Stuff I Like: Picnik

Well apparently my idea to post something a little different for Saturdays actually worked out last weekend.  Glad so many of you came out of the woodwork to comment on my True Blood post.  :)  Don’t worry I know it was because of the Alcide photo, not because you really love me.

But don’t be getting your hopes up that every week will involve a shirtless man.  I can’t be selling myself out like that you know.

Oh wait.  I guess I can.  You are welcome.

But honestly, this post isn’t about shirtless Ryan Reynolds.  I swear.  It’s about Picnik.com…which I’m pretty sure I might have been the last to know about.  Here I was just posting my own pictures with no edits, no collages, no text and all along I could have been making things super extra cool.

My Mom was actually the one that clued me in to Picnik’s free uses but it wasn’t until I emailed Elizabeth to ask how she was making her coolio collages that I realized I should be using the premium paid version. 

Seriously.  It’s $25 for a whole year and you get all kinds of awesome extras.  So far I’ve mainly used it for fiddling with collages…which I am loving for posts where I have tons of pics to show you guys but don’t want to drag it on forever.  It’s so nice to just take an extra couple of minutes to combine a set of photos together!

Of course, there are a whole bunch more options available too.  Like adding special effects, picture frames, or even cutesy stickers.  You can also actually edit your photos in Picnik (although I’ve usually already edited mine before uploading).  Mostly I like to add shading, vignetting, or interesting effects.

But every now and then it’s fun to act like a teenager too.

Because I know you all love it.