DIY Silhouette

For our wedding, we used some wood slices purchased at Michael's as platforms for our table numbers.  Aren't they lovely?  

Jaclyn Schmitz Photography

 When the wedding was over, I wanted to find ways to use the left-over decorations around our house as much as possible.

Which, brings me to this little DIY....

 They were ridiculously easy to make, and didn't cost a blessed cent since I had everything I needed in the house already.

I sorted through the bajillion-and-one photographs I have in my computer, to find some profile shots.  I cropped the images to zoom in on just our heads, converted the images to black and white, and played with the contrast a bit to make sure the profiles really stood out.  Then I printed the images, cut them out, and lightly traced them onto the wood.  Finally, I used some left-over stenciling paint to fill the outlines in.

Ta-DA!  Personalized art for our walls!