This time it was a project for some Kaleb art. Now, my son is an art prodigy. He's just got a way with colors and brush strokes...and I'm totally biased. But Haley pinned something to her board about how to turn a kid's scribbles into something you could actually keep. Kaleb painted a picture on white card stock, but there was a lot of white space left over when he was done. I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to try out the Pinterest idea. I took another piece of white card stock and cut it into sixths. (I'm planning on doing some 123's with another painting) I traced the ABC's in pencil then used a knife to cut them out. After that I just taped the ABC's onto the painting in a way that would show off all the colors he used. Then I cut the picture according to where I put the letters and outlined the edges. I realized I needed to do this because you couldn't see the floating parts of the A or B without the outline. Anyway, I thought it turned out pretty cute. Maybe I'll find a long picture frame that I can put them in and hang it up.
December 18, 2011
Pinterest, You Might Just Be Alright
I'm gonna be honest. I don't really "do" the Pinterest thing. Every now and then I sign on and look at some of the cool stuff that's on there, but I don't have any pins or anything. Honestly, I just don't need another thing to be addicted to. I mean, c'mon, Facebook's plently. However, when I see something that 1. catches my eye and 2. looks easier than scrambled eggs, I try it. First time it was a recipe for s'mores dip and it was some kinda good!
This time it was a project for some Kaleb art. Now, my son is an art prodigy. He's just got a way with colors and brush strokes...and I'm totally biased. But Haley pinned something to her board about how to turn a kid's scribbles into something you could actually keep. Kaleb painted a picture on white card stock, but there was a lot of white space left over when he was done. I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to try out the Pinterest idea. I took another piece of white card stock and cut it into sixths. (I'm planning on doing some 123's with another painting) I traced the ABC's in pencil then used a knife to cut them out. After that I just taped the ABC's onto the painting in a way that would show off all the colors he used. Then I cut the picture according to where I put the letters and outlined the edges. I realized I needed to do this because you couldn't see the floating parts of the A or B without the outline. Anyway, I thought it turned out pretty cute. Maybe I'll find a long picture frame that I can put them in and hang it up.
This time it was a project for some Kaleb art. Now, my son is an art prodigy. He's just got a way with colors and brush strokes...and I'm totally biased. But Haley pinned something to her board about how to turn a kid's scribbles into something you could actually keep. Kaleb painted a picture on white card stock, but there was a lot of white space left over when he was done. I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to try out the Pinterest idea. I took another piece of white card stock and cut it into sixths. (I'm planning on doing some 123's with another painting) I traced the ABC's in pencil then used a knife to cut them out. After that I just taped the ABC's onto the painting in a way that would show off all the colors he used. Then I cut the picture according to where I put the letters and outlined the edges. I realized I needed to do this because you couldn't see the floating parts of the A or B without the outline. Anyway, I thought it turned out pretty cute. Maybe I'll find a long picture frame that I can put them in and hang it up.
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