Best Photo Free Editing Software (And Review)

Fotor - Photo Editor

So I've been trying to find the best photo editing software out there that is (of course) free.  Fotor.com is the best one I've found thus far. It has all the great features that I look for, basic editing like croping, fine-tuning, and it has advanced options (that are still free) like blemish fixes, red-eye remover, [it even has lip tinting  mascara, eye shadow, wrinkle remover, smoothing, reshaping, and so much more, still free] all while having an easy to use, clean cut interface.

What really caught my attention was the "try it first" demo/thing. When I first went to the page it didn't bombard me with popups making me sign up or anything like that, I could just go and try the website and see how I liked it (which made it helpful because this wasn't the first website I went to) It gave me some of their pictures in the 'basket' for me to try out on the canvas. It didn't take me long to scan all the features before I stopped my search. This was the one. Plus, you can upload photos from your computer, dropbox, facebook, picassa, flickr, webcam or the web. 

The program also has a free app for your smartphone that you can download and edit from there as well! They still have some great features available (all free) [not as many on the web, but that can be expected]

Here is a photo I edited from the smartphone app!

(After)

(Before)

Enjoy!

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Weekend Beach Date!

Our Day at the Beach!

 We had such an amazing day at the beach yesterday! It was great to have a day all to ourselves and enjoy some relaxation by the ocean.

Breakfast

They day started off by making some fresh banana muffins for breakfast. They were just too good! Along with our muffins we made some eggs and sausage. 

(Click the photo to see how we made these muffins!)

Ready to Jump in!

I had everything all packed (Towels, blanket, dry clothes, a zipper pouch to hold sunscreen, lip balm, etc, and a bag for wet suits all in one big bag [a Thirty-One Large Utility Tote- I highly recommend]). My honey likes to say the women in my family like their bags, totes and 'containers for containers'.  I like it. Organization is a good time! We also packed a thermal tote with some fresh fruit, veggies and sandwiches and made sure it would stay cool with frozen water bottles (Those came in handy with the warm weather!)
Once we got to the beach we laid out our blanket and headed right for the water. We had an excellent time swimming (even though my bathing suit bottoms kept falling off me!) [Oh well- gives me an excuse to buy a new one with the Real Women Lane Bryant Dollars I earned last shopping trip! Oh and I can't wait for more of the T3 Capris!- I'll make sure to post my curvy girl shopping experience with you all! I know sometimes shopping can be a bit of a pain..]
After we were done swimming we went back to our blanket and enjoyed some nice cold fresh fruit and laid out in the sun for a bit. We even had some time for my honey to fly her kite! It was such a beautiful day!

Can't wait for our next Weekend Beach Date!

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Five Things Friday

Five Things I'm Loving Lately

1. Google. All of it. Blogger is how I'm able to be writing here today, and I'm loving it. Google drive has been incredibly helpful with my job in creating documents, presentations, and spreadsheets to help organize and have immediate communication within the business. Also, Google+ has been amazing in keeping track of all my photos and being able to access them from anywhere, all synced with my phone. That brings me to numbers 2 and 3.

2. My phone. The Samsung Galaxy Note 3. It's brilliant. The screen is huge, the storage space is massive, I totally love the S pen, the camera rocks, and to go with number 1, everything is synced with Google. My calendar, photos, contacts, everything. I love it.

3. Chevron. Hence the chevron in my "Five Things Friday" banner. I'm in love with my phone case, and my shirts to match! (PS- Check out those awesome curvy girl capris from Lane Bryant. They're called T3. More on those later!-make sure you follow my blog!) Anything in chevron I've been wanting lately. It's a popular pattern all throughout the south and I LOVE it.

4. Incense. I've never burned incense until I met my partner. She had brought some back from the store one day and every since then I've been obsessed. They are just so relaxing, and they smell so good! Plus, down here you can go to little flea markets or country stores and find some home made. Gives me a good excuse to go shopping (treasure hunting)! As a matter of fact, I went today to the peddler's mall!

5. Strawberries. (I think you can tell from my blog post "Strawberries everywhere!") Mmm, so good.

Unitl next Five Things Friday! Enjoy! And I hope this inspires you to start your own blog and post a Five Things Friday section! It's fun, you'll like it!

First Post :)

I am so very excited about my new blog! Here you will find everything from tutorials, printables, recipes, money saving tips, to fitness and curvy girl inspiration all from this rockin' work from home "house wife". My partner playfully named my daily activities "house-wivery," hence the blog name. I look forward to sharing my days with you! I'll be posting quite a bit for the next few days as sort of "catch-up" to all the photos I've been taking and recipes I've been gathering. I'm working right now and decided to take a break from the aggravating online program and create this blog! I've been thinking about a way to express myself and share my thoughts, so here I am! Hope you enjoy!