New Members Introduce Yourself

[SteinwaysMom]

New to DAQ? Introduce yourself here. We're a friendly bunch!

[happyrobyn]

Um hi! I'm Robyn and I'm kind of shy but pretty happy most of the time. Glad to meet you all. LOL! Oh sorry - I just had to bring this post back up so our new quirk friends will find it tomorrow.

[jessica b]

Hi, I am semi-new to the site! I have been 'in the know' about this quirky bunch, but haven't been able to really jump in until now. Everything looks awesome and I am excited and ready to be inspired even more!

[happyrobyn]

FOUR boys!!! EEEK! I have 3 boys and a girl. Welcome to the quirk bunch! I can't wait to see some of your artquirks!

[webchyck]

Welcome, Jessica! Jessica totally rocked my world last year when she picked me as a winner in the Paper to Digital, Digital to Paper scraplifting challenge at Eclectic Scraps (I scraplifted a Cathy Zielske paper page into a digital one). It was so fun to receive her newest kit each month for four months straight! Thanks, again, Jessica! That was a hoot and a half!

[AmyK]

Um, Hi all! I just found this site from Scrapability's blog, and had to jump in! I have just started getting into some digital art and have been altering things traditionally for a little while. I haven't even shared much of it yet! I was incredibly excited to find this little community this morning, and am excited to get to play and be inspired by all of you.

:) Amy

[mishou]

Hey Jessica, glad you can finallly jump in here!

Hi Amy! Welcome!

Look forward to seeing more from both of you!

[happyrobyn]

Welcome Amy! I'm a big fan so far. Can't wait to see your gallery fill up!

[webchyck]

Amy, so glad the Blog-o-sphere sent you our way!

[Vania16]

hi :) I'm Lisa aka Vania16. Some familiar faces here - should be tons of fun!

[PacificBlue]

Hi Lisa (vania) nice to see a new face here.

Embarrassingly, I've realised I've not introduced myself either. I'm another Michelle (Maya says there's too many around here, and my other name Scrapability is too long). My pen name around forums is PacificBlue, I'm a kiwi living in Britain.

A shortname could be anything like Kiwi-M or Blue or Mike is another I often go by. You all decide.

[happyrobyn]

Hi Lisa!! And Michelle - I think I like Mike!!

[mishou]

Hi Lisa! Welcome to DAQ!

Michelle: I like Mike too! Phew. Maya will be glad we got that sorted out LOL

[kellyshults]

Hi everyone! Just joined today... I see some familiar faces already (waving wildly!!) I love altered art and digital art... been doing both for a while now. Glad to have found this group. Looks like a fun bunch!

Kelly Shults

[webchyck]

Lisa! Kelly! Awesome that you found us! We're having a blast here, hope you have fun, too!

I think I like "Mike" for PacificBlue Scrapability Michelle--although if we called her Pacificblue Michelle Scrapability, then that could be shortened to PMS! LOL. I crack myself up.

[mishou]

Welcome Kelly! Even though we've never met I'm waving wildly back at you! LOL

Oh yeah and scratch Mike. We're going with PMS! :p

[SteinwaysMom]

Hello Lisa/Vania, Kelly & Jessica. I'm SteinwaysMom (Steinway is my pet rabbit). Glad you could join us.

[happyrobyn]

No fair ... these people get to know who Steinway is right off the bat and I had to wonder about that for months!! Welcome all you new quirks!

[Pjuska]

Hi Everyone :) I am Pjuska - or Nina when away from the internet. So very happy to see this site up and running, and beautiful it is, congratulations.
I used to do quite alot of digital scrapping a while back, but nowadays I do very little in the way of digital art. I can tell already that digitalartquirks will be an inspirational place to visit. I am loving all the new forms of expression I see. Other than that I am a single mum to Sara who is sixteen, and I live in Norway. Bravo to Maya and everyone who helped her make this possible!

[happyrobyn]

So excited to see you here! I love your stuff! And I can't wait to see it take a quirky turn!

[Nevermore]

Hello, all. I have heard rumours of this site for awhile--could not resist peeking in. Love the gallery! I don't know anything about most of the forums (I tried looking in FAQ to find out what art journalling is, lol). So far, the only thing I have any substantive knowledge of are ATCs. Keeping it short (incredibly out of character), lots of familiar faces, inspiring pieces and nice feel to the site. Have a feeling my stuff is a bit too plebian and/or pedestrian (erstaz-quirk) so think I will lurk for awhile but I did want to congratulate Maya and all who worked to get this site up and running. Looks like a very good thing!

[Vania16]

Hey Nevermore :) Nice to see you over here! And, hey, what about that Garden layout you did a while back - definitely not pedestrian :)

[happyrobyn]

Hi Kim!!! Glad you made your way over here. Your art will fit right in! What are you talking about ... too pedestrian?! How about that storybook layout? And the one of how you would dream you would have met your husband? That would be a MAD (Memory Art Digital) layout. So great to see you here Nevermore!

[mishou]

Nevermore, what is this pedestrian nonsense you speak of!!!! LOL
Glad to see you here!

[Nevermore]

Okay, okay sorry ! It would be fair to say I am not overly confident about what I do :) Right now I don't even know what I do and it doesn't much matter because I am not doing any of it--if I go much longer without producing a layout I think I am going to have a breakdown. Sob.

[happyrobyn]

I hear you sister! I have withdrawals when it's been more than a few days.

[kygirl]

What a cool website! See lots of familiar faces -- creators of those fantastic layouts I'm always oohing and aahing over. Looks like I'll learn a lot here.

[SteinwaysMom]

Glad to see some familiar Scrapartist faces as well some new folks I've never met. One person I invited mentioned not feeling confident enough to post here so want to emphasize that there is no such thing as not being 'good enough'.

New people and the opportunity to help others who are developing their quirk wings will keep this site new and fresh and fun!

[Kazadoodle]

Hi all - just wanted to say what I twit I am because I created a whole new thread in general chat introducing myself, not realising that this was here - but I didn't think of myself as being community news - LOL

Kazadoodle is the name I go by and have done for years in any arty environment - I first started to use it when I was fabric painting way back when it was popular in the early to mid 80's - so, okay, this dates me. Derivation of name - Kaza being a standard nick name for Karin/Karen/Karyn and variations thereof, where I live in Australia and doodle coz that's what I was doing.

You can call me Kaza or Karin - I'll answer to both - LOVELY to be here.

[Ursula]

Hey all, I've met alot of you already over at ScrapArtists. It should be fun to see what this site has going on. To those who got is going, kudos! It looks like you done a bang up job! OH, BTW, I'm ursula, aka, danielle, aka danieq. I've been getting around lately, and no I don't mean 'that' way. I'm just so having fun discoving the artist within that I never knew I had. The whole ursula thing is a switch for me after going by Danielle for nearly 20 years. I went by ursula till I was 15, then switched to danielle cause I hated the U name. Now I've decided it might be just the handle for a newly discovered artist. So, call me what you will, I may seem a little confused, but then maybe I'll turn out to be schizophrenic. Ok, well, in case you hadn't noticed, I do have a penchant for being a bit of a ham. But it is 1:30 in the morning so I guess I've a good excuse this time. NOt sure how much posting I'll do here as altered art is new for me and I do a lot of memory stuff as well. I've got a few others I'll probably load into the gallery soon. Blah, blah, blah....... I look forward to getting to know all of you better still!

