Photo Editing

Today I wanna show you how to edit your photo with Adobe Photoshop, I'm not sponsored by Adobe by the way just so you know.. Okay then just lets get to it.. This photo editing will make your photo have much softer look, and its not showing too complicated steps.

first open your photo that you want to edit. I use my own photo for this tutorial sake



Notice my lips.. It's chapped, that's my nightmare all these years! I've tried everything.. lip balm, honey, doctors cream.. nothing's work.. hehehe okay lets take a deep breath and just edit that lips with photoshop.. I press alt + click on the lips to take the color (on brush mode) and then I brush the lips using soft brush and less the opacity. Add a little burn (less the opacity) for the darker part so it looks more natural.



Much better.. Then I duplicate the layer by dragging the layer into the add layer icon (it's on the second bottom right corner)



Then on the blending option, choose the screen blend.



It's a little too bright, so less the opacity of the blend. Move the cursor until you reach the looks that you prefer



Then click the add layer icon



Fill the layer with soft skin color, I used pastel yellow orange from the color pallete. You could use another color so it would make your photo interesting



Now we are done!.............

Hehehe just kidding.. From the blending options choose Multiply



Now we are pratically done here, cause we have the softer look that we want. But i want to make me more stand out in the photo so I blur the background. This steps are optional.

Select the two photo layer by click shift + the layer. Then merge the layer by click ctrl + E



With Lasso tool draw around the background, left the center piece



refine the edge of the selection by click the select button on the toolbar, click modify, feather then fill the box with 2 or 3 pixels.



Then in the Filter tool select Blur, Lens blur.. move the radius cursor until it reach the look that you prefer



Now we are totally done!!.. Here is the before and after





Fiuuuhh.. So let me know when you use this tutorial.. Is it useful? :) Have fun

Office Chair Make Over

Today I looked at my office chair and think "what a poor chair". I sat there all day long everyday and think I should thank it by give it a make over.

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Here's what I did..

• I used a natural fabric and measure a bit larger than the cushion


• Then I cut it and sketch out my design with fabric marker


• Iron the sketch to fix the color according to the marker instruction

• I hacked the chair and covered it with the fabric


• Glued and stapled it to the wood

• After all the cushion covered, reassemble the cushion to the chair.. and here it is

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It's much cuter than before.. The chair said it's nice to have my behind sitting on it hahaha... You could use bolder color with the sketch so it would stand out, I only have this color so I just go with it.. Now I could sit on it all day long without having pity..

Simple DIY Stamp

Today i made a stamp for my shop PAPERON, instead of having it custom made in some professional stamp maker (dont wanna cost anything for this haha). I decided to just make one, its very simple and i wanna show you how I made it with this step by step DIY pictures. It's really cost nothing because I already have all I need in my stash.

First you'll need

template of what your stamp would be. I used my PAPERON sticker

Craft foam (thicker for big stamp, thinner for tiny stamp)

ruler

craft knife or scissor

glue or spray sealant (go with spray if you have one)

Thick plastic for the stamp base. You could use a block of wood or acrylic if you have one

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HOW TO :

put your template on the foam, or trace it to the foam

Cut along the trace or your template, you could use a craft knife for the detail parts

After you finish cutting the template (mine are not to neat hehe, but its okay), line it for your desire position. Right side facing upward

Glue down the plastic or wood to the stamp, mine using a clear glue (thats what I have) so its messy (that blotchy thingy around the stamp) but you could wipe it later.

Cut the excess plastic. If you using a block of wood, measure a little bit larger than your stamp and cut it before gluing to the stamp.

Now you have a new stamp and ready for a try

Get your ink stamp and paper and try if the stamp is working nice.

Looks nice right? Now im gonna stamp all my paper wrapper for my shop with it.

If you try this tute, let me know how  your stamp turn out. Have fun :)