http://www.sharleeplett.com Sharlee Plett's Tips, Ideas, and Creative Endeavors Sat, 14 Jul 2007 20:37:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hello and welcome to my new blog! A little bit about me: I am a web designer and developer by profession and an artist, writer and musician the rest of the time. My artistic endeavors include fine arts and graphic arts for the web.  My graphics art works are generally incorporated in the websites I design.  ... http://www.sharleeplett.com/2006/10/10/sharlee-pletts-blog/ Story by Sharlee Plett  Santa Claus came every year to my house when I was a little girl, flying through the night skies in Saskatchewan and later Alberta over the snow covered horizon.  One year, when I was about five years old, I was laying awake on Christmas Eve.  I had been ... http://www.sharleeplett.com/2006/11/17/a-visit-from-santa-claus/ Article by Sharlee Plett  I've always loved Santa Claus and I've always loved illustration art.  A few years ago, I was introduced to an amazing woman who is a vintage collector.  She showed me her vintage postcards and scrap collection, which included Santa Claus postcards from the 19th century and the ... http://www.sharleeplett.com/2006/11/18/the-many-faces-of-santa-claus/ Article by Sharlee Plett  As a website designer, I encounter quirky problems with various browsers.  Usually it's some problem between the IE browser and the Firefox browser which leaves me with torn hair and a tired brain.  This time it was the form input fields that were misbehaving.  The problem was that ... http://www.sharleeplett.com/2006/11/26/my-form-input-field-turns-yellow/ By Sharlee Plett My blog is powered by WordPress, which they offer to the Internet community free of charge.  That's pretty cool.  I decided that I should contribute back to the WordPress community and so I've made a whole bunch of vintage graphics headers for the WordPress default Kubric template. I've created ... http://www.sharleeplett.com/2006/11/27/vintage-kubrick-headers/ Song Lyrics by Sharlee Plett Out on the road I leave my troubles and my worries behind My spirits lifting I just start to unwind I get a feeling that I just can’t define   Don't really know why must be the gypsy in me It runs through my heart like a sweet melody Don't really know why ... http://www.sharleeplett.com/2006/12/15/out-on-the-road/ There are really several aspects to using HTML tags.  These are logical, structure, formatting and input. Logical Tags: The logical tags include the H1, H2, H3, H4, P, BLOCKQUOTE, EM, STRONG AND CITE tags.  There are more, but these are the main tags anyone would use. The logical tags follow the formal rules of writing college ... http://www.sharleeplett.com/2006/12/16/html-tags-in-design/ Color Cop is a little color picker utility that I use almost constantly for graphics work and website design.   It lives in a little popup window that stays open over other windows.  You can drag its little box all over your screen, minimize it, close it, or just leave it ... http://www.sharleeplett.com/2007/05/31/favorite-color-picker/ I was startled out of my work at the computer by a knock at my door.  It was my sister,  carrying a small tarten luggage case.  "I've brought you a present," she said, holding out the case as she came through the door.  I was about to tell her that I ... http://www.sharleeplett.com/2007/05/23/kitten-mr-christy/ In mid 2003 I received an email from Adrian Lucas, Choirmaster of the Worcester Choral Society, one of the oldest and most prestigious choirs In England. He wanted my permission to use the lyrics of my poem, "Creation," which I had posted on my website, Sharlee.com, in his choral work, Creation ... http://www.sharleeplett.com/2007/06/02/creation-canticles/