I have lots of news :D.
1.) My youngest brother (who just turned 19 on the 26th) is getting married on Valentines Day.
I'm a bridesmaid. I can't wait. =DD
2.) His girlfriend is pregnant! She's due in June, and I can't wait. =)
3.) I turned 15 on the 17th, and my birthday was pretty great. I'm not that into partying and stuff (only on special occasions) so I just had my friend Amy over. We went to Applebees, where the cute waiter flirted with me, until he found out that I was just turning fifteen. haha. He was a cutie =). My mom and her boyfriend bought me a The Office calendar, "Dreams From my Father" by Barack Obama, a reading light (which I needed desperately, since my old one broke) and a few pairs of skinny jeans. My daddy bought me an ipod touch. :DD Then Amy and I rented a whole bunch of movies, and ended up only watching Disturbia (which is one of my favorites) and the first half of Pineapple Express.
And guess what?
I haven't been to school in about three weeks, thanks to the terrible weather.
It's been snowing for a month straight, and yesterday/today was definitely the worst of it so far. There's ice on everything (including power lines & phone lines). Electricity is out in most places (thankfully, that hasn't made it to my home yet). Actually, I was watching the news on NBC earlier, and it said that there are a million power outages in the US right now, and half of them are in Kentucky (where I am). The telephones/internet have been out for the last two days. The only cell phone provider that is working is Appalachian Wireless, which is what I have. (: All my friends have AT&T, though, so i can't talk to anyone. The governor even declared a state of emergency like three days ago, which is still in effect.
So, since I have no phone/internet/school, I figured I would make a nice little tutorial, because i love you all so dearly. (:
In this, I'm going to show you how to get this nice coloring, and make the pretty little textures used in this banner:

Part One: The Coloring.
( I am heaven sent.Collapse )Part Two: Textures!
( Don't you dare forgetCollapse )