Pretty Backgrounds

Have you heard of Design Love Fest?  It's a really beautiful blog by graphic designer Bri Emery that I highly recommend checking out.

If you click on the Downloads tab on her homepage, it will take you to the best collection of desktop backgrounds ever.  Seriously.

I went a little crazy scrolling through all the options this morning, and I ended up downloading a heart background for my computer and a French background for my iPad.

Both of those images are courtesy of Design Love Fest.

Do you have any other favorite design blogs?  I'd love to hear about them.
xoxo
Laura

Photo Toaster

This week I'm loving the Photo Toaster app for the iPad.  I payed $1.99 for the full version, but there's also a free version with a few less features if that's more your style.

I love this app because it's like a cuter, simpler version of photoshop for the iPad.  It makes it really easy and fun to change the look of the pictures that I've been taking with my iPad's camera.

Here's an example of a picture that I was messing around with today.  First I cropped it.

Then I picked which filter I wanted to use.  These filters change the color and lighting in the photo, and there are little thumbnails at the bottom that show you exactly how your picture will look with each filter.  For this one, I chose the "happy" filter.

Then I added a fun outline to the edge of my picture.  Again, you can see how all the edges will look in the thumbnails at the bottom of the screen.

How cool is that?  In less than 1 minute, I took an iPad photo from plain to adorable.
I seriously can't recommend this app enough!

xoxo
Laura

My New Toy

I could not be more excited to introduce you to my new love this week...

It's my brand new iPad mini!

I can't wait to start downloading apps for it!  Do you have any recommendations?
xoxo
Laura