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I present to you this year's Winter Mix 2006/7 cd.
I make a stack for my nearest and dearest each year and love every minute of the process.

Here is how it works...
Spend hours and hours sifting through your iTunes to get the right combination of songs together. Then spend several more hours moving the songs around so that all of the segues are as close to perfect as possible. When final decisions have been made, move on to creating the cd sleeve.

Take a photograph that will work with your theme. In my case a shot I got of an old tree in the yard with the moon shining through. Tweak it in Photoshop until you get the feel you really want (i.e. dark, mysterious, a little blurry). Crop to a 6" x 10.5" size and keep in mind that you will lose your edges when you cut and paste the final sleeve. Create text boxes and type in the title and track info and spend way too much time fiddling with font choices and sizes. Email final work to local print shop. Make thirty copies on heavy card stock. Bring home. Crop down using these guidelines.

Invite friends over to drink wine and help you assemble with some strong paper-to-paper glue. Tie with vintage twine and label with care.
Distribute to nearest and dearest with glee.
Listen over and over and over...

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Questions? Please ask away.