[happyrobyn]

Welcome Ursula and Kaza!!! So glad you are both here.

Ursula - I've seen your memory stuff and that's exactly why I invited you. MUCH of it falls in the MAD (Memory Art Digital) category that we have here at DAQ! Now get posting!!

[Fiddlette]

Hiya Kim!

You have a ton of quirky, free style, artistic layouts! Please come share them with the quirks! They need to see them...you are a super talented artist! But like most great artists...you are SOOOOO very hard on yourself! Something about the type "A" perfectionist personalities some of us are accursed with!!

That is why i love the scrap artist blinkie...have fun make mistakes, get creative...

non perfection can and is usually BEAUTIFUL

[Fiddlette]

Ok...

An encouragement for kim to come post turned into another pep talk for MYSELF, lol!

Sorry, kim...

Gotta get a hold of myself...

whoops...student finally here!!

[Cre8tvlyYrs]

Well hello! I am Cre8tvlyYrs on most artsy/craftsy/scrap sites but Gina at home! I just so happened to stumble across this site through a blog link (can't remember which one though!) When I popped in here I was like how cool is this site? I LOVE it here! I see alot of familiars from SA here!! Hi Ladies! ;) As an artist I am really going through a transitional stage and I hope to continue to grow on my quest to 'just bloom', I feel like God has been leading me to different inspiration pools and this is the newest one! Really excited to be a part of this community as I have learned so much from all the other sites and know I will here too!

[happyrobyn]

Hi Gina!! So great to see you over here my quirky friend.

[mishou]

Hi Gina! Glad you found your way here!

[mishou]

BTT for new members to see :D

[Nevermore]

What is a BTT? (gotta like these short posts that are 100% legitimate but still count toward the kit!)

[webchyck]

bump this thread (or is it topic?) = BTT

Brings a thread back into the New Posts area so people don't miss it.

[Kazadoodle]

Hello to everyone I haven't said hello to!!

[Nevermore]

Fiddlette, thank you. I am afraid I am terribly burdened right now and not very good company! But I am loathing how it comes across so have decided to change my tune. Ever heard of whistling in the dark, hee hee. I am going to pick out five of my all time personal favourites that feel okay for this site relatively speaking and post them (gee how assertive and postive is that, eh?) I have moaned about my insecurity. So what? Who cares, put on a hairshirt, take an aspirin and call myself in the morning. The bottom line is, I continue to do this thing so I either have to get behind myself a little bit or stop posting altogether. Robyn did a layout once where she journalled that she was talented or words to that effect. It punched me in the gut. I could not imagine having the wherewithal to put that in words and post. I still can't. But I can sure post some things I like.

[webchyck]

Nevermore, I have to have that conversation with myself regularly. So many times I've wanted to yank my galleries, shut down my blog, and just give away all my paper supplies. I don't think of myself as artistic at all, but I am slowly but surely seeing that I am definitely CREATIVE. The positive feedback around here sure helps!

[happyrobyn]

Nevermore I really think you are so talented. Your art is unique and that is what is so great about it. This site NEEDS you because there is nothing like the art you produce and that makes you very special. Somehow you have put this site up on a pedestal ... or at least some of the work in the gallery when in reality most of us are just starting to get comfortable with our quirky side. Now go post something!!!

[Nevermore]

I did Robyn, I did! I posted 5 old things and 2 new things. And I even said what I liked about the old pieces :) And I am going to post at least one of my political thingies this weekend (I have been working on taking political babble stuff and scrapping it). I told Joe (my partner) that I was creeping myself out: I used to post on photography boards but felt way too inferior, then I started posting on scrapping boards and felt inferior because I never paper scrapped and wasn't that great at using a lot of elements and now here is a board that says go for it and I am moaning cuz I might not be weird enough or artsy enough. I am tired of myself and have asked myself (in terms that cannot be repeated on this board) to shut up. I have given myself a good talking to, done my posting, and a few comments and now I am going to have a sudsy bath with candles and a murder mystery and a hot chocolate and let the political piece percolate way under the skin... Tomorrow gonna cruise the gallery, get a piece done in honour of NSD etc. etc. etc. I thank everyone here for their patience and I promise not to go off the deep end again for a good two weeks (just kidding!)

[happyrobyn]

YAY you. Let those negative feelings go down the drain at the end of the bath. I am proud of you Kim!

[Christine Borgfeld]

Hi everyone,
I found the site last week from Maya's ADs but just signed up this weekend. Love it here! Everyone's work is so expressive and creative. Thank you all for your inspiration.

I'm usually not too active in the forums because I'm trying to do this designing stuff with a full time job and a family! There is just no time. But I'll be stopping in and posting occasionally! The art journaling stuff looks like something I will be trying out.

Christine

[webchyck]

Hi Christine! So glad you found us! No pressure here...just do what feels right to you! Look forward to seeing your art!

[happyrobyn]

So glad you're here Christine!

[AmyK]

Hi Christine! It's great to have you here. :)

[Ursula]

Welcome Christine, this is a wonderful site. You'll have a great time here. Hope you find some things you'd like to participate in so we can get to know you. So far, everyone seems to be addicted to posting in these forums.

[Vania16]

Nice to meet you Christine :)

[CathyRose]

Hey there everyone, CathyRose here, Cathy off line. Retired RN, wife, mother and grandma. I love all kinds of paper arts, will try almost anything. I love altering things and ATC's. I have just recently begun to use digital stuff for things other than scrapbooking. I love the quirkiness of all of you and although I don't think I am half as interesting as most of you I think I have a little quirk inside crying to get out! :o

[happyrobyn]

Oh and I'm not too interesting offline but a true quirk at heart! LOL! I'm loving getting to know you Cathy.

[CathyRose]

I don't know Robyn, you sound pretty interesting to me. If you look up quirk in the dictionary, there is probably a picture of you!

[AmyK]

Hello and welcome, Cathy! It's great to meet you! (Yes, I'm just trying to rack up more posts. :D )

When are you going to post some of your fabulous ATCs?

[CathyRose]

Amy, sadly, I only have a few to post. When my computer crashed I lost the web copies of my paper ones I traded. I have a couple of digitals done for swaps at RAKs and one paper one. I will post something soon.

[magmuso]

Hello,

My name is Mags (also known as Lisa to a select few), I'm pretty new to digital scrapbooking, mishou introduced it to me (right after selling me all her paper scrapping supplies lol).

I've been lurking since may 1st, but figure if i'm going to post my first ATC in the gallery, i should stop and try to participate.

Mags
ps, i'm not that good at writing introductions as you can see...lol

[Vania16]

Nice to meet you! Always nice to have another Lisa around :)

[happyrobyn]

Great to have you here Mags!

[mishou]

Hey Lisa! You never told me you were working on an ATC you sneaky devil!
(hmm . . guess i'm gonna have to call you mags around here so as to not get confused with vania lisa :) )

[magmuso]

i don't tell you a lot of things i'm working on, in case they turn out horrible and i junk them...i have another one i'll have to post it.. as soon as a track down what i used and from who.

[Ursula]

Welcome Ms. Mags. But I warn you, we're a wierd bunch!

