PICNIK PREMIUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just got the Picnik premium feature. This gives me access to more options such as more collages, more texts, and move seasonal effects! I can't wait to use it! No, I didn't buy it, but I can't tell you how I earned it. Point is, i'm SO HAPPY!! This first month of school I plan to take pictures like CRAZY so that I can take advantage of this Picnik Premium one-month opportunity!! I will definitely have some photos up of Premium features!!!

Picnik Editing!

These are edits that I did on Picnik for Kayla Becher who asked me to edit them!

This is what just Picnik Editing and Touch-Up did, and it make a huge impact!!

And here is a collage of some of the variations of edits that I can do. The one in the top left it just the edited one. Then in comparison, the other three are there. And they look better when they're biggest. I don't like to mess with photos too much, I like to keep the picture the same, without cropping or using a focal tool, and I like to capture the entire picture. I often edit with color and the edges of the photo. The one at the bottom left is edited more than I usually do, and it's hard to see the background, and I also used Focal Zoom which is another tool I'm often against. I like the ones on the right, however. And if you saw their actual photos, you'd see that I used focals and Vignette but with a very wide focus.


And here is just what I did for fun: changed hair color, and the color of the scarf using the "Tint" effect. I like giving little "makeovers" because they look very natural and calm.

If you want to see more stuff I can do click "Picnik" under Labels to see some other pictures!

THE 100TH POST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY 100TH POST!!

IT'S THE 100TH POST OF THIS BLOG! THAT MEANS THAT I'VE UPDATED THIS PAGE 100 TIMES AT LEAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To celebrate, I've got lots of blog-candy for you: in other words, a lot of stuff the daily reader of this blog will enjoy[: Sorry I haven't gotten to this yet, but I've been very busy in Maine. Besides, I wanted this to be the best post yet! So each topic is a different color, hopefully to help with organization! So ENJOY THE 100TH POST!

IT'S A NEW LABEL! It's called "Awards of the Week" Every week I'll be handing out awards to lines of a song that will be the Lyrics of the Week. You can nominate lyrics by commenting. Also, a Picture of the Week will also be awarded. This will either be from my own gallery or from some one else's, or maybe even yours! Just comment during each Award Ceremony to nominate a photo! And, last but not least, is a Word of the Week. This might be just a random word, or a new word found while reading. I will have reasons for choosing each and every one of these awards which will be described in the post. Also, commenting and nominating is encouraged! So please do so!

This week, the first annual "Weekly Awards" ceremony, I have an award for each category, as I always should.

This week's lyric of the week is from "Secrets" by OneRepublic.

"I'm gonna give all my secrets away"

I like this song. It's in the movie "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" which I'm currently OBSESSED with! And I think it represents me because I often give secrets away, although sometimes--most times--they might not be mine...

This week's picture of the week is:

I miss the beach. I want to live on the beach someday when I'm older. I miss the beach soo much. This photo is gorgeous. It reminds me of how much I want to be near the beach. This was taken by my friend Grace who is an amazing photographer!

This week's word of the week is:
JUXTAPOSITION- definition: (v.) the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
I was reading an interview of Jerry Spinelli talking about his book "Eggs" which is my book review today too! Anyways, i had no idea whatsoever what it meant, so i looked it up, and found the definition.

These awards will be posted weekly probably during the weekdays. The weeks will be Sunday-Saturday. So I will probably be posting awards from Monday-Thursday. I shouldn't post one on Saturday for one week then Sunday for the next week. So, enjoy! DONT FORGET TO NOMINATE SOME SUGGESTIONS[:



Maine: short and sweet visit! We're back already[:


We visited, nothing tooo special. Also, no beachD'= So no pictures of the beach. But our family might be going to Misquamicut in Rhode Island later this summer!! That should be just as exciting!! We shopped not only at Freeport but on the way home westopped at the Kittery Outlets, and both had great sales at some great stores(:


This was taken in the pool there..I'm the one struggling to smile under my sister's weight...thanks Kira..


Kira at L.L. Bean. It was the entrance to the Kid's shopping center, and this is her...posing...


This photo was just edited, before it looked worse. I just thought it was s good example of how useful the "Teeth Whitening" could be because it helped ALL of the smiles in this photo! Even mine...I'm the one all the way to the left with the green lei.


