All of my friends got iphones for Christmas.

I don't like the telephone. I don't text. I barely turn on my hand-me-down cell phone (and don't have any desire to.)

I do wish, however, that I had the instagram app. I know the app is so 2010, but I still want to jump on that bandwagon so badly. I want to become an instaslut too. But there must.be.another.way.

http://www.behance.net/gallery/Grandmother-Tips/2392946

I found this cool guy named Daniel  on the Interwebs who created Photoshop Actions to create instagram-like filters for my photos (click here! click here!). You simply download his actions and save the file in your photoshop actions folder - and they'll appear in Photoshop as an action. Choose the filter you desire and record the action. He also added a square-crop action and feathered borders. I think I'm in love with the Walden filter. Sigh.

I think the action works for Photoshop Elements too - but it is a bit more involved. These gals have a good tutorial about how to run an action in PE.