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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Virtual Cropping!


Hi there!

This past weekend I had the opportunity to do a virtual crop.  What's that, you may ask?  Virtual cropping is where you don't leave your house, but rather set up your your laptop or desktop computer in your craft space and enter Google+ Hangouts to craft with other crafters from around the country.  It. Was. So. Fun!!  We had about 6 people Saturday evening, and four people Sunday.  People could come and go as they please.  We were able to talk, laugh, share our projects, ask for ideas or help, and just have a great time without driving anywhere.  When we had to do dinner, we just left and came back when dinner was over.  I highly recommend doing this!

To do it, all you need is a gmail account, and then to create the Hangout.  There are up to 10 people allowed in a hangout at a time.  Although we had a few technological glitches, it was fun to crop with people from as far as TX, OK, MD and NY.  I definitely recommend it.  I truly think it's the wave of the future.

During a technological malfunction that one of us was having, I was able to snag a picture of what it looks like.  You can see the picture below.


What's nice about it, as you see above there's a large picture and four or so smaller pictures.  When someone is talking, their video is larger and the rest of us stay below in the smaller picture until we are talking.  As you can see above there was a good mix of us.  We had (from Left to Right:  Me, Rebecka (malfunctioning with a frozen screen), Rebecka (coming back in after her other screen froze), Tangee, and Terri.  Good stuff!!  Oh, and I need to shave.  Eek!  

Craft on,
Ian

8 comments:

  1. Oh wow, this sounds great, I would love to join you on the next virtual crop if you don't mind talking me through it! However just for a warning...lol I am a slow crafter!!

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    1. Absolutely! I will keep you posted. Who knows - it could even be this weekend! I'll definitely keep you in the loop. :) Let me know your email address and I can get you more info.

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  2. What a great way to communicate while crafting. Pam from the Bug Bytes and I have been talking about doing this for years and never really had the proper vehicle as skyping will only alllow a one on one unless you pay extra. This is WONDERFUL.... I know what I will be doing on Monday with Pam and who ever would like to join us! Thanks for sharing this. I will email you for more details as to how to set this up. Thanks for sharing this.

    Sheila

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    1. Awesome! Yes, definitely email me and we'll go from there. SO glad I could help! You and Pam and whoever joins you will have fun fun fun. :) Let me know!!

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  3. This is a wonderful idea!!
    Sounds like fun.
    I'll have to try and join you sometime.
    D-
    dmcardmaker (at AoL dot Com)

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    1. Yes, you must!! :) I'll let you know the next time we do it!

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  4. I was just thinking of doing something like this. :)

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    1. Oh, Amy! You must - it's so fun!! As long as everyone's chatting and having a good time, the time just flies by. :)

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