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I love that edged like that...is it hard. Lets put it this way, would it be hard for ME?

It takes a good photo editing software program with lots of bells and whistles, and then experimenting with all the different frames and edges IN that software takes some time to play around with. I started with a pretty simple photo editing program several years ago but mostly relied on my own artistic ability, then gradually moved up to the one I have now - one that does much more complicated stuff, BUT it WILL do the complicated stuff if you just have the patience to want to learn it.

Mama_Bear uses PhotoShoppe and has mastered lots and lots of the techniques it has to offer. I use PhotoImpactPro 13, and it has many of the same edges and techniques that PhotoShoppe has, but to me, it was easier to learn - not to mention, it's not nearly as expensive!

There are also oodles and oodles of 'plugins' that you can add to these photo editing programs that will do fancy edges and borders. I don't want mislead you, but I don't want to discourage you either, because time and patience are really the key to producing different, striking borders and edges!

I think that MamaBear gave KittyMittens a link to a nice photo editor that is 'free' to download, and Kitty adds pretty borders to her pics! (Kitty also uses TABLE borders!)

PhotoFilter is the photo editing program that I told Kitty Mittens about. For a free program, it actually does quite a bit, however, it does not support layers or any of the photoshop filters. But, working with "layers" is quite advanced and complicated for the beginner. Jaycee, when you get to the point where you are wanting to work with layers, it is time to move up to a better photo editing program. Still, in the time being, you can have lots of fun with PhotoFiltre. Just play around with it and see what you can do. You can download it HERE.

Kitty introduced me to Photofiltre and that is where I do the simple frames. There could be tools on there to do other things but I chose to get the frames down first. I will talk to Kitty...she does some interesting things on her frames. I like the little shiny moving edge she puts on them sometimes.She is great to help you. You know sweet Kitty!

Thanks for the information. I sometimes believe I will leave all the fancy stuff up to you and Lori and/or others. You all have a great grip on it and of course, Meg does beautiful tables. I wouldn’t want to invest in something that I may not complete, if you know what I mean. I gave up on doing tables very early....didn’t know if I didn’t want to spend the time on it or that at first it just seems so difficult to a beginner! I think I did not have my heart in it at the time.