They came out WONDERFUL so I have to share.
(I am going to paint the frame pink.)
Materials:
paper (resume paper I had laying around)
8x10 picture frame (dollar store)
computer & printer
On wordle I entered each child's name in all capital letters, about 7 times. A word detected more often will be enlarged. I then entered lots of descriptive words for my kids in lower case. For example, my little girl was "sweet, diva, smile, princess." You get the idea.
Once you enter the words, the next stage has to do with the way the final product will look. You can change the font, the orientation of the words, and the color scheme. I found I could not select what color specific words where. (If you find this out, let me know.) Also, there are set color schemes you can use or you can customize your own. I wanted all pink tones for my daughter so I had to find a website that would give me the code for the colors I wanted. In comes this Hex Color Code Generator. I selected the pink tones on the spectrum, found the color scheme suggested, and entered them into wordle.
Once you have the image how you like it, you only have two options: print or save to gallery. I printed mine on some nice resume paper I had left over from my other life.
I purchased an 8x10 picture frame from the dollar store. I took the stand off the back so that I could place it on the wall without the bulk.
Now all you have to do is trim the printed image, reassemble the frame and hang it up. YOU ARE DONE!
I hung mine on their doors using Command Picture Hanging Strips.
As I was falling asleep last night I realized this would make a great wedding gift for a friend. I am going to put in their names with words to describe them and marriage. I also have one made for our family. I have a feeling this site will be on my "go to" list for quick, inexpensive gifts!
I hope you have an much fun as I did.
Thanks for coming by!!
I did this for my parents on their anniversary with their names then all of ours getting smaller as we went down the line from their kids to grandkids and they LOVED it! I think it's a great idea,thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWhen a friend turned one of those years that ends with a zero, she asked for us to share memories of her instead of gifts.
ReplyDeleteSo, I went to wordle and used words that described her and made me think of her. It was a successful gift! ;-)
I saved them using print screen and MS paint, saving them to a folder on my desk top. Then, I could keep hitting refresh on wordle to get another version of my words. After I had collected several that I liked, I was able to compare them and pick the one that was perfect, and save ink!
click Advanced in upper screen... this will give you options to make certain words a particular color...
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