[Kazadoodle]

Hey all to everyone I haven't said that too (and the ones I have - why should I leave you out)

And Ursula, speak for yourself - I'm not weird, everyone else out there is - LOL

[AmyK]

Hi Mags! Welcome! I'm not part of the bunch that is weird. And I don't have my panties in a bunch either!

[jessica b]

Hey Mags! Welcome to DAQ!

My panties are in a bunch because I won't be able to play here tomorrow. :(
Well, maybe I'll be able to sneak in before DH drags me off to work with him...

;)

and then again when we get home in the afternoon.

Hmmm.... would it make me a quirktyr if I leave the panties in a bunch during my time away from DAQ? Because, I will do it!

btw- I am not one of the weird people here, either.

[Ursula]

Ok, are we talking about the panties in bunch being those ones that always cweep up on you. If so,then I have perpetual panties in a bunch syndrome. Maybe that is a problem specific to wierdos as I cannot recall ever having seen any of the normal cool people picking panties out of their bunch.

[kygirl]

Ursula, I'm sure it happens to normal people, too. They just don't publicize it. :D

Welcome, Mags. I'm not weird either.

[happyrobyn]

I wear boring cotton Hanes Her Way. They stay put pretty well!!! I once tried to teach in a thong and it just was NOT working for me!! (I teach gymnastics.)

[AmyK]

Hanes Her Way here too. That's why I said I *don't* have my panties in a bunch. I understand why Jessica's might be though. I snuck on here before the kids woke up this morning. I don't know what I'll do when I have my vacationing hubby home for 5 days in a row starting tomorrow!

[CathyRose]

Hi Mags, good to have you here! Cotton underwear here too. Old lady undies my Dh calls it. I wear cotton a lot, have really sensitive skin, have to use detergents with any fragrance or I have problems. Not sure how we got on the underwear issue, must have missed something!

[happyrobyn]

I don't know what I'll do when I have my vacationing hubby home for 5 days in a row starting tomorrow!

Best of luck to you! LOL! It's hard when the DH is home!!

[Vania16]

See, I just can't do the plain cotton underwear thing - due to my previously mentioned cotton-touching aversion, I can hardly stand to handle the darn things LOL So, I get the fun stretchy ones at Target :)

[Nevermore]

Okay, so I buy cheap cotton underwear by the dozen at Costco. And then I throw them out. They are actually cheaper than pantyhose. I just like having new underwear. And I am never worried about getting run over by a bus. I never asked my mom why she worried about that so much. I mean, you gotta figure that even the most insensitive ambulance crew on the planet is going to be more concerned about keeping you alive than stopping to chit chat about your underwear!

[happyrobyn]

Disposable underwear ... now that's quirky!!!!

[Ursula]

You guys crack me up so much. I spend more time LOLing when I'm on this site. It's so cool! Today when I got on, my panties were definately in a bunch, but now they've straigtened out.

[Ursula]

Oh,yeah....cotton panties all the way. Tried the thong thing before and it does not work for me either. I'm always wanting to get rid of that thing that's cweepin up on me!

[jessica b]

I don't know what they're called, but I like the Hanes Her Way undies that are low rise. Otherwise, my underwear sticks out above the top of my pants...which is only cute if you're two yrs old.

[Jeannie]

Hello ya'll~~My name is Jeannie and I live in SE Florida with my DH, two sons a choccie lab and a licorice cat. I love all things altered, having recently discovered the new medium of digital art and quirking through several of you here!
Look forward to jumping in and getting my feet wet.:)

edited to say...I cannot believe I am posting a hello reply in the midst of this underwear talk; imagine my red face!!! LOL

[Vania16]

LOL Jeannie, nice to meet you :)

[happyrobyn]

Great to see you over here Jeannie!

[AmyK]

Hi Jeannie and welcome! :)

[mishou]

Hi Jeannie! Welcome!

Sorry about the topic shift in this thread! We keep wondering why we have like 70 people registered and only a handful of active members. Um, maybe they would be more likely to introduce themselves if we kept the "Welcome Wagon" thread for more relevant things than underwear!? LOL!

[happyrobyn]

Yeah - we don't want to scare off the new friends. Maybe it's time for a new thread!!

[TerriInVA]

Hi Everyone! I found this site today from Maya's blog and I'm thrilled to be here! I'm Terri and I live in Northern Virginia with hubby Kevin, daughter Emily 13, son Keith 12, Collie Dog Klue, and Freddie Cat 14+. I've been fascinated with Altered Arts for about three years now, but haven't done much - I can't tear myself away from reading the books and magazines, and looking at others' artwork online! I've seen beautiful bras that artists have altered, and the undies thread has me thinking that maybe we should alter our Hanes Her Way undies! That would certainly let everyone know real quick how quirky we are! I'm thinking the bigger, the better - you probably can't fit much artwork on a thong! I'm really enjoying everyone's quirkiness - thanks for making me feel so welcome already!

[Vania16]

Hi Terri! Love that altered undies idea LOL so quirky :)

[mishou]

LOL Terri! What a fun idea. Altered undies. Well with this quirky bunch don't be surprised if you see a pair in the galleries soon LOL

Welcome aboard!

[AmyK]

Hi and welcome, Terri! I'm glad you found us. :)

[kygirl]

Hi, Jeannie and Terri. Welcome to Digital Art Quirks, brought to you compliments of Hanes Underwear. Just kidding! Glad you found us. It's a great group, even if we do get distracted easily. :D

[jessica b]

Welcome Jeannie and Terri! :D You'll love it here!

[happyrobyn]

Hi Terri! Great to have you here!!

[SteinwaysMom]

Hey, remember this is non-commercial site. We are not to be promoting underwear :D Hello to all the new people and if you are lurking because you don't think you are good enough, stop it right now and start posting :p

I never got the thong thing and think they are vile. But I guess they'd be fun to alter...little rivets and charms and fibers and stuff...you know for a special moment w/DH...(oh boy, better stop before I ramble on and really start scaring people)...:eek:

[happyrobyn]

Thong rivets? Sounds painful!

[AmyK]

Sequins. When are sequins really going to come back in? My altered undies will include a little lock and key too.

[magmuso]

Welcome Ms. Mags. But I warn you, we're a wierd bunch!

you can't be weirder than the ppl I've worked with...we named our computers and xerox machine...it's true...ask Mishou she worked with me there!

I can be plenty of weird back!

Mags

[skyescrapz]

I post some quirks, leave a bunch of comments on all of the utterly amazing artwork in the galleries, and now I tell you who I am. How's that for backwards?

I'm Krista. It's AmyK's fault I'm here, although I would have ended up here sooner or later of my own accord, I think. I've always been drawn to quirky artsy things. I'm the digi scrapper who religiously reads Somerset Studio and Cloth Paper Scissors. I always wanted to replicate that vibe with digi, but never had the guts, or maybe the kick in the butt, to do it. I feel like DAQ gave me permission to explore something I've had in me all along. So, thank you, hello, and I'm making myself at home here. Hope that's ok!

[happyrobyn]

Welcome Krista! So glad you have found us. Lovin' your stuff!!!

[mishou]

Welcom Krista! So glad Amy twisted your arm LOL ;)

[Vania16]

Nice to meet you officially Krista :) Glad you've joined in!

[SteinwaysMom]

Yep, I'm a fellow Somerset/Legacy wannabee as well...I say we blitzkrieg Legacy with weird layouts until they create a special section just for digiquirks. Later on we can demand our own magazine.

