I couldn’t resist this cute set of oh-so-Christmasy kitchen towels at Homegoods recently. For $5, a great way to add a little punch in the kitchen this season. 
And the colors are perfect in my kitchen too. The Christmas boxes are now out of the attic and decorating is in full swing, so stay tuned for some fun. I’m starting with my foyer table and this year, the starring colors will be lime green and white!
We have a slightly important little football game today and I have just one thing to say about that….ROLL TIDE!
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BLOG TIP: How to Enlarge Pics
OK, here’s a little tutorial on enlarging pics. If you didn’t already know this little tidbit, it’s best to load your pics first and then add your text. If you were wondering WHY your pics are not clickable for enlarging, then you’ve probably been dragging your pics around AFTER you have loaded them. You can’t do that and keep them clickable. And to get large pics, here is all you do. When you are composing a new post, you’ll see 2 tabs on your open post box, one for Edit Html and one for Compose. You mostly will use the Compose tab, but Edit Html comes in handy a lot too and you’ll see why. Don’t be scared of Html, it’s your friend.
After you have uploaded your pics, click on the html tab. You will notice that each pic you uploaded will have a whole paragraph of text to identify it. I’ve found it’s easier to go ahead and size those pics as soon as you upload them. Without any text in the way, you can easily identify where your pics are. You will need to count from the top if you are trying to enlarge only certain pics to make sure you are getting the right ones. There are 2 steps to enlarging pics this way. And you will need to change EACH and EVERY pic individually to enlarge them all, if you wish to do that. It sounds time consuming, but once you get the hang of it, it’s not hard at all. You’ll see lots of nonsense that won’t make sense, but look for this in all the bits of text for each picture you load (STEP 1):
It doesn’t matter if your px numbers are a little different than mine, that’s the part that needs to be deleted. Just highlight over it and hit delete.
(STEP 2) Then, look for a number like this in each pic’s paragraph of text: /s400/
Try it out and you’ll be hooked too!
Thanks Rhoda! I love learning how to change things up!
Becky K.
Yep, I have been doing exactly what you said… I’ll try your tip and see what happens. On the other hand, there are things that should NEVER be enlarged…
Rhoda, I have one little thing to say to you today, “War Eagle!” LOL! Daddy may have been rolling around with the Tide, but I did a stint with the Tigers. Soooo… most of the time I can say, “Roll Tide,” but not today. However, you can say it, and I still love you! 🙂
Thanks for the picture info, and the generational shot is great!
XO,
Sheila
Hi Rhoda,
Love your new dish towels and the family picture is pricesless!
Thanks for the tip on large pictures. I’ll have to try that.
After you posted that the other day, I tried to find some info and tried to enlarge them. It works on the wide pictures to change the numbers too…ex. width 300 height 400-just add the same amount to each side-like 400 and 500.
I did this in Friday’s post, and they fit great in the 3 column blog!
Have a great day!
Thank you so much for the tutorial!!! I love that!!! I just changed the picture of my kids that I posted yesterday and it looks so much better!
Hi Rhoda,
I have to say a big “War Eagle” to you from Prattville, AL!
Looking forward to all your Christmas decorating ideas.
Amy
I love those towels! I am going to have to head over to my Homegoods and see if they have them!
Hi Rhoda. If you have time to look back a few entries in my blog you will see the fa la la towels in a gift box. They are darling!
Thanks for the tips on the pictures. They are so much better big. Makes me crazy when someone has awesome decorating and you can’t see it!
Rollllllllll Tide!!!
Oh how I’d love to be at the game today!
Rhoda, I bought those same towels at Marshells a few weeks weeks ago. I love them! I need so many Dirty Santa gifts and if I wait until now, everything is picked over. So I buy up early. I love these so much though, I might keep them for myself! LOL!
Oh I can’t wait to see all of your holiday decor! I need to drag my boxes out and get started but I think I’ll have to box up a bunch before I even try to get started. I seem to have gone nick-nack crazy this past year.
Hugs,
Dena
Sorry Peter’s sons couldn’t make it to Thanksgiving Dinner. Peter’s daughter, mother and grandmother are lovely!! Your table setting was fab.
How kind of you to always share you blogging tips with us out here in blog world.
Blessings,
Sher
I’m so glad your Thanksgiving was good. Your menu sounds delish and your table setting looked really really pretty.
I’m decorating for Christmas too.
Hugs!
Kat
Just changed one of mine! Thanks for the tip!! Also, if you load your pics and then copy and paste the TEXT in between the pics, then they still enlarge. I think this is SO MUCH easier, compared to finding the text for the pictures to move.
Thank you, Rhoda. This was helpful! Glad you had a great Thanksgiving!
Thank you Rhoda for the great tips on resizing a photo! Hope you don’t mind, I’ve linked you to my latest post since you explain things so easily : )
Love your blog!
Sharon
Can’t wait to see the lime green and white! I know it will be gorgeous!
LOVE those dish towels… I have some similar from Home Goods a few years ago! I may have to pop over and see what’s new this year!
By the way… your notecard painting is on my site today! Will you kindly email me your address… if you already did… I have miss placed it… merci!
ENJOY your weekend!
Fifi
Those towels are adorable!
Thank you for the blogging tip…you have helped me so much in the last couple of months and I so appreciate you! Stacey is a pretty young woman…