Snapseed: making iPhone photos as beautiful as can be
Recently, I was looking at a friend’s amazing Instagram stream and I asked how she got her photos looking so gorgeous. She said one word: Rosebud. Then she died. No, just kidding. She said Snapseed. Within moments I had it downloaded. And let me say, this is...
A shortcut to fabulous photo filters
It’s hard to remember that there was a time that we simply snapped photos and had to be satisfied (gasp) with whatever it was that appeared on the film a few weeks later. No Photoshop? No Instagram filters? The horror! The new website, Picfull, makes it crazy...
A calendar starring you
I’m a little obsessed with the Instagram app, which means I have lots of cool photos and not much to do with them. At least until I discovered this new gift from Keepsy, that will be making many of my family members very happy this holiday season. I was thrilled...
5 photo sharing resources for all those cute kids’ costume pics
It’s Halloween! Yay! And that means as parents, the only thing we’ll have more of tomorrow morning than slimy, discarded candy wrappers, is digital photos. Because you are of course obligated to send dozens of photos to every relative on your list as a...
Eye-fi with my little eye
After having just uploaded oh…hundreds of photos from my camera after the BlogHer conference (give me one mojito and suddenly everything looks like a good picture) I can’t sing the praises of the Eye-Fi wireless memory cards enough. Especially since...
The ye olde time-y photobooth goes digital
I know I’m not alone when I say I can’t get enough of photo apps for my phone like Instagram, Photocopier, and my first love, Hipstamatic. Now there’s a fun one I’ve just added, that’s great for taking old fashioned photo strips....
Turning your iPhone into a Leica. (At least on the outside.)
While it’s clear that the smartphone is the new camera (and GPS and address book and pretty much everything else), I kind of love that someone has walked right into it with vinyl iPhone skins that look like actual cameras. At istickercool on Etsy, you can find a...
PhotoRocket: Photo sharing doesn’t get any easier than this
Maybe I’m just getting older, or maybe it’s the fact that I’m a busy working mom with two kids. But lately, my mantra has been keep it simple. It’s probably the reason we’ve been having one too many breakfast-for-dinner meals lately....
5 gadgets the iPhone 4 replaces
I admit that way back when my husband bought me a first generation iPhone, it was a completely frivolous purchase for me–something I coveted because it looked cool. And I could check email from my phone! Technology! Fast forward a few years with my newly...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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