A little over a week ago, I went to Eastern Market in DC and fell in love with... well, I fell in love with everything. I'm lucky Eastern Market is about an hour away and not very easy to park around otherwise I could get into trouble.
But one thing in particular that I fell in love with what a photo that I thought would have been perfect for the kids play room. It was of a fresh pack of crayons, spiraled out in a circle with all the tips pointed to the center. The problem, it was $250 - that was the "sale" price. What was particularly annoying is that the expensive part was the frame, which I couldn't have cared less about, but the vendor wouldn't separate them.
So, I decided to create it myself.
And now - a disclaimer. I suck at photography. I know it, I accept it, I live with it. We don't have the best camera, I don't even know what to buy that would be an upgrade. I just don't have the energy.
I decided to give it a go anyway, and I'm really pleased with what I came up with. Since my camera isn't a super duper 27 mega-pixel thing, or whatever the latest technology is, I knew I wouldn't be able to take a very large single picture that would have enough presence. So I opted for 3 different photos.
Here is the before:
And here is the after:
And here they are one by one:
My favorite view:
So I ended up with 3 photos, instead of 1, for a lot less money.
Crayons - Free, thank you Birthday Party goody bag
3 - 11x14 photo prints (that I cropped to 11x11 each) $36
3 Frames - $36 thanks to 40% off frames
Craft paper for faux mattes - free, already had it.
Total: $72 plus 2-3 hours to take, pick up, crop and hang the photos.
Edited to add: If anyone is interested in recreating this on their own, I have the original photographs that I'd be happy to send to you for you to print and do with whatever you want.
Monday, August 3, 2009
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Those look fantastic!!! Seriously! I love them. I feel you on the camera thing. When we bought our new one, I had a friend do all the foot work to tell me which one "she would buy" - hahaha - and then my photographer friend concurred! So - I ended up with an awesome {expensive} camera that I still don't know how to use!
ReplyDeletehaha
I LOVE IT ! My husbands blog browsing with me and he even said those are so cool!
ReplyDeleteI might take you up on the offer to email them to me.. Looove it, thats perfect for a kids room.
Thanks for linking up!
Rachelle
I love this idea. Thanks for the inspiration. It makes me want to print off a whole slew of pictures and frame them. They look really good.
ReplyDeleteDana
I love this idea! My significant other and I are currently house hunting and these would be perfect for the craft area! I searched high and low for regular crayons to snap my own photos, but all I have are the Crayola Twistables! If you would be so kind as to e-mail these to me, I would GREATLY appreciate it!
ReplyDeletewhite-dandelion-wishes at hotmail dot com
thank you so much for all that you do!