Remember my Happy New Year post a few days ago? Well, I played around with Snapseed on my iPad a little bit (Thanks iTunes 12 days of xmas app!!) and came up with a better version:
before:
after:
voila!
Around the Neighborhood : New Year, new discoveries
January 8, 2012 – 11:35 AM
So I was walking down my street coming home from work (hence the dark and not-so-great photos) and something caught my eye in a shop window that usually catches my eye: TYPE!
Real, actual, wooden type, right off a letterpress bed. Paired with mirrors so that common non type-nerds could read what it said! And bilingual!
So who are these geniuses who constantly amaze me with their simple yet stunning window displays? Well, the shop used to be a clothing store, but that closed a few months back, and since then, though I had noticed the window displays, I had never seen any sign of who inhabited the store-turned-office-space now. I thought : only Architects could produce such simplicity right?
Wrong! Turns out, when you look for something, you usually find out it’s been there all along… So right in front of my face I finally saw the name I had been looking for: Gravemaker + Scott . And they’re not architects, they’re Graphic Designers, like me! With a penchant for print work and letterpress, like me! Amazing! and right under my nose…
Must have : iPad Typewriter
November 2, 2011 – 11:21 PM
I hope you weren’t expecting anything any sooner…
I bought my iPad for two apps, but more on those later, this is the third thing that would, in and of itself, justify the purchase of an iPad for me.
Brilliant.
Now if only the typewriter wasn’t more expensive than the iPad itself…
Taste Test: Sprinkle’s Red Velvet Cupcakes
September 28, 2011 – 2:14 AM
So I wanted to bake something but was too lazy to actually make something from from scratch, and I have been wanting to try the Sprinkles mixes so I did! And I kind of have a thing for Red Velvet right now, so I just went with it.
Let me just say…. yum.
Judging a book by its cover: One Day
September 2, 2011 – 1:36 PM
I know I’m really not “supposed to” but I can’t help it, I constantly judge books by their cover, and One Day is no exception. I have to admit I went a little bit over the top on this one and purposefully bought it in France, though in English, so that I could have this cover and not the one from the movie.
I haven’t even read very much of it yet, though I like it so far, but I am totally in love with the cover!
Crush :: Paper Runway Magazine
August 28, 2011 – 10:18 PM
I love love love this magazine!! Their words are better than mine:
“Paper Runway is a quarterly magazine that offers you a mix of
paper goodness, hot paper products, fabulous features, beautiful paper,
party inspirations, features about the hottest paper sculptors, artists,
illustrators, creators and quick DIY projects. ”
Find out more about Paper Runway, and browse through some back issues.
How to: Add a vintage effect to your photos
August 25, 2011 – 10:33 AM
I’ve been trying to learn how to use some software a bit more, and right now I’m focusing on Photoshop. It’s a hugely powerful application that I use probably about 1% of so far, so I’m slowly learning more through tutorials and projects.
I’ve found a great tutorial on the Spoon Graphics Bog, and these are some of the results:
I tend to go a bit over board with the burning (red spots) but other than that, I quite like them!
Try it out for yourself, I’d love to see the results!
