Tuesday, November 25, 2014

My 3 Favorite Free Editing Sites


The two photos that I'm using today (the tea set and the cactus plant), I took at Angala's restaurant. I just finished a visual 9-part series on Angala titled Boutique Hotel (Part 1 - 9). You can find the links to that series at the bottom of my post.

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As a blogger and avid photographer, I spend a lot of time selecting and editing photos before uploading them to my blogs. Here are my THREE favorite FREE resources that I use:


I used PicMonkey to create the collage above and I used Picasa 3 for the text and photo edits.


Above is my cactus plant photo before uploading it to Canva. Below is how I used it in Canva's Blog Graphic. The text I added in Picasa 3. My favorite fonts with lots of options is in Picasa 3. But I have to convert my png image from Canva into jpg for Picasa. I do that with PicMonkey. I upload my png image to PicMonkey and save it in jpg format.




The Story of How it All Began

The Gorgeous Gardens

My 3 Girls

The Luxury Suites

Flowers at Angala

Horses at the Fence

The Eco Pool

Pets at Angala

The Lily Cottage's Garden

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Boutique Hotel - Part 9


I hope you've enjoyed this series. Today I'm ending off with photos that I took outside the Lily Cottage at Angala where my in-laws stay when they are managing this five-star boutique hotel. It's on the road between Paarl and Franschhoek, South Africa, with beautiful views of vineyards and mountains. They plan on retiring from there in 2015, so this series has been a variety of memories captured over the last few years.



















Related Posts:

The Story of How it All Began

The Gorgeous Gardens

My 3 Girls

The Luxury Suites

Flowers at Angala

Horses at the Fence

The Eco Pool

Pets at Angala

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Boutique Hotel - Part 8


Pets at Angala

Amanda with Tammy the Cat




Timmy the Cat

Exploring







In Memory of Bibi, a Maltese Poodle Mix


Related Posts:

The Story of How it All Began

The Gorgeous Gardens

My 3 Girls

The Luxury Suites

Flowers at Angala

Horses at the Fence

The Eco Pool

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Boutique Hotel - Part 7


The eco pool at Angala is a natural organic swimming pool. The water plants keep this pool clean. There are no salts or chemicals, just pure clean water that's good for the skin. This was not a day for swimming, though, but a day for exploring.











Related Posts:

The Story of How it All Began

The Gorgeous Gardens

My 3 Girls

The Luxury Suites

Flowers at Angala

Horses at the Fence


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