It’s Been Awhile

It’s been awhile since I posted anything so I thought I would do that today.

I haven’t been making any new tags recently because I haven’t really felt like it. Things at home aren’t great and actually they haven’t been great for a really long time. But I won’t go into details about that because I am a rather private person and don’t like sharing personal stuff online.

Instead of making tags I have been busy making new graphics. I like coming up with new graphics that I can use in my tag making and hopefully I will be able to get back to making some new tags very soon.

Country life can get boring at times because there isn’t much to do when the weather is bad. We’ve been having a lot of rain lately which is good for the fields of corn and soybeans that surrounds us but there is not much to do except stay indoors during that time. So, I’ve been busy sitting at the computer lately and when I’m not doing that, I’m plopped in front of the tv binge watching some series on Hulu. It seems to pass the time while we wait out all this rain.

Anyway, since I don’t have any tags to show off today I thought I would end this post with one of my older tags I made years ago. Thanks for stopping by and hugs,

My Butterfly tag by Mod Girl

Spring Cleaning Time

Yup, it’s that time of the year! Time to spring clean my house and believe me, I’m not looking forward to it either, lol. So far I have cleaned out all the cupboards and drawers in my kitchen and discarded lots of stuff that we never use. It’s hard to believe that a person can collect so much stuff over the years. I’m pretty bad about tossing stuff I never use because somewhere in the back of mind there is always that voice telling me, you might use it later. Well, I never use it later and it just sits there collecting dust so why in the world should I keep it? Because it’s hard to get rid of stuff that’s why, lol.

Anyway, I just sent all the tags for the week through my tag group along with the matching tag extras also. The main reason is because of my spring cleaning agenda. I really need to get my house cleaned and in order. It’s been years since it had a really good cleaning so I plan on doing just that. It’s going to take me awhile to get it all done, because I’ll be going room to room until I’m finished. And all the stuff I want to get rid of will be boxed up and either taken to the GoodWill or saved for yard sale sometime down the road. But that could be a problem because hubs HATES having a yard sale and says to trash the stuff or give it away. But I hate being wasteful. And we DID buy all this stuff so why not make a few dollars from it?

And years ago we did give away an entire truck full of items that we wanted to get rid of. Most were clothing and bedding items and we gave it all away to the Salvation Army. I still have a photo of the back of that truck and all the stuff that was in it. There was so much stuff in there that it went all the way to the top. Years ago we sold stuff at an indoor flea market and someone who was also selling clothes and stuff decided to leave but they didn’t want to take all the stuff with them so they gave it all to us to sell, lol. So we had loads of clothing and all sorts of other items that they didn’t want anymore.

And when we left the indoor flea market we had all this stuff left over so we just gave it to the Salvation Army one day and that was the end of that, lol. It’s amazing isn’t it? I think so. Anyway, that’s all I wanted to tell you about today. I have no new tags to show you today but I might make a new one this morning before hubs wakes up to go to work. Thanks for stopping by and hugs,

Woman's Work tag by Mod Girl

(the tag above is a much older tag that I made years ago)

About Fonts

When creating tags I always make sure to use the right font. Now, this can be tricky at times when you have a rather large assortment of fonts to choose from. As a retired web designer / graphic artist, I have collected many font’s over the years either by purchasing them in bulk for my design work or for everyday use. I have so many fonts in fact that I had to burn some to CD’s because they were using so much space on my computer.

When doing any creative work, I always try to use the best font. Any designer who creates graphics for clients knows that using the best font for your design is critical. And you would think that using a font wouldn’t matter that much, but it DOES. For example, if you were creating some serious art work you wouldn’t want to use a cartoon looking font on it, now would you? Nope, it really does make a difference what font you use.

And if you’re not a designer but enjoy making graphics for others or for yourself and need a good font to use then you’ll be glad to know that there are many places online to download fonts. Here are a few links to font sites that offer free fonts. However, most do come with a terms of use so you may want to be sure to use them accordingly.

Anyway, thanks for stopping by and hugs, Mod Girl