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my favorite family portrait gets framed.

November 4, 2011

I am in the market for some big art to cover the walls of our new place. It's mostly going to be a mix of DIY (like this) and some prints I bought recently from 20×200. However, I want to toss a few photos on the walls too. I joked awhile back about hanging this photo above our mantle. That might be where it ends up.

I think this is one of those images where the bigger, the better. I uploaded the black and white image to officedepot.com and printed it at 24×36. I paid online and then picked up in store in about an hour. It was printed on regular copy paper, but it was THREE DOLLARS. Three bucks for big art. I framed it with an Ikea frame & mat and ta-da : an awesome family photo in a super big size.

I love it.

Posted in DIY decor, e&p

18 responses to “my favorite family portrait gets framed.”

elizah09

November 4, 2011

AWESOME. 🙂

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sj

November 4, 2011

I love that!! You gotta have some silly in your home, definitely! The silliest part about it for me is that the first time you shared that pic, I thought “Oh wow, Elise met Russell Brand! Cool!” HA!

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susan

November 4, 2011

fantastic !! – some of your typographic treatments would also look great large & B+W. I’ve been using my local print shop to make my own poster art too.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/84635166/poster-art-2ft-x-3ft

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Caitlin

November 4, 2011

love photos with white backgrounds matted in white. it makes everything more dynamic.
caitlin
http://www.my-grandmothers-gucci.blogspot.com

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Nicole

November 4, 2011

That is seriously the coolest picture ever!!! And you can’t beat $3.

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Skye

November 4, 2011

Thanks for the idea- I definitely have a bunch of photos I’d frame for $3! This is awesome! 🙂

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Carole

November 4, 2011

HOLY SMACKS. That rocks. WIN!!

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Michelle

November 4, 2011

so awesome!

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Danielle

November 4, 2011

Love!

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Hannah

November 4, 2011

That picture is so awesome Elise! From your hubby’s “hair” to your yes-I’m-proud-to-be-with-this-man smile…awesome!
Now I’m off to find some $3 prints myself – always thought it would be SO expensive to do, but now I know it’s totally doable!! 😉

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Karen

November 4, 2011

That’s a great idea! $3 for big art can’t be beat, and the picture is awesome. Can’t wait to see it up, so that I can get a better visual on its size – it’s hard to tell from this picture that it’s big!

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Chris

November 4, 2011

OMG…Awesome! And at $3, you can change out (and just recycle the old) as frequently as you want!

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Michelle Clement

November 4, 2011

Dude – love it!! 🙂 It’s pretty awesome – makes me want to get some lovely black and whites for my new place!

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Katie

November 4, 2011

love it. i’m itching to get some pictures enlarged and framed now!

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andrea.

November 4, 2011

where on the office depot website do you order them from?
i love that picture of you two!

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elise blaha

November 5, 2011

Look for where it says printing services. On the homepage.

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Photographyjcl.blogspot.com

November 6, 2011

How fun!!

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fancyscrapper

November 7, 2011

Okay, $3.00 for 24×36? I gotta check that out! Your pic looks awesome! I love the playful aspect of it.

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