Windows Phone GEAR.

I stumbled upon Windows Phone gear today AND NOW I KNOW WHAT I NEED THIS CHRISTMAS.

Windows Phone Gear on CafePress

The official Windows Gear shop (hosted by CafePress) is filled with mugs, totes, hoodies, tees, and stickers, but a severe lack of kid attire (with exception of one onesie). So, I took to Etsy for Windows Phone love. And, no suprise there, not a bit of Windows Phone love on Etsy. (It's all Apple love. Which isn't a shock.)

In June of this year they announced the WPGear shop on the official Windows Phone blog, and they said they wanted to start small and see how it goes. I think for this reason the options are somewhat limited. And I get that.

BUT, I WAN'T MORE. I would love to throw a "Kids Corner" shirt on my daughter to wear around town. Maybe something to consider, Windows Phone? I'M JUST SAYIN'.

Wordless Wednesday 11/21/12

For our first Wordless Wednesday I'm going to be sharing a few words about how I'll be running my Wordless Wednesday 'round Windows Phone Mommy!

Every Wednesday I'll post six photos I took during the week. 3 photos will be "before" photos (photos taken with the native camera app and without adjustment) and 3 of those same photos after using photo apps to adjust them, add filters, hipster them up.

The purpose of this is to not only show off the native camera's possibilities, but to share the abillities of different photo apps as well.

Here we go!

This week I used Photoroom for my filters and adjustments. I'm featuring Photoroom first because it's my favorite photo app! I'll review it at a later time!



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Let's talk about color.

When I owned my WP7, I often found myself frustrated at the lack of color options for my tiles. I'm an artist and a proud freak for color. In my home I have a yellow kitchen, a red diningroom, a green livingroom, a chocolate brown guestroom, and my daughter's room is a gorgeous blue steel. Color is a big deal for me. Different colors evoke different emotions and trigger memories. For example, when we see red and green coupled, we automatically think winter holidays, specifically Christmas. On the other hand, when we see gold, red, orange, and brown, we think of Autumn and the holidays therein. Colors do things to us. The world is filled with color for a reason.

So, having only ten or so color options from the WP7 was a bit disappointing. These still provided a lot of customization options, and the given colors were gorgeous. But having TWENTY fantastic colors to choose from for my WP8?? IT'S AMAZING.

One color I really wanted was yellow. And WP8 delivers two shades of yellow: a more neon yellow, and more golden yellow. They've also added four varients of blue, two pinks, two reds, four greens, two browns, two purples, and an amazing shade called "steel" that is a mostly grey hue with just a touch of blue. (My husband loves "steel".)

With these color options, and the resizing options of tiles (which I'll get into in another post), my start screen is filled with vibrancy and life. It is a true pleasure to slide up past my Lock Screen and soak up the color on my screen. Here's the color options available to WP8 owners: