I Heart You

Playing around with clipping masks in PSE.

First I opened the heart element.  Then I made it  a solid color, then I put Malissa's pic over it and clipped it all together and voila!!  I sometimes step out of my comfort zone......

Telling the Story

Even as I try and learn to use the huge program that is PSE8, and love all the stuff it can do, I still prefer to "tell a story" with my pictures and when that takes precedence, I like to slip into my nice "cuddly pajamas", also known as Memory Mixer.  It is just so easy to use and I can get quick results that make me happy.

During our "bonus" trip to Houston, I was taking photos of Griffie with my new iPhone.  I ended up with this story.....

(thanks to Bellabeluga for the cute camera and other elements)

Simple Photoshop Elements Trick

I finally got the instructional videos for Photoshop Elements and am "going to school".  Now that I have fiddled around 'lost' in the program for several months, am going to try and learn it properly.  In that spirit, here is a before and after photo that I did using a simple selection tool and an adjustment layer.
This is the original shot

I used the quick select too to select that mesa and brought up the "sunlight" a little more.  Now I know why mag pics look better than my snapshots.  With PSE you can improve both on Mother Nature and on you own photographic ability, or lack thereof.

see the sun bouncing off that red mountain?

Make your own frozen fries

Found this idea in food network magazine. Go to their website and search for 'nistro-style fries. I plan to try this method soon with my frydaddy. It seems you partially fry them and freeze them finish them up from frozen as needed