I saw this project last year on a blog post (sadly, that blog is no longer active) and was excited to try it.
This is my friend Robin's beautiful home. I took a picture on a sunny day and uploaded the photo in Picasa.
I then turned it into a pencil sketch, sharpened it, and resized it to fit an 8x10 frame.
I'm really happy with it! And I think Robin is too :)
Centsational Girl (my new best friend from Northern California, check out this post to see how talented she is!) has a great post on using Picasa. Picasa is FREE, and really easy and very helpful considering my complete lack of photo skills. Disclaimer - the two photos have not been improved with Picasa - just the sketch itself!
I hope you are ready for Christmas! Santa comes tonight so we can celebrate tomorrow and head out of town on Thursday so we're pretty excited around here!
Merry Christmas!
6 comments:
Love this idea! Thanks for stopping by ~ I appreciate your comments! Hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday season! ~Stephanie
Wow...that is beautiful! What a great idea, thanks for sharing! I may have to do this soon, if I do, I'lll say in my post I got the idea from your blog!
HOW GREAT THIS IS, I HAVE NEVER SEEN IT. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. MERRY CHRISTMAS
That turned out great, thanks for sharing
Bonnie,
What a sweet idea.
I would love to get that as a gift, just perfect!
I'm going to check out Picasa. I need something to help me! My pictures are a mess.
~Amy
LOVE it! Now if only my own house weren't a square box, I'd do it myself. :)
I'm a Picasa fanatic and you've given me enticement to try that feature out. Thanks!
And thanks for linking up to SNS!
FJ Donna
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