I hope you have been enjoying the Fall on the Farm series. Number 7 was just release with only 2 more to go! There have been issues updating my web site for a while now with no end in sight to the fix. So I want to just post the photos of the most recent releases here in case you haven't seen them. I'm thinking this is a good time to answer some questions I have been receiving. No, I did not create a border for this design. It's extremely "busy" and my opinion is that borders can sometime take the focus away from the details in the smaller designs. I have designed borders in the past but I look at the design as a whole and make a decision. Next is another no. I do not have another series planned for spring and summer farms at this time. I can't seem to come up with original ideas for another 8 blocks (the middle has been a quilt block so that's easy.) Designing can be tough when forced so that's not the direction I'll go at this time. HOWEVER, there is a new series in the works that stand alone each month. That will have to be the tease for the moment. I will be releasing the annual Hometown Holiday design the end of July. Look for The Music Store in shops toward the last week of the month.

Have you ever wanted to try out a new personality? Since we're stuck with ourselves, day-in and day-out, our own personalities might sometimes feel a little tired from time to time. So what can we do about this? There are, of course, costumes, which are probably the reason so many people look forward to Halloween -- they can be their favorite superhero for a night and revel in a little creativity. But not all of us are willing to play dress up throughout the calendar year, mainly because doing so violates generally held social norms. After all, most Web sites that offer some kind of online community allow their users to create avatars, an electronic image that represents the person controlling it. Generally, members can be as creative as they like with their avatar, either fashioning it as close to their appearance and personality as possible or creating an entirely different personality. One of these social networking services is Zwinky, a service launched in 2006 and owned by InterActiveCorp (IAC).

Zwinky lets its members create their own cartoonish, large-headed and big-eyed avatars, which they can use in several different ways. One thing to keep in mind: Zwinky is open to anyone age 13 and older. If you're younger than 13, you won't be allowed to make your own account, not even with parental permission. Zwinky profiles can also be set to "private" if you're 18 or older, but profiles of Zwinky users younger than 18 are automatically set to private. So how does Zwinky work? What can someone with a Zwinky avatar do? And what kind of place is Zwinktopia, anyway? This may be a slightly unfamiliar approach for members of other social networking sites -- most simply request that you create a username and password and fill in some personal information, including e-mail addresses and phone numbers. Zwinky, however, requires you to download a Zwinky icon onto your Web browser, which users click on to access the program's interface.

When you've successfully installed the Zwinky program and opened up the program window, it's time to customize your Zwinky character. Every Zwinky has a personal wardrobe, which users can access by clicking on the "Open Wardrobe" button near the bottom of the screen. You can manipulate a Zwinky's appearance to make it look however you want, and users choose traits including gender, skin tone, hair style and color, and more. To move a Zwinky from one place to the next in a specific area, members simply use the mouse to point and click. You can make new friends or see a list of the ones you already have by clicking on the "View/Add Friends" button at the bottom of the interface. This button allows you to either send an e-mail to a fellow Zwinky requesting friendship or to see where in Zwinky's world your friends are. If a friend is online, clicking on your friend can bring you straight to him or her, call up that person's profile or let you send that person a Znote.

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