Jodiann's Bean Store
Member Kim B. Designs CT
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My littlest Dude is 17! Ironically he was born on Labor Day and I had zero labor, the doc’s cut a sun roof for him and yanked him out by his oversized head! 8lbs 9 ounces 23 inches with a wait for it… a 15 in diameter head! Not so little really! HOOT!
I was looking for a big headed baby picture but found this one and its cracks me up! So its the pick!
Happy September!
Jodiann
Edited: September 1st, 2010
Well, Its not really MY Party, actually. I mean I do have parties but…I mean it could be my party, I like a good party as much as the next… Its Vicki’s Party! Phew! 25% OFF for a short time…Go Get YOU SOME! WEEEEeeeee!
I am proud to say Miss Vicki used a few Chalkies: Vicki’s Beach Styles to build some of the oodies in this Wild Party Kit! Whoo HOO!
Edited: August 26th, 2010
27 seamless Photoshop Styles with soft chalk-like edges in beachy colors. These styles are smooth, no texture. No Bevel has been added either, the look of a bevel is from the softly shaded edges. A simple style with many uses. A basic to come back to for filling in Doodles, Elements, Making Backgrounds, Adding to fonts for a yummy puffed look. Add your own dropshadows, these are dropshadow free. Edge shading is adjustable.
Sandy Pie made this cutie using Chalkies: Vickie’s Beach Styles. Where do these edgy ideas come from?? Check her blog to discover the nesting doll template maker, soon to be revealed I expect. *wink* Also Check out Bubbles Babbles Aka Vicki’s Blog tomorrow for a NEW kit reveal that will have some goodies made with these Styles as well. Whoo HOO! So exciting!!
Here are some more CT inspirations with Chalkies…Thanks Awesome CT Ladies!!
Sandy Pie Again
In addition, my Clear Cover Styles are also on sale today…
8 Color Changing Styles.
Each adds a shine, a gradient, an inner shading and a stroked edge. That�s it! The fun , dare I say "Magic?" comes from what you add underneath. The more textures, overlays, designs and colored layers you slide under and the more you work the opacity of these layers the more colors will POP out.
Same Clear Cover Style on both arrow and circle, see how what goes under creates such dramatic changes?
Second Chance Freebie…
…made with Clear Cover Styles
http://ruthmelody.blogspot.com/2010/05/sneak-peek-and-freebie.html
Happy Happy!
Edited: August 26th, 2010
Uncovered and pumped, next we get to repair pipe. But not this week. Recovery Week!
Gratitude List
Happy Wednesday!
Edited: August 25th, 2010
Quick Plug for $2.00 Thursday at DigiScrapWarehouse.
Grab these goodies for $2.00 today only! 
Jodiann’s CU Madras Plaid Styles and JPGs
16 Madras Plaids to take you through the rest of the summer and a few for your fall projects as well.
Available in both .ABR and .JPG file formats. Now it doesn’t matter what program you design with, Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Gimp, Paint.net etc,
you’re covered! WhOo! HOO!
Choose either PS Styles or JPG files at Download.
Original Plaids created by Jodiann Cates using Photoshop CS3.
PS7, PSCS, PSCS2, PSCS3, PSCS4 and PSE compatible.
Drop Shadow Free.
Quality Checked.
This purchase contains:
16 Madras Plaid Styles on Solid Backgrounds. Seamless. For Photoshop Programs.
16 Madras Plaid JPGs 4×4 images. Seamless. Tile Beautifully. For other programs, PSP, Gimp, Paint.net
CU4CU CU PU S4H S4O Commercial License Included.
You may use these PS Styles in the creation of your own products to sell.
With the exception of using them to build Styles or Patterns Sets for resale. 
Jodiann’s CU Bokeh Point Of Light Styles
12 Bokeh ( boke = blur in Japanese) These simulate a blurred reflection when a camera looks into a light source.
Use these Transparent Styles behind a photo mat, extracted photo, to fill in an element, to create papers, to make photo mats, as an overlay right on your photos.
Duplicate the layer you wish to see then add this bokeh style, since it is built to replace whatever is on the layer its applied to.
