to do something different in my Mother’s Day gift giving. I needed more of me and us in it and a lot less of it’s just for her. Mom’s aren’t about taking, they are all about giving… especially in giving of themselves to the ones they love most. I needed a Mother’s Day present that showed not only that I appreciated all that she had done for me, but one that reminded her that our time together really meant something that couldn’t be lost.
Now that I know the real secret to what Mom’s really want for Mother’s Day, it’s become one of my favorite holidays and one we both look forward too each and every year.
Here’s just two of the ideas that have kept my mom bragging for months to her friends and the rest of the family.
Mother’s Day Gift Idea #1 – The Memory Letter
I got this idea from the old glitter covered card she still had from my school days. I just took it to a new level.
Very simply, I downloaded some free stationery pages to use as the decoration. I then sat down and made a list of some of the really great times I’ve had that my mom played a large roll in. Vacations, shopping trips, long drives to get me to sporting events, anything that brought a vision of my mom in my head. Bad times that she made better for me were even better.
I then just sat down and put those storied in writing. You know… “Dear Mom, Remember when…” and I filled several pages with those vivid memories. At the end, I simply wrote: “Mom, it’s the little things you did that I’ll always remember most.”
I then printed the stationery pages out (I have lousy handwriting so I typed them) on the stationery downloads and sealed them in a nice envelope that read: “To Mother With Love – Don’t open until Mother’s Day” and placed that envelope inside another one to mail.
I’m told the tear’s of joy fell for days after and she reads the letter again several times a year. I got the biggest hug in the world the next time I was home for a visit.
Mother’s Day Gift Idea #2 – The Photo Memory Journal
The idea for this one came from the photo mug I had made for her as a teen. Again, I just took the basic idea and stepped it up a few rungs on the ladder.
This one happens in two parts. Part one, pick up a cheap diary or journal book from your local retail or book store. If you are really short on cash, you can also download some free digital stationery page templates, print a few pages and bind them with some ribbon or lace. Your mom isn’t going to care how much it cost as it will be part two that makes the gift.
Part two:
This is what really makes it special. Plan for a day (rain or shine) that you both have off, preferably just a few days after Mother’s Day. You can do it before, but I think it’s better if part two happens afterwards. Pick some place special such as a garden, park, tea room or other photogenic location. You can even plan an afternoon tea followed by the trip to the tropical gardens etc.
On the fist page of the journal, you’ll put the planned date, the time you’ll pick her up and a note to dress for rain, dress for casual or dress for formal. Nothing more except for the Happy Mother’s Day Mom and your signature.
The anticipation will build over the next couple days until the event and that serves to set the mood and ingrain the memory. If your area is prone to rain/spring snow/ or other such weather, be sure and have a backup planned if it’s not an indoor event.
The real key is that you are going to do something special together and you will take photos and write memories in the journal to go with them. I even had the rest of the family show up at the end and had professional photos taken of the whole family… first time in 10+ years. My point is that you can do this for next to nothing or you can, if you have the means, spend a little cash and get professional help. The result is the same… Joy and a new treasured memory you made together that will be remembered for many years to come.
Now that you get the idea, take a look around your mother’s home and in her closets… ask her if she still has any of your childhood gifts or art projects. Then, take a little imagination and turn that into an updated Mother’s Day she’ll soon not forget.
One last note.
We filled only a few of the pages of that first journal with memories and photos. Now, we plan little trips a couple of times a year together so we can fill in the rest of the book. She treasures these times more than I can tell you and one day when she’s no longer with me, I have no doubt I’ll be treasuring the book even more.
Happy Mother’s Day Memories…
Kathy & Wes
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