Photos Before and After

~ Sandi Staton

Straight from the Heart

ART

Below are before and after photos that I took over the years to use in my digital designs. At the time I created these images I was using PaintShop Pro X6. I have since upgraded to PaintShop Pro 2019 Ultimate. I also like using Painnt Pro art filters for Windows 10. The best part is it’s free and has lots of awesome filters to make photos a real work of art. And it’s super easy to use. Click on the link for your free download:

Back Porch Back porch before

Back Porch Back Porch after

Front Porch Front Porch before

Front Porch Front porch after

Crepe Myrtle Crepe Myrtle before

Crepe Myrtle Crepe Myrtle after

Flowerbed Flowerbed before

Flowerbed Flowerbed after

Birdhouse before Birdhouse

Birdhouse Birdhouse after

First Snow First Snow before

First Snow First snow after

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Published by Sandi Staton

So, I'm sitting here trying to figure out how to describe myself to you, and these are the words jumping up and down in my heart: I'm just a simple human being living in a complicated, messed-up world. I speak my mind. I love hard. My feelings run deep. When push comes to shove, I stand my ground. Sometimes I push back. Sometimes I walk away. I've surfed the crashing waves of life that threatened to destroy me only to make me stronger. I bear the scars of emotional rape, sadness, and depression. I've walked the golden streets of churches and religion only to be disappointed time and time again. And as a result, it's taken me seventy-five years to get where I'm sitting today; a sinner saved by grace through the blood of Jesus Christ. I fell at the cross. I repented of my sins, and Jesus saved and washed me clean. I still fall flat on my face. I still get dirty as a pig in a mudhole. And Jesus still picks me up, dries my tears, forgives me again and again, and continues walking close beside me. No one has ever loved me like that. And no one ever will.