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Saturday, June 29, 2013
Google Reader is Done July 1st: Move From Google Reader to Bloglovin’:

When I got a little email telling me that Google Reader will be disappearing as of July 1st....I thought, what should I do? If you are following Gramkin Paper Studio via Google Reader, it’s about time to think of an alternative way to stay keep stalking me.


If you have never heard of BlogLovin, its a "one stop shop" for people who love different blogs, but don't want  to have 25 thousand pages open on their browsers. Its a way for readers to find everything in one place and it will also make "suggestions" on similar blogs you may enjoy based on your current selection.
BlogLovin let’s you categorize the blogs you read and  mark off the posts you are not interested in so that you do not have to see them anymore.


You can also get the BlogLovin app for your Android or iPhone to read on your phone.

If joining this site is not your thing, the following are a couple of other ways you can follow us:


Feedburner: our RSS feed and you can
Email: recieve our post via email
Feedly (pictured below): probably the most popular alternative to Google Reader. They make it extremely easy to migrate your feeds over, with a one-click import, and the design is actually cleaner and more attractive than Google Reader. They also have pintrest and facebook integration



HOW TO MOVE FROM GOOGLE READER TO BLOGLOVIN'
  1. Go to www.google.com/takeout
  2. After signing in , click "Choose Services"
  3. Click "Reader"
  4. Click "Create Archive" ( this may take a few minutes depending on size of reader archive)
  5. Click "Create Archive" again, once the boxes have loaded.
  6. Click "Download"  (then enter your password if asked) and save to your computer ( just remember where)
  7. Open the downloaded zip file ( extract by right clicking on it and using the extracting program or click on "Open With" and you options will show up) and find the folder that is labeled "Subscriptions"
  8. Go to www.bloglovin.com/import ( if you have not already set upan account , you will need to do this and sign in beforehand)
  9. Click on "Choose File"
  10. Choose the "Subscriptions" folder that you just downloaded. ( If it says OPML files only, you XML files will work).
  11. Click "Upload"
  12. Now you have your blogs in one place!



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Sunday, June 23, 2013
DOWNLOAD DAY: MAD MEN PRINTABLE PAPER DOLLS

If your a fan of Mad Men, then take a look at these printable paper dolls by illustrator Dyna Moe. Dyna is a New York illustrator that started drawing a weekly desktop wallpaper for every new episode for the first three seasons. AMC got hip and commissioned Dyna to make some promo items after that ( take a look at the Mad Men Yourself App).
Download Megan here and Joan here or keep as is, because they just look to pretty to cut up! Blogger-Signature
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Sunday, June 16, 2013
Color Crush: Color Palette Generator

For me, finding the correct colors for a project can be hard. When choosing those colors for a design, alot of times, clients minds can go blank .Generally they will see an image and want  to use colors from the image .This is where a color generator is the perfect tool to use.
A color generator or color scheme selector is a tool for anyone in need of a color scheme. In most cases these online tools have the color codes attached and some offer extended features to help a designer build the perfect color scheme. There are alot of color generators out there, but I the following are a few that I like based on image uploads. There no order of favorites, just ones I prefer over the rest.


1. Big Huge Labs
  2. Color Palette Generator


 3. Degraeve
       (based on url, must have url of image . Cannot upload from computer)
 

4. Patorjk
     (based on url, must have url of image . Cannot upload from computer.
       Also, they allow you to choose your Hue variance, based on picture)

5. Photocopia
    (This is an extension of colorLovers, so you can log in with your colorLouvers login and save
     your  pics. You can use an url or load one of your Flikr pics  & choose your Hue variance, based
      on picture)


6.Pictaculous
    (This is an extension of Kuler and Color Louvers as they also give you suggest the closest color
      palettes already made.  They also let you download the palettes for easy install instead of     
      copy/pasting the color codes)
7. Cool Hunter
     (This site is good, but I do not like that the picture is autmatically sized to thumbnail & they
       only give you 5 colors with no variations.)


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Sunday, June 2, 2013
GRADE SCHOOL NOTE FOLDING: A LITTLE TUTORIAL

I remember the good ole days when you would pass a note to the person you liked or gossip with your BFF . Even though you are no longer in class, you can still keep it old school and send your note with some nostalgic flair. The following are a few creative ways to fold your notes, whether you are putting them in an envelope or handing them off to the person.

Enjoy and Happy Folding!

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