The Creative Spirit Newsletter
October 20, 2001
Welcome!
This
week we have some useful links for building your website. If you have been
looking for courses, tutorials, or HTML help its here.
We
also have more beautiful fall photos from Dave Grant. I've kept
them small for quicker download time, so I hope you can still see how fine they
are. Dave has been contributing some amazing fog photos too and I will
post them over the next few weeks. They are stunning!
There
are also some tips on how to preserve fall leaves, too.
In
the past couple weeks several members have moved their websites and changed
their email addresses, so if your links don't work, please check our 'members'
pages where its all been updated.
About
the design of these pages..... I design my own backgrounds, images, bars,
etc. from scratch and sometimes add the artwork of famous artists, with their
permission. For that reason I right-click protect these
pages. If you wish to use any of my designs please contact
me, and tell me how
and where.
God
Bless America. God bless the world.
Warm
wishes........... Cheyenne
Learning
Online
Web
Tech University This is a FREE online university with great
instructors. You can take courses in Paint Shop Pro (101 and 201), HTML
101, and other advanced HTML courses. A wonderful place!
The
Elements of Web Page Style This site will tell
you what makes a really good site. There are lots of tips on color,
graphics, text, layout, navigation, frames, links, and maintenance.
JASC
Software -- to Download the Paint Shop Pro Program
Paint Shop Pro 7 is the most-used graphics program
today. It has taken over from Adobe Photoshop in quality, and is 1/10 the
price.
Paint
Shop Pro Users Group This site provides support for the PSP program,
and offers tutorials, hints, tubes, online classes, a self-learning program,
library, resource center, filters, and plug-ins, contests, and an art gallery.
FrontPage
and GeoCities Help This
site has help for Front Page 97, 98, and Express.
HTML
Help - Also
has animations and graphics.
Basic
HTML Help
HTML
Help in Spanish
Another
Spanish Help Site
HTML
Help for True Beginners
Another
Beginners Help
HTML
Help
HTML
codes
Preserving
Fall Leaves
One
way to preserve fall leaves is to immerse them in a glycerin and water solution.
Use one part glycerin to two parts water.
Place
the mixture in a flat pan, and completely immerse the leaves in one layer. Weigh
them down to keep them under the mixture. It takes 2-6 days for the leaves to
absorb the liquid and be soft and pliable.
When
they are done remove them from the pan and wipe off all the liquid with a soft
cloth. It you have done this correctly, the leaves will stay soft and pliable
forever.
or
Place
your beautiful autumn-colored leaves between two layers of wax paper. Cover them
with an old towel.
Iron
the fabric at a warm setting, sealing the wax paper together with the leaf
inside. Cut around the leaves and leave a small margin of wax paper around the
edge.
or
You
can do your leaves in the microwave oven. Do one leaf at a time and place
them in the oven on top of two pieces of paper towel. Cover them with another
paper towel.
Microwave
them for 30 to 180 seconds. The drier the leaves, the less time they will need.
Be careful; you could start a fire in your microwave if they cook too long.
By
the way, leaves that curl afterwards have not been dried enough. Leaves that
scorch, were in in too long. Let them dry for a day or two, and then finish them
by spraying with an acrylic craft spray.
Quote of the Day
A part of us remains where ever we have been.
~ anonymous ~
Fall
images by Dave Grant
Side
image by William
Whitaker