My Favorite Photo Action

For the record, I use PSE 7.

OK, moving on.

I really don't like to spend a lot of time editing photos, but I like to make my photos to look their best. Enter photo actions. My current favorite for portrait style pictures is from Rita over at Coffeeshop. It is called Perfect Portrait. Really, it is the only one I use. I like it so much, why spend a bunch of time finding more? Check out the before and after and tell me you aren't a fan, too:

Before

After

Slideshow

Back in the day, when our first year anniversary rolled around, I decided to put together a little slideshow of pictures to document that fabulous year. It has since become a yearly tradition. We have our first three years done. Right now I am working on the fourth year slideshow and we will be celebrating our fifth year of marriage in August. Not too far behind.

Moving on. The fourth year has proved to be more of a challenge than the previous years. We added our daughter to the family which increases the photos exponentially. I am having such a hard time narrowing down the pictures to fit in a 12 minute-ish slideshow.

One fabulous solution has been to make some digital scrapbook pages. Thanks to Jamie for inspiring that idea!

The best part is that I am killing two birds with one stone. These pages can be used for future scrapbooks, too!

Credits. Mostly. These aren’t as detailed as I know they should be:

Templates by mandagirl. Paper from Happy Go Lucky, Vintage Florals, and Sweet Sprinkles kits by Shabby Princess. If you are dying to know what fonts I used leave me a comment and I’ll look for you.

Happy Monday!

First Haircut

Credits: Paper and embellishments from Ronna Penner's Express Yourself Kit; Overlay from Edge Stax Mixed by Kim Liddiard