Coming home from the airport today I decided to go to the back way home instead of taking the freeway. On my way I passed this gas station with this cow statue on the top and I had to snap a photo of it with my iPhone. I looked at the sign with the cow and laughed and thought to myself, I wish.

If milk was free, instead of sometimes more than a gallon of gas, I would have a ton more $$ in my checking account.

Today I am having fun learning how to use the free photo graphics program PhotoScape. Since my favorite program Picnik will be closing down this year, I have been on a mission to find the perfect replacement. Thanks Jen at Eighty MPH Mom for sharing this one!

I am going to use this photo my husband took a couple weeks ago with my iPhone. I like sunsets and he snapped some pretty cool photos for me since I was driving and didn’t want to break the cell phone laws here in California. Here is the picture I will be using with PhotoScape to show you some neat features:

Now here is my picture using the “Make A Box” option under the Filter tab.

 Here is my picture using the Bloom Tab feature.

 The Heart Frame option is kind of cute.

Here is my picture with a pink dash Frame Line and my name added using the Text tool under the Object Tab.

Now these are just some of the things I found just using the program for about 10 minutes. There are lots of filters to play with and other options I need to learn. 

Looks like a pretty neat graphics program that you can use for FREE!

Isn’t this rose pretty? The hubby brought me home 3 in a vase the other day just because! I had to take some snapshots….