This was cool. I wish I'd had taken this before the colorsplash contest at the Picnik Help Forum because it looks really cool! I was jsut playing around with some effects and this was the amazing outcome[: I like how they're all different colors and stuff... It's cooll:i lovee itt




Kira i guess really liked this outfit, so she spent a good 5-10 minutes scoping out the outfit--it only should've taken like two minutes--and she needed a picture with it. No, she didn't want to buy it, just wanted a picture with it. Incredible.

Anyways, overall, Maine was a fun experience[: Next year, it'll probably happen again, and perhaps the Morrisons will come up and visit the cottage!! Hopefully next year I'll go to the Wells Beach like I did last year!!!!

Picnik has this feature called "Tint" which can not only be used to give photos a tint of color, but you can change a person's hair color, eye color, and give them full makeovers by giving them lipgloss or applying blush! Picnik has just become soo much more helpful, not that it wasn't absolutely my favorite photo editing site anyways!

I learned how to make a "Rainbow Eye" This is my friend's eye, and she has beautiful eyes, so I thought she'd be the perfect "guinea pig." Hahahahaa[: the first one didn't come out as well, but this one looks really cool. i've also learned how to make anyone's eyes different colors, even like a vampire red or a sea green!!! Just go to tint, and you'd have to make a stripe with each color, or you can make a target-type thing with the color going inwards. Just tint each color individually nd it should turn out awesome!

How to video:

Now, time for a movie review!! **CAUTION. CONTAINS SPOILERS!** I've recently watched the movie "When In Rome." It stars Kristen Bell as Beth, a young single woman whose sister is engaged after knowing a man for two weeks. Beth has to attend her sister's wedding in Rome as a Bride's Maid. She meets the Nick (Josh Duhamel), the best man for the wedding, and he seems like the perfect man. After seeing Nick kiss another woman during the reception, Beth walks over to the Fountain of Love and not only dips her feet into the fountain, but proceeds to taking four coins and a poker chip that were thrown in by men wanting love. Little did Beth know about the curse: if you take a coin from the Fountain of Love, the person who threw the coin in the fountain will fall in love with you. So Beth has five men under a spell and, literally, stalking her insisting they truly love her. Beth only has two options to reverse the curse: either return the coins to the Fountain of Love, or return them to whomever they were thrown in the fountain by. And that's all I'll reveal!

This movie was definitely a chick flick, but it was cute, charming, and something I'd recommend the heartbroken to see to give them faith that love can still be found! Probably an 7.75/10. Only removing points because it was a little cheesy, but the overall theme was a little cheesy tooooo...but it was definitely cuutee[: also, PG13? I think there should be a PG10 because there's hardly any sexual content, hardly any swears that I remember, and the only reason not have it be PG is because the topic of love, and some of the content is a little more inappropriate but not that bad. So I'd rate the movie PG10.

Also, I'm counting down the days until the movie "Eat Pray Love" It looks like something I personally would love. In case you didn't know, I want to travel the world some day. I want to marvel at foreign things, explore new cultures and what not. And Eat Pray Love looks charming, romantic, and very funny. I will definitely be doing a movie review for that!

NEW POLL! It's a short simple poll just to see the ratio of females to males visiting my blog[: So are you a guy? A girl? Or were you born both or neither!? Or perhasp you're a moose, who captured some hiker's computer and are visiting MY SITE with your limited internet access, in which case i'd be honored[: So, answer!! This poll will be active until next Tuesday

Cottage this weekend!! Hopefully going to be having a sleepover with some of my dance friends!!!!!!!! Who knows?!? Definitely have pictures up! And I will be updating on that subject tooo[:

"Eggs" by Jerry Spinelli is my book review for the 100th post. David, (9 years old) whose mother recently passed away, moves with his grandmother and talks to her as little as possible. He meets 14 year old Primrose whose father disappeared when she was young. Both kids' parents who are still alive aren't always there like one would think they should be. So both kids rely on each other to learn from. Their only adult guidance is a man witha growing disorder who people call "Refrigerator John." Their friendship twists in between their two personalities. I personally find their friendship a result from their fragile egg-like similarities, and they could be very good siblings. Two people who aren't the best at making friends or reaching out to people reach out to each other and become friends unlike most.



I give it a 9/10 only because the overall concept was a little odd and pretty unrealistic in the grand scheme: what grandmother wouldn't notice her child leaving the house almost every day at night and disappearing until past midnight? It's a little unrealisitc but it's definitely original, creative, quirky and it will definitely have you wanting to keep reading! loved it!

