Weekly Round Up

Hey hey!  Happy Monday everyone and welcome to this week's edition of the Weekly Round Up.  Every Monday, one of the former Garden Girls will be linking up some of our projects on her blog, and we would love for you to join in our fun!

Here's a few links from us.  The numbers correspond to the photos above. :)

1: Wilna - Winners & Other Updates  2: Jill - I'm Back  3: Celine - Studio Calico Sunday

4: Shimelle - Why I Can't Scrapbook in Chronological Order  5: Marcy - Jumpstart 08

6: Me: Project Life July   7: Paige: The One with the American Crafts Stitching

8: Jen G: Six Back to School Papercrafting Ideas  9: Lisa: Simple Saturday | Laugh

10: Jen K: Flair Badges

And now it's your turn!  We can't wait to see what you have been up to!  Link up your projects below, and if you get a chance, stop by some of the linked up projects and leave some love!!

An InLinkz Link-up

Two Peas: Project Life & a Photo Collage Tutorial

I have a new Project Life spread up on the Two Peas blog today!  I changed it up a little and used a coin sized page protector just for something different!  Sometimes it's fun to use smaller photos and group smaller embellishments!

I used Picmonkey to create my collages before printing.  Picmonkey makes creating uniform-sized photos a snap.  For this spread, I printed three 4x6 photos....each one was a collage of six photos.  

I love using Picmonkey to create photo collages.  If you give me more than six photos, it's pretty likely that I will give you back a collage.  Picmonkey is free to use and is so super duper easy.  As you can see in my Project Life spread, I used 2x2 inch photos in a coin page protector. I love the look of the square photos and creating a collage with Picmonkey couldn't be easier.

Here's a quick little tutorial....

Start by going to Picmonkey and choosing the "collage" option from the main screen.  This will open up a collage canvas.  Picmonkey offers a variety of different collages, but I usually like to create my own.  

Click "open photos" and select the photos you would like to use from your computer.

To print a 4x6 photo, you will need to change the pixel size/ratio at the bottom of the screen.  The default setting is to keep the dimensions proportional.  Click the lock button next to the pixel dimensions to unlock the photo proportions and then enter your pixel sizes.  For a 4x6 photo, the pixels will be 1800x1200 (for a landscape photo). 

Here is a reference of different photo/pixel sizes if you are looking to print a larger size photo.

**Note: at this point, I usually click the "x" in the upper right hand corner of two of the photo boxes.  This leaves me with one large photo on my canvas and makes it easier to get six 2x2 photos on a canvas.  As it is pictured above (one large photo on the left and two smaller photos on the right....you will be adding photos into that design.  Starting with one large photo gives you complete control over the placement of your photos.**

Drag and drop your photos onto the canvas.  As you drag each photo over the canvas, you will see a grey line alongside your photos.  Drop your photos next to one another to have three along the top and three along the bottom.

I like to remove the white spacing between my photos when printing 2x2 inch photographs.  I typically like a white border around my photos, but I feel like these photos are so small that a white border would make them too difficult to discern.  

To remove the white spacing, click on the "paint palette" tool on the lefthand tool bar.  Adjust the "spacing" toggle to 0.  Your photos are now borderless and ready to be saved and printed.

Click on the "save" button at the top of the screen and save to your computer.  Send to your local photo printer or home printer.  Just make sure that you are printing these photos "borderless" to keep the true 2x2 inch size.  Trim and add to your page protectors!

There you have it!  A quick and easy way to create collages of smaller sized photos.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Let me know if you have any questions!!

xoxo

happy news 2014: garden girl

i remember exactly where i was sitting when i opened an email from kristina nicolai-white (owner of two peas in a bucket).  i was sitting on a bench at the playground while my kids were running crazy. i sat in shock for quite a while.  was she serious? did she really want ME to be a part of her team? am i even "good" enough to be a garden girl?  what if all of my great ideas were used up in 2013??  (i did well over 400 projects in 2013.  that's a lot of creative juice.)  what if my juices ran dry?

there was so much doubt and fear and worry.  but also lots of excitement, giddiness and pure joy. it is truly a dream come true to be a part of two peas in a bucket.  seriously.  i am so honored to have my picture up there with all of these ladies.  i've admired these designers forever and to be a part of this group means the world to me!

i'm not even sure how many people read this blog.  are blogs becoming a thing of the past??  i sure hope not.  i love blogs.  i love keeping a blog and i love visiting others' blogs.  so if you are out there reading this, i hope you will come along on this journey with me.  it's definitely going to be fabulous!!  here's looking to an amazing 2014! 

xoxo