how to make a ringtone tutorial--easy:)

Some people share recipes... i share how to make a ringtone:) enjoy!

*Sorry the pictures of the full desktop are basically microscopic,  click to enlarge.

**Steps 1-7 are for people using GarageBand. If you are using a different program then cut a 25-30 second clip of the song you want to make a ringtone, save an MP3 version to the desktop and skip to step 8. 

STEP 1: Open GarageBand and create a new music project.

STEP 2: Drag the song you want to use for your ringtone (i'm using tiktok by ke$ha) onto the edit stage.

STEP 3: Cut the track into the 25-30 second clip that you want to be your ringtone. Use the keys CMD + T to cut the track. Select and delete the scrap pieces of the song. 

STEP 4: Go to end of the song and drag the purple triangle to the end of your music clip.

STEP 5: Click share--->send song to itunes.

STEP 6: Once the song is in itunes, right click it and select create MP3 version.

STEP 7: Drag the MP3 version of your ringtone to the desktop.

STEP 8: Select the song/ringtone and change the suffix from .mp3 to .wav .

STEP 9: Select the song/ringtone AGAIN and change the suffix from .wav to .mid .

STEP 10: Now that you have a .mid file of the ringtone you want, email it to your phone as an attachment. I have verizon wireless so my email is: myphonenumber@vzwpix.com OR 209*******@vzwpix.com. If you don't have verizon then google what your phone email is or just sent a picture from your phone to your email and use that as the address. (confused?! sorry)

When the song is sent to your phone in a text message, just save it as a ringtone and it should work:) So there you have it, my only talent in the world and now i'm sharing it with all of you:) if you have questions, please ask. these steps may seem simple but it took me a long time to learn how to do this the first time. when it finally worked it was literally music to my ears!

i forgot to post pics of our gingerbread house :)

my side: it's a cityscape made of lego candy and the snow is powdered sugar.

kevin's side: a tree/robot? and presents made of lego candy.

nail polish

i LOVE to paint my nails. it's kind of an obsession. so as you can imagine i have a ton of colors and supplies (thanks to kati who gave me the best christmas present ever!). and just this week i have found the perfect combo that will give you the just-walked-out-of-the-salon look. #1 bath & body works buffer. #2 polish. #3 essie-good to go top coat *this is the key ingredient! this stuff dries super fast and it looks so professional! it doesn't bubble or chip so it lasts forever:) enjoy:)

she's here!

emma lynn, maisy nicole, izzy nicole, paige mikae nichols—ryan and nikki's love bug:)

the ugliest shoes on the planet

grocery store display

the super bowl display at our local grocery store is HUGE! it's a living room complete with a tv, recliners and people and everything (except the tv) are made of soda boxes (full, i checked). anyways i thought it was cool but apparently i am the only one. whateva

I just blogged 5 times in 1 day

it's a miracle!

hope for haiti

ok, so i will admit that i'm one of those people that just wanted to call the hope for haiti telethon so that i could talk to brad pitt or reese witherspoon (my fave celeb, angelina jolie, wasn't there). but then i thought that with my luck i would probably end up on the phone with someone like sacha baron cohen:( nothing personal, but he is literally the last person i would have wanted to talk to. i didn't end up calling because i'm actually pretty shy when it comes to things like that. Unlike my mother who walked up to Jennifer Garner's door,  knocked and when Jennifer answered said, " I'm just a really big fan!!" True Story.

Anyways, here is my favorite performance:)

a perfect gift:)

So this Christmas I made my parents a book/photo album. It is a photo album with the words from The Family: A Proclamation to the World on each page. I had to make a book for one of my classes and my teacher said this was the best one she'd ever seen! I printed these pages and used them in conjunction with 2 book covers that I had made from scratch using book board and cloth and used a stab binding to insert the pages. No, I'm not tooting my own horn because I got the template HERE from my favorite graphic designer and friend, Jill Means (and it's only $1.00!). Anyways, it's super easy to do plus Jill has instructions. I just think it's the perfect gift for a loved one or the perfect coffee table book for yourself:) So I thought that I would share this little gem with you and here are some samples of the pages I made.

best. picture. ever.

this should be in a magazine or something:)

flashback to pre-youtube days

back in the day, before youtube, my sisters and i used to watch music videos on yahoo videos and this was one of our favorites. in this video j.lo (and her abs!) play all the main characters. this one is for kati, ali & cams:) xoxo

funny videos:)

oh my gosh i just watched this video and it's hilarious! this would be so embarrassing!




The kicker is that a high school in Kansas tried to pull this prank on their teacher but they didn't bet on him actually making the shot! Video and article HERE.

golden globes

books

 i just finished these books:

 

and now i'm onto this one:

I love being able to read leisurely again! Any suggestions for me?

love this font!

Buttermilk by Jessica Hische

update

-I graduated and this is literally the only picture i took.
-Kevin and I spent the break in Cali and Utah.
-Kevin's sister got engaged on Christmas day and we're really excited for her wedding in May.

This is a picture of the watch that my mother-in-law gave to me for graduation:) i LOVE it. Thanks Cathy!

avatar fail

i just saw this on fail blog! haha:)

avatar

bravo james cameron! while i was watching this movie (i had never even seen a preview) i kept wondering if it was based off of a book. i was so surprised to find out that james cameron wrote AND directed this movie. what a movie genius! it was so amazing:)

#1 dress of the decade

InStyle magazine named Kate Hudson's Versace lace dress (worn in 2003) the #1 dress of the decade. FYI.

hello again

sorry that my blog is boring and ugly... i'm working on it. kevin told me that he would be very happy if i posted this video on our blog so here it is. enjoy:) also, happy birthday to my sister kylee who turned the big 3-0(!) on 01-01-10!

texting

it's so cool that my parents text me now. especially my mom because she likes to make up her own acronyms. for instance during thanksgiving break i woke up this text from her: "scones here at 10:30 sharp! HTSYT!" umm, what?  i thought that it was a typo until kati and realized that we got the same typo in different messages....huh. after confronting her we realized that she had made up the acronym for "hope to see you there". hilarious! today she sent me "WYW"! she made me guess what it meant and i picked "wish you well". nope...big surprise. the correct meaning is "whatever you want". my bad. anyways, we told her that it's not okay to do that because no one knows what she's talking about. she refuses so i guess were stuck deciphering her text messages! haha:)

i have a lot of things on my mind...

and I should have known better than to try and bake something. oops. haha:)

tabloids

i feel bad for the tiger woods situation (kev & i are huge fans) BUT i am grateful to not be hearing about the gosselin family anymore. especially jon.

christmas card season

photo via: marthastewart.com

this is my first year sending out christmas cards so if you would like one, just leave a comment with your address or email me.

unbelievable!

"Two brothers living in a cave outside Budapest who survive by selling junk they find in the street found out they are heirs to a $7 billion fortune left by a long-lost grandmother." Full Story.

WOW!