"Oh. my. Gods." by Tera Lynn Childs is the book I'm currently reading. I will have a review once I'm done with it. It's about greek mythology and how a girl named Phoebe moves to a small greek island after her mother gets remarried to a guy she's known for a very short amount of time. Sounds like a disaster right? Well, she has to move halfway across the world for her senior year in high school to a private school in which her new stepfather is the headmaster. But that's not her biggest problem. the school is so exclusive that nearly all of the students are descendants of greek gods or goddesses!! not to mention they all have superpowers! that's all i've read about so far, but when i'm done i shall give a full summary and review.

Got a new polish from OPI! It's called "Shootout at the O.K. Coral" It's a pretty coral from OPI's colorcopia collection! Swatch? I haven't gotten around to any yet. But my camera is stupid and doesn't allow very good pictures, so it's hard to capture the amazing colors in a flattering way. The actual polish is a bit more pink than in the photo. It's sort of like the color of this font! I'll take photos later, so look forward to those!!

And for the random interest topic: T-E-A! I love tea. It's soothing, and warm and lovely to have on a cold snowy winter day or a hot sunny summer day! I used to have it with sugar, but i don't anymore. Anyways, my favorite brand of tea is "Celestial Seasonings" they have many flavors of herbal teas which are my favorite. I love trying them all. I also love looking for teas wherever I go, and trying new flavors! I will, as a random interest topic and not a new label, I'll be reviewing teas as well--not as critically as books or movies, just saying whether or not they're good or if they're interesting or original etc.

My first tea review will be of the Celestial Seasonings "Tropic od Strawberry" On a scale of 1-5 i'd give it a 5! It's delishhh! I LOVE strawberries, and this flavor was just perfect for any strawberry lover! But I also enjoy other brands of tea. Originally, I drank only Red Rose tea with tons of sugar and that was the only way I drank tea. But without sugar is just as good! I recommend tea to anyone who drinks coffee;)

Oh! I also just made a flickr account! I'm jsut hoping to make my photography a bit more public. But I don't think I can committ to it. I don't think I'll be visiting it often, or updating it often. So, visit, but it won't be much from this blog. Anyways, wish me luck!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rainydayskeepmestrong/

SO THAT WAS THE 100TH POST! HOPE YOU ENJOYED READING IT[: I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE 500TH POST! THAT WILL BE SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE!

Still taking suggestions to improve the blog in any way!!! Perhaps a non-regular webshow? Maybe[: No giveaway, not enough followers. Please recommend to friends!!!!

Happy 100th post to all, and to all a good night!

busyy nightt

went to see the trial of goldilocks, and as my friend called it: a "twisted fairytale." it was very funny, and very cute[: didnt win anything at the raffle, there wasn't much i wantedd..but hey, it was a good way to interact with the story etc. it was all in rhyme as well, which ended up getting really annoying because my mind was always looking for the rhymes! it was clever and creative, but my messed up mind was only interested in the clever rhymes!!!!

also hung out on the bleachers beside the football field and took pictures and stuff, it was funn[: lovee my first-choice girls>

realized how friendship isnt always permanent when its not with the right friends..i guess everyone has to realize it at some pointt=\

all the photos from todays awesomeness were edited and now look AH-MAZING thanks to: http://picnik.com

lovee this edit[: thanks to picnik!!! it looks awesomeee

high school musical jumping-in-photo shot meets trying to touch the pole results in this[:

just a photoo[:

me, and my two friendss

my three firstchoice girls;)

Back homee..

a long weekend of celebrationss...first day of kira's birthday was kind of dreary. only because I was really tired for some reasonn..and I had to take a bunch of naps throughout the day while no one noticed. the second day I actually got a good night's rest and was able to be active all dayy[: evn went to the park with kira and her friend and it was very active and exciting! pictures belowww... todayy, my sister, her friend and i went on bumper boats, ate clam chowder, and im about to go see a movie with michelle! excitementtt=D i will be seeing the sorcerer's apprentice with a movie review, soo look forward to thatt[:

here are some pictures from the partyy: (all were edited on http://picnik.com/)

Friends and the cupcakes

L to R: Miranda, Kira, and Kaylee

Sitting on MY BED, mind you, and playing on the iPod Touch

L to R: Kaylee, Kira, and Miranda

Colorsplash photo, the main focus, of course, is the people and the paddle boat.

L to R: Erin, Kira and Jess.

Us jumping off of the paddle boat.

