Thursday, October 31, 2013

Some of my Favorite Photo Apps

I wanted to share with you a couple of my favorite apps I have been using on my smart phone to edit photos.  I did them all on my phone.  No need to pull them into any other photo editing software on my computer.  They can be posted right to social media once you are done editing.  I really like these.  

I edited this photo...  I made it look a little more vintage and spooky...  I took it into Vintique first and changed the filter.  I next pulled it into Rhonna Designs and added the fun extras!


The two apps I used to do this were Vintique and Rhonna Designs..  Both can be found in the app store. These apps can be used for any type of photos and are just so great!  They are very user friendly and have great photo editing options...
Here are a couple more pictures I did for the halloween season. 






My Favorite also is my little Ava running with her Witch's cape.  It looks like she's flying!
Here is the original...

Here it is with the filter I put on it in Vintique and the text I put on it Rhonna Designs...



I really like these two apps. I like that I can edit them right from my phone so I can do the editing on the go and post to Instagram, Facebook etc!

Enjoy!

*Disclaimer.  I was in no way paid for this review. The opinnions expressed in this post are 100% mine.  I strictly posted this as a tutorial and self expression of what I have created with these photo apps.  I am in no way affiliated with these apps.  Just sharing what I have done personally.  

PS.  I will post soon our Halloween costume photo shoot I just did with the girls!  So fun!

Happy Halloween!













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Sunday, October 27, 2013

Boo to You!

Ok so I know this is waaaay late!  I wanted to post this a few weeks back, but I just plain forgot!  One year, back when we just had Ava,  about 5 years ago, I found the cutest Boos from Skip to My Lou blog.  So I tried them out!  We had sooo much fun Booing our neighbors and Family...


I made them out of poster board and attached some fringed crepe paper to embellish.  We attached the directions, filled them with candy and off we went!
*** I know its pretty late to start a Boo with it being so close to Halloween, but these would also be fun to make, print off a Halloween picture and put on the front of it, fill it with goodies and deliver it to friends and family as a Fancy Halloween Treat!

For complete directions, you can find them here on Skip to My Lou's blog or by clicking on the photo below...
 


With Much Love & Gratitude,













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Monday, October 21, 2013

Spooky the Owl...

I made a fun spooky Owl Sign...
  


This is how I made him...
I cut a 12 in. wide pine board 14 1/2 in. in Length. I painted the board white.  When it was dry, I sanded it lightly and then applied a small amount of stain to give it some character.


On my table saw, I cut some smooth finish 1/4 in thick plywood
 1  1/8 in. wide by 12 in. long.  I stained the wood strips along with 2 rulers. 

I glued the strips of wood and rulers randomly to the board...


Next I cut out my owl Stencil on some contact paper using my Silhouette. I placed the stencil where I wanted it along with the word spooky...

I then painted the stencils...



Job complete!  Ava loves this sign!


P.S.  If you ever want to know what goes on behind the scenes or what I'm up to,  you can follow me on Instagram!   The link is on the side bar of my blog here! 
 Hugs, Michelle!


Have a great day!
With Much Love & Gratitude,










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Sunday, October 13, 2013

Broomstick Parking...

 
  I wanted to share with you a Cupcake Topper tutorial!  I love to make Cupcake Toppers.  I think they add so much fun to Parties, Holidays and Cupcakes in general!  

I made some Witches Broomsticks and "Parking" signs out of some supplies I had around the house!




Here are the supplies I used:

1 piece of Corrugated Kraft Cardstock (purchased from Michaels)
Some grey/white twine
Kraft Paper with "Broomstick Parking Only" Printed on it
Black & Orange Striped Straws

I designed my "Broomstick parking Only" and printed it out.  I cut them out making jagged edges on the sides.
I then cut my orange straws in half or to whatever length I wanted them and hot glued the straws to the back of the signs...

I then made the broomsticks...



1. Cut strips of the corrugated kraft card stock 1 3/4 in. wide by 4 in. long.

2. Using scissors, cut very narrow strips about 2/3 of the way of each strip on the long side to make them have a frayed effect.

3. Cut your Black and white straws 4 in. each or in half.  Place a small dab of glue at one end of the card stock  and glue the straw to it.

4. Roll up your strip of frayed card stock with the straw glued in.  When you reach the end, place another dab of glue to secure the card stock.  

5. Take a length of twine long enough to tie around the cardstock towards the top portion of the card stock that is not frayed.  Pull it tight enough that the bottom ends of the broom start to poke out. Cut left over strings.

6. Using your hands, Ruffle out the end of the bottom portion of the broom that you just frayed.


Place them on your cupcakes! Ready for the Party!  Enjoy!




Visit my Etsy shop HERE for more Halloween Decor!

Thanks for reading,

With Much Love & Gratitude,





Monday, October 7, 2013

Vintage Style Framed Halloween Signs

 

I have been on a sign kick lately!

I got out my skill saw, Cut up some 1/4 inch plywood to various sizes. Painted the plywood the color I wanted... 

Using Various Fonts, made some designs in Silhouette Studio. Cut some stencils...


Ripped some 1/2 in plywood on the table saw and using my brad nailer, nailed it  to add support to the edges on the back...


Ripped an 8 in. pine board down to 1 7/8 in. wide to create the sides of the frame for the board... Nailed it, with the brad nailer to the sides, Painted and stained it along with sanding down the sign and staining it to however much stain looked good... 




There you have it... Finished! I like Jack O'.  I had him on my Mantle, but I donated it to a Boutique for someone who is battling Cancer, & I missed him so much that I hurried and made me another one.


It feels good to have him back on the Mantle along with Spooky and  the 31...




I made a Ghosts & Goblins one too...


and Boo!


I've been working on some Fun Christmas ones too! 


Have a Fabulous Monday,













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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Fall Photos... using Roads and lines

 I was thumbing through some older photos and I ran across some photos I took these 5 years ago when Ava was just learning to walk.  I liked this dirt road and these fence posts that line it.  It made a perfect place for photos...

With Fall Photo Shoots approaching I thought I would share some photo ideas I used in this shoot.

I dressed her in some brighter colors and took her and Madi to get some photos...




Leading Lines that draw attention such as a road or fence make a perfect place for photos.  I first started with my White Balance on Auto...

It was ok, but with the Fall colors, I wanted some more yellow to pop out so I switched it Cloudy,  It helped to pull out the yellows I was looking for...



I had Madi walk with Ava...



I got one of Ava standing...


As in the first Picture at the beginning of this post, I wanted one of Ava's back while standing alone, she was so little and just wanted to come back to me, so I needed to create a distraction. 
 I needed somewhere for her to look away from me, so I had Madi go down further on the road and hide just enough to be out of the picture. She called Ava's name so she would look at her...




A fence post makes a great backdrop too...








This one is my most favorite shots out of this shoot...


I hope I have given you some different ideas to think about when looking for a place with leading lines to take some photos!



With Much Love & Gratitude,














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