Walsall Wonderland

We all have ways of wasting our time that really aren’t that important but we like to spend time on… most of the things I do when left to my own devices fall into this category of life…

For one, I am a user of an internet forum – who isn’t? – and I like to make my own signatures to go in my posts. Most people who’ve used forums will know what I am talking about, but in case you don’t, it’s basically a banner like picture, where you include a bit of text. In my case, it is the name I use on this particular website. On past websites where I’ve held Administration positions, I’ve also included that information.

Anyway, so I use a free photo alteration application called Serif to do my particular sigs, and it is actually alright. I’d prefer to work with Photoshop or Fireworks, but I’ve yet to go out and purchase it so I work with what I’ve got. I download a lot of little pictures or fonts to use when I make these things, depending on what mood I’m in. I’ve gotten a lot better at making these, and all it really took was patience. I’ve even progressed onto altering people’s avatars for special occasions, which takes more than making a sig from scratch. I’m at a point where I can alter quite well, but can’t create from scratch, with regards to avatars and picture creation. I really enjoy doing this, and can waste SO much time downloading fonts from da font to use in my sigs.

Okay today’s knitting pattern is going to be related to something I’ve talked about often. Totoro. There’s some new Totoro patterns up on Ravelry and I’m very impressed with them. I want to make some of these little fellows in the near future, because they are just so cute!