fun with photobucket

There's a lot of things I don't know much about, and photography

is DEFINITELY one of them. . . but one of my favorite things to do

with photographs is play around with them on Photobucket,

which is an AWESOME and very user friendly photo editing program.

Can I just say how entertaining it is to take a semi-decent photo

and turn it into something cool and unique??!!

For instance, my 12 year old son is on his first super league baseball team

and so as a proud momma I wanted to take some pictures

of him in his spiffy new uniform. . .by the way, cool

baseball players don't smile (I learned that from my 17 year old son

who plays on his high school team ;))

okay. . .not too bad, right? Well, after logging into Photobucket and being

all about "vintage" I came up with this. . .

Oh yeah. . .MUCH better! Here's another one I did of my older son

with a different style. . . but still vintage of course!

This is another one of my amateur shots. . .pretty boring, right?

Not anymore :)

The other day, I was browsing pinterest for some eye candy and

came across some beautiful pics and thought to myself. . . hmmm,

I'm going to try some of these on photobucket (they were already great

just the way they were, but I did this just for the fun of it :)

Before. . .

After. . .

(all I did to this one was lighten it, and add a linen weave canvas overlay)

I love the look of this cozy country cottage. . .it looks as though it's

saying "Welcome! Come on in!"

Add a little bit of extra "sunshine" and warmth around the edges

and you get this. . .

And then there's the vintage suitcases. . .oh my goodness, I LOVE this picture-

it's perfect just the way it is. . . but wait, what would it look like on canvas?

Yep. . .THAT'S the look I wanted :)

What's not to love about an old antique bicycle. . .especially in this color?

By adding a light vintage vignette with a sheer "paper overlay" and

you have a one of a kind look. . .yummy!



It's also a great (and inexpensive) way to make invitations.

Before. . .

. . .After :)

One last picture. . .



This is how I made my button :)



Why, THANK YOU Photobucket !!
(By the way, if you'd like to learn how to make your own button
with a grab box, click here)

So if you're not too savvy with the camera like me, there's hope for you after all :)

Get onto Photobucket, and give it a try!!