Road Trip!

I had so much fun yesterday!  Alan and I piled into the car to drive a couple hours north to meet Mom and Sis for lunch in Wisconsin.  I so needed to get out and get some fresh air (and sometimes I need at least 100 miles between me and the city – STAT).
We have a [...]

Favorite POTD (Week 1)

My favorite photo from my first full week of Project 365! 
I have to admit I’m pretty darn proud of myself for sticking with it everyday.  Even though it’s been only a week (well technically almost two so that’s even better).   I’ve not only learned more about my camera already… but also had such a blast [...]

The Orton Effect

This is by far – one of my favorite new Photoshop tricks.  It gives the right photos such a beautiful, celestial, feel – and is basically putting the image of your photo on top of an out of focus copy.  They used to do this with film – but yay technology now we can do [...]

Make any Photo a Coloring Page with PSE

Don’t you love all those fun filters and effects that came with Photoshop Elements?  Some of them work wonderfully to give your photos just the right touch… while others left me scratching my head thinking “Ok that’s neat… but what the heck would I use it for?”. 
Well I will NEVER claim to be a PSE expert [...]

Fairy Tale

A little Photoshop fun today.

The brushes for this are from Obsidian Dawn- one of THE most wonderful Photoshop resources on the web.  You must check it out, totally rocks. (I realize I use lots of early 90’s slang… yes I talk like that in real life too… sorry I don’t have children yet to tell [...]