[happyrobyn]

I promise they are getting a little quirkier in the upcoming months. Take a peek at a couple of the layouts I have coming up by clicking on my scrap resume link in my signature. I am gradually submitting quirkier stuff. I didn't want to scare them off right away! LOL! And I plan to submit to Somerset Studio soon. But I don't know what they will think of digital art because they do not accept email submissions presently. So - I'll have to actually print something and send it to them when I have some time. Perhaps after I have been in a few Legacys I can get an in at Somerset since they are the same company. We'll see... I go on submitting kicks and presently I am not on one!

[kygirl]

HappyRobyn -- boldly going where no other quirk has gone before!

Congratulations, Robyn. Can't wait to see Legacy's new digital section.

[AmyK]

Welcome, Krista! Finally! SHEESH! You all don't know what kind of work it took to get her here. Long emails, peeks at projects, the lot of it. And you're a natural! Didn't I say so?? :D

And WTG Robyn on all your submissions. Open the door for the rest of us. ;)

[happyrobyn]

Thanks guys! It takes somebody shoving me (hi Christine!) to get me to submit anything. I just love creating the stuff! Now you guys should submit as well and we'll have a whole bunch of quirks in print!

[Vania16]

I really think we should consider submitting our Quirk Names project when it's all said and done - they all look awesome so far!

[Nightwolf]

Hi all,

I'm Nightwolf. I hail from Australia. I'm obsessed with ATCs & have just gotten into art journals in a big way.. oh & i scrapbook LOL :D

Look forward to getting to know you all

[happyrobyn]

Great to have you here. Love your avatar!

[Vania16]

Nice to meet you :) And, that is a really cool avatar!

[CathyRose]

Great to see you here Krista!

Robyn, I am so glad you are submitting to the Stampington publications. It is a bummer that they don't take email submissions. My DD has had a few cards and projects published and she didn't know anything about it until they sent her a free issue for the month they used her art. Seems like it would be nice to know ahead of time.

[skyescrapz]

Yep, I'm a fellow Somerset/Legacy wannabee as well...I say we blitzkrieg Legacy with weird layouts until they create a special section just for digiquirks. Later on we can demand our own magazine.

I'm in!!! Let's rally the troops and storm the Somerset/Legacy castle!!! :)

[diannerigdon]

Just me sayin "hi"! :)

[happyrobyn]

Hi Dianne! Glad to see you over here!

[Vania16]

Hey Dianne :) Glad you've wandered over!

[mishou]

Hi Dianne! Geez that was fast! I just PM'd you at SA like 2 minutes ago telling you about this site LOL I guess you already knew!!! Glad you found your way here! :)

[mizamigo]

I'm so totally new that I haven't even figured out what's going on...but I totally LOVE this site. I would love to know how to do the "altered art" thing and have a wonderful "new name" - but (see this is just comment #2) I don't know anything about making those cute ATCs. So, I guess I'm a "quirk wanna be" 'cause I think this site RAWKS. I'll probably lurk for a while and try to learn all the cool stuff I need to know to be a real "quirk-diva". And BTW, I've only been into this digi thing for 6 months now and I'm loving every minute!

[kygirl]

Victoria, there's a whole bunch of us that had never tried digital art until this site opened up a few weeks ago. So, jump right in. Our philosophy is that the only mistake you can make is to not have fun while you're creating. :)

[skyescrapz]

Donna's right. I'm still very much a newbie with quirking myself. Just play. It's so much fun and you'll find the gallery comments here to be very cool and encouraging. Welcome and jump on in!!!

[skyescrapz]

Hey Dianne. Glad you've popped by! Hope you'll stick around and quirk with us! :)

[mishou]

Welcome Victoria! Glad you found us!
Don't be shy to ask questions if you need any help figuring things out.
ATC's are so simple and fun, you'll be happy you started making them :)

[Nevermore]

I am happy to see you posting here! And hello Krista and Victoria. There is no point in lurking or being shy. These quirks don't believe in it at all. :D Just jump right in.

[AmyK]

Hi Victoria, and welcome! You'll love the freedom of quirking out here! There are no rules, that's the fun part. ATCs are just miniature pages - the only rule to them is that they be 2.5 x 3.5 inches. Other than that, you are free to do absolutely *whatever* you want. Glad to see you jump in.

And *hi* Dianne! :)

[CathyRose]

Hi Dianne and welcome Victoria!

[happyrobyn]

Hi everyone! I can't seem to read well today so anyone that is new since Dianne - WELCOME!!!

[skyescrapz]

I am happy to see you posting here! And hello Krista and Victoria. There is no point in lurking or being shy. These quirks don't believe in it at all. :D Just jump right in.

Moi? Shy? Um, no. I've been posting my little bottom off...

[skyescrapz]

Moi? Shy? Um, no. I've been posting my little bottom off...

ok, I lied. My bottom isn't exactly little. It's not huge, but it's not little. Just to clarify.

[Nevermore]

I think I thought it was another Krista! And I think I forgot to welcome someone else. I very much like and adopt Robyn's approach--welcome anyone I have not welcomed. It is easier on my brain.

I would love to have the skill to do a layout of my head with a slot opening on the forehead like in my dryer. You just pull the filter out and take out all the collected lint. I really like the lint--it is soft and clean and often has interesting patterns. But it is good to get it out of the dryer. Much the same could be said of my thoughts and ideas. It would be so terrific to clean the filter on occasion. Dang, I have to try to do this. Sad to say I don't think I have the technical skill but it will be a hoot to try. My family will think nothing of me sitting in front of the dryer taking shots of the filter.

[skyescrapz]

I think I thought it was another Krista! And I think I forgot to welcome someone else.

I was just bustin' your chops. I figured you hadn't already forgotten me. I mean I only missed one day of posting (yesterday). LOL

[Nevermore]

I was just bustin' your chops. I love gangster talk. Not gangsta, gangster. If I could speak like Phillip Marlow, I would, I would! (Yup, already did a Raymond Chandler piece).

[skyescrapz]

I love gangster talk. Not gangsta, gangster. If I could speak like Phillip Marlow, I would, I would! (Yup, already did a Raymond Chandler piece).

You could always keep practicing... :)

[kygirl]

Newbies, we're glad you're here. You'll soon notice that we tend to wander off topic, as I'm going to do now. :)

Speaking of dryer lint, has anyone else seen pictures of art made from dryer lint? Think of all the different colors and textures your lint comes in. Well, there's a woman who takes it and pastes it down to make pictures. Now, that's quirky! (It's not one of you, is it?)

[skyescrapz]

Speaking of dryer lint, has anyone else seen pictures of art made from dryer lint? Think of all the different colors and textures your lint comes in. Well, there's a woman who takes it and pastes it down to make pictures. Now, that's quirky! (It's not one of you, is it?)

I've heard of it but never seen pictures. Anyone know of any on the information superhighway known as the Internet? Am very curious to see lint art, actually.

[kygirl]

Would you believe there were 149,000 links when I Googled "dryer lint art?" Here's one that was on HGTV: http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_fabric_other/article/0,1789,HGTV_3250_3787567,00.html

[CathyRose]

Oh my goodness, I would have never believed it if you hadn't given us the link! Dryer Lint art! The article says collect various colors of dryer lint. Most of my dryer lint is grey or mixed colors. Are we supposed to be drying our clothes according to color?

