Picnik Is Closing :(
Want to have a picnic with me? We can have hot dogs, hamburgers, watermelon, and corn on the cob. Sound like fun to you? This was my world for a long time! A happy little picnic! A world of sunshine and watermelon! Then, it happened!! The storm rolled in!! Dark clouds, pouring rain, and lightning blots!!!! It totally rained on my PICNIK!!! Picnik.com is closing?? WHAT?!! I am the saddest girl in the world! I use Picnik for editing my photo so without it I am going to be lost! All I could think of it is why are you raining on my Picnik???
Then, there are those poor little ants to think about! What are they going to do without us playing with them? I am so worried!
They are scrambling to move things before everything goes dark! Pack up your Picnik baskets and forget about having beautiful photos!
You don’t have time to eat watermelon because Picnik is closing on April 19th!! What in world am I going to do??
Bye bye Picnik!! No more ants to play with! But wait…I have something to tell you!!
If the ants won’t play with us the monkeys will!! Hello PicMonkey!! My friend Sweet Pudgy Panda told me about it! PicMonkey.com was made by a couple of engineers that created Picnik! They are a lot alike!! I will show you:)
There are a few things that are different like the pictures but for the most part, the basic editing tools are the same.
On PicMonkey, you can rotate, crop, tweak the exposure and color, sharpen and re-size just like you could on Picnik. I don’t know what I would do without these basic editing tools. They are wonderful!!
The effects are fun to play with! I don’t use these much on pictures for my blog, but I do for personal pictures and for my other job. The camp pictures I take for promotions would be awful with the effects I add.
LOOK!! PicMonkey even has Touch Up Tools!! YEAH!! I am not going to go over all the tools because you need to see for yourself how you want to use it. I am really excited to have so many editing tools! Without this, I would have some really dull and ugly pictures to share with you on my blog.
So please don’t cry about the ants leaving! We now have a cute little monkey to play with!
Want to make some of those cute little ants that stand up all by themselves? I have a tutorial for you so be sure to stop back by!!
Happy Creating,
I was just going to tell you about picmonkey, but then you told me!! So keep the beautiful pics coming!! The email from picnik also said that they will credit anyone who has paid for a subscription…how sweet is that?!
I already got a refund but it was before I knew about PicMonkey! It looks like PicMonkey is offering everything for free right now but will start a subscription program soon! Thanks for stopping by and leaving me a comment:) You made my day!
I saw your Ant Cookie on Pinterest and had to stop over. Oh my goodness I am so glad I did… you are so talented!! WOW is all I can say! I already had a pity party about the closing of Picnik. Just like you, I too will be hanging out with the monkeys! 🙂 AJ@queenofmynest
I am glad you came by!! I have always loved monkeys so I am glad they are saving the day and my photos:) Stop by anytime AJ:)
Most fabulous cookies EVER!!!!!!
Made me forget about Picnic for just a moment………………..
Awe… you are so sweet! I didn’t want Picnik to close but I am glad the monkey is willing to play:)
WHEW! That’s all I can say. One. Giant. WHEW!!!!!!
Your cookies, as usual, are adorbs.
I feel the same way Gail!! I was not looking forward to my ugly unedited pictures!! LOL
This post makes me happy…. You told me you were doing a blog post about Picmonkey, but I didn’t know it would be so adorable!!!!! (I should have known!) Love it!
Ashley
Oh my goodness! You’ve made my day! I was also pretty upset about Picnik closing. I’m so glad to hear about Picmonkey! Headed there right now! Thanks so much. And GREAT picnic cookies!
Oh Lisa, thank you for posting this. I was still wondering what I was gonna do without Picnik…I’ve used them for most of the first year doing cookies. I’m so thankful to know there’s someone out there to take up the slack. Wonderful set,by the way. I love your humor!!! 🙂
Lisa you are so wonderfully creative! I love it 😉 I am going to go check out pic monkey too!