L to R: Jess, Erin and Kira

The cupcakes that say "Happy Birthday Kira" They were DEELISH;)

Plans

last day of ballet for the week: tomorrow. then off to the cottage! celebrating Kira's bday party..evn tho it was in MARCH haha. Anyways, reasons to celebrate[: Food, party, and friends. I'll be updating!!! I'll be back by Monday so i can go back to ballet. photos?? im excited to do lots of party stuff this weekend. maybe group photos that i will go crazy picnikingg?? HAHA[: watching avatar againn! untill i updateee...

Picnik Effect

The recent picture I posted of the two pointe shoes is me submitting an idea to picnik. i was suggesting an effect that they could create. i think it'd be a really cool effect to havee! i lovee makin photos look vintage and i think any cross-process lover should like this too!! i have to give credit to my friend Grace who not only took the photo but edited to make it look as good as it does in both photos too[: thanks Grace! i think it'd be cool to have this effect in picnik!

Photo Effect

Before picture------------With effect

Film Noir drama effect

The Picnik Help forum contributed ideas "Become a Picnik Master." One of these ideas was how to make a Film Noir Drama effect. Here's mine:

Cool, huh? I think it looks pretty cool! [:

Color Splash Challenge: Entry #3

This one I edited many times to find just the right one to enter. I decided on this one only because the background is very full. I debated whether making the boats in the background Color Splashed rather than the daisy, but in the end I decided to stick with the main focus.

wasnt able to apply this one for the contest. :(

Color Splash Challenge: Entry #2

Some friends of mine. I really enjoy colorsplashing things that aren't the main focus of the picture because it makes you focus on other things rather than just the main object of the photo. The main objects in this photo are the people. But I color splashed the objects in front of them, drawing one's attention to the objects rather than the people.

Color Splash Challenge: Entry #1

My friend doing a cartwheel. The only color is the yellow of the street lines. First photo I ever color-splashed with Picnik.com

The Picnik Table: Color Splash Challenge!

The Picnik-Google Help Forum has posted a challenge on their Picnik Table! It's a Color Splash Challenge! Anytime from today until upcoming Monday picnikers can submit their color splash entries onto the site. The Picniker with the most votes is recognized in the forum and awarded the title of Picnik Rock Star! My entries are going to be entered in future posts[: Wish me luck!

New Picnik Effects

My personal favorite feature to picnik.com is its effects. It can change the color, the lighting and everything. Recently, "Comic Book" was the new effect celebrating Father's Day, and I comic-ed a lot of photos[: The newest one to celebrate the Fourth of July is called "Red White and Blue" which allows a red and blue tint over the picture. It looks like this: (Picture features two of my friends, and for privacy purposes, their faces have been pixelled out)

It's really cool, and the only Fourth of July feature I can use while not having Premium. I can't wait to apply it to pictures I'm about to take for the Fourth of July! =D

The frames are pretty cool too, although as I'm not a premium member, my options are limited. But this one was blog worthy;)


I'm sure going to miss the comic book effect, but this one is pretty cool too. Can't wait for more new limited effects!!

Last Academic Day of Middle School

This is a pretty big deal for me, personally. It's the last time in my entire lifetime that I will ever be a middle school student sitting in a classroom all day throughout all my academic classes! I am so very excited. I don't exactly know what I'm going to wear yet. But it has to be memorable. I guess I'm just like that...I like things to be memorable. I like to look back on things often.

(This photo was edited on http://www.picnik.com)

We went strawberry picking today. It was pretty fun! Well, all the juiciest, ripest, and biggest, reddest strawberries were already being devoured by small insects...VERMINS. Anyways, we picked a bunch, and then made this DELICIOUS dip with like cool whip, sour...something or other? Cream? Maybe...but it was so good. I had at least 20 strawberries all dipped into the mix..mmm...soo tasty...

And what else in life is new? Dance recital this Friday and Saturday, lots of school events that are so highly anticipated by the class you could feel the excitement arising from everyone.

So. Life is good. Nothing is wrong in my life, so don't be thrown off by the sudden sincerty and proper spelling of this post. And now I am desperately exhausted, so good night to all, and to all a good night!! (I think that's how it goes..)

picnik obsession

i love taking pictures. im no photographer, and the only reason my photos ever look anywhere near good are thanks to picnik.com its suchh a helpful sitee! i highly recommend it! here is an example..

well, i just felt like sharing a little bit about my obsessions! thats what blogs are for, right? well im not really sure, but its goingg to servee as one of my usess[: