Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Silhouettes





The empty wall in my daughters room has been nagging me to fill it for I don't know how long. I've always loved the classic look of silhouettes so when when my sister made some silhouettes of her three boys for their room it sparked an idea.

This was one of those projects that I wanted to pay the minimal on. So, with fingers crossed I headed over to the dollar store, and with the most incredible luck I came across these beautiful frames.





I went through my stash of scrapbook paper and pulled out some coordinating colors and then printed the silhouettes right onto the paper from my computer.



Wall filled. Task completed. Money spent? $3!

Oh, how I love them . . .

Posted by Amy F. P. at 1:34 AM
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15 comments:

  1. Marie Hatch ChambersJanuary 12, 2010 at 7:33 PM

    Woo hoo! Great job! I love that price tag and they look so sweet.

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  2. silly eagle booksJanuary 12, 2010 at 9:42 PM

    Where did you get the silhouettes from? They are gorgeous!

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  3. MaggieJanuary 12, 2010 at 9:56 PM

    Absolutely adorable - I've been working a lot with Silhouettes lately too, ever since one of my Christmas projects I can't get them out of my mind.

    You'll have to check out my blog in the next couple of days to see them.

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  4. Amy F. P.January 12, 2010 at 10:12 PM

    Vanessa-
    I found the images online by doing a search for silhouettes and then adjusted them to the size I needed once they were in a Word document.

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  5. Aimee Cotton BogushJanuary 12, 2010 at 10:15 PM

    So sweet! Just this weekend, was talking about making some silhouettes of my girls. I love the pretty papers. Thanks for the great idea.

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  6. BarbaraJanuary 12, 2010 at 11:34 PM

    Those look great!

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  7. Tammy @ she wears flowersJanuary 13, 2010 at 9:20 AM

    These are gorgeous!

    I LOVE the new header--I caught the silhouette first and wanted to know where that post was! I was so thrilled to see it was today's post! You have such great idease!

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  8. Tammy @ she wears flowersJanuary 14, 2010 at 9:20 AM

    OK--I raced to the Dollar Store yesterday to buy a frame like this and couldn't find one. I know stuff goes fast, but...did you get it recently? Or, maybe I should be asking which Dollar Store you went to? Thanks!

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  9. Amy F. P.January 14, 2010 at 1:25 PM

    Tammy-
    I went to the Dollar Tree in town. I got them last month, so they may not have them any more. Sorry!

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  10. UnknownJanuary 15, 2010 at 9:28 PM

    Ooooh, I love them! Can't believe those frames came from the dollar store. Way cute! Thanks for linking up. :)

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  11. AnonymousJune 14, 2010 at 11:31 PM

    I've just redone my 6 year old daughters room and need something to go on her wall. I have the frames, I just need to find some silhouettes. Thanks for the great inspiration.

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  12. DawnNovember 10, 2010 at 6:27 PM

    I love how it turned out! Those would look darling in my little one's room as well.

    Thanks for sharing.

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  13. mulletandgritsNovember 10, 2010 at 8:23 PM

    BEAUTIFUL! I am thinking of doing a silhoutte for my doggy for my sunroom! (Silly, I know!)

    What type of printer did you use to print the silhouettes directly onto the scrapbook paper? I am assuming you printed on high quality, but I am wondering if an inkjet would do.

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  14. Amy@ServingPinkLemonadeNovember 10, 2010 at 9:03 PM

    mulletandgrits-
    I have an ink jet printer, so that's what I used. I was really trying to keep this project simple and low cost.

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  15. Dollar Store CrafterNovember 10, 2010 at 11:14 PM

    Too Cute !! I Just Love Them !!

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