Cartwheels In My Mind

iphone love.

Good morning my loves! Any iphone lovers in the house today? CONFESSION: I was an iphone hater until I moved across the pond and discovered that there was an app for Skype and I had the option to call home for free! NOT HATIN' AYMORE. So, today's post goes out to all my iphone peeps! Seeing as how I'm a late bloomer in technology {and a recent convert}, I'm just getting around to finding out fun wallpaper for my phone.

Nina Campbell. Have you heard of her? She's a wallpaper QUEEN... and her work is beautiful. You know what else is beautiful? The free wallpaper {for the iphone} she has linked on her site.

Beautimous, right? To see more of her wallpapers all you have to do is go HERE on your iphone, save the image you like best on your phone, go to your camera roll and then set it as your wallpaper background! 

Here are some Poolga finds too. Ever heard of Poolga? This site is AMAZING for iphone wallpapers. Dude, you can look on this site for HOURS! Literally. 

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Aren't these fun?!? Now all I have to do is decide which one I want as my wallpaper. Hmm... too many options!!! I'm so bad at making decisions. Maybe I can just have them all and change out my wallpaper everyday! :) 

ps- just a little bit longer until something BIG happens for cartwheels...

RANDOM FACT ABOUT ME: I love storms. It's crazy because growing up I was TERRIFIED. But, now... I really enjoy a proper storm {when everyone's safe}.

25 Days of Christmas: freEbies

On the week of Christmas my true love gave to me.... gift tagies for freeeeeeeee.  That's right people, for F-R-E-E. And by the way isn't my singing beautimous? Thank you very much... I'll be here all week. {One of my dreams is for me and my hubby to be musicians.. wouldn't that be fun??} BUt, seriously, are these not the cutest gift tags ever??? And yes, they are for free. MERRY CHRISTMAS! 

I must warn you though... if your gifties are already wrapped up and sitting cozy under the tree then they will be momentarily disturbed. You will be ripping off those old tags and replacing them with these pretties. Just sayin'.

Blue&red make the perfect Christmas couple. Click here to download. Download Papercrave-labels

 

That is the cutest glove I've ever seen! And do you see that hot chocolate cup?!?! Yes, please. Download these pretties right here. Download Black-apple-free_tags_download

 

Birdies. Need I say more??? Download Birdtags

 

Martha has always got it going on. Download Martha-stewart-tags

Feeling whimsy? Download HolidayTags

Whether you're traditional, vintage,whimsical, colorful or whatever... there is a gift tag style just for you. Happy Christmas tagging :D

Through the Lens: ToTally Rad.

I always love a good before&after shot. Hopefully, you do too! By now you should be familiar with Totally Rad. If you're not, then... GET YOURSELF OVER THERE RIGHT NOW. I realize that I've talked about these actions before but I would like to show you just a teaser of how different these actions really are. It always helps to have them side by side so you can see the differences in each image.

Plus, each action has a fun name!  

Here's the original. Soak it in... remember what it looks like {or if you forget I give you permission to scroll back to the top to give yourself a quick reminder}.

 

Sparta.

 

Acid Washed.

 

Get Faded:Winter.

 

Bullet Toothed.

 

Clarify+Burn Out.

 

Grandma's Tap Shoes.

You know how I am... short, {hopefully} sweet and to the point... I want this post to wet your appetite for some actions! 

There are a gazillion of examples on the site where you can literally pick one of their pictures and then pick an action to see the different effects for each image. It's pretty fun! Try it out. 

Through the Lens: fOto fleXer

This is for all the those out there who don't have photoshop {Where my peeps at?!}. BP {before photoshop} I looked everywhere for freebie photo editing tools and would have loved for someone to share with me where I could go to get them. So, I'm doing my part with all of you. :) 

Foto Flexer

www.fotoflexer.com

You can do little edits like this.

Who needs a Macbook when you've got this? Now everyone can make an Andy Warhol, pop art look-a-like.

Or, how about this one?

You gotta love those old timey effects. 

 

Or... what about a fun colored sketch? 

I like this one... just for funzies.

Then you could always pull the ol' switcheroo of colors?

What do you think about that? Hmm. Fancy you'll give it a try? I think you should. It's so easy.  Plus, you don't have to be photo smart to use these tools. WIN. WIN. WIN!

There are so many fun tricks you can do on this site from edits, to decorating your photos, distorting, layering and so much more! What are you waiting on? Check it out!

I hope that you learned something new today :).

Through the Lens: phOto inSpiratiOn.

Today is all about inspiration, y'all. How many of you love photography but don't really know how to research proper photo inspiration? Sometimes you can get lucky when you google "photography". But, the rest of the time you are just left dumbfounded {which would be 98% of the time}.

There are so many days where I have an inspiration block... and as soon as I feel it coming on i hit the web to my top photography faves. 

Would you like to see who I am loving?

BE WARNED... you are about to be slapped in the face with some serious inspiration that will make you want to totally drop what you're doing and daydream for the next few hours. 

{1}. VUE photography.  Genya&Wesleyann make the perfect team of photogs! Hands down, this is my top inspiration. They never cease to amaze me.  {ps- I was lucky enough to have them photog my wedding!!! They were my big splurge}.

www.vuephotographyonline.net

{2}. Jose Villa. He's based out of southern California. If you're in the area and you need a photo shoot LOOK HIM UP.

www.josevilla.com

{3}. Sean Flanigan. He is based out of Seattle. The way he captures emotion is unbelievable. See for yourself.

www.seanflaniganphotography.com

{4}. Sarah Rhoads. I want my hubs and I to do what she does. She and her hubs are a photog team! How fun would that be?!?

www.sarahrhoads.com

{5}. Kyle Hale. This guy is based out of Hot'lanta {Atlanta}.

www.kylehale.net

{6}. Irene Suchoki. Her images are so dreamy!!!! I love them all.

www.irenesuchocki.com

There's my inspiration nut shell. You should check out each of these artists if you're into photography {or if you want some eye candy to look at}. Either way, be like NIKE and JUST DO IT!

 

Who is YOUR inspiration?

SEI triangle love.

Dear SEI,

Um, I'm not sure how to say this but... I AM IN LOVE WITH YOU! Not only am I in love but I'm addicted to everything you produce and sale {just ask my hubs}. We are so excited about you are joining the Cartwheels team by showing your support and sponsoring us that we want to have a week long celebration in your honor! :) It's true! It's true. 

xoxo,

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So, let's kick off Monday with some fresh SEI inspiration. 

Have you ever seen fabric triangle pendants? {Is that what you call them? That's what I call them...} Well, i decided to create pendants but instead of using fabric I used some lovely scrapbook paper {provided by SEI of course}

All you need is {loooooove... Beatles anyone?}:

paper, scissors, pencil {to trace}, string, and clothespins {to hang the pendants}.

You don't need me to explain how to do this simple project... so easy. But, just in case: trace, cut, string and hang. Boom, boom and BOOM! You're done. 

Finished product!!! 

Thanks again SEI for sponsoring Cartwheels! We are all so grateful! I can't wait to see what all the other team members have designed!!! You inspire us to create!