When we were in LA, ChEeTaH and I were discussing how I should make a custom star from the Hollywood Walk of Fame. I had been wanting to do this for a long time, but never really tried until today. I am proud to present to you, a vectorized custom Hollywood Walk of Fame star for Junior. I only used a photo I took as a reference. But every bit you see in the image below is vector drawn. How cool is that

I know I already posted these earlier this week. But Alex requested a widescreen version. Initially, I had only created standard resolution wallpapers. I have now added two widescreen resolutions (1440x900 and 1280x800):

• 1440x900
• 1280x800

I made three stamps for DeviantArt yesterday. The first is a Fireworks MX stamp. I am a loyal Fireworks user, for 7 years now. I have tried newer versions (I have an old version of MX), but I just don't like the newer versions. I know the newer versions have options that the older MX version doesn't have.

I don't want to switch to a newer MX. And I certainly don't want to switch to Fireworks CS3. That's why I made that stamp. It's very personal. But others are free to use it on DeviantArt if they want to.

The second stamp I made was a stamp for The Sims 3. Even though I am not too thrilled at this very moment when it comes to news and screens from The Sims 3, there's a good chance that other people are fans already. So I made this stamp. For me personally, I won't be using it on my DeviantArt. I am not done with The Sims 2 yet. And what I've seen so far, doesn't get me too excited either.

The third stamp is basically a smaller version of my Los Angeles vector. When I start using stamps, I want to express my love for Los Angeles

Here are the stamps. You can click on them to view them on DeviantArt, but the below images have the actual sizes:

I've made wallpapers based on a vector I did this week.

There are three resolutions:

• 1600x1200
• 1280x1024
• 1024x768

Here's another vector. This time I tried to make the Californian map:

Los Angeles is a place that means a lot to me, for several reasons. So I made a Los Angeles vector scene. I like it, I hope you do too.

In the spring of 2006, I designed a new layout for my blog/portfolio. I used to have my (personal) blog separate from my portfolio. I also had a fonts website, an art website (pixel art/vector) and even my cats had their own website. To save effort and time, I decided to merge everything into one bigger website. I will host my creations like fonts and artwork on my portfolio.

People who frequently visit my blog, might think, spring 2006? There was no new layout online during that period. That's true, I never uploaded my new website. I didn't think it was finished just yet when I left for Los Angeles in May 2006. The layout was almost done. It just didn't feel complete. I didn't know why, but it needed more work. I will add screenshots later, to show you the difference between then and now.

After I came back from Los Angeles, I had fallen in love with someone and my life turned literally upside down. I was forced to neglect some projects, at least for a while. My websites were taken down due to something my ex did and that was problematic enough for me to stop working on my portfolio for a while. I lost clients, I lost websites and I lost spare time. During a trip to San Francisco in July, my websites were down, when I needed them the most.

After having everything back up again, I could start working on my portfolio again. Only this time, I didn't have time to do so. I had a lot of websites that needed attention because of the downtime. In between I traveled to Leipzig (Germany) and after I returned, I got enrolled in a new study and that was reason enough not to work on my portfolio.

My study was all about design and also required a portfolio. Since I already had a portfolio, I 'only' needed to change it a little to suit my needs. I changed it a little and it was one of the best websites I had ever made. But even though the layout was ready, the content was not. I needed to prepare everything I had ever made for my portfolio and that takes a lot of time. Time was something that I did not have. And if I did have some spare time, I would spend it on SNW.

As you may have read in my previous blog post (or on the about me page), I've been suffering from health issues for the past couple of months. Well actually, for 6 months now. And I also discovered that I'm pregnant now. So me being sick at home gives me some free time to catch up on some of my neglected projects, like my portfolio.

I've almost finished the layout. I only need to add a few more (small) things. I'm planning to add a navigation bar on top of the header, with sub items when you hover an item. I'm also adding more photographs in the header. My sweetie ChEeTaH made the random image script. He will probably release the script once I finish his portfolio FYI: All of the photographs are taken by me, and sometimes they're taken for me.

The content will follow soon. On your left there's the *Blog* section. On this side, most of the (menu) items and links work. I am still working on the *Personal* and *Portfolio* sections. So please be patient for those sections to show up. I might add even more features on this website. But you'll just have to wait and see what's next

For old and new members: I took most of the old blog and turned it into a nice "new" blog, meaning, the existing member accounts from both www.rosana.nu and www.rosana.co.uk are still present. If you have any doubts whether you are in fact already a member or not, please do not hesitate and contact me. I mainly have members who know me personally, so most of the members have my personal mail address

I should write something in here. I should blog, since the last time was in April? The problem is, that I don't know where to start and I've got so many things to do. Half the time I don't feel like blogging because I'm either too busy or just too bored.

Until now, this isn't going anywhere, is it?

There have been so many things to write about. Let's just try to sum them all up. In May this year, I went to Los Angeles, to go to E3. This has been such an experience. I didn't get to write anything until now about E3. I am still planning to write an article on Spore for SporeNetwork though, with screenshots of course.

I have been given the chance to play Spore myself. In July this year, I was invited by Maxis in Redwood City (near San Francisco), to review Pets for PC, consoles and handhelds. This was so awesome! My reviews will be online soon on SimsNetwork.

And in August this year, I went to Leipzig in Germany, to play Spore (again) on the Games Convention and I also had my picture taken with Will Wright.

Let's see. That's three awesome trips in just four months. That's not healthy... Or maybe it is. And considering that E3 2006 was probably the last E3 like we know it, it was well worth going. I can imagine that some of my acquaintances and friends are jealous, I know I would be.

Our members on SimsNetwerk have been given the chance to meet Junior, our little mascot. He's so cute, it makes some people sick to their stomach.

I moved into dorms in July, simply because I needed a place to stay and since I'm enrolled as a student at CMD (communication & multimedia design).

I guess a lot has happened.