This Friday I don't have any vintage finds. I didn't go out much because it was still so freaking hot and we had things to do like fence repair, etc. Boring stuff, but what can ya do? I'm going out today, so hopefully I can find some great stuff. And I'm going to TOWN. TOWN being the largest town near us which is about a half hour away.
But. I did find something that is a GREAT find and I'm obsessed with it! It came across my Facebook feed as an app I might like. I usually ignore these, but the graphics really sucked me in and I haven't escaped yet!
If you like to draw, doodle or dink around with pens, pencils and watercolors you're going to love this! It's called Paper by Fifty Three.
The app itself is free. It comes with one pen tool and a set of colors, pretty basic. Trust me, you can do a lot with just these tools, but to REALLY have some fun, you can purchase the complete set of pens, pencils, brush and eraser for $6.99. There is also a color mixer for another $1.99 which I highly recommend. The color mixer allows you to do just what it says....mix colors. And you can add these custom colors to your pallet to use whenever you want. These extras can be purchased in the app store.
I downloaded it all and jumped right in! Using a regular stylus made it easier than using my finger, but I have to say blending is really fun with your finger, it's like virtual finger painting. And who doesn't love finger painting? It's super easy and user friendly too.
These are just a few doodles I've done. I used Pic Monkey to make a quick collage of them.
Now. There is another pretty cool "thing" you can buy to use with this app. It's the "Pencil by Fifty Three". It's bluetooth and syncs up super easy! After it came in the mail, I charged it for 90 minutes and synced it with the app and away I went! You can buy it at Amazon (it's Prime so free shipping if you have it) here: Pencil by Fifty Three. I LOVE the pencil. Why? Because it's just like a real pencil, it even has an eraser on the other end. I just tap the tool I want to use and away we go. It comes with the pencil and an extra pencil tip and eraser end for when you wear it out. I'm sure I'll be doing that soon!
Mavis, that stinker, didn't tell me she already knew about this app and she HAD it. These are a few of her doodles:
As you can tell by all the exclamation points, I LOVE this app!!! I think you will too!
