Shirley, I had to go to bed every saturday night with hard plastic curlers (they had very uncomfortable spikes in them) in my wet hair. This was because my mother had straight hair and wanted curly hair. I was born with curly hair so that when she took the curlers out on sunday morning my hair would stay in the shape of the curlers for several days. She perms her hair to this day. I have straightened my hair since I was old enough to refuse the curlers! Oh the things we had done to us as children! I am nearly over it now though.

As I live in Ireland I don't get to go to any of the shows in America, so I feel very hard done by. Looking forward to the challenge. Hope I have succeeded in uploading a photo.

eyeonquilts wrote:
Kalynn, to this day I can't stand to use a curling iron because my Mom used one on me when I was a child that she had to heat on the stove!!! I didn't like sitting still either so she could give me those cute curls for the big bows she put in my hair! Dear Mom also liked ironing the puffy sleeves on my pretty dresses. I'll die wearing hot rollers before I use a curling iron on my hair! Oh, that felt sooooo gooood to unload!!! There are a few ways in which I am not like my mother!!! LOL!

Shirley

ipquilter wrote:
I want a pair of these shoes just to look at...too cool!
Shirley

eyeonquilts wrote:
I've just been catching up on forum posts today, and only been reading the last page! But the posts about the bangs and home perms is definitely a memory provoker! Do they even sell home perm kits anymore?

Maggie in E. Central Illinois, still tired from Houston!

I think my bangs always ended up short BECAUSE she was trying to get them straight and kept snipping and snipping....

Maybe we should start a support group for those of us damaged for life from our mothers' haircutting skills (or lack thereof!)! LOL!

P.S you shoulda seen some of the perms she gave me back when!

I had the same cut too--but my mom never cut my bangs straight. I think the idea was that if they cut them really short, they wouldn't have to do them again right away.

Thanks to Annis for the info,wish you could stand behind my computer chair and tell me what to do.But I guess that is what the book is for.Probably I should actually open it.And I agree with Mary,Lorchen you sexy thang!Also,I was surprised to see that Kalynn and I had the same haircut when we were little,do you know my mother?

I know there must be many other UGH club members like me who haven't got involved by taking photos and posting them, but have very much enjoyed reading the posts and seeing the photos of those who have posted. Thank you all very much, its been great fun

I did mine with Picasa 3 - very easy. My computer guy loaded Picasa 3 on my computer a year or so ago because he uses it and likes it - and I think it is free, not sure.

Photoshop Elements is easy to learn. Here's a quick summary of how to place multiple photos in one document. Open a blank document in your desired finished size. Open a photo and use the rectangle (or oval) marquee tool to highlight the area you want to copy. Copy and paste to the blank document. It will automatically make layers which will be listed on the right side of the screen. Use the arrow "move" tool to highlight the picture for moving or resizing. After you have all of the pictures arranged, click on Layer: Flatten Image and everything will be on the background. I have the newest version. Older versions may work slightly different.

Thanks, Lorchen - you were a pretty "hot" young lady!

Thank you Carole,I did just get photoshop this summer but don't quite know how to use it yet.And I bought Photoshop for dummies but haven't taken the time to sit down and get to know it.I think this will be a winter project.

Books, there are a number of graphic programs that will let you group photos and save as one. For mine, I went into an old stand-by that I use for greeting cards a lot, Print Shop 20 on DVD. I created a "sign" or "poster," importing the pictures I wanted to use. Then I selected everything on the sign and used the file menu to chose "export as" and exported it as a jpg file. I can also do that with Paint Shop Pro. If I remember my lessons from the printing on fabric project, you can also do it in Photoshop Elements.