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Langue de chat. Doesn't everything sound better in French? They look like very thin, flat ladyfingers, and are crisp, light and buttery. They almost dissolve when you eat them. I learned that one of the goals of petits fours is to get a variety of shapes and colors on the plate, all the same...

Oh, I bet you'll get a lot of fun answers from this group! I made iced gingerbread people this past weekend that were DELISH, and a bunch of petits fours earlier this week--almond tuiles (roof-tile shaped lace cookies), chocolate macaroons (meringue sandwich cookies), chocolate-dipped lemon...

Wow, thanks! I didn't realize you posted the publication to the homepage for public access. We haven't even started to look at memberships yet, but PAII would be up on the list. Thanks for the offer. In case I haven't mentioned it, I've been really impressed with your involvement on this forum...

Thanks, Jay! That's great that it's online, and it looks like a wonderful publication at first glance (I'll need to set aside some time to sit and stare at the monitor later on). Can aspirings get onto the circulation list somehow? Haven't yet signed up for membership, but I hope to soon.

Thanks! Like I said, this is just stuff I observed when I assisted pros, and I like to experiment with my dinky little camera when I can. I'd love to take a class and upgrade our equipment, hopefully once we can call it a business expense.

I agree with the above posters. You need a tripod and adding lights behind the camera is helpful. I've assisted architectural photographers before, and lighting is always their TOP concern. But a pro camera can do a lot of things point-and-shoots can't, including wide-angle lenses and lighting...

Yay! Congratulations!!!

Thanks, Riki! I'll probably use them again if your stuff turned out well and for lower-budget projects (I use Modern Postcard when quality really matters), but for the quantity and type of printing that we ordered, I didn't think they'd be covered in their own advertising. Weird.

I used VistaPrint for a corporate calendar mailing to our clients and when we got the order back, there was a HUGE, red coupon on the back of the December page--no hope ripping it out or covering it over. It was on every calendar. Their logo was also on the back of every page, which I thought...

Ugh, and here I was thinking B&Bs were all french toast, coffee and terrycloth robes! (JUST KIDDING) Thanks for your responses Bree and Swirt. That makes a lot of sense. I do like to minimize the number of times I have to input data, so SuperInn sounds great, especially if they're adding cc...

I see. So it's mainly payment data reconciliation. That's what I figured, but thanks for the detailed clarification! The step-by-step helps me visualize the process. So it sounds like an integrated cc-processing feature in a reservation software like webervations or superinn would take out the...

Sorry for my ignorance, but I'm trying to follow along as we may need to choose and learn how to use one of these programs soon... What do you mean by "checkout"? I hope you didn't forget to charge them!

Hehe. DH just said "What's mending?" HE's the one who used to buy new shirts instead of doing laundry. Fine, you're probably right. But you know one person. Don't lose hope in all of us!

Hey, watch it! I've had my own sewing machine since I was a teenager (had to share before that) and make some of my own clothing, upholstery, linens, etc. Sometimes I even re-use fabric from clothes I've outgrown or gotten sick of. Mending's not nearly as fun, and I have an accumulating pile to...

KK, I think you're being far too generous! Like the others have said, $12.95 is a BARGAIN, especially if you're not charging for the space use. I plan a handful of corporate events (for-profit and not-for profit) each year and I'd think $12.95 was cheap for a breakfast! I've paid more pp for...