[skyescrapz]

Would you believe there were 149,000 links when I Googled "dryer lint art?"

LOLOLOL. I was JUST going to Google it myself after I checked messages in the forum. Thanks for the link...

[skyescrapz]

Are we supposed to be drying our clothes according to color?

But of course! It's for the ART!

(Why do we keep talking about laundry and washing machines everywhere? Is this a co-ink-y-dink? Or did I stumble upon a site that is really about laundry and not quirky art? LOLOLOL - kidding!)

[CathyRose]

Well, we may be discussing laundry but I sure ain't gettin any done around here. DH found a load of clothes in the dryer, but I forgot to turn it on! Maybe when I finally get to 500 posts, I can resume some of my domestic goddess duties!

[skyescrapz]

Well, we may be discussing laundry but I sure ain't gettin any done around here. DH found a load of clothes in the dryer, but I forgot to turn it on! Maybe when I finally get to 500 posts, I can resume some of my domestic goddess duties!

Don't forget to save the lint by color!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D

[Madge]

Hi everyone! I'm a Gillian and I live in the UK. One of my internet nick-names is Madge or Madgickle so I thought I'd keep it short and sweet.
I've been lurking from time to time but only just plucked up the courage to post yesterday. Didn't see this thread until today. Mightn't it be an idea to 'Sticky' this thread so newbies get to see it? That would save a lot of bumping! ;)

I'm a self-taught digi-artist and I do digi-scrapping and have just started doing digi ATCs. The work in your gallery is awesome and very inspiring, so I hope to be uploading stuff soon.

I like the fact that you have themed 'shares' so no postage is involved!

Hope to get to know you all much better. Thanks for starting such a quirky website. xxx

[skyescrapz]

Hello Gillian, and welcome! Feel free to post your stuff any time. Can't wait to see it, and hope you'll make yourself at home among this merry bunch of quirksters. We're really quite nice. We like to do laundry. And talk about words and language. And decorating. And art. And color. And quotes. And it seems like we all have a great deal in common, actually...

[skyescrapz]

Hello Gillian, and welcome! Feel free to post your stuff any time. Can't wait to see it, and hope you'll make yourself at home among this merry bunch of quirksters. We're really quite nice. We like to do laundry. And talk about words and language. And decorating. And art. And color. And quotes. And it seems like we all have a great deal in common, actually...

Sorry I couldn't resist the laundry comment. I may have to quirk about laundry one of these days just for kicks.

[Madge]

Sorry I couldn't resist the laundry comment. I may have to quirk about laundry one of these days just for kicks.

I did wonder about the laundry part! LOL. Now you come to mention it - that would be a fun subject for a share - or whatever you call it here. :)

[CathyRose]

Hi Gillian, so glad you decided to join us. I'll be looking forward to seeing some of your artwork!

[skyescrapz]

I did wonder about the laundry part! LOL. Now you come to mention it - that would be a fun subject for a share - or whatever you call it here. :)


Well, just to fill you in... somebody got a new washing machine (was it Cathy? Donna? Lisa? Man, I am totally forgetting now... I think it was Lisa... no... wait... gosh WHO WAS IT?) and it became a huge topic of discussion for a bit, which completely made me laugh. So now everything just seems to keep coming back to laundry in all of the threads. It's very amusing. Hey, at least we have clean clothes around here, eh?

[Cre8tvlyYrs]

Hi Madge! Welcome aboard!! You've love this group it's very friendly and inspiring!

[AmyK]

Hi Gillian, aka Madge! Welcome to DAQ! It's great to have you here. :D

[CathyRose]

No new washer here, I'm the one with piles of Laundry. Spelled with a capital L because the pile is so big it has become an entity and deserves a proper name. Actually I guess the first name is Dirty and the second is Laundry. As in ..... ring, ring..... Does Dirty live there, Dirty who? Dirty Laundry. Oh yes Dirty Laundry lives here, wait a minute, I'll call him to the phone!

[CathyRose]

Gosh, I think I may have finally lost it! Where in the world did that come from? :D

[AmyK]

Cathy, have you been using too much rubber cement again? :D

[CathyRose]

Okay, Amy, you may have something there. No rubber cement, but I was spraying matte fixative earlier today!

[mishou]

Hi Madge! Welcome!

Sorry about this post not being stickied . . .There are still a few kinks to work out around here but the powers that be are temporarily unavailable LOL

Forgive the shameless plug but have you been over to the Naming Ceremony thread? LOL We're smack in the middle of a recruitment campaign :)

[happyrobyn]

Hi Madge! Subliminal message ... go to the naming ceremony thread! So glad you have joined us!!

[Ursula]

Welcome Madge, or Gillian. Hope you enjoy our quirky little group!

[skyescrapz]

Cathy, have you been using too much rubber cement again? :D


LOLOLOL. She's been sniffing glue again. Or magic markers.

[kygirl]

Welcome, Gillian, to our merry little group. Glad you decided to join us.

[Madge]

Forgive the shameless plug but have you been over to the Naming Ceremony thread? LOL We're smack in the middle of a recruitment campaign :)

I feel like I've just had the Queen's shilling pressed into my sticky palm! :)

Actually I did see that sign up thingy and have to admit to finding it a little complicated and I'm a bit nervous about a) getting too committed when I've only just joined, and b) getting into a tribe/team culture which I've seen become devisive and cliquey on other forums.

I thought I'd share my honest first thoughts with you because that might be how others see it also. Perhaps someone could make their case for the defence here!

Thank you for your lovely welcome and for being barking mad! I'm feeling very at home already. ;)

[Cre8tvlyYrs]

Actually I did see that sign up thingy and have to admit to finding it a little complicated and I'm a bit nervous about a) getting too committed when I've only just joined, and b) getting into a tribe/team culture which I've seen become devisive and cliquey on other forums.

Hi Madge! Well I thought I'd try to reassure you here...first of all, I totally understand about the cliquey concern but I for one am not into stuff like that either. In fact I never try to be what others want me to be...I'm just me. With that said, I also believe that's what makes this group so authentic because we are all pretty much quirky artists being ourselves! :D

I hope that may encourage you to join the naming ceremony as a way to get to know others here and to just have fun with it!! But just know...there is never any pressure! We welcome you either way! :D

Hope you enjoy yourself here...Cre8tvlyYrs ~ Gina :)

[Cre8tvlyYrs]

By the way...that message is meant for any other new quirkers joining our fun quirky community here! :D

[skyescrapz]

I thought I'd share my honest first thoughts with you because that might be how others see it also. Perhaps someone could make their case for the defence here!

Thank you for your lovely welcome and for being barking mad! I'm feeling very at home already. ;)

Whatever you decide is fine. I don't see the tribal thing as being at all devisive. It seems to be more just for fun and giggles... ya hear that, tribe 1???? (LOLOLOLOL). Anyway, I just had to comment because your note about us all being barking mad was so spot-on and vastly amusing! Woof woof!

[mishou]

So THAT's why nobody wants to play!? Because it's cliquey!? Why didn't someone say so in the first place! LOL We could have cleared that up a long time ago. I'm sorry if that's how it comes off . . .certainly wasn't the intention!

