Linda Sellers — a mom, a blogger, a domestic hack

Picnik Photo Fun with Snarky Kid Faces

July 31, 2010 By Linda Leave a Comment

They give you that look when you take their photo. Ticks you off. You just want to take their picture to remember all the good times. Right? You want to salvage that photo that she…..

……well she looked like this.

I know, scares me too…

So I decided to do something about it. Besides hit delete.

I loaded it into Picnik.com

And went through the following adjustments.

Cropped it so I could see that gorgeous face way up close and personal. YAY!

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Gave it a little HDR-ish

Let’s go full strength just for fun.

Ok, that’s getting scarier….what does radius do?

WOW. I recognize this kid. She lives with me most of the time. This is her I’m tired don’t bother me look.

How about a little Holga-ish.

Looking better in a weird I’m gonna smush a bug sort of way.

Boost is always a girl’s best friend and in her case seems to take away that smush a bug look.

Pink is her color tho!

Almost framable!

That was fun. I probably didn’t need that many steps to get to the cute pinky look.

But I couldn’t resist making the snark snarkier!

No bugs were smushed in the making of this photo.

Filed Under: Digital Freebies, Digital Fun, The Teens

I had a dream last night

July 30, 2010 By Linda 2 Comments

Had a dream last night. I rarely ever remember them.

I was married to or dating a Beatle.

No idea which one. Doesn’t matter to the story though I’m sure it must have been Paul.

I think it was around Revolver era.

They were playing in the mall. I was in a car with my dad *who must have made the trek down from heaven* in his convertible *which would now be antique like me* and we are driving back and forth and around the building to get to the right place at the mall.

Then as in most dreams I appear to be teleported because I am suddenly standing in the food court and the Beatles are sitting there waiting to play.

Our eyes meet…mine and those of the Beatle that cannot be identified but must be Paul for obvious reasons.

And my heart felt full.

Unfortunately I woke up before the song, but I would think it would have been Got to Get You Into My Life or The Taxman. For obvious reasons.

Filed Under: I had a dream last night, a Blogger's Life

There is a Situation at the NYSE

July 29, 2010 By Linda 1 Comment

One more reason we know the economy is collapsing.
This is the biggest financial news of the day.
OY

Filed Under: a Blogger's Life

Jammie Jam

July 29, 2010 By Linda 2 Comments

Disclosure, I received these awesome jammies from www.karenneuburger.com and decided to make a rhyme about them.

Jammies so soft

Jammies so fine

Jammies looking good

I want to make them mine

I love my jammies so much

They are soft and comfy to the touch

Jammies I be lovin

But keep them out of the oven

I wear them to the club

I wear them cause they don’t rub

I wear them in the car

I wear them near and far

Jammies which I am wearing even though they are a wee bit dirty because I have not taken them off long enough to wash them.

The End.

Check out her line of jammies and you can be jammin too!

Filed Under: Fashion, Plus Size Fashion

Snap, Share & Win! Rayovac Summer Photo Contest

July 28, 2010 By Linda Leave a Comment

The Snap, Share & Win! Rayovac Summer Photo Contest will begin August 2, 2010 and will conclude on August 29, 2010. Each week will feature a different photo theme. Eligible contestants will be able to complete the entry form on Rayovac’s website, upload a photo and specify the theme. Contestants may upload 1 photo each week for a maximum of 3 photos. Once photos are posted, viewers can vote for 1 photo a day and add an unlimited number of comments. Contestants and viewers can share the contest with their friends (eighteen years old or older) utilizing the “Invite Friends” button or by sending an email. The photos receiving the most votes for each theme will win prizes. Rayovac Powers Fun, have fun and be creative with your photo entries! All levels of photography welcome!

PRIZES
For each of the three themes there will be:
Grand Prize- a Digital Camera Package, complete with a Photo Printer and Rayovac Rechargeables and a Digital Photo Frame for three of the Grand Prize Winner’s friends.
Second Place Prize- Photo Printer
Runner Up Prize- Digital Photo Frame Keychain.

Phase One: Submit photo entry August 2, 2010- August 22, 2010.
(Week 1: Fun with Water Photo. Week 2: Fun Pet Photo. Week 3: Summer Fun Photo)
Phase Two: Public Vote August 2, 2010- August 29, 2010.
Phase Three: Winners Announced September 8, 2010.

Rayovac Summer Photo Contest Blogger Promotion Rules: http://www.rayovac.com/snapsharewin/rules.html
Like their page on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/Rayovac, I did!! Share the widget above on your blog or facebook!!
And charge your summer up with Rayovac!

