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A week ago, Merlyn and her husband Bourke moved from Cohasset, MA to San Francisco, CA and during the move Merlyn sustained a severe knee injury. We found it necessary to reschedule The Beach House Guest Room webinar that was scheduled for August 10th at 1:00PM EDT. Merlyn, feels she will be in a much better position to conduct the webinar on August 24th. In the event, Merlyn needs a little more time to recover, we will send out another email notifying you of the date change. P

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Last week Merlyn hosted another fabulous webinar Transoms, Bows and Bays - Oh My! The recording has been converted and is ready to purchase. Studio's webinars are so popular we have decided to offer them as a bundle. You can now purchase the entire year of 2011 Studio Live webinars for only $97.

|Click here to purchase Studio Live Bundle|
|Click here to purchase Transoms, Bows and Bays|

NEW! ~ SAVE $80 by purchasing our bundled webinar package!...

Recently, I have had a couple of people request the photos of my office. I decided to post them here to share with everyone. Years ago we spent a couple of days contemplating the best way to lay out one of our offices to maximize the space. We have 9' ceilings which is great but this room is incredibly small. Below are a few things we did to make sure we used every inch to the max.

• Mounted cabinets all the way up to the ceiling.
• Added lots of

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Below is an email Merlyn received after today's Studio Live webinar. Merlyn copied me on the email and I laughed out loud when I read it. Susann gladly gave us permission to post her email. It is really funny when things like this aren't happening to you.

Enjoy!

"Hi Merlyn, Great webinar today (as usual!). I have to tell you about how Studio saved me a trip recently... I have two dogs that I rescued 5 years ago. They were holy terrors when I first

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So many of our design challenges involve how to treat windows and doors with eyebrows, arches, or transoms; figuring bay and bow window designs; and dealing with doors that need to open.

We hope you will join us on Wednesday, July 13 at 1 PM Eastern for an informative slide show, and step by step demonstration of how to draw and design for three different problem glass areas - bay window, transom, and operable door. We'll show you how Studio can assist in the process of helping ...

Last week, Merlyn hosted a fabulous webinar entitled Beautiful Bedrooms. The webinar recording is now available to purchase. Webinar recordings are only $14.75. We recommend you purchase all recordings to add to your video collection. The next time you have a project with one of the video themes you can quickly refresh your memory by watching the video. Create a Minutes Matter inbox folder and store all of your purchased videos in the Minutes Matter inbox. You'll never have to wonder...

We wanted our Studio users to be the first to know that we have released an important update for all Studio 3.0 users. EVERYONE will want to install this new update as soon as possible.

What's included in this update?

• Studio's search feature is much faster
• The Design Directory of Bedding module* over 1,000 images (haven't purchased this new module click here) Register for the free Beautiful Bedding webinar June 8th and receive a promo code for

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Would you like a chance at winning a $50 gift certificate from Minutes Matter? It's easy, all you need to do is join our Studio Live monthly free webinars. There's a catch you MUST attend the webinar live. Today's Studio Live webinar was Outdoor Dining*. If you weren't able to attend the webinar live, the recording will be available for purchase* for $14.75. We encourage everyone to purchase all the videos to add to their video library. Congrats to our two lucky winners: ...

Each Studio image has a feature called Protection. Found under Properties, this can be used to protect the image from selection, moving, filling, and the other commands shown below:

If you use a lot of imported images and erase the background using the Photo Knockout tool, you may find that the photo makes it difficult to access the images behind it. This also happens with large text boxes which are transparent. To fix this, right click on the photo and use the protection feature

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They're short, sweet and to the point! View Studio's 3.0 Mini Clips are the fastest way to learn how to perform a task in Studio. Merlyn has created a demo for almost every task in Studio. Refer to these whenever you need a quick refresher course on a specific task.

Merlyn has grouped the Studio Mini Clips into categories:

• Fabrics
• Tools
• Design on a Photo
• Filling Images
• Filing

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