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Report: Instagram is the Worst App for Young People’s Mental Health

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A report titled #StatusOfMind was done by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH). They surveyed 1,500 young people about social media. Of the five social media platforms that were included in the survey, Instagram was found to have the worst effect on young people’s mental health. The #StatusOfMind report examined both the positive, and the negative, effects that social media has on young people’s health. The report included Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Snapchat. The report asked 1,500 young people, who were between the ages of 14 and 24 to rank what extent different social media platforms impacted certain … Continue reading →

Have You Seen a “Hidden Mother”?

Is there a “Hidden Mother” lurking within the photos of your ancestors? Look closer! A “Hidden Mother” isn’t a supernatural event, or an alien from outer space. Instead, it is a clever way to safely take a great photo of a baby, long before Photoshop was invented. It is natural for parents to take lots and lots of photos of their newborn. It is a way to capture just how precious, and tiny, a child was before he grew into a “big boy”. Baby photos are one way that parents can hold on to a vivid memory of exactly what … Continue reading →

Want to Design Your Own Blog for Free?

Ebook: How to Design a Blog for Free: A beginner’s guide to creating a professional design on a budget. By: Jacinda Vandenberg Cost: $4.99 Book Summary: In it, I explain in complete detail every step it takes to create and install your own customized headers, buttons, banners, Facebook covers, photo tabs, eBook covers, social media icons – as many things as I could possibly think of! I’ve included visuals for each step, and made the installation process a painless ordeal by providing codes you can simply Copy & Paste. You don’t need Photoshop or any other expensive tools since everything … Continue reading →

Who is Your Inspiration?

Ansel Adams has long been an inspiration to me. Despite six moves in less than a decade, three of my favorite Adams’ black-and-white photos taken at California’s Yosemite Valley remain unscathed. I protected those pictures like they were the Queen’s jewels. While I don’t get many chances to experiment with natural landscape photography as much Adams did, I still try to incorporate his techniques in my everyday shooting. El Capitan, Sunrise, Moonrise over Hernandez, Winter Sunrise, and Clearing Winter Storm are some of Adams’ most popular prints. The guy was a master at what he did. What’s more, he shot … Continue reading →

Pining for Photoshop

If you are an avid digital scrapbooker, but your photos leave more to be desired than your layouts, then you might consider investing in high-quality computer software. I’ve been pining for Photoshop for years. The photo-editing software fits into the “premiere” category and is often used by professional graphic designers. However, it can also be a scrapbooker’s best friend. The software allows you to edit images in a variety of ways including cropping, modifying brightness and contrast, as well as adding a slew of special effects. The downside to all this fabulosity is the high price. Photoshop doesn’t come cheap; … Continue reading →

New eBook: Blog Design on a Dime

Jacinda, author of Growing Home released an eBook on Wednesday called Blog Design on a Dime. This book is relevant to every blogger from the beginner to the experienced. If you want to make a great looking and professional blog that is uniquely you but have no HTML or CSS experience then this book will be a tremendous resource for you. If you hired a designer you will want this book for any graphic needs you have from eBook covers to an updated blog button. Fear not, my dear bloggers, this book does not require you to purchase expensive software. … Continue reading →

Organizing Holiday-Themed Layouts

I just spent an hour going through the Christmas photos I snapped earlier this morning. My goal was to select about a dozen or so to email to my mom in Hawaii, as she is trying to finish a year in review scrapbook and needs shots of the grandkids opening their presents. The rest of the photos will be featured in my holiday-themed layouts, which will be dramatically less elaborate than my mother’s page designs. Unlike my mom, I didn’t go wild buying a ton of new Christmas embellishments this year. Whereas I plan to look for scrapbook supply deals … Continue reading →

Look Before You Leap

Or in this case, before you download. Here’s a warning to frugalistas looking to save money by downloading free scrapbooking software: make sure your virus protection is updated, especially if you are planning to save files from a website you are not familiar with. I speak from experience. Whereas I love that the Internet allows budget-conscious scrappers access to a variety of digital delights, it is so important to know what you are getting into before double clicking. If you are working on an older computer, you should refer to the owner’s manual to see whether or not your machine … Continue reading →

Getting to Know Your Camera

My parents are about as technologically inept as they come. Believe me; to them, that’s a compliment. When it came time for my mom and dad to finally trash their Kodak camera (circa 1972) and learn how to use a 21st century digital camera, they were far from happy. My mom especially has a hard time embracing change, so it’s no surprise that she refused to shoot with anything other than the most rudimentary digital camera on the market. She got a basic digital camera, but instead of keeping her finger on the shutter button only, she would randomly push … Continue reading →

Are Your Skills in Demand in the Freelance Marketplace?

Perhaps you are thinking about becoming a home-based professional. That is a wonderful and exciting thing. You may be wondering whether the job skills that you have are things that employers are hiring home-based workers to do. According to Elance, a website where freelance workers can search for and bid on freelance jobs, there are over a hundred skills that people are hiring freelancers for. This means that if you take a good look at your resume, you will find that you can do one of these hundred things if not more than one. What are these skills? Well, if … Continue reading →