I guess we just saw the tribe thing as a fun way to play games with each other in the future. There isn't even any kind of guarantee that might happen. It was just an idea in Maya's head. So if that's the part that everyone is having trouble with I'll just go take it out. That is only like one small smidgen of a percentile of what the naming ceremony was supposed to be about.

So I'm gonna go modify the instructions and take that part out for now. This whole thing was supposed to be about everyone getting a cool name. If the tribal part is causing grief then consider it gone. We shall stand for no such thing in Quirkland!

If we decide in the future we want to have group competitions, then we'll work out the groups at that point, seperately from the naming ceremony. Let's just cross bridges when we get to them.

So how does that all sound? Better? Will people sign up now!? Please!!! :)

[AmyK]

I totally didn't think about the tribes thing, so I'm glad Madge brought that up! I am just thrilled to be getting a new name. It's like a rebirth, you know? I can be someone different than I have been, and I will be FREE! :D I hope more people sign up!

[margaretR]

Hi everyone. I just joined today and haven't really had a good look round here yet. My name is actually Margaret, but called Mags by friends. I can see you have another Mags, so if there isn't a Maggie I will answer to that as well. I live in Wales, UK and my first language is Welsh. I read about this list on Gillian's blog.
I have been doing Digital Art for a long time and am addicted to it.
This seems to be a very fun place to be in and you make everyone feel very welcome.

Digital Gran (http://digtalgran.blogspot.com)

[mishou]

Hi Margaret! Nice to meet you :)
Hope you have fun looking around . . .there's lots of great stuff to see in the galleries and countless threads of inane babble to wade through in the forums LOL
Welcome to Quirkland!

[skyescrapz]

Hi everyone. I just joined today and haven't really had a good look round here yet. My name is actually Margaret, but called Mags by friends. I can see you have another Mags, so if there isn't a Maggie I will answer to that as well.

Welcome, welcome! So glad you've joined our merry bunch!

[SteinwaysMom]

Welcome Gillian & Margaret

Margaret - I'm soooo excited that you do textile art - I'm so into the idea of doing digital art and then printing on fabric. I'm no good at sewing but oh well! So far I've printed on June Taylor fabric sheets. I haven't made my own fabric sheets and used bubble jet set or anything cause it sounds kind of involved. But the possibilities for home decor and altered are are so endless.

In fact I started a new textile arts (http://www.digitalartquirks.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=144) thread for people to trade info and ideas!

[SteinwaysMom]

So I'm gonna go modify the instructions and take that part out for now. This whole thing was supposed to be about everyone getting a cool name. If the tribal part is causing grief then consider it gone. We shall stand for no such thing in Quirkland!

If we decide in the future we want to have group competitions, then we'll work out the groups at that point, seperately from the naming ceremony. Let's just cross bridges when we get to them.

So how does that all sound? Better? Will people sign up now!? Please!!! :)

That would probably be easier anyway in the long run. That way if we have fun group events the people who are actually interested in participating can form groups. Having different groups for each event will help people get to know each other better and not become clicky.

[Nevermore]

Okay, Okay, good point about cliques and let's banish it--but please, couldn't we come up with a tribal name for every single member ie. a quirkwide tribe? Hunh hunh can we can we can we hunh? I have never been part of a tribe before

[mishou]

LOL Kim

Do not fret, the tribe thing is gonna happen somewhere down the road. The idea of group games is just too much fun. Rather than have it be a first come first serve sign up business we'll try to figure out a more objective and random way of doing it that everyone can be comfortable with. Then we are totally getting it on Survivor style!!!! And we can switch the tribes up for each different event like Debra suggested. Nobody stays in the same tribe for long on the real Survivor anyway LOL

BUT, in the meantime, we could certainly come up with something more global to satisfy your tribal desires ;)

[Ursula]

Tribal, yes sound very cool, primal. I've no culture either, simply a boring white American chickee. I always wanted a cultural identity. Maybe we can just be the tribe of QuirK? I can surely indentify with that.

[Nevermore]

Tribal, yes sound very cool, primal. I've no culture either, simply a boring white American chickee. I always wanted a cultural identity. Maybe we can just be the tribe of QuirK? I can surely indentify with that.

Exactly, Ursala! Mangecake, white bread, small town, salt of the earth whatever. Not a filament of exotic! That is why I got so chuffed at being part of a tribe. When I think tribe I think Diaspora, I think cult, I think knowledge passed down through the millenium, I think just about anything and everything except mini vans and Wonderbread. Now, don't throw loaves at me--nothing wrong with mini-vans! Just not exotic. I mean, you wouldn't wear a white diaphonous silk scarf wrapped around your head to drive your mini van, right?

[Ursula]

Well, I've seen women in diaphonous scarves driving mini vans, really, I have.

Actually, my mother was born and raised in Bombay, so I've a bit of exotic through her. She was 1/2 Ceylonese. But me, I look like a white girl.

[Nevermore]

Okay, so I have to get a diaphonous white scarf. And actually, a mini van, too.

[kygirl]

Maggie, welcome to the board. We have so much fun here.

Thanks to everyone who managed to work diaphonous into their posts tonight. You've made me a happy woman.

[Nevermore]

Donna, one for the road. I am planning on a very long hot soak in the tub and then I will climb into my oldest favourite flannel jammies which have been washed so often they are almost diaphonous!

[skyescrapz]

Donna, one for the road. I am planning on a very long hot soak in the tub and then I will climb into my oldest favourite flannel jammies which have been washed so often they are almost diaphonous!

I too am wearing my flannel PJs and I was just realizing that the part I sit on is so worn, so close to being diaphonous, that I may have to start patching them soon. But they are so soft and comfy.

[Cre8tvlyYrs]

Welcome Margaret!! Glad your joining us!

[DorisC]

Hi there! I'm new here.. and loving it! I am digital scrapbooker and designer. Typically I do my scrapbooking on the straight and narrow.. but like to stray every now and then and get "quirky" as you say... :) I used to do paper scrapping but have joined digital and never looked back. I just love the freedom. Now I am really trying to explore this freedom in a layout sense. Thank you all so much for the amazing inspiration here. The gallery here just makes me want to climb out of my shell and explore new techniques and looks!

-Doris Castle

[Vania16]

Hi Doris! Glad you've joined in - I've been enjoying your work :) And I agree, this place just makes you want to try new things!

[kygirl]

Hi, Doris. Glad you joined us.

[AmyK]

Yay, climb out of your shell, Doris! Welcome to DAQ! :)

[skyescrapz]

Welcome Doris! Can't wait to see what else you share with us! I'm a fan of your layouts and your kits. Explore all you want here... it's the most supportive gallery I've found anywhere.

[happyrobyn]

Howdy all new friends! I have been away for several days and see lots of new faces. So glad you have all joined us. It's a fun place to hang out!

[graybonnie]

Hi all! Not sure how I stumbled on to this site but I'm very glad I did. The gallery is amazing and intriguing. I have a feeling that if I hang around enough this will be a mind opening expanding experience. Hope to learn and grow with the Quirks. Bonnie

[skyescrapz]

Hey Bonnie,
Welcome. Glad you stumbled upon us. Glad you could join us!

[kygirl]

Hi, Bonnie. Glad you wandered in. Pull up a chair and stay awhile. I promise you the conversations will be interesting and the art will be fun.

[happyrobyn]

Hi Bonnie! So glad you are here!!!

