A Cool App...

Okay, so I'm playing with my new toy. (in case you're wondering, my family gave me an iPad for my birthday on Monday;) Anyway, this application was found with my iPad but it isn't exclusive. We've now added it to our phones too, so check it out.

One thing I have been wanting is Photoshop...still do. But this might hold me over until I do. It's called "color splash". No...not the tv show with that cutie David Bromstead;)

Same name though. In a nutshell, it let's you choose one of your photos, turns it into black and white and then with your finger you color in whatever part of the photo you like. Kind of like hand-colored photos, which I am crazy about anyway. Here are a few of ours...
































See if you can find the hand colored object in the one above. You will need to enlarge it. Hint...it's tiny, by the fence and colored green.

This last one is a photo of our sweater pumpkins that we hand colored and then turned sepia on iPhoto.





Isn't that so pretty and vintage looking? Okay...there you have it. Color Splash is amazing and so much fun to play with. I should know;)

"Pink" School Days...

It's that time of year again...

Back to school time!

School Clothes, backpacks, lunch boxes and school supplies...

Oh My!

And if I could do it all over again,

I would have to say...

"Make mine PINK"!

So in honor of pink Saturday,

let's go back to school in style:)

Time to shop...

let's start with school clothes.

(minus the high heels, of course!)

Are these dress code?

And I believe most schools require polo shirts...

and nothing says cuteness like a yorkie in a polo!

...unless, of course, it's a yorkie in a pink hair bow.

And every put together little girl has to have plenty of hair bows

for back to school!

One last thing...

a pretty pink charm bracelet!

Vintage, at that!

Be your own girl...

set your own style...

pink, pretty AND vintage!!!

Backpacks...

pretty easy here.

Pink, pink and more pink!

For the stylish young lady...

and for the sweet little girl...

Lunchboxes...

This used to be my favorite to shop for.

I still love lunch boxes.

I remember when Taylor had a Barbie lunch box just like this...

Today I would want to carry this sweet vintage lunch box...

And finally, school supplies.

I LOVE shopping for school supplies..

especially pink ones!

Like I said, time for school.

So put your supplies in your locker...

Sit down at a cool pink desk...

at your Pretty PINK School!

Happy Pink Saturday and be sure to visit

Beverly at How Sweet the Sound

to visit all of the other pink ladies today.

A Few Rules of Life...

 Well...maybe not rules but tips.

Or suggestions.

Guess this is just where I'm at these days:)

Tip number one...

don't bother reading further if you're hoping to find some 

terribly intellectual thoughts.

(Haven't spent much time around here, have you?)

Okay, so here we go...

Remember coloring?

I always loved to color.

One of the things I looked forward to was coloring with

my grandchildren.

I'm still looking forward to it...

but now they will probably be much better at it than me:)

So color a picture and give it to someone to make them smile...

like you did when you were 5.

I know it would make me smile:)

Ever heard of tying a string on your finger to remember

to do something?

How about this...

remember to tell someone that you love them:)

Take a nap.

They don't call it "beauty sleep" for nothing!

Spend time with a friend...

Buy some bright, fun rain boots...

and go splash in a puddle

Whipped cream goes with everything...

so the next time someone asks if you want whipped cream on top...

say YES !!!!!!!!!!!

And by the way, if you've never squirted whipped cream 

straight from the can into your mouth, 

you've totally missed out on one of life's greatest treats!

Okay...

admit it.

At some time in your life you were either yelled at for

jumping on the bed...

or maybe you did the yelling.

So today...

jump on the bed.

It's fun...and the same people who say it ruins the mattress

are the same ones who say eating cookie dough will kill you.

Please...how many people do YOU know who died from eating cookie dough???
I know...salmonella...but I survived sneaking dough...and you will too.

So this brings me to the next one...

 EAT THE COOKIE DOUGH!

Go ahead...lick the spoon or the beater:)

You know you want to!!!

And please forgive me for one more food item...

Oh yeah...I believe in that one for sure!

Well, that's it for today.

Another not so brilliant blog post from me!

Looks like I can cross at least one thing off my "to do" list for today.

Hope you all have a wonderful Friday!!!!