So I decided to start a blog

Well, I have decided to see what all of this blogging stuff is about! I don't have much going on in my life right now. I'm glad that Christmas is over, it can be such a stressful time of year, although I do look forward to it each year, and I love decorating for the holidays!

For those of you that don't know me, I am a thirty-something wife and mother. I have a darling and vivacious three and half year old daughter. I work outside the home and also as an independent designer for Scrapbook-Elements.com. I started scrapbooking when my daughter was almost two, and then I discovered digital scrapbooking when it was still in it's infancy. Wow, have things changed in the last year and a half! I have been designing for about 16 months, and I absolutely love it! If I could make it a full-time job and keep the bills paid, I would do it in a heartbeat!

For Christmas I got a Konica-Minolta Maxxum 5D. I have no real photography experience, and I have always been a point and shoot kind of girl. My previous camera was a Sony Cybershot, and I really had no complaints with it, other than the shutter lag. With a three year old, shutter lag means all the difference when you're taking photos! So, I took the leap into the DLSR world, and I bought a couple of photography books. My first photos were of my daughter playing in the bathtub, and I just used to Auto setting. Let me tell you - when I downloaded those photos to my laptop I was astounded by the quality!! They are so sharp and crisp - the the photos are so much larger than with my Sony!

Now my DD is starting to grow a little weary of me and that damned camera! I have literally taken over 100 photos of her 5 days! OH WELL!! I'm sure the "new" will wear off soon! Actually she has even taken some photos with it herself, and for the most part, she gets pretty good results too!

For those of you that are not familiar with my scrapbooking designs, they can be found at:
Scrapbook-Elements

I hope you all have a very safe and Happy New Year!