[webchyck]

Hi Bonnie! Enjoy the MADness and the quirkdom! All are welcome here!

[arashi]

I feel like I've joined an illustrious and talented group, hence the title. There is no proper introduction for me, but I'll try. I'm a digital artistg, I'm blessed with Parkisons Disease hence my funny typing at times. I aspire to hottieness, but haven't quite achied it. But there is hope. My name is Vernon but I go by Arashi. It means "storm" but I'm relatively tame. It refers to internal turmoil, not something which effets others. I'm largely a self-taught artistl, though my grandmother taught me to paint. I primarily utilize Paint Shop Pro 9, and view myself as primarily a colorist and pattern painter as well as a nonobjective artrist. That means that like Kandinsky my work is not based in reawliity, whateverf thatg is. (Smile) I'm working toward combining standard art media witgh digital elements. I prefer to work improvisationally and surround myself with interesting objecdts, photos, and textiles to stimulate my process and when working, I usueally just find somewher to start and see where it goes. I look forwrrd to getting to know all of you and sharing with you.

[skyescrapz]

Wow, Arashi, nice to meet you! Welcome and hope you make yourself at home right away. Sounds like you have stopped by the right place with your description of yourself and your art! You'll love it here. Can't wait to see what you put in the galleries!

[happyrobyn]

Hey there Arashi! So great to have you here with us. I believe that is the most interesting intro I have ever read! Can't wait to see your artistry!

[SteinwaysMom]

Welcome Vernon/Arashi and Bonnie - hopefully we can all inspire each other. There are a lot of digital scrapbookers here so it's nice to get some participation from other backgrounds to add to the mix.

Robyn, I think Vernon's from Texas...

[Cre8tvlyYrs]

Welcome Bonnie and Arashi!! Looking forward to seeing your creations!! :)

[webchyck]

So glad to have you here, Arashi! Looking forward to getting to know you, too! Feel like I've got a good headstart with your intro! Thanks!

[sausan]

Hi to all of you out there! I've been sneaking around this site since it came up...always been peeking in and I don't really know what kept me from registrating...even Ursula couldn't give me this kick in my ....now I finally made it (drums, roll..) maybe it's because I developed some kind of phlegma that shows off once in a while...:) But now I'm happy to be here and I must say I feel very very comfortable here...and now I'm off to post my first (exclusive!) LO !:D
See you and hoping to get to know all of you!! (Already do know some of you....)
Sylvie aka sausan

[Madge]

Welcome to our happy, quirky home, Sylvie. I think most people lurk before taking the plunge and registering. Glad you finally made it! :)

[kygirl]

Hi, Arashi and Sylvie. Glad you're here. Can't wait to see your stuff in the gallery.

[webchyck]

Welcome Sylvie! Glad you made it home!

[sogren]

Hi, I'm pretty new here. I'm Stephanie and I've always been a little different, I'm just glad I found a place to share that "differentness." Ursula led me here, she's a great lady!

[mishou]

Hi Stephanie! Nice to meet you!
Ursula is indeed a great lady :) Glad she led you here. Make yourself at home!

[webchyck]

Hi Stephanie! We're all a little different, too! I bet you'll fit right in!

[kygirl]

Hi, Stephanie. This is our mantra: "Quirkiness is a good thing." Glad you're here.

[sogren]

Thanks ladies, I feel very welcome!:)

[Cargo]

:confused:

Hi, I just joined today and am excited to be a part of this group. It has been years since I have been a part of a online group. I do hope to become an active participant and get to know many of you. I spend the better part of each day working on my graphic projects. I am from Virginia and have spent the past 10 years learning how to use PSP, Photoshop and Painter to turn my ideas into what I loosely term 'art'.

[kygirl]

Hi, Cargo. Glad you could join us. Can't wait to see some of your work in the gallery.

[Madge]

Welcome on board, Cargo. ;) xxx

[rocksgirl]

Hi all, I am so thrilled to have found this site. I have to admit that I am stalking Nicole Hinrichs ;). Her work has so inspired me even though I've been a little slow with getting my style down. But this site is just what I've been looking for. I've browsed through the gallery and every thing here is just awesome!!!

Thanks for a great site and I can't wait to learn more!

[scrapsandsass]

Hi everyone. I'm a newbie as well. I just ran across this site and can't wait to check it all out.

[nicole hinrichs]

Hi christy, you made me laugh (stalking me) lol. Well I am glad you found your way here, cant wait to see your work.
later nicole

[webchyck]

Wow! So excited to see so many new faces--although since we've only been open a month, I guess we're all still fairly new here...still, it's fun to be able to say hi to all of you, welcome you to our little corner of the web! Looking forward to seeing what you share in the gallery. We all glean a little bit from each others' art, don't we? So good to have community! Happy Quirking!

[marguerite]

Hi -- I'm Beth. Not exactly new as I signed up pretty much when the site got going, but it also coincided with my getting a new job. So I haven't been as active as I would like, but hopefully that will change soon!

I've been digi-scrapping in an on-again, off-again sort of way for about a year and a half. The scrapping is fun, but I'm also interested in the digital journaling or more artsy aspects which is what makes this group so appealing to me! There's so much talent and friendly exchange here -- I've enjoyed DAQ already a lot.

Cheers! Beth

[kygirl]

Hello, Beth and Christy. Should we be concerned that we're welcoming a lurker and a stalker on the same day? :) Just kidding. Glad you're here. We have such a great time. Can't wait to see your work.

[webchyck]

Hi Beth! Hope the job has settled down to a dull roar so you can enjoy your creative endeavors unencumbered! Glad you're here!

[mishou]

Holy Cow! 4 new peeps de-lurk in 1 day! That's gotta be a record!

Thanks so much for joining us here! Can't wait to get to know you guys better and see your art!

Oh, and I totally cracked up about Christy stalking Nicole. She is so stalker-worth isn't she? I think probably a lot of people stalk her they just don't have the nerve to admit it LOL

[skyescrapz]

Wow, I'm offline for a few days and so many new folks to say hello to. I'm not even going to list names because I am sure to miss someone... but hello to everyone and it's so nice to have you join us here in our little quirky corner of the world. We have lots of fun around here!

[Lost Aussie]

Hi all,
I've been prompted to join your band by several of your members, Gillian and Karin to be precise.
I'm a digi geek but an utter idiot when it comes to navigating this sort of forum and ALL the places to look for posts!.... a yahoo digest minimalist I guess!
Bear with me while I figure it all out and any pointers will be well appreciated.

art cheer
Marie

[Madge]

Welcome to our Quirkyworld, Marie. You'll soon find your way around, and the thing is, every thread turns into a mad chat, so just dive in and and don't worry. We really need to see your work in the gallery soon! ;) xxx

[Nevermore]

Hi all,
I've been prompted to join your band by several of your members, Gillian and Karin to be precise.
I'm a digi geek but an utter idiot when it comes to navigating this sort of forum and ALL the places to look for posts!.... a yahoo digest minimalist I guess!
Bear with me while I figure it all out and any pointers will be well appreciated.

art cheer
Marie Welcome Marie. It would be a waste of time to try too hard to figure out where to post what as most posters here adamantly refuse to be categorised and just talk about what they want where they want. Someone said we were "barking mad" which is a wonderful expression and not a bad description at all. Post anywhere about anything and I am fairly confident the thread will get picked up and the spinners here will weave a conversation out of it. Welcome again.

