this has nothing to do with cakes but I can't seem to upload a picture beside my name..........am I doing something wrong?

Try this site. Just uplaod your photo on that site and it does the work for you. It can only be 110 pixils for your avatar. After you save it to your computer, go to the MY FORUM INFO on the left of your screen and you can upload it at the bottom.

http://www.shrinkpictures.com/create-avatar/

HTH, Sherri

Thank you MessyBaker and as you can see it worked!!! thanks for the help!!

MessyBaker,
Thank you! I have been tring to put one of my cakes as my avatar FOREVER! Thanks for the link!

I agree, thanks messybaker - youre a star, i too wanted one, but couldnt get it right - lol
now im going to give it a go - lol

Shrinkpictures.com is awesome! I use them ALL the time!

I'm so glad it helped all of you, but I can't take full credit though. Someone else shared this not to long ago on CC. I quickly saved it to my favs.

Another site I found for editing photos is picnik.com. You can do just about anything including those watermarks!

Yay! Yay! Yay!!! I've tried so many times and then finally just gave up.... It never dawned on me to just ask someone!!! I love you Messybaker!!! I FINALLY have an avatar after a year and a half!!!!

MessyBaker,
Both sites are great. I have been working with gimp (www.gimp.org ) free software , but picnik is a lot easier , i loved it..
thanks for sharing.

I'm just glad I can finally give something back to CC!