All of these styles can easily be recolored, but the light whites with grey or yellow tones have been made especially for recoloring,
one of each shape. Special Thanks to KOL for the inspiration!
Original Styles created by Jodiann Cates using Photoshop CS3.
PS7, PSCS, PSCS2, PSCS3, PSCS4 and PSE compatible.
Drop Shadow Free.
Quality Checked.
This purchase contains:
12 Bokeh Styles; Seamless and adjustable in .ASL format 300 ppi.
1 Text Document with Unpacking and Installing Instructions.
CU4CU CU PU S4H S4O
Commercial License Included.
You may use these PS Styles to create your own products to sell. With the exception of
using them to build Styles Sets or Patterns Sets for resale. 
Jodiann’s CU Extraction Pack: Strawberries
8 unique strawberry extractions, various shapes and sizes. All with leaves.
Some duplicated without leaves for cleaner clustering, more flexible designing or for adding your own leaves, doodles, etc.
Set of 5 strawberry tops included. Add them to your strawberries in your own way or just give your clusters and spills more interest.
Total PNG count on this pack, 17. These are offered CU for CU with two exceptions. They cannot be resold as an Extraction Set or any kind.
They cannot be used in a CU set where strawberries or berries are the main focus. Contact Jodiann if you have any questions.
Compatible PNGs useful for ALL Programs. Drop Shadow Free. Quality Checked. Jaggie Free.
This purchase contains: 17 Total Extractions of Strawberry and Leaves in PNG format at 300 ppi Each grown,
imaged, and extracted by Jodiann. Not available anywhere else via Extraction Set. CU CU4CU S4H S4O Commercial License Included. 
Jodiann’s CU Trims: Dusty Lavender Ribbows
Print Quality Element Extractions of 10 Silk Ribbons and Bows of Dusty Lavender in PNG format. 10 matching Greyscale PNGs as well.
Quality Checked. No jagged edges, smooth, clean, and sharply focused.
Suitable for all programs.
This purchase contains:
10 Lavender PNG Extractions of Silk Ribbons and Bows. 300ppi
10 Greyscale PNG Extractions of Silk Ribbons and Bows. 300 ppi.
CU S4H S4O Commercial License Included. You may use these PS Styles to create your own products to sell.
Hugs and Happiness!
Edited: August 12th, 2010
There is a Rose Bush under there! Really!
Actually there are 2 rose bushes. One in the planter and one on the fence. Here is a Spring 2010 shot when it makes sense!
Don’t get my wrong, the Morning Glories are wonderful, and they are allowing the Rose Bushes to grow in comfy shade without any summer burn! Whoo HOO!
…and you thought I forgot my promise to show pictures!
I did, but not completely! After I took my vitamins I got a brain burst!
Happy Thursday!
Edited: August 5th, 2010
I can be such a baby! Tomorrow the Septic Guys come. All the work on the slow drains, has come down to draining the Septic Tank and running the lines with a professional auger after to see if that works. We wanted JUST the professional auger run down the lines, but no one does that in our area anymore if you have a septic. First it must be cleaned out THEN they will run the lines.
I am cool with that, its just we don’t know exactly where the Septic Tank is. We have lived here 15 years and never had to empty it so we took the lazy way out and didn’t look for it. Okay I looked for a it a little bit about 7 years ago. There is a county number to call and get the location of a septic tank since that is something that is supposed to be documented. Yet, this location, in 1982 somehow got missed and even though it was recorded that dynamite was used to blast a hole for a septic tank, ( not something allowed anymore) and there was a perk test approved, the location of the big nasty poop box was not noted.
Bummer.
Digging my new garden I found tons of gravel and the clean out line leads to the same spot so the boys and I spend yesterday taking down the garden fence and transplanting whatever we thought would survive, cutting back and marking all the plants that needed to stay in place to live and spray painting a path for the dozer so no plants got the smoosh. Dragging my old self out of bed this morning I needed a double shot of chocolate syrup in my coffee to stand upright! LOL! Its been a rough week on this bod! LOL! The sore stuff will go away once I get up and around, ( and the chocolate takes hold) its those nagging “What IF” thoughts that are messing with me now.
