Someone once mentioned putting together a calendar using their pictures and some other peoples that they saw on this forum. I was just thinking, perhaps we could "get together" and put together something that we could sell and donate the proceeds to an ecological group or something similiar. I have lots of pictures that are just okay to use like for this forum but I do have a handful that I am really proud of. I was also thinking about how you can have them put on canvas and stretched so that you can use them as art in your home. I have looked on line and it isn't cheap but when you smile everytime you see one of these winged creatures, why not enjoy it all the time.

Correct me if I'm wrong, I use the Brother Labels that say TZ Tape for the Brother P-Touch System. They are laminated, UV Resistant and Heat&Cold REsistant.(I just read this off the package!) I've had some outside since last Spring and so far so good. They still look new. I put my labels on the EON metal stakes. I still use my mini blinds in my pots and write on them with a pencil. I made the mistake of using a Sharpe perm maker on season and they faded out before the season was over. Thank goodness I noticed before I lost them all. I have some of the pencil ones that are 4 years old and still readable. Now, not all mini blinds are created equal. The older ones seem to be tougher than the new cheap ones you can by at WMart. The blinds are destroyed by the weed eater and do break off. The metal ones are twisted to heck and back by the weed eater but so far I;ve been able to straighten them so they are ok, not good, but ok. My Brother maker came from our local Sam's Club and cost less than $30 with 2 packs of labels, I think. Good Luck on your hunt. I'm sure they make newer ones cause I bought mine over a year ago. HOpe this helps and blessings to all, Mona

It's best to have a decent photo editing software and add your printing with the editor. Photo Shop, Photo Shop Elements, Paint Shop Pro--or you can download Serif Photo Plus for free. It will take a little practice but with these editors you can choose a font, a size, a color and then add your text anywere on the photo you like. First size your photos so that you won't need to crop off anything after adding the text. Next add the text. Then Snapfish or Kodak or any photo finishing shop can print the photos and the text will be included. I did a short posting on adding text to photos with Serif a long time back. You can visit the post and see if this is something you are interested in. Below is a screen shot of the Serif Photo Plus program in use adding text to the photo. BC Here is a link that might be useful: Lilacs and roses garden blog

Last August I moved from Ohio to Massachusetts. Jan & I planned on taking about 3 weeks for the trip so we could get in some sightseeing photo time on the way. For the trip I packed my computer tower, 3 DSLR's and about 8 lenses plus an assortment of other odds & end. The remainder of my equipment was packed and shipped with an anticipated delivery date of 4 to 6 week. For my photo business I usually deliver the end item in digital format on a memory card or I have prints made through Adorama but I did need a new monitor for my computer so about a day after arriving in Massachusetts Jan and I went to Staples and got a nice flat screen(I had been using one of the old desktop boat anchors..LOL). Jan is just a beginner at photography and she said she wanter to get a photo printer for her computer, so we looked around to see what our options were. One a display in the isle they had the Kodak ESP 7250 All-in-one on sale. Normal list for the wireless model $129 and the hard wire model $99 less 25% for the next 2 days. I didn't know a thing about Kodak printers but in my mind it had three things going for it. 1.It was the cheapest printer in the store, 2. It is advertised at using the cheapest ink, 3. Would Kodak put their name on a photo printer that doesn't do a descent job of printing photos? When I got it home rather than mess with a detailed Wifi setup I just plugged in a USB cable from the printer to my router. Inserted the setup disc and sat back. Within moments I was watching a setup video that said it was all set up and went on to explain the features. Two paper trays. The top tray will handle up to 5x7 photo paper or business envenlopes and the bottom tray handles up to 8.5x11 legal size bond or photo paper. When your printing photos it will ask you which size you want and select the paper automatically. I had a pack of 8x10 generic photo paper so I loaded a sheet, went to my pictures and pulled up a photo then hit print. A couple clicks as it loaded the paper then it went silent. "What is wrong" I thought? About 10 to 15 seconds later I got my answer. nothing wrong, it just prints so quiet you can't hear it running till the finished print pops out. I then checked the print, and to say I was not happy would be an understatement. I can only eplain it in one word...trash. The print had way too much ink, was still wet and actually smeared when I touched it then the thought hit me, those are new ink catridges and usually you have to run a test print to set up the print heads. I checked the book, and sure enough, there is an easy test print to run, but I found something even more interesting. You only need to run the test print if you use non-Kodak photo paper. So here is the catch I thought. All genuine Kodak photopaper has a bar code printed on the back of the paper that tells the printers processor how to set the print head for that piece of paper. This means you can easily switch from gloss to semi-gloss or matt without changing the setup, but how much does genuine Kodak paper cost? To my complete surprise, while Kodak Paper is a bit high in Staples, at WalMart it is the same or cheaper than HP photo paper. When I began running prints on genuine Kodak paper I could not believe my eyes. The prints look better than those that we had printed at Walmarts 1hr service. To get a good test of the prints I selected 6 photos and put them on a memory card, then I printed them on this machine. I then took the memory card to 4 different 1hr photo service places around town and had them printed again, being careful to mark the back of the photos to know where they were printed. I then took all the photos to the photoclub meeting at our senior center and spread them on a table and asked everyone to select which they thought looked the best. Over 90% of the people who participated selected the prints from this printer. The printer also has built in memory card readers so it can be used as a stand alone printer, and the Wifi model will work directly from Ipods & Cell phones. Would I recommend this printer? Absolutely YES. in fact since I bought this one over half the people in our photo club have also bought one. I primarily use 4x6 paper, which is $7.00 per 100sheet for brilliant glossy white at Walmart. I have not priced the ink at Walmart but at Staples the ink is $19.89 for the color and $9.98 for the Black, but staples also gives a $2 rebate for any used cartridge you turn in. (Up to 10 empties per month). I just found a website this morning for cheaper ink cartridges for almost all printers. Thru the site I can get color cartidges for this printer for $9.98 www.inkjetSuperstore.com