Coolness squared.

xoxo,

laura

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Welcome to {InstaThursday}, where each week you will learn a tip, trick or resource for all things Instagram! Yay! Have suggestions or questions? Email me + maybe I’ll feature YOURS next!

Check out past weeks here!

>>>>PicTapGo App | $1.99 | iPhone | From the creators of Totally Rad Actions comes PicTapGo, and they had me at Detroit. Seriously. The Detroit black and white filter is flippin’ raaaad. Makes this addicted-to-color girl feel like a funky ol’ Ansel Adams. Yeahhh, right. But, still, a gal can dream, right? Try it. Like yesterday. This is by far my fave–it’s like they went inside a photographer’s head…oh, wait, they ARE photographers. So, they ARE inside our brains and they GET it!

>>>>A Beautiful Mess  | $.0.99 | | iPhone, not yet available for Android users but they are working on it! |

The perfect app for the artsy, whimsical, photographer/scrapbooker/slambook-er/dreamer. Let’s you transform your photos with good quality and truly cool fonts (yeah, I’m a font snob) and word art and doodles complete with arrows, hearts and all things mod, AND THEN you can still even change colors. Yeah! Head HERE for even more illustrations of how you can use the A Beautiful Mess app. Just don’t forget about dinner. Or that you have children. Or a life outside your phone. Hehe. Just kidding. Kind of.

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>>>>Whitagram | Free | Okay, this isn’t really photo EDITING, but it is still a big part of my phone editing flow. While PicTapGo can already do this if you want it to, for those times when you are editing an image outside of PicTapGo, Whitagram comes to the rescue. Makes your non-instagram sized images all pretty and such with the full image on a white background that fits into Instagram. Purrrdy.

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>>>>More Beaute2 | Free | Caveat: Like the Imagenomic Plugin for Photoshop, Portraiture, this app has the (very high) potential to go bad. fast. PLEASE, please, folks, use this app with a sparing hand and do a girl a favor + keep all noses present and visible in the photos.  I know, I know, who likes a wrinkly face all posted up on Instagram? Not me, girlfriend. Hoooowever, I also am not fond of looking plastic and ghost-like. Are you? I have provided an example of just what I am talking about below–the first photo is the original, the middle is my happy More Beaute2 spot, and the third photo is More Beaute turned NO Beaute. See? Do I only have one nostril? No wrinkles, but also no face, either. K, that’s my PSA for today, lovelies. Oh, and don’t you just luuurve saying More Beaute? Kinda like saying it as much as I like referring to that fab Bullseye store as Tar-jay. You know the one, the store that somehow sucks $100 out of my wallet when I just went in for shampoo. Oh, your wallet, too?

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VSCO Cam | $0.99 | Truthfully, I used this app a lot more before PicTapGo came on the scene, but it is still a lovely app for clean, crisp and moody edits of your phone photos.

xoxo,

laura

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I am so excited to announce that Kara May and I will begin teaching an online workshop through the Chic Critique Forum next month! The class, designed for those photographers wanting to discover their personal photography style so that they can translate that into effective session styling for their clients, is now open for registration.

Head over to The Chic Critique Forum to REGISTER NOW! SPOTS ARE LIMITED!

June 10th 2013– July 14th 2013

Must be a member of Chic Critique at the time of enrollment and during your Online Workshop or Chic Peek.

Learn more about Online Workshops HERE

What you’ll learn during this 4-week Online Workshop:

Week 1 | Develop a set of key elements that will help to make your sessions cohesive and polished

Week 2 | Identify your signature style that best complements your style of photography

Week 3 | Develop a complete set of resources for your clients to use in styling their sessions

Week 4 | Create a finished Style Guide for use with your clients

xoxo,

laura

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Welcome to Wall Art Wednesday!  Come and become inspired along with me + amazing and creative ways to decorate your home and show off your memories!

Want to see more? Head right here for more drool-worthy walls!

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It is always SO fun for a child to have a huge photo of themselves in their own room–an image of them or of them with their siblings or family just starts and ends the day off in a magical way, don’t you think?  The image below is printed on Fuji Pearl paper from Mpix and printed as a gorgeous standout–a sweet and modern way to add a touch of whimsy to any room.

Make the walls of your office into an inspirational area that matches all the ideas in your head! Add beautiful imagery, colors, patterns and anything that inspires so you always feel happy as you work.

Simple white frames with word art, photos and initials can create an elegant impact in a nursery.Create a wall collage that is accented with touches of girly sweetness and personal memories for a unique and darling display.

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“Rubber ducky, you’re the one…”

Sweetness in all her ducky-lovin’, pink hunter boots wearing glory. LOVED this little doll!

xoxo,

laura

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 Summer is in the air + these cuties are soooo ready!

xoxo,

laura

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Welcome to {pretty little packaging}! Share in my love for design, packaging + presentation and become inspired to take your own up a notch! Join me this week as I share inspiring ideas from around the web for ways to store and organize your packaging supplies!

Want more? Check it out here! Happy Friday!

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Ahhh, pretty. To work and packaging in THIS office, right?!

Storage can be functional AND pretty! Ikea carries these inexpensive (though definitely assembly required) storage boxes in many different sizes–perfect for all sorts of odds and ends and packaging supplies!

While this organizational area was created to organize a child’s legos, the curtain illustrates the perfect way to hide any packaging area that isn’t necessarily the most pleasing to the eye. Don’t have beautiful shelving and pretty baskets and magazine holders? No prob! Simply buy pretty curtains or fabric, hang and voila! The perfect way to hide it AND yet still have easy access to it! I actually do this in the garage shelving where I keep many of my props and session accessories. Works perfectly!

Consider using only two to three colors as you organize your office–it will make everything seem much more clean and uniform.

Sources: 1. Via | 2. Via | 3. Via | 4. Via

See you next week!

xoxo,

laura

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xoxo,

laura

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xoxo,

laura

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