Tell Me A Story: CREATE CUSTOM CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT CARDS

Mary Marcia
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

Link: http://tellmeastory-marcia.blogspot.com/2015/11/mary-marcia-americas-storyteller.html

Create Custom
Christmas Ornament Cards!

I photographed this big, beautiful, red ornament
at Menards in Osage Beach, Missouri.

This photograph would make a great cover
on a Christmas card - all by itself -
but look what else you can do!

I used Microsoft Publisher, and added
family photos and text to create custom graphics.

Hint: ADD TEXT
You can do the normal
"Draw Text Box"
OR
Go to "Insert" tab and click on "Word Art"
to add multi-colored text.
To change the text, RIGHT CLICK
on the text and find the "ABC" to edit text
in the top little box. Move mouse over
other options in the little box to
change shape of text and other options as well.

Hint: When resizing photos
HOLD DOWN on the "Shift" key
the entire time as you "pull" the photo
to a larger or smaller size
- so the image does not distort.

Hint: Picture Tools/FORMAT tab
(TO change the way text wraps around objects)
Click on "none" if you want no text wrap.

SAVE FILE

I saved each graphic two ways:
1) as a Publisher file,
and
2) did an additional "save as" in a jpg file.

CLICK on image to enlarge. Grandson Joshua (High School Civil Air Patrol). Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

CLICK on image to enlarge. Grandson Caleb. Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

CLICK on image to enlarge. Granddaughter Emily Grace. Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

I imported and cropped each jpg file
into a new Microsoft Publisher page,
to create this Christmas family collage.

Again - I saved this design two ways:
as a Publisher file, and did another
"save as" in jpg format.

These are great designs
to post to facebook, and email to friends.

Have copies made for cards:
Email jpg files to
your local Office Depot,
or copy them at home
to create beautiful Christmas cards.

Optional:
Print and cut out ornaments,
to make actual ornaments
for your Christmas tree.

CLICK on image to enlarge. Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

They are just SO much fun to create!

Imagine the possibilities!

Our Puppy Pack!

Pearl Ming Zhu Norwood (Rescued Peek-A-Poo)
Daisy Duke Norwood (Rescued Chinese Crested/Chihuahua)
Tilly Hickman Norwood (Shi-Poo)
Izzy Belle Norwood (Rescued Schnoodle)

We adopted three of our puppies
through our friends at LL Dog Rescue.

LINK: https://www.facebook.com/LLDogRescue


CLICK on image to enlarge. Our newest puppy: Tilly! Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

M e r r y C h r i s t m a s !

Here's the 2015 Version...
in honor of the World Champion
Kansas City Royals!

Thanks for stopping by!

Come back often,
and invite a friend!

Mary Marcia
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking