curious how others are using their Daily Dose

[DebbieHodge]

did anyone print it?
do you have it on your desktop so you remember to check it each day?
do you go to it when you're wanting inspiration?
are you following along with the challenges?

there's so much good stuff, the organizer in me is trying to make sure I get to it all.

[Kirsty85]

I browse through it on my computer all the time to get ideas and inspiration. There are so many styles of layouts that I always find something to get my own mojo going.

[LauraBean]

Honestly? I keep forgetting I have it. Then I see a challenge and think, Oh, I should look at that! Then I forget again. Pathetic.

[KerryMac]

Is that a blog? Where can I find it?
It's probably right under my nose...

[digigrandma]

Kerry, Debbie is referring to this product in the DD store:
Daily Dose of Digital 2009 Calendar
http://www.designerdigitals.com/digi...oducts_id/5977

[katrinak]

I have really thought of having it printed and binding it but have actually been a bit more like Laura it seems

Thanks for the reminder Debbie!

[KerryMac]

Oh! Thanks, Merrilee. I don't know how I missed that. D'oh.
I'll have to check it out!

[dstnd2be]

I honestly just realized what it was when I participated in the challenge yesterday. I get such a late pass!

[anke]

I really love the inspiration in all those beautiful pages! I must admit I don't check them often enough, thanks for the reminder Debbie!!!

[hguenthe]

I open the pdf for the month in Photoshop, selecting all the pages to open. Then I wrote an action to save them as a jpg in a smaller size to fit my second monitor putting them into a folder for the month. Then I have my second monitor's background set to select from that folder and change the picture randomly every day or hour depending on what I choose for that month.

[DebbieHodge]

Originally Posted by hguenthe

I open the pdf for the month in Photoshop, selecting all the pages to open. Then I wrote an action to save them as a jpg in a smaller size to fit my second monitor putting them into a folder for the month. Then I have my second monitor's background set to select from that folder and change the picture randomly every day or hour depending on what I choose for that month.

shut UP! Are you kidding? That's the end result I was wishing for but I hadn't thought to do this!

[anke]

Heather, you have got to be kidding me! You are absolutely amazing!!!!

[JALong]

You are amazing, Heather. Could you come to my house and do that for me?

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by hguenthe

I open the pdf for the month in Photoshop, selecting all the pages to open. Then I wrote an action to save them as a jpg in a smaller size to fit my second monitor putting them into a folder for the month. Then I have my second monitor's background set to select from that folder and change the picture randomly every day or hour depending on what I choose for that month.

wow - that must be the greatest idea of using it - I also forget that I have them. But with the page as a background it must be the easiest wy to do them.

[cstaff]

see Heather... you are such a wealth of info... I LOVE your responses to everything... you're my hero

[1gr8muggle]

Heather, could you please send me a SECOND monitor so I can do this?

Thanks.

[hguenthe]

Originally Posted by 1gr8muggle

Heather, could you please send me a SECOND monitor so I can do this?

Thanks.

A couple of years ago before we were moving around, yes... but no extras atm... Mike has been traveling too much for work lately he hasn't been buying toys... but know he is eying changing his monitor and I draw the line at 2 monitors per desk so maybe in a bit

[Jen D]

Originally Posted by hguenthe

I open the pdf for the month in Photoshop, selecting all the pages to open. Then I wrote an action to save them as a jpg in a smaller size to fit my second monitor putting them into a folder for the month. Then I have my second monitor's background set to select from that folder and change the picture randomly every day or hour depending on what I choose for that month.

Girl you are amazing... wanna move in =)

[Britgirl]

'kay Heather, I love you but now, youre scaring me!! I dont even know what you said never mind how to do it!!!!

[hguenthe]

Originally Posted by Britgirl

'kay Heather, I love you but now, youre scaring me!! I dont even know what you said never mind how to do it!!!!

Since pictures are sometimes easier to follow, see if this makes it any clearer:

[anke]

nope!

[hguenthe]

Originally Posted by anke

nope!

I call uncle :P

[farabee]

This thread has been FAN-dang-tastic! Thank you so much for that great idea, Heather, and thank you for your LO on how to accomplish! What a source for daily information RIGHT AT THE EYEBALL!

[SuzanneB]

Sheesh Heather! You NEVER cease to amaze me!

[krutten]

Wow... right now I'm wishing for a second monitor (and more desk space!!) after reading about Heather's method. But in lieu of that, I tried the printing route. I set my print option to print the pages in sets of two on a piece of white cardstock positioned horizontally (landscape). I then cut the pages in half (between the two images) but kept them in two side-by-side stacks. I did each month separately and then separated each month by a piece of 8.5x11-inch chipboard and added a tab with a label. I then broke them into three-month "books" (Jan-March, Apr-June, etc.), sandwiched each set of 3 between two more pieces of chipboard, and bound each "book" with my bind-it-all. Not the most efficient way to use this, probably, but it satisfies my urge to have a physical book to look at and thumb through when I can't be at the computer, like in the car. I can also put the book in front of me if I want to lift a design ... though I'm still wishing for that second monitor!! My eyes also tend to need a break from the screen before I need a break from scrapping, so this is one way I can still look for inspiration and plan LOs without being on the computer. I didn't really need to cut the pages apart, but I like being able to flip through the two stacks, especially if I want to use a couple pages at a time for inspiration. Anyone else try printing this out???

Here's a photo, in case my description didn't make sense...
Download daily dose.jpg (373.1K)

[BrittanyLane]

Wow Kristen! That's a lot of work but I'd love to have something like that... especially for car trips and such. Great idea!

Right now I just keep it on my desktop and when I'm feeling like I need a little inspiration I'll look through it.

[katrinak]

I love everything you are doing with this! So much inspiration. And quite frankly, I'm flattered to be part of something you are all enjoying so much!

Now to figure out how to print it...

[hguenthe]

You can also put it on your main desktop but I chose to put it on my second desktop so that I could have the April calendar desktop that Katie did as my main screen desktop.

I have toyed with the idea of filling Katie's calendar desktop frame with the different pages and have it cycle through those but haven't had the inclination to do that much work when I have both screens at my disposal.

[Scrapbird]

Originally Posted by LauraBean

Honestly? I keep forgetting I have it. Then I see a challenge and think, Oh, I should look at that! Then I forget again. Pathetic.

Oh, I'm so glad I'm not the only one!

[Scrapbird]

I am SO going to try Heather's method as soon as I get home. I'm just sorry its already April and I've missed so much! Maybe I'll change the folder every two weeks.