2012 Project 365 - Week in Review 1/1-1/7

Yep, I’m attempting Project 365 again this year…in a new way, that will hopefully be a bit more manageable. I was inspired by a fellow CTMH Consultant, Erica Michel when she posted she wanted to take pics with her iPhone for the project this year. I thought…wow, what a fabulous idea since I have my phone with me constantly!

So, now that I have a new Android phone that my sweet husband got me for Christmas, I found a really cool app that I’m using called PicPlz. I can take a photo using the app and add a cool filter to my pic and upload it to Facebook & Twitter if I wish. Give it a try…it’s really easy and fun to share my daily pics!

I decided I’d share my pics here as well on a weekly basis…mostly for accountability and future reference. If you decide to use PicPlz, let me know and we can follow each other.

Here are my pics for this past week (1/1-1/7)…

New Year's Day - Mike making Black Eyed Peas

1/2/12 - Time to put Christmas away!

1/3/12 - Decluttering

1/4/12 - Encouragement for my day w/Joyce Meyer

1/5/12 - Quiet Time with God and His word

1/6/2012 - Daily Dose of Facebook

1/7/12 - Dinner in the Crockpot

By the way…the dish above was delicious…rump roast and veggies with some cream of mushroom soup & beef broth.

Thanks for stopping by and may you have a wonderful 2nd week of January!

I Learned Something New…

I learned something new from one of my favorite new blogs, The Pioneer Woman (really not so new, but I’ve been visiting it a lot lately).  She has lots of fabulous things on her blog such as confessions of her life on the ranch, fabulous recipes, photography tips, home & garden tips & ideas, and more.

I decided today to check out some of her photography tips using Photoshop Elements and I learned today how to use the layers with some really fabulous results. I can’t wait to play more with my pictures now.

Here is a photo I took a few days ago of the snowfall in Christoval. I pulled over onto the side of the road right across from our church and took this picture through the trees on someone’s property. Since it was still snowing and it was overcast, the picture didn’t turn out as well as I had hoped…still beautiful, but…

By creating a new layout of the photo in Photoshop Elements (Ctrl + J), and then changing the layer from Normal to Hard Light Effect…I got this…

Sooooo much more striking if I say so myself! If you haven’t checked out her blog…do it now! She has so much to share and she has lots of great giveaways too! You can also find her on Facebook and Twitter.

Enjoy!