Lisa, these cookies are amazing. I love the little ants. I have used PicMonkey for the past few weeks and I love them. Thanks for sharing
Oh hahaha! I went through this exact scenario a few days ago. “What will I do without Picnik! Oh wait — what is this PicMonkey site..” ahh, saved. Lol. Great cookies, great pics!
You are so absolutely adorable Lisa! I LOVE LOVE your picnik cookies and letting me know about picmonkey! I was really upset about picnik going away too. Your cookies are too perfect and adorable and fun and creative! Thanks for sharing!!!
Thank you so much for sharing this info! I can’t wait to use it!!!!! And those cookies are just fantastic!!!!!
Lisa!! — Can I just say how impressed I am with this post!! Your cookies are AMAZING!!!!! These are your cutest ever! And LOVE LOVE LOVE the little collage of them! Sooo Cute!! Love everything about this! xo
Very cute cookies! The good news is that Picknik is alive and well as the Creative Kit on Google+, so you can put your photos in an album there or PicasaWeb (they share albums), use the Creative Kit (which is Picknik, rebranded) and jazz up your photos, then do whatever you’d like with them!
Wow! What a beautiful photo setup. I love how u hung the clouds and rain drops!! Can’t wait to see the tutorial for the ants.
I was so happy when I found out about Pic Monkey! I have been paying for Picnic Premium for three years and only a few months ago figured out that I could edit anything, not just flickr photos!!!!!!! I thought it was only for Flickr! I
Lisa, I love your little ants and the entire picnic crew – those cookies would be great at any picnic!!!! Rain or Shine! 🙂
This set of cookies is just TOO CUTE for words!!! I adore them:) I was so happy when I found out about PicMonkey a couple of weeks ago~Thank goodness! 🙂
Your picnic scene is absolutely adorable!! LOVE the corn and the ants 🙂 I had never even heard of picmonkey so thank you…I’m off to check it out! Thanks for this post!
I absolutely LOVE these cookies! They just make me smile. Normally I run from ants but I want to cuddle with these ones. Lol! Can’t wait to see the tutorial. Congrats on 1500 fans! I didn’t want to post a comment on your giveaway since I own a Kopykake and I’d like to give those who don’t have one an opportunity to win.
All I can say is that you saved me from a small nervous breakdown, and those cookies are INCREDIBLE! I am praying for a tutorial!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for sharing that info~ That is awesome! And your cookies are so very cute! Seriously adorable!!
Beautiful ant cookies 🙂 you are so talented and Creative !!!! I had to stop by because of the cute little ants and then as I was reading I noticed it was all about Picnik and not a Picnic 🙂 how clever ! Before they decided to close I got a new program FREE its called Picasa I love it ! I do all of my editing there and its FREE ! They just added new features too. Here is the link if you wanna check it out. http://picasa.google.com/
God Bless you <3
Phew!!!! Thanks! I was just stressing about this!
Thanks for letting me know….I am also a big picnik fan!! BTW, love your ants!!! and tribute!
Tracy
I am sooooo happy you shared that.. I was concerned you know… I will try it tonight!!!!
Thank you,
Bea
Ps I love your invading ants!!!!!!
Thanks for the info on how to edit photos. That’s one of the struggles I’ve been facing. Appreciate all you share with us!
What a helpful post. I have been using gimp.com but I will have to check out picmonkey
Thank you!!!! It’s amazing!! 😀
Wow! Those cookies are amazing! I can’t wait for the toturial. Thanks for the info about editing photos. Big huges from Canarias, Spain!
Thanks for the great post!!!!
you make my day 🙂
thank you for sharring
i am a happy camper
Wow!! Those cookies are absolutely fabulous!! I have added your picture on my cookies board on Pinterest. Thanks!!
Pilar.
I was devastated about Picnik closing too. Thank you so much for telling me about PicMonkey. Oh, and your cookies could not be any cuter. LOVE THEM!
Your cookies are so darn adorable! LOVE them!!!