Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Thompson Sign

I’ve had a lot of emails and questions about this and thought that it would just be easier to do a post with details instead of replying to each email. 

I used the large size poster board from Wal-Mart and cut out letters using the full sheet.  That way each letter would be in uniform size.  I took all the pictures outside to have continuity to the picture.  Then in Photoshop I changed them to a sepia tone to keep all the color the same.  I also “dodged” the letter just a little to bring it out.

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You really could do a number of words to get just the right number of letters that you need.  You could do the words- love, family, your family name, forever… 

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One last thing I would suggest would be to have those doing it wear dark clothes so that the letter stands out.

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And there you have it!!!!

30 comments:

Summer Spillane Jordan said...

thank you! we've been negotiating between ALL the spillane crew, trying to figure out how to make this work in time for mother's day :) you just saved me a lot of emails :)

Anonymous said...

Thank you!!!!

Anonymous said...

OMIGOSH, thank you for the coolest idea EVER! I'm already plotting the gift possibilities!

Valerie said...

What a fabulous idea! And posterboad? Brilliant! I am filing this at thecraftersfilebox.com.

PS: I am Summer Jordan's sis in law! I had to call her to see how you guys were related :) Nice to meet you!

Patricia said...

okay could this be any more awesome than anything i have ever seen??? i love it!!!
i am now a follower too because you are out of the box fantastic!!

Brittany said...

Wow, this looks so cute! I love it. Thanks for sharing. I'm linking this post to my blog for future reference. :)

Shana said...

This is a GREAT idea! Do you mind if I use one of the images on my tumblr? I always post the link! It's where I post all the things I love and want to do SOMEDAY!! :)

Amy {The Idea Room} said...

I love this! Now I have to figure out how I am going to make ours! Thanks so much for this idea.

AllisonK said...

Such a great idea!!!!

michelle@somedaycrafts said...

This is absolutely awesome! I love it! I featured this at somedaycrafts.blogspot.com. Grab my "featured" button.

Stacey said...

I LOVE this idea so much! Thank you for such a beautiful/wonderful idea! I will be doing it very soon:)

Julie said...

Oh I so love this. I'm thinking my daycare little ones would make a perfect start. Then family, friends...graduations...oh so many ideas.
Thank you for sharing, love it!
Take care and have a blessed weekend.

Rachel@oneprettything.com said...

Wow, I love this idea! I have got to do this at the next reunion, what a fun family activity! I just clicked over from Someday Crafts and I’m so glad I did. I would love to link to this if you didn’t mind. Off to explore the rest of your blog...

Rachel said...

Ok, this is an awesome idea...I wish I had seen it long ago since mothers day is tomorrow...it is definitely going down as a Christmas gift. Anyway, I do have a question, how did you get the pictures all together? Are they individual pictures put together in the frame? If so, what size? Or did you have them printed as one long panoramic pic? Love this idea!!!

Tia Hopper said...

I LOVE this idea!! I really want to do it for my parents will all of us kids. What size did you print your pictures and what size was your frame? Did you have to do anything to the frame or pictures or just lay them right in?

By the way, I have become a regular follower because I absolutely LOVE your blog and your ideas. I am an lds mom of a growing family (ok 2 going on 3 so far, not 6! :)) But really love ALL of your ideas whether it's crafts, photography, fhe or organization. Thank you so much for all that you post!! ~Tia in Oregon

Paula said...

OMGosh! That is a fantastic idea! Love it!

Anonymous said...

Where did you get your frame and what size are your pictures???

AnnCP said...

Glad someone pinned this on Pinterest. This makes perfect sense for my spread out family!!!

Nicole said...

I am so doing this! Are the framed as individual pictures, or a panoramic photo? Did you having to get a custom frame? Thanks for sharing.

jen said...

I have a family reunion coming up next weekend and we are SO doing this!!

Love it.
Pinned it.

Kelly said...

I'm going to do this for a reunion next weekend! Did you use a program to put the pictures together or are they individual pictures in a frame?

Sheri said...

Are they individual or panoramic ?

Anonymous said...

I'd like to know the same thing; how are these framed. One big picture or collaged together.

Anonymous said...

I love this idea and pictures make a wonderful gift. I would like to make this picture for christmas but do you have to use a special program or collage to group the picture and where would you purchace a frame?

Tomy Johns said...

Where did you find the long frame? I LOVE this idea! Thanks for sharing!

DebbieLB said...

PERFECT! I totally love this idea!!

Anonymous said...

Great idea!! Can't wait to try this with my family pics!!

Jennifer Jean said...

I love this. I've been waiting all year to do it. I'm doing it for each set of parents and just got all the pictures for one set done today. My brother is stationed in Germany and the rest of us are in FL. This is perfect. :)

I'm also curious how you framed it. The best option I see is Mpix that does a 5X30 print and frame. I think this will be perfect for the "Our Family" one, but not sure sure for the last name one that has 6 letters.

The Halbruners said...

Hi! I'm making this with my cousins for our grandparents for Chirstmas! Just curious about the size of your pictures and how you printed it as one picture? Thank you! :)

Unknown said...

I printed them as 4x6's and then just put them all next to each other.

Good luck with your project!