photo tips: a picture panel

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so....it's snowing....and i'm really sick of hauling fabric out and ironing it and then laying it out than taking a picture and repeat and repeat and repeat...

so when i finished a roll of wrapping paper and had the empty roll sitting there...the wheels started to churn...

and this is what i came up with....an easy portable photo back drop!!!!

i had this huge long strip of white black out fabric from my daughter's curtains....

 i hot glued this all around the tube and rolled it onto the top of the fabric....(do it section by section so the glue doesn't cool before you have a chance to attach it to the fabric..

 and roll until the whole tube is covered...

 i bought this string at walmart for like $3...and i've used it in a hundred and one ways....

 i cut off a strip of rope and ran it through the tube...

 and tied a knot.....

 then i rolled the whole fabric up...

 push pin..(was that really necessary to write? probably not but i want to be as descriptive as possible)

 then i just find a blank wall by my big window and hang it up....

then you just pull out as needed....if it's tall like a lamp you could move the push pin up....

or if it's really long you can pull it out however long you want.

 then you just take your object...

and snap away......

(i haven't ironed it yet..don't judge.)

and you can make a bunch...or just hang this one and lay other fabric on top.......

take this yellow duck cloth...

and this cotton polka dot...

turns into this..

 pretty pink gauzy material...

and my fav..ruffle fabric...

sorry...i was running out of props!!!

and when you are done..

it rolls up nice and small

i love it and have used it about 4 times since i made it on sat.

(i also still use my photo boards....

and you can go here to read some photo tips!

(psst.....

i ran all those pictures through picnik (and no i won't link it up cause i'm mad at it.)

 if you have been living under a rock. picnik is closing. (april 19)

i'm distraught.

and i'm literally trying to anticipate any reason i need to use it in the future. so i can do it all now...

someawesomesauce person who deserves

 mentioned be funky

and it is quite similar..it's free...it's easy..it's not as good as picnik...the fonts are lacking. you can upgrade to get more features.......but it will save me in a pinch! i played around with it....


this is my little sister mallory...(and the gun target guy that she is dating) (this is the orginal picture)

(love this one..i can totally see a picture of my son done this way posed like a super hero for some art in his room!)

 you can still crop...add borders..stickers....text.

how do you edit your photos? i'm dying for a good alternative?!!!

oh...between naps on the porch did a post with a rundown of 9 photo editing programs..

go here to read about it!!! i'm trying one a day to see if any of them click with me!!!!!