If you're not familiar with Project Life, the simple explanation is it's scrap booking for dummies. The system involves all kinds of goodies like cards, themes, plastic sheets with different layouts, binders, and all kinds of other items you can use to bring your story to life. I tried getting into scraping years ago (and I mean years) but I have a thing with cutting photos and I was just too lazy to ever finish anything. When I came across this I was intrigued and when Michaels had a sale I picked some stuff up and started to plan! In order to have photos in the sizes I needed (and with cut rounded corners), I went with Persnickety Prints. The pricing was reasonable and the photos arrived quickly. When I opened them up I was pleased with the quality as well. I'll be ordering more photos ... Continue Reading...
OperationMAIL: Non-Marvel Things And Stuff
I did manage to see some non-Marvel stuff while in London! And see some friends! I know, it's shocking. Instead of blabbering on about things, I'm just going to share a ton of photos! Enjoy! And this photo is my one of my favorites from the trip. I snagged it while on a bus tour and we were crossing the bridge. I don't know how I managed to get this photo. I enhanced it a little bit but not too much. As you can see, it was a bit overcast that day! I did a little cropping too because a few heads were in the photo near the bottom. I might actually have to print this one out! And now some photos with friends! The first photo is from when we were waiting in line to get in for the premiere. It might have been around 5AM? Maybe ... Continue Reading...
OperationMAIL: Age of Ultron Has Arrived!
To say that April 21st started as a clusterfuck and ended on a high note is a bit of an understatement. Let's start from the top. When you line up for a premiere, it's similar to lining up for Hall H. It involves crazy hours and a long line. Oh, and line jumpers. We got in line bright and early at around 4AM, but we had been up since around 1AM due to messages that Katy was receiving about the line. When we finally made it to the line, we were around 130 or so in line. Not too bad actually! We were feeling good. But as the morning went on, we noticed more and more people joining their friends. You might have been "walking with purpose" random person, but I know your game. But we kept our cool. We entertained our section of the line by randomly singing "Push It" and just being weird. I ... Continue Reading...
OperationMAIL: Captain America The First Avenger
Honestly, these were the locations we were most excited to check out. Our first stop was the Titanic Liverpool Hotel in well, Liverpool. While it wasn't a hotel at the time of filming, you'll recognize it right away! The location pops up after Skinny!Steve has turned into Super!Steve. The first part that will catch your eye is the bridge where the taxi crash takes place. We actually spotted this from our hotel room and started freaking out. Yes, of course we went with a dockside room. Katy pulled the movie up on Netflix and we started comparing right away. I hope our neighbors couldn't hear us freaking out and jumping up and down. Sorry, not sorry! Once we got settled into our amazing room we headed outside to do some more investigating. Obviously we needed to find the little "alley ... Continue Reading...
OperationMAIL: Thor & Guardians of the Galaxy!
Of course I'm going to make these posts go on for as long as I can! It's going to some time to find screen caps of everything I need screen caps of! I'm starting with the easiest, and the first spot we checked out during OperationMAIL. That would be filming locations for "Thor: The Dark World" and "Guardians of the Galaxy". Luckily Katy actually lives in Greenwich which means we didn't have far to go to hit the first spots. The location is the The Old Royal Naval College and it is beautiful! We lucked out and had a gorgeous day weather wise. Plenty of people were out and about enjoying the sunshine. It's nice to see they were able to clean up the damage left by dark elves so quickly! And here are some more without any comparisons! Seriously, I started going a little nuts while ... Continue Reading...
