Lovely Actions & Pretty Freebies

I love finding new blogs; especially pretty ones like Maybemej. She has no idea who I am, or that I am writing this post, I just wanted to share her talents. Especially since I just downloaded a SLEW of them.

For FREE!

Can't beat that?!

She has links for PS actions... in addition to her own layout work.

I was playing around with some of the actions for Photoshop (which are actually from a 3rd party) - and my pictures from our trip up North a few weekends back... and I love them.

Here are some more...

Bottom left is the original, straight out of my camera. Pretty. But I also love what the actions do.
And of course, the photo book pages are to die for.

As I've mentioned, I added her link to my sidebar... I know I will be using a ton of her elements in the near future! They are just so pretty!!

Check out her blog!! She has the cutest twin boys.

Landscaping / Action

I was on Pinterest yesterday... and I re-pinned something fantastic!  31 Days to Learning Photoshop (for Bloggers). It's the basic, good stuff, that bloggers can USE. I've only looked through a few of the tutorials so far (who am I kidding?! I went straight for the Actions), but I am impressed!

The first (color) picture came straight from my camera. I didn't even go all Picasa over it. The second one is a PS Action from Pioneer Woman (Ree Drummond). It's called 'Old West.'

Of course, I first had to learn what an action was - and how to install them in PS. Thanks to the power of Pinterest and the fantastic series from Suzie, I figured it out!

So, I decided to go outside and get some more untouched pics. Since Alex was working in the yard (we are adding more shrubs and plants), I used that as a focus.

Here is a lovely bougainvillaea bush that Alex planted for me. Love the color! There are two, they both flank that boxwood on the right of the photo.

Besides the front yard, we are still making progress on the back. The drip line and sprinklers are in. We decided to add two new trees to the back. They are mulberry's. I love them! The big green leafs are adorbs.

Obviously, I need to work on watermarks next. They are easy enough in Picasa, but I need to make them more opaque in PS. Thankfully, there's a tutorial for that on Suzie's blog.

:)

EDIT!!!
I couldn't leave well enough alone.
Look, I figured out a watermark!! (also used a seventies action from PW).

It's Isa!!

 

And here are a few more.

This is FUN. I know... kinda late to the bandwagon. But, I never thought I would get THIS far. 

Anyway - the hubs is going to be home in a few hours. Must. Start. Dinner.

Later!