somebody stop me
vintage pastries, image via lisa kettell on flickr
i need a flickr intervention! i have to say up front, if you don’t have some free time, step away from the keyboard now. forewarned is fair armed right? hey everybody! i just wanted to say hi and put together some of the tools and toys i discovered over the weekend. it’s everything i ever wanted to know about simple photo effects, from turning a pic into a polaroid and adding reflections, to creating actual books. of course there are countless other things but here are some highlights from flickr and their partners. i’m loving their whole scene:
this is great if you want to pull the adobe color palette from a favorite photo or room.
bighugelabs.com/flickr/colors.php
wedding bee made a mosiac from my the pics on my blog! here’s how she did it:
bighugelabs.com/flickr/mosaic.php
i saw this reflection technique on 1st dibs and loved it. here’s how they do it:
the above image is from the cherry blossom girl. if you’ve ever wanted to create polaroids, here’s how. you can also add fading and mottling techniques. there’s so much to play with!
how could i resist?
bighugelabs.com/flickr/warholizer.php
and this great site lets you publish photo books. or at least lay them out. ok , i’m officially a flickr groupie. hope you have fun, but i did warn you!
www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/297431
ok,this one i’ll have to learn about later. twitter can wait. i should be working. but this is research, right?
bighugelabs.com/blog/make-a-twitter-background
anyway i hope you have fun. have a great night and can’t wait to see what you do!
Sam replied:
Great Post…SO many things I liked about. Really, not sure where to start.
March 23, 2009 at 8:57 pm. Permalink.
The Polka Dotted Owl replied:
love those chairs!
Thanks for the share day, girlie:)
March 23, 2009 at 9:23 pm. Permalink.
theparisapartment replied:
mon plaisir! i’m ready for a nap tho…oops there’s the phone!
March 23, 2009 at 9:48 pm. Permalink.
Heather van Breda replied:
GREAT post! Now I’m not going to get anything done today!!
March 23, 2009 at 10:02 pm. Permalink.
theparisapartment replied:
i know how you feel, i’m going back in for the blurb download!
March 23, 2009 at 10:16 pm. Permalink.
Bonnie replied:
Oh these sites are so helpful thank you for mentioning them. I gotta learn how to make these collages and things. Thats so cool of you in all different colors. And I like the pics in Wedding Bees collage too!
March 23, 2009 at 10:38 pm. Permalink.
Pamela replied:
Argggg! I’ve got work to do. But these are going to be soooo tempting, I just know it!!
March 23, 2009 at 10:40 pm. Permalink.
Joy & Janet replied:
Glad to see someone else gets lost on the WWW as much as we do! ;)
Joy and Janet
xoxo
March 23, 2009 at 11:06 pm. Permalink.
Judith replied:
I love it! I’ve been getting into photography lately and scored a vintage camera for $2 I can’t wait to start using it! Another fun photo site is Picnik it let’s you do some great stuff! Have fun, I loved this post!
xoxo
Jduith~
March 24, 2009 at 12:36 am. Permalink.
maureen replied:
wow,so many cool sites to check out! thanks for sharing.mmmm,let me check polaroid first….
March 24, 2009 at 1:23 am. Permalink.
Write Girl replied:
Amazing, there is a lot of good stuff on here.
I am just imagining you turning into the Mask “somebody stop me.” : )
March 24, 2009 at 1:24 am. Permalink.
theparisapartment replied:
hey write girl, you got it! wasn’t that a great movie?
glad you guys are having fun :)
i’m doing the work now i should have been doing all day!!
i will have to check out picnik judith, but i’m scared i’m gonna get pulled in…
March 24, 2009 at 1:43 am. Permalink.
judy Aldridge replied:
You’re my hero for finding all that stuff…judy
March 24, 2009 at 2:01 am. Permalink.
pigtown*design replied:
WOW! Great sites. I did two blurb books for christmas presents. they came out beautifully, and one of the people commissioned me to expand the book and do a history of their 1800′s house.
March 24, 2009 at 2:08 am. Permalink.
theparisapartment replied:
aw shucks judy, it was fun.
pig* that is so cool! do you have them online too? i’m sure we’d all love to check them out!
March 24, 2009 at 2:14 am. Permalink.
Gina Cartwright replied:
Thanks for sharing all the cool flickr info! Sometimes I feel like Alice falling through the WWW rabbit hole. I can get lost for hours! It is a bit overwhelming sometimes. I must check all that out, though. Now you’ve given me another reason to stay up til the wee hours of the night!
March 24, 2009 at 4:00 am. Permalink.
natasha replied:
Oh this is not going to help my flickr addiction AT ALL!! ;)
March 24, 2009 at 5:12 am. Permalink.
Di Overton replied:
Wow thanks for this Claudia. I have been using bighugelabs but the others are new to me. I am off to play now. Will reply to your email today :)
March 24, 2009 at 12:38 pm. Permalink.
Vicki Archer replied:
You are a very clever girl – thank you, xv.
March 24, 2009 at 2:04 pm. Permalink.
Lisa Golightly replied:
It just amazes me how many tools us ‘creative types’ have at our fingertips. You can do the polaroid thing on Photoshop as well.
March 24, 2009 at 5:50 pm. Permalink.
gatherings home replied:
Claudia…your the best! These links are amazing and I am so happy you put them out there for all to find! Yippy!!
March 24, 2009 at 7:51 pm. Permalink.
Sandy replied:
Ahh yes Flickr’s big huge labs rocks! Have you tried editing your photos from picnik.com? I see you discovered my good friend Lisa K’s images too :)She’s always giving away cool images.
Sandy xox
March 24, 2009 at 11:48 pm. Permalink.
Love Where You Live replied:
Great to know about the photo book link! I’m going to check it out further! Thanks for the research, -susan
March 25, 2009 at 3:38 am. Permalink.
Deborah and the gang ~..~ ^..^ ~..^ replied:
Great sites, thanks for sharing.
Deborah
March 31, 2009 at 9:32 pm. Permalink.