Thing 16

I spent some time looking at LibraryThing, but decided it was a little more than I wanted to bite off right now--it was busy and sort of complicated to get started. I do have several friends who are big readers with whom I trade books, so this is a tool I will go back to later.

I ended up spending the most time exploring the MANY templates on Google Docs. I first tried the photo album, but discovered that it was actually a very simple version of PowerPoint. After browsing pages and pages of templates, I did a search for "award," and found a couple of good ones to use with my elementary art students for excellent art work. A search for "certificate" produced a couple more that were good. All of these templates were in a PowerPoint format as well, and took four or five various clicks to get to a place/screen that allowed me to print the cerificate out. There are other sites that offer free templates, which I think are actually easier to use. I did fill out and print three certificates (two styles) for students. I also found a template for a gift certificate, which I printed out for my daughter-in-law's upcoming birthday. I no doubt will use this template again, as I frequently give "certificates" to family members for services and "time" instead of material gifts.