One Child Policy Homeschool

• October 17, 2007 - Weblink Wednesday

This week's links deal with improving your blog! Visit SoCalVal for more links!

1. Polarize
Upload any picture, and this cool online software will add a neat border, making it look like a Polaroid picture. This is an example:
Before

After

2. Color Palette Generator
This is great for selecting background colors for your blog. If you have a photo or background you want to use, this will help you find the codes for colors to go along with it. That's how I chose the nice green to match the floral design in the back of my blog.

3. Blogging Basics 101
This blog is a great resource of how-tos!

4. Mosaic Maker
This uses your Flickr photos. So you've got to have photos there (unless you want to use someone else's).

There are lots of options for putting your photos together into a mosaic. Here is an example of a plant we studied and our nature journals of it.

1. my cassia surrattensis, 2. plant, 3. cassia surrattensis, 4. Sprite's Cassia surrattensis

Have fun decorating your blog! It's way cheaper than redecorating your home and just as fun!

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Comments

• October 17, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by skdenfeld

...Or buying a new wardrobe! Thanks for the tips.

Kathi

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• October 17, 2007 - Thanks!

Posted by Anonymous

I'm going to do this to my Wordless Wednesday pictures today! Thank you!

Kim
www.LadyBugKim.com

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• October 17, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by amanda in taiwan

Actually, "Polorarize" looks more like how all my pics that were developed in China turned out--with a solid white rim around the edge. :) Do they still print them that way? That was like 9 years ago.

And, by the way, Mosaic Maker from bighugelabs will work with any photo on the internet as long as you know the URL of the image. However, it does works *best* and interactively with Flickr. I heart Mosaic Maker!!

amanda
http://amanda47.blogs.com

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• October 17, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by amanda in taiwan

I just checked out the Color Palette Generator . . . that is AWESOME!!!

thanks for sharing.

amanda
http://amanda47.blogs.com

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• October 17, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by debdillon

These are such cool ideas. I'm definitely going to be trying out the Polaroize soon.

Thanks!
Deb

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• October 17, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Dot

That looks like fun to be able to do all that. Thanks

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• October 18, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by socalval

This is awesome! I'm going to have to park it here for awhile and figure out how to do all those things!!!

thanks for participating.

Valerie

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• October 18, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by MOMflippedisWOW

Lol...you realized my need to do some further research on 'How to Blog' :) These links are great!
I usually use photobucket, but this looks like a much nicer site. I'm off to look deeper into it.
Thanks!

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• October 24, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by timbuck2mom

Thank you for sharing these tips. I need all the help I can get!

Elisabeth

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About Me

~^~Homeschooling my only child with a somewhat Charlotte Mason approach and a healthy dose of lapbooks, crafts, and field trips. ~^~Showcasing my photography hobby by sharing images of life in China. ~^~Why "One Child Policy Homeschool"? I happen to have an only child, and I live in China. It is just my attempt at a witty name for the blog.