I thought I’d share a few of my photo-processing tricks. You don’t necessarily need Photoshop to achieve these effects, although that is what I used for these examples. I also often use the editing tools within Picasa, or the Snapseed app on my tablet.
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Spring colors-ish
It’s happening, folks. Spring, that is. I don’t know what winter was like where you live, but around here it was odd. Odd in a way that very much made up for the previous two years’ exceedingly frigid and snowy winters. Odd in a way that for the first time since I have been blogging, […]
Read More: Spring colors-ishBeach Getaway Printable
This hugely versatile vacation packing list for kids is free, and customizable if you are fluent in Photoshop. Or, take the easy way out and print the sample PDFs!
Read More: Beach Getaway PrintableTouch-up Tuesday-ish
I know it’s Wednesday, but I was up to my eyeballs in these yesterday, and I’m still not done. I got 3/4 of them off to the post office first thing this morning, and the rest are tricky little suckers that I will deal with after I hang out here a bit. Ok, so for […]
Read More: Touch-up Tuesday-ishTouch-up Tuesday: Fun with faux Polaroids
I just got these really fun magnetic picture frames from Photojojo last week. They are shaped like Polaroid pictures and feature a write-on/wipe-off surface – dry erase marker also included. Fun, right? My family loves scribbling their two-cents onto anything that will sit still long enough, so I knew they’d like these. I found a […]
Read More: Touch-up Tuesday: Fun with faux PolaroidsTexture layers in Paint Shop Pro
As I mentioned yesterday, we’re in the middle of an ice storm here. Schools are closed, and there’s a layer of the slippery stuff over everything in sight. We’ve had so many snow days in just a single month, that the kids will be in school until July at this rate. So, winter is not […]
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(Told you I’d get more mileage out of these Christmas balls yet…) Ok, so I’ve been super busy this week, but I have a bit of a breather today, and as luck would have it, serendipity gave me something seasonally-appropriate to blog about: gift tags! See, I ordered this snazzy gift tag punch online last […]
Read More: Photo Gift Tags: DIY or DownloadPicture the Holidays week 1 + mini tutorial
Picture the Holidays started this week, and here’s what I’ve got so far: Day 1: Holding onto Gratitude Day 2: Reframing the Season Day 3: All You Need is Love I am not sure what it is about the “Picture” classes, but I find I spend a lot more time in post-processing with these shots […]
Read More: Picture the Holidays week 1 + mini tutorialCalendar fun
Let me share what I’ve been playing with today, because I think it’s really nifty. Paige Balcer of Shutter Sisters shared this set of Photoshop templates that can be used to make a small photo calendar. The resulting pages are the perfect size to fit inside a CD jewel case for display. Alternately, a colorful […]
Read More: Calendar funPolka Dot Downloads
I’ve been hinting about this for a few weeks, and I’ve even had it up and running for the last several days. You may have noticed, if you’ve been poking around or if you read my blog on Facebook, where I gave everybody a little sneak peek. It’s official now, though: welcome to the Grand […]
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