Amy from My 3 Monsters guest posted the instructions for this project over at Stephanie's blog Under the Table and Dreaming, here. Amy did all the hard work by finding Leo Reynold's Photostream, here. He has hundreds upon hundreds typography, he lets the public use his images with a couple restrictions, listed here. To search for the letter I was looking for I would just type in "E" in the search box for his photostream and it would pop up all of the E's. A more common letter like "I" and "A" I would add Letter before it to get more results.
I opted to chose the Small size (240 x 240) on to my desktop. Then after I had a couple letters I'd arrange them how I wanted on the desktop to see how they all worked together before copying into my photo program. After I had the letters and numbers I wanted I uploaded them into Picasa. Selected all of the images and hit the collage button, I chose the Grid option, which makes the pictures equal size in rows and columns and selected the size I wanted to print it on, for my project that was an 8x10.
Here's my finished project hanging up in my dining room: {the Hubs & me love it SO MUCH!}
Thank you Amy for the great inspiration and idea! I'm linking to these parties.
19 comments:
That's is so cool. What a wonderful job! I love the colors and the frame, too. AND custom. Sweet!
This is super cute and creative!! Great job!! I'm happy to be your newest follower and I'd love to have you stop by Frou Frou Decor..I love new friends. I'd also like to invite you to link up to my weekly Fabulous Friday Finds party each Friday!! Hope to see you there!
Hugs,
~Terrell @ FFD~
that is so fab:) couldn't have pictured a better piece of art
That is so neat! Thanks so much for sharing your project with us at Anything Related!
{Rebekah}
This is such a great idea, I love it. I started mine and have been playing around all night trying to figure out which letters Im going to use. There are endless combinations!! It might be a few days before I can print it out- Im out of ink!! Thanks again!
I saw this months ago and loved it but forgot to save the idea!
Thanks so much for sharing! I'd really like to do this project!
Your's turned out GREAT!
Thanks so much for the great idea! I was going to do a project similar to this for a wedding gift for this weekend, but using photos I've taken of objects that just look like letters. But honestly, I like Leo Reynold's photos better, hah! Thanks so much!
~Chelsea
This is so cute! I've seen a lot of these done, but never this version! Love it!
What a great project idea - I love the completed look. And this would be so fun to find all of the letters/numbers! Thanks for linking up to Be Inspired this week!
Chelsea
So awesome! Thanks for sharing the idea and info.
I had to make one of these right away. I love it. Thanks for the inspiration!
cuuuuute! It turned out really well. You seriously have a great home printer to get such good quality!
Such a cute idea! Just wish I could figure out how to do the collage/grid step in Picasa! That is the only part where I'm stuck! Boo!
So cool - I can totally imagine my kiddos digging this!
I LOVE THIS! Thank you for sharing - I have been looking for a cool piece of art and this is perfect! Love how yours turned out.
What a neat and fun project! That would make a great gift. Thanks so much for sharing :)
Oh my gosh soooo cute. What a great easy affordable wedding gift. And Picasa makes it such a cinch!
Thanks for the great tutorial! I featured it on my blog :)
http://happybabydesigns.blogspot.com/2010/09/randomness.html
I just had to make one of these, I have been choosing letters for a few days, and finally completed mine last night. I can not wait to print it and frame it. thank you so much for a wonderfully creative idea. I love that everyone that makes one of these will still be a unique piece of art.
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