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My Tag Extras

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So, I am trying to decide if I want to share my tag extras in my new group (that I reopened). I have had issues in the past of people not following my terms of use when using my tag extras so that has put me off from sharing them. But I do have a lot of them and I hate to think they are just sitting there when they could be used by others. But again, I am still worried that some people just don’t care about your terms of use these days. They just want to grab and share whatever they find in online groups. Even if it doesn’t belong to them.

I’m pretty sure that’s why some PTU tube artist’s finally decided to stop selling there tubes because they had the same problem. It’s sad really because I loved purchasing PTU tubes from artists. Now, there are hardly any PTU tube shops open anymore and even those that are still open aren’t doing very well with the likes of AI generators popping up everywhere. Don’t get me wrong. I have nothing against the AI generators but I have found that the images that you turn out using them are nothing compared to an artist’s work.

Today there are but a few places that I will actually purchase tubes for my tag making anymore. And when you make as many tags as I do, you always want to use all different type of images and from different places. That’s why I loved purchasing tubes from the tube artists in the past. Some stores had an enormous amount of tube artists who also offered an assortment of tubes in every genre. But those days are long gone now. But luckily, I was able to purchase lots of tubes before all those stores closed and I can still use them today which makes me very happy.

But back to my tag extras. I might go ahead and start sharing my sets of tag extras again in my new (reopened) group. BUT, if I find that people are still breaking my rules when using my tag extras, well, I will have no alternative but to stop sharing them in the future.

Anyway, thanks for stopping by and hugs,

Grow With Love tag by Mod Girl

It’s Been Awhile

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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

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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

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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

Mermaids

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So, I’ve been busy creating graphics and tags and came up with some really nice mermaid graphics so I decided to make a new tag using one of those images. And while I was busy making mermaids I also made some fairies and more frames. Lots and lots of more frames, lol. I have made so many frames that I am running out of ideas of type of frames to make next. I also made some glass vases full of flowers and characters from the Nightmare Before Christmas. Whatever I think of, I am making and at this point there is no telling what I’ll be making next, lol.

Anyway, I will be sending the new tags to members of my subscription tag group in the near future. I might need to start sending more tags each week because I’ve been making so many, lol. But, at the moment I will send just 2 per week along with any sets of tag extras that match. But, you never know. I might change my mind about that too, lol.

Thanks for stopping by and hugs, Mod Girl.