Photo Editing-Picnik Closing

Okay so awhile back (April 5, 2011) I did a blog post on Free online photo editing titled, "Who needs Photoshop!?!". In the post I talked about a photo editing site named "Picnik.com". Tomorrow is the last day to use picnik.com. Below is a picture of the closing note from Picnik.com.

 So I did some research to find new sites to use that are free for photo editing. I came across a few; however, picnik was so nice that they posted their own recommended sites to use (as you can see from the picture below).

I went ahead and tried a few of the sites.  I found that the easiest one to use was the PicMonkey.com site.  If you feel like trying the others out they are aviary.com and the Creative Kit in Google+.  I hope these help all of you looking for free Photo Editing software.  If you need help, have any questions or comments, I would love to hear them so that I may be of assistance.

Our Handmade Father's Day Gifts

Happy Father's day to all of you wonderful father's!

Today, was filled with lots of excitement and handmade gift giving. I celebrated Father's day with my wonderful brother and all this last week his wife, my nieces, and I have been getting our craft on with all of his gifts. Our day started out with my brothers daughters (my nieces) and I making my brother breakfast in bed. He was so surprised and really enjoyed his breakfast. After we all gathered in the living room, we had the girls start presenting their gifts. Starting with the homemade cards.

My brother use to have some aquariums and use to love them; unfortunately, after hurricane Katrina hit he stopped messing with all of his fish tanks and hasn't gotten any new ones yet. Then again he has his hands full with four beautiful little girls. The last two years I have come up with ideas for him to be able to have his fish tanks without having to worry about feeding the fish or cleaning the tank and the girls always help me put my ideas into action.

Last year we made an aquarium photo tank. We used construction paper, fish stickers, and a frame. Of course you can't forget your glue and scissors. Now I traced the different sea animals because I didn't have access to a printer at the time it was made but this project would be so much easier if you have a printer to print the animals. You also need the pictures to put in the middle of each animal. This would be best with the most recent photos.  To make it more special and personal, we added my sis-in-laws hand print in the middle with his four girls hand prints next to hers to look like sea weed.  This also serves as a special remembrance to look back on when the children get older.  You will always be able to remember how small they were just by looking at their hand print.  

This year we made a fish tank out of a pet carrier.  We printed photos of the girls and then cut them out of the shape of the animals instead of putting them inside of the animal.  We got real aquarium rocks and seashells.  We also added the construction paper to the background of the tank so to give it the illusion of water.  We also added the fish stickers again but no hand printed sea weed this year.  :'(

Well I hope you all enjoyed my projects and if you have any questions, please email me at jesstastic.creations@gmail.com.  Happy Father's Day!

Cute Photo Magnets

Okay so I have been searching the internet for cute inexpensive Father's day crafts, since Father's day is this weekend, instead I came across some adorable photo magnets.  They look like Tiny Polaroid photos.  Now we all remember the days of the Polaroid camera's, right?  These look so cute and very unique.  Perfect for photos that you don't have any special frames for.  Make some magnets and stick them on the refregerator or on a metal door or mirror and look at them ever time you pass.  Then those pictures that you NEVER see (because they are always put up in the attic, basement, or other storage box) will become new conversation pieces to show family and friends when they come over. 

I found the information about these and the pictures on Ambrosia creative is Jennifer Kirk Graphic Designer's blog.  On Jennifer's blog you will find the full instructions on how to make these cute magnets and there is also a place to download the Polaroid layout that she used to make them.   

I hope you try these and let me know how they work for you. I am moving soon and I can't wait to put these cute little magnets up in my new home.