The first 50 bloggers to promote the Rayovac Summer Photo Contest won a prize from Rayovac.”

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You know your food is fancy when…

July 27, 2010 By Linda 6 Comments

I am not a fancy cook. Not that I can’t, I just don’t. I’m a KISSer when it comes to cooking. Keep It Super Simple. It’s how I roll. Sometimes tho I like to break out the fancy feast and this is how I differentiate the fancy from the regular eats.

You know your food is fancy when….

It does not come with fries and a supersize beverage

Preparing it requires a trip to the fridge AND the cabinet.

It looks better than the photo on the box.

It inspires plate licking.

Rachel or Heather make it, not you.

The expiration date is over 2 weeks out. Make that 1.

Even the dog stands up and applauds.

The kids look at it and ask “What is this and what have you done with our mother!?”

Filed Under: food

Picnik Shortcut: Make Easy Blog Headers For Free

July 22, 2010 By Linda 3 Comments

Simple is in in the blog header world. And simple is something you can make for free with Picnik.com. One of the reasons people shy away from making their own is because they do not have the base shape to work with. I will show you the easy way to work with a photo, cropping and some basic shapes to make any size header or button you want.

A fresh blank canvas.

Start with a photo. Any size. If it’s a larger photo you can crop out the size you want with the crop feature. Insert the width and height and you have your base.

If you start out with a smaller photo, hit the resize and enlarge it. The distortion doesn’t matter. We are going to cover it up with a shape. Pick the snarky photos. They are the most fun to cover up.THOSE EYES…DUDE, TEENAGERS. YOU COULD KILL A SMALL BUNNY WITH THOSE EYES

Find the rectangle under geometric shapes. Cover the cropped photo with the rectangle, choose your color (this will be the background color of the header or button) and HOW EASY IS THAT. (cover the whole photo, i have just covered part to show you the process)

Add your text

Maybe some silly shapes

And you have a header easy peasy….

Filed Under: Appearing Weekly, Digital Freebies, Digital Fun Tagged With: blog, header, Picnik

Way Easierest Dictionary Revisions: Week of July 21

July 21, 2010 By Linda Leave a Comment

I am finding that as the general population struggles with new media and emerging technologies and Googlable everything, that reading on the web gets a little confusing. Hence the need to STILL add CLICK HERE to buttons and sites.

Or so I am told.

Anyway. You would not do that, but people who are not web savvy need guidance.

Like the dictionary. Used to be you looked in the middle of the book for the “L” and then thumbed your way to whatever word you were looking for. Now we have to Google or Swagbuck the word to find it in the dictionary which has been uploaded online.

But all that reading is killing our eyes. So I am making life a little easier by adding photos to the words that matter most in our pop culture enriched lives.

To help. Cause I’m nice like that.

Let’s start with the obvious:

Filed Under: Appearing Weekly, Digital Fun

Grande iced coffee please and I prefer to NOT leave the house

July 16, 2010 By Linda 1 Comment

I’m bringing back SGIBIA…

It’s either So Good I’d Buy It Again or

So Good I Bought It Again. It’s the products you must have. Whether you were given them for review or you bought them yourself. And this is high on my list

Is coffee pretty much the first thing you look forward to in the day?

Do you roll over anyone that gets in the way of you and the coffee maker?

I get that….

I’m a single serve coffee gal tho…

I tried out and have continued to love the Tassimo single serve coffee maker (past post, not affiliate link, don’t be skeered to click).

But it’s summer. And while I still drink a lot of coffee, I like an iced coffee too now and then.

The Tassimo people read minds…

Out of the blue they sent me samples of the Tassimo Gevalia Sweet and Creamy Iced Coffee…to die for.

It’s been 3 days and it’s gone. The coffee is presweetened and you add a milk pod for an iced coffee as good as any $4 coffee house version. Comes in black too. I’m trying that next.

Tassimo, keep reading my mind. And thank you!

And now lets sing with Sinatra!

T Discs were sent to me for review at no cost

Filed Under: Gadget Series, Recent posts, food

Picnik Photo Fun with Snarky Kid Faces

I had a dream last night

There is a Situation at the NYSE

Jammie Jam

Snap, Share & Win! Rayovac Summer Photo Contest

The first 50 bloggers to promote the Rayovac Summer Photo Contest won a prize from Rayovac.”

You know your food is fancy when…

Picnik Shortcut: Make Easy Blog Headers For Free

Way Easierest Dictionary Revisions: Week of July 21

Grande iced coffee please and I prefer to NOT leave the house

T Discs were sent to me for review at no cost

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