behind the biscuits. My mom gave this to me on my birthday and I absolutely love it. We have been trying to eat more "natural" dairy like whole milk and butter, but I hate spreading hard cold butter on my pancakes. So I just add a stick of butter to my butter ball and I can keep it at room temperature for a week or so. I just change out the water every 2 or 3 days. So far the butter has stayed fresh, even through this hot Texas summer.I am really so proud to have Color Inc ProLab as a sponsor on my blog. They were my first ad (back when I didn't know my blog was going to go anywhere) and have been with me for years. So I wanted to thank them personally because they believed in me, even way back then.
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Thank you so much for all of the naming ideas for my new action in the last post. I will have the action up in a day or two.
I was so excited when Laura from Pretty Presets sent this post with a freebie link my way this morning. Laura is one of my amazing sponsors that allow me to continue to blog and post freebies here on CoffeeShop, so please go visit her website when you have a chance. Not only is she incredibly talented, but she is also a wonderful and generous person.
Now on to Laura!!!!
I love the thought of "Make A Difference Tuesday" and am hoping these 5 simple presets will make a difference in your editing today. I get so many questions about sharpening pictures outside of Photoshop, so I thought I would create some easy sharpening presets for you to use. They each will vary a little in the amount of sharpening that will be applied to your photo. I realize each photo is unique and some many need more (or less) then others. I hope you enjoy! You can also find an article about sharpening your pictures through lightroom here.
On this picture I used the preset "Soft Skin 5" from the Soft Skin Collection and then "Sharpen 2" from the free presets you are about to download. Very easy edit and done in seconds!
5 Free Sharpening Pretty Presets - Enjoy!
I just wrote a new tinted B&W action and I am ready to release the action and also an action unwrapped tutorial where I take apart the action so you can do a similar edit without the action. However, I am having problems naming it. Please hover over the image below to see the after (no changes made after the action ran) and if you have a name inspiration, please post a comment!
I already have three tinted B&W actions that have a similar (yet different enough to write a new one) effect, ButterCream, Mocha Velvet, and Toasted Coconut, so maybe something along that line? I think this is my favorite tinted B&W action yet!!! I love how there are so many ways to make a creamy tinted B&W edit.
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(the price on the link is for 3 bags). At first I almost gagged (seriously). Who in the world would drink herbal coffee??? Isn't the point of coffee the caffeine? I have two boys for goodness sakes!!!I just wanted to post a quick note to let you know why I have been gone for so long.
Last week Duke caught a little bug that involved a quick food exit from both ends. It only lasted 24 hours and he didn't seem as upset about it as his mother who had to clean up after a few accidents.
A few days later Imp had the same symptoms, quick and dirty. Feeling great myself, I thought the adults in the family were safe from this apparent childhood disease.
Well, unfortunately once again I was proved wrong. My husband and I came down the the disease a few days later, and it was not some minor 24 hour bug. It was a major life-disrupting virus that kept us down for a few days. I won't go into any details other than the fact I spent too much time visiting my little white toilet friend... At one point I called my mom, sobbing, and begged her to take the boys for a day. Thank goodness my parents are in town.
Today I feel almost normal and I was able to turn on my computer and try to catch up. I have a few goodies I want to post later this week, so please keep an eye on my blog.
Wow, it feels so nice to be able to drink and eat once again. Simple pleasures.
Colleen of Chasing Dreams is a dear blogging friend of mine and I can't tell you how thrilled I was when she sent this amazing texture tutorial my way to share with you. She also sent a special coupon code for my readers. Just pick your texture set(s) of choice from her blog and enter the coupon code COFFEE25 at checkout for 25% of your entire order!!! I really love the new Mishmosh set. Colleen's textures are really beautiful, so please go check them out. This special offer expires on 10/22/2011.
Colleen has a really clever trick she uses to paint out texture on parts of the image that I have never come across before. I love when I learn new things!
So, now on to Colleen's tutorial.
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