Thursday, April 16, 2009

Working Up Some Whimsy

Mrs. Devine asked how you create whimsy at your house on her blog Devine Home. Here I share my little bit of whimsy...

Up front I apologize for the terrible photo quality...I had to use it with flash off and it is hard to keep perfectly still to avoid blurring!I

I create whimsy with my children!



What better way to capture those precious faces?



And display those smirky grins?



All the photos except for this one were candids..I have a REALLY hard time getting a candid out of this handsome guy, he loves to pose!

Oh, and total cost for these photos?

$15.96

How to get studio quality looking photos without the studio price?

Go to your local craft store (mine is Michael's) and get the pre-matted black frames (got mine on sale for $3.99 each!). Then take fun pictures of your kids, choose your favorites, use Picasa to make them black and white, print off on photo quality paper (or regular...doesn't really seem to make a difference...one of those photos is photo quality paper and the rest are plain old paper), slap the photo in the frame and hang. Enjoy!
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1 comment:

Diana@DevineDesigns said...

What wonderful little faces to decorate your home - both on the walls and within them!

I love using photos I've taken as decorations. It's so easy and inexpensive to upload and print them at my local Walgreens. My favorite frames are the floating style that I get at Wal-Mart.

Love the bible verse. Amen!