instagram obsessed? yup. (and a how to!)

so recently..i've become pretty much obsessed with instagram.

i love it.

(you can follow me if you wanna..the name is kimbowest)

and i've been playing around with all the different apps so I can be the best darn instagramer there ever was (my mom taught me to reach for the stars...)

anyways....as with everything i do...i went hog wild and got all the photo/collage/frame apps i could (for free...cause i'm cheap) and i'm here to show you what's worth the time!

(i finally figured out how to take pictures of my screen --you just push the button on your phone and the one on the top at the very same time...now you get to see fun stuff like this:

Okay: first up..the only one I have actually spent money for is...drum roll...BUBBLE FRAME! (but it was only 99 cents so i just didn't go to sonic for a day!)

loads of fun patterns..you can make the bubbles have shadows and you can make them thick or thin and whatever color you want!

now..the trick with some of these apps...is that sometimes you have to use more than one...like this one:

i had to do all the bubble frame stuff...then save it to my photos and then open it in a new app that has text so i can add swim lessons...but it doesn't take too long...

 you can also use the bubbles for more pattern fun....

AND it's unique..i have never ran across another app like it...

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ANOTHER MUST HAVE is.....Photoframe

it does patterned frame...colors...fun text things...it's all inclusive

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AND A NEW ONE I LOVE:

FRAMEMAGIC

you can add your own background (as well as patterned ones)

and see all those little circle things? you can adjust it to make it really one of a kind

and the shadows can have colors....and you can make the frames different colors...and dashed lines...

(i'm totally running out of pictures)

but you can also add text!

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okay..this isn't a must have..but it speaks to my inner rebel...

graffiti me! ...

it's pretty fun to play around with.....that last one is drawn on! you spray paint with your finger!

 plus plus.

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they also have a sketch me but it cost money so i went with sketchmepro

this is the sketch...crayon...then oil painting...

i wish i could be an oil painting in real life..makes my complexion nice and smooth!

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i like piccollage if you have loads of pictures that you want to slam into one big one...

so instead of a set collage arrangment you can put them however you want...

and they have fun fonts...

(but they don't cut it down to instagram size....so you have to make sure that you put them all in a square....)

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TRANSPHOTOS is  fun app that has loads of cool frames...

it can add rainbows and different editing..

and you can also put your picture in a scene

(they have a monkey one too!)

(freaky)

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instagram frame

and instagram collage also have easy apps full of cool frames...i love the collage one cause you can add the text ABOVE or BELOW the picture instead of just over the pictures...

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i also use the basic pic stitch
it doesn't do any funky frames or anything..but the font is fun and adjustable AND you can draw on it...

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okay...moving on..pixframe...
it's not fantastic...i mostly use it for stickers (although you can't make them bigger which bothers me..)

i took this picture cause .

a.

the score was like 43 to 12...we did not win.

and b...that girl in the yellow had the cutest shirt back...

i'm basically keeping it so i can take an inappropriate picture and use the censored sticker!

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Fun Camera...it's a pass...it promises fun things...but i can't get anything worthwhile

pictures with words isn't a go either...it marks it with it's label...

i also have reflection...and it's kinda fun...but i've yet to find a picture i want to use with it....

man i'm glad i don't have twins...

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i also have aviary...which is like instagram..but not posting to instagram...so if you want to just edit your photos with posting it...then it's a must!!!!


AND..i haven't boughten (is that a word...is now.) these apps..but i notice they are being used a TON...

cuptakes

and picframe (picframe does the fun font i want...)

(if you notice...a lot of these pictures have days on them...i play along at fat mum slim)

now if you are truly interested in being instagram awesome...you can figure out how to do the #instababs.....it's basically 5 different techinques and apps combined in one...but the outcome is freakin cool

you can go here for a basic rundown on the how-tos

 good luck!

(and hey..if i missed one of your favs...let me know!)