[Nevermore]

Like Skye, I feel it is time to post a generic welcome, welcome all! I think you will like it here and we like new faces! I have been busy trying to get used to a new computer and trying to play catch up with the gallery so have not been posting regularily. My posts are also quite short because I am not used to this new keyboard. Muzzled Raven.

[happyrobyn]

Post anywhere about anything and I am fairly confident the thread will get picked up and the spinners here will weave a conversation out of it.

Are you calling me a spinner?! Anyone else have a problem with that??!! ROFL!

[skyescrapz]

Like Skye, I feel it is time to post a generic welcome, welcome all! I think you will like it here and we like new faces! I have been busy trying to get used to a new computer and trying to play catch up with the gallery so have not been posting regularily. My posts are also quite short because I am not used to this new keyboard. Muzzled Raven.

Muzzled Raven. I feel like Croaking Skye... I have laryngitis!!!!! Not that that would be evident in my emails, mind you, but I sound like a bullfrog at the moment. It's really special.

[skyescrapz]

Are you calling me a spinner?! Anyone else have a problem with that??!! ROFL!

I guess it's better than a swinger!

[skyescrapz]

Welcome Marie, and we're so glad you have come to join our brand of online merrymaking. As others have said, it doesn't much matter where you say what, just pipe in and chat when the spirit (and topic) moves you. Can't wait to see your stuff in the gallery!!!

[happyrobyn]

I guess it's better than a swinger!

Yes! And better than a spinster!

[mizamigo]

Um, ok, I'm following "swinger" and "spinster"...go figure that quirkiness. Anyway, I'm retired (maybe I should hope for a retread tire avatar???) and I have a daughter and son. I guess I'm not totally quirky; but I sure hope to get quirkier by being here. I LOVE this place. Artful, thoughtful, and, oh dare I say it... totally quirky????

[kygirl]

Hi, Victoria and Marie. We're not all barking mad, just a select few (PM me and I'll give you the list). :) Glad you're here. Can't wait to see your stuff in the gallery.

[mishou]

Hi Victoria! Welcome! I can almost guarantee that you will become quirkier just by hanging out here. It's contagious . . .

[webchyck]

Welcome, welcome one and all!

If my name is on Donna's List of the Barking Mad...just keep the source in mind, okay? (Takes one to know one, Donna!)

[AlohaMamma]

Aloha! I'm new here and I'm glad to be part of quirky ohana (family)....Deaf mom, social worker, mentor and teacher in American Sign Language class. What more do you want to know about me? Five children and been married to my wonderful husband for 22 years. Born an artist and comes from a long line of artist families. So...hello! :p

[Vania16]

Nice to see you over here :) I can't wait to see your quirky creations!

[PamPie]

Happy to see you here, AM! :cool:

[webchyck]

I'm glad you're here, too, AlohaMamma! This truly is one quirky ohana! Quirky Cousins are we!

[kygirl]

Welcome, AM. Glad you're here.

We had a discussion here not too long ago on whether creativity runs in families. It looks like, in your case, it does. Are your children creative, too?

[CathyRose]

Sorry for neglecting this thread. Welcome to the latest newcomers. I am looking forward to getting to know you better and seeing your artwork!

[digime]

and here I thought I'd posted and introduced myself weeks ago...I guess I just thought about it but never actually did it! LOL

anyway, I'm Kate and I checked this site out months ago but it was Pam (Pampie) who reminded me what a great site it is, so here I am back again. (thanks, Pam) I've been digiscrapping for about 3 years but lately it just hasn't been challenging me and I felt like I needed to come at this from a different angle. Digital altered art is giving me the inspiration to freestyle and I'm really enjoying it...not sure that I know what I'm doing...but enjoying it anyway!

I'm participating in the July ATC swap which should be fun..the pressure is on and my days are "numbered".

[mishou]

Hi Kate! Nice to meet you :)

I'm in the ATC swap too. It's lots of fun :D

[CathyRose]

Welcome, Kate, good to have you here!

[webchyck]

hahahaha...Kate's days are numbered! Oh, she's one of us all right!

[skyescrapz]

Welcome, welcome Kate!!!

[kygirl]

Hi, Kate. So glad you came back. Looking forward to seeing your art.

[janeg-j]

Hi everyone,
I found your website today and am totally blown away by all the talent. I have a sneaking suspicion that this is where I am supposed to be and am goign to have a serious go at this amazing technique. I am not used to chatting on line so it may take me a while to find me feet (and my voice)
Hoep to be chatting with you all sometime soon.

[CathyRose]

Welcome janeg-j, so glad you decided to join us!

[SteinwaysMom]

Hello new peeps, I've been playing hooky a lot lately but it's nice to see all the new faces. This is a very friendly and fun site.

Debra

[mishou]

Hey, glad you found us janeg-j! Nevermind getting your feet wet, just dive right in head first! LOL Hope you have fun settling in here :)

[webchyck]

Glad you found us janeg-j!!! If you are drawn in by the amazing art here, then we know there's a Quirk in you just dying to get out! Can't wait to see the things you create! Welcome!

[kygirl]

Hi, JaneG-J. Glad you wandered in. Most of us had the same reaction you did, recognizing that this was where we fit. Looking forward to seeing your art.

[coffeequeen]

Hi! I am Laurie, mom of 3, wife to the same yummy guy (http://www.digitalartquirks.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=1423&cat=503&limit=recent)for 21 years. I recently met Nicole Hindrichs online and admire her and her art immensely. SO I had to check out where she hangs her hat and that is here! What a wonderful community! I have been involved in graphic design long before computers had much to do with it, but it was all very stoic, static...silent...newspaper ads, college catalogs, class brochures, etc. Then I was introduced to digital scrapping, which allowed me to explore my graphic design side more fully and creatively, and make wonderful memory pages! Then came Nicole and DAQ! A new door, a new excitement, a new freedom! I am just enthralled with all your work (and play!) here and hope to be able nudge that side of me more into my scrapping, as well as just create art for art's sake.
Thank you for such a fun and welcoming community!:D

[mishou]

Hi Laurie! Nice to meet you :) That Nicole sure is inspiring, isn't she? I look forward to seeing more of your stuff. That layout of your hubby is awesome!

[coffeequeen]

Heee (embarrassed little grin), thanks Michelle! You are too kind! And it means a lot, coming from you!:D

[kygirl]

Hi, Coffeequeen. I, too, was doing graphic design back in the days of cut and paste. Still use those skills for crafts, but prefer the computer for scrapping and design. Glad you made it to DAQ. Nicole is an inspiration for all of us.

[happyrobyn]

Welcome Coffeequeen! And LOL Donna!!! In the late 1970's, my dad worked at a magazine and I would go to work with him on deadline night and help with the layouts. It was a car selling magazine. My job was to run the pictures through the wax machine and stick them on the pages in any way that I wanted as long as they fit! Things have changed just a tad but that is was my introduction to graphic design, I guess.

[coffeequeen]

Hahahahha, yes I remember that wax maxhine well, Robyn! The store for which I did the newspaper ads we so cheap, we had a massive number of file folders I which we saved all the waxed clip art from the proofs to be reused over and over and over! So I had 100's of files loadd with waxed bras, waxed shoes, waxed flyswatters......

[happyrobyn]

That is hilarious!!!