Evolution of a Photo (or, How I Waste My Time)

Why didn't anyone tell me the iPhone is so addicting?  I'm not a technology person AT ALL and yet I'm having an absolute blast taking photos and discovering new apps.  This series of photos is what I spent doing last night while watching football with my husband.

The original:  I took this photo on my iPhone and it's unedited beyond that.

Then, I ran it through Color Splash, which is one of my favorite photo editing apps.  It converts your photo to black and white and you can add color back into any component.  I think this app will be awesome during the holidays and winter in general:  how cool will it be to have a completely black and white photograph but the only color is from the beautifully lit Christmas tree in the room? 

After running it through Color Splash, I saved the new photo to Instagram.  I opened it in Instagram and ran a filter on top of it, giving me this final photo below: 

I liked it so much that I made it the wallpaper on my phone!  The purple leaves perfectly match the purple-pink of my Otter Box case.  I love fortuitious moments like that! :)