DLS Designs

Two Vintage Brown Swivel Armchairs with Matching Ottomans for Sale

 I just posted these two vintage Selig Imperial brown swivel armchairs with matching ottomans for Sale for sale on craigslist. If you are interested more info is available here or on Craigslist.

My Flickr Badge

My Flickr Badge
Originally uploaded by DLSDesigns

A Quick Trip Home

Massachusetts State Police Cruiser
Originally uploaded by Mark Sardella

This morning, I left Dallas for Boston's Logan Airport to bring my 90 year old Grandfather back to Westwood. He had come to Dallas to visit with my dad and me for Easter. Overall the trip went smoothly and we didn't have any trouble with the wheelchair or with the bags, so we went upstairs to the departures level and met our taxi driver from London Taxi of Norwood.

After we passed through the tolls at the Ted Williams Tunnel, a Massachusetts State Trooper pulled us over. Apparently there is a new law that says all taxis must have a Fast Lane. Unfortunately for the taxi driver someone had taken the Fast Lane out of the taxi he was driving and he got a $50 ticket. I felt so bad for him, especially since the ticket comes out of his pocket. Plus, the meter ran the entire time the officer was writing the ticket, so we had to pay the wait time.

Road Trip from Clearwater, FL to Norwood, MA Part 1

5823 Big Ass Farm, originally uploaded by ElloreeCreations.

Today after I left Steph's place in Savannah, I headed north on I-95 on my journey back to Norwood. The weather was horrendous with torrential downpours and strong winds, but I had to make it to Norwood by Friday. Around exit 53 on I-95 in Virginia, I hit yet another traffic jamprobably caused by an accident due to the weather condition2. Since I was extremely tired of sitting in traffic, I hit the "Detour" button on the GPS and it told me to exit at exit 53. Along my detour, I ran across Olde South Cider & Country Store. They have the most delicious homemade ciders. The peach cider is to die for and I just HAD to take some home to Mom and Rob. Then as I followed Sniders Highway, I came across "Big Ass Farm". I think it was the funniest sign I had seen in a long time.

RickRack Embellishment Tutorial for Gimp

Creating Rickrack Embellishments From Pre-made Ribbons in Gimp

1. Start by opening your selected ribbon in Gimp.
2. Next go to Image->Canvas Size... Set your height to about 1000. This may be a big large, but I prefer to work on a larger canvas. If you use a large canvas, you can always crop it later and you have more room. Click Resize.
3. Next go to Filters->Distorts->Ripple. Set the options to:

   The Larger the amplitude the higher the peaks. The smaller the period the closer together the peaks.

4. Lastly save the file.

Free Purple Plaid Alphabet

For my first free alphabet set, I used Binner as my font and my own plaid paper. Each letter is in its own png file, but the numbers are all together in 1 png. I've also included some punctuation which are in their own png. Drop shadows are not included and are only used for preview purposes. Since this is my first alphabet set, I would love any and all feedback, so I can improve. Thanks to Ditter Doodles for inspiring me to create this first alphabet set.

Download Purple Plaid Alphabet Set

Free Digital Scrapbooking Flower Embellishments

I have recently started digital scrapbooking. I started with photos of Lil' Grey and Cho. Now, I am also working on a Flower Alphabet Book. Since I enjoy photo editing, especially in Gimp, I instantly started to make my own papers and embellishments. After all the work that goes into making the embellishments, I figured I should share the wealth. Here are my first embellishments. I hope to have more papers and embellishments to list later. They are all in .png format and don't have any shadows. The shadows were added for the preview only.

Download Free Flower Embellishments by DLS Designs

Blooper

methuen, originally uploaded by jgodsey.

I was at home watching Crossing Jordan today, when Woody(Jerry O'Connell) miss pronounced Methuen. It's weird how much things like this bug me and how obvious it was. Read more about the blooper and the Crossing Jordan episode.

Hog Island Boathouse

Hog Island Boathouse, originally uploaded by DLSDesigns.

This beautiful photograph is now available for purchase on my etsy site.

A Rainbow of Charm Bracelets

 

I just uploaded a bunch of charm bracelets to my Etsy page. Most of them are colored themed, but one of them is based on Under the Lilacs a book by Louisa May Alcott. Check them out!