(I have pictures, btw, but I can’t bear to look at the carnage, so you all aren’t getting to look either! )
What if we didn’t clear enough space in the garden and the plants we left get the smoosh?
What if the septic is somewhere else entirely? Like another Garden?
What if I have to stop the Dozer to clear another garden while the workers wait…at $100 a hour? I sure hope I picked the right spot!
Should I even try to put the Butterfly/Rose Garden back after its all over?
All the hard work putting it in, all the hard work yesterday in the 106 degree heat. My boys are wonderful helpers and saved my life over and over with their strong backs. I doubt I could ever do this alone on such short notice especially once the plants are all matured. Is there even another location where these roses would survive? It was a great place with southern winter sun and the house to block the north wind and cold. Some of the tender roses that I should have never planted might not survive. Breathe In. Breathe Out.
Enough. Let’s take my mind off it, okay?
Kim B. Designs contributed to this last grab bag at DigiScrap Vault its a well stuffed string pack in delightful green. Worth the price of the bag all by itself, but you also get some great stuff from other well known designers too!! Take A Look!
I have some goodies you might enjoy on sale today only for $ 2.00 for DigiScrap Warehouse’s $2 Thursday.
Get them while you can at this price! Friday they both go back to $4.50.
Okay, one last thing before I get out there and trim the Bamboo so the Honey Wagon can get down our driveway. I know its just Bamboo, but some folks won’t drive down if its hanging in the way…I guess they get a Island of Dr. Moreau vibe? *wink*
Friday I have a Honest TO Goodness KIT coming out! U read right! A KIT! LOL!
Psst! Its a Kristine’s Place Exclusive too!
I am SO excited to have a Personal Use Kit to show you! So come back and see me Friday for the full reveal and get the limited time sale price too!!
For now, Here is a peek 
and a LO, courtesy of Sandy Pie!
See Ya’ Tomorrow, scrapper-honeys!!!
Edited: August 5th, 2010
I meant to write, really I did! Sunday nights are usually so quiet around here, we tuck into some simple food and ride a TV wave to bed. We did that, but then the Air Conditioner started acting funny, so we turned it off and left it till morning since we were all groggy and feeling it would be better in the morning.
We opened our windows for a cricket serenade and got in TUNE with nature. We started that AC up this morning and it blew water all over the place. So the boys and I kicked Jack out the door to work and aimed ourselves on fixing the stopped up water line. Did that. Thought about writing you about that, crawling under the AC box, going to work with all the dust bunnies to keep me company. I wore my bandana over my face like a real drover. YeeHAW! That sort of fixed the problem, but the drain was still slow. So our DIY work included using an auger on the roof vent to clear out old mudd-dauber nests in the vent. While we were up there we ushered in the new century ( a decade too late) by removing…get this…our Arial Antenna from the houses pre-cable television days! Technically we have lived here 15 years and NEVER used it, but I don’t get up on the roof too often.
Now we have a reason for that~ *guffaw*… since after the Arial Removal Celebration I was showing the boys how to get on and off a ladder safely…the ladder slipped and I fell off the ROOF. Now Jack in never going to let me get up there again. Stick in the Mud! LOL!
I am a little scrapped up but nothing is broken. I am quite a handful, but God saw fit to bounce me for which I am truly grateful. Confused, but grateful! Thanks God! Freaked out the kids, they of course know I am a teasing, testy child of God. They expected me to smash like a melon. They checked me all over like sniffy dogs, so I know I am fit and ready for action! They proclaimed to be scarred for life.
No drama at our house! *wink*
Drain line still slow, so we checked the clean out to the septic…did I forget to tell you I dropped the auger down the vent hole? Honestly, augers have a holder that doesn’t hold!! I watched the thing come undone and slither right down the hole snatching at the air as it went I didn’t even get a piece of it. All I can think to say is that if Women designed Augers the HOLDER would HOLD!! Think how ticked Jack is going to be about the whole mess!
