Lovely DIY Designs (wk 6)

Whoa! I almost missed this! 2 days late is better then nothing, right???

Ok so no laughing at this project, my game is off this week!

If you are new here, then check out this link

to see what this project is all about!

Now first I would like to say that I have no illusions of being a graphic artist, 

I do not use photoshop (i know right?!) or InDesign or anything fancy.. 

I would also like to say I made this at 5am while watching informercials =) 

Anyways I found this print via an adorable etsy shop Rooted in Paper and because 

I would never ever copy a print (shame on people who do) I just decided to be inspired and

make my own little version via picnik... now don't laugh ok!!!

First I googled "OREGON" because, thats where I live (lol)

then I loaded a photo I found into picnik

Next up I needed to do a stitched outline,

 so I made some dashes in the text menu and placed where needed.

I also had to make a few custom ones that I could move around because some in the straight light

wouldnt work.. now if I lived in a state like Wyoming or Colorado it would have been easier!

So get those stitches (aka dashes) where you want them!

Next up start the design, now about 1/4 of the way into this I said 

"hahah yeah right i'm not spelling a word"

So I opted for a little circle doo-dah!

I just went where the dashes took me, tossed in a heart and Booya! 

Obviously no where near as cute as the original, but this is my version.

Now people calm down I have no intentions of opening a print shop, I know you want to jump 

all over the things I can do with photos.. but I have to stick to the headbands! =)

Stay tuned next week, because I bet Gina will rock this feature of ours!