When I got to the clean out for the septic I realized how ticked I was! I need to clean out the line it was all stopped up. I will have to retrieve that auger…dang it! I WAS going to leave it for Jack… *sly smile*
Lucky for us I found a sink vent that tapped into the main vent stack with good access and I cut away the elbow of the smaller pipe, and there it was. The auger I lost in the main stack. It could have been coiled up at the bottom, so we got a break! I pushed it back up the vent to Dillon who was waiting on the roof! Weeeee! Nathan held the ladder for him so it didn’t slip. I bet they will be ladder holders from now until they no longer climb ladders! LOL!
We just got back from town to buy the PVC piping to restore the sink vent we trashed and we bought two additional treasures. A screened cover for the roof vent, and a Vent Clean Out. The boys are installing both on the main stack one the roof to keep the Mudd-daubers out of the vent and the other in our master bedroom near the sink vent we tore out. So now we don’t have to go up on the roof to auger ( if we need too and we will need to less because the wasp friends will not be building their mud huts up there.)
Oh! Here they come down the stairs! All done! I love DIY its so fun sharing it with your kids! The utility panel in the master bedroom is all back in place and ( Phew!) We are done for today! Drain still slow and no showers tonight just to make sure we don’t get backed up. We will run the auger down another pipe tomorrow this time it will be to the septic…not thrilled about pretending to be Mike Rowe and smelling sewer gases in the process, but it will beat falling off the roof, I hope! So far I feel pretty good so maybe messing with sewage is where the REAL trouble is!
HOOT!
Checked my email and what did I find? Just what I needed to see today… Have a look!
Thanks Rosie! You sure have wonderful timing! I laughed a lot at this and played it twice!
Mwah!
Kim Has a new Pick UR Bits, as do the Sweet Girls at DSO ~ my former home! They are kicking into high gear over there! Whoo HOO!
Here’s a little tidbit, check out Kim’s Blog for more on this Collab its loaded!
Kim’s portion-
I managed to scrap a bit of Nathan when he was a little nipper…
Happy Monday! … LOL! No wonder all this happened! Its MONDAY! * giggle *
Edited: August 2nd, 2010
A closet full of ridiculous tee shirts and still more find me!
Check out this one from Threadless.com
It’s Toile About You by Emmy Cicierega
I must have it! You too? Don’t be afraid to buy this one in Large or XL even if you are not, threadless tees are notoriously SMALL!
Available For 2 dollars Today Only!
The crackle brushes are worthy of the price alone…shameless plug!
Happy Thursday ALL! We are off to the Orthodontist to hobnob and give over a sack of money! Weeee!
Edited: July 29th, 2010
Dillon Turned 20! WHOO HOO! Happy Birthday Dude!
Age-inappropriate Cake!
Yum!
Do TRY this ice cream!
Pie Lovin’ Good!
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We has such a blast the house looks like a clothes-cardboard-tool-dish bomb went off inside! We ate cake, ice cream and pizza all weekend. I managed to lose 2 lbs as strange as that sounds. First off, we went to see…
and had a great time! Amazing how brainy this movie was without talking down to us peanuts. You will actually feel smarter when you walk out! HOOT! For the record I am THE anti-fan of L. Decaprio and while I can’t say this performance won me over, I think he finally left air in the room for the other members of the cast. Its a start. Over-Actors Anonymous be praised.
Anyway, back to my exploded house…
Dillon decided that for his birthday we would do a DIY project in addition to going out to eat a few times and the movie thing. Dillon wanted to replace this
with this
So we shopped Lowe’s, laughed a lot about shelving, we planned the project, and took most of the weekend to get it done because we were cutting up so much! Even though we have yet to finish, there will be 3 drawer units across the bottom and the wires with get corralled. I don’t think task focused Jack has had a better time building in his life. Good Times!
I think we are finally getting the hang of this birthday thing, its more about being together and having a ball instead of how big the presents are or knowing exactly what the kids want. Really we had no clue what Dillon wanted, especially Dillon. It just grew from possibility and it was such fun to mess the house up this way.
Now, what to do with the Entertainment Unit in my Kitchen? LOL!
Happy Week Friends!
Edited: July 26th, 2010
