Free Silhouette Fun!

I really wanted something fresh over my couch.  When my friend Kellie issued a challenge, it was perfect timing.

Silhouettes.  This is what she made….totally cute!

I remember when I was a girl, we had silhouettes of my brother, sister and I.  I always thought they were so neat….our profiles frozen in time.  Very vintage.  But then, at my age, anything from my childhood is vintage.

I couldn’t spend any money for this project.  It had to be 100% free.  This wasn’t Kellie’s rule, it was my bank’s.

There’s a link on Kellie’s blog that shows how to make silhouettes.  But I am too slow and stupid to be able to figure it out.  So I went the old fashioned way.  I snapped and printed profile pictures of each kid.  Then, using painter’s tape, I layered the picture over black paper and cut.  It only took me about 15 minutes.  Then, to keep the project at a zero budget, I tore out book pages for mounting and glued some twine around them.  I hung them with little clips and the finishing touch….vinyl numbers with my true love, my Cricut.

It is so hard to get a good picture of this little room.  I am standing on the front porch to get these.  Seriously small.

The wall inside of the frame is painted white.  But it’s just an empty frame.  The numbers and silhouettes are hanging right on the wall.

I framed the girls in ovals and the boys in rectangles.  See?  Everything is a school project.  Shapes, sorting, numbers.  “Hey kids….how may rectangles can you find in the living room?  How many ovals?  How old do you have to be in order to be thought of as vintage?”

What is so amazing to all of us, is how easy it is to tell who is who.  I am shocked.  See if you can tell…..

It’s like a little contest, with no prize. 

Hint: the numbers next to the pictures correspond to their rank in the family

You, too, can join Kellie’s Silhouette Party!  It’s going on until October 20th.  Make it a homeschool project.  See who can cut out Mommy’s silhouette and make her look the skinniest.

I’m linking to these fantastic blogs:

Under the Table and Dreaming

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Making the World Cuter,

The Girl Creative,

Thrifty Decor Chick,

It’s So Very Cheri

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My Frugal Family,

Today’s Creative Blog,

New Nostalgia,

A Silly Little Sparrow

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Blue Cricket Design,

The Trendy Treehouse,

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Somewhat Simple,

House of Hepworths,

Beyond the Picket Fence,

The Shabby Chic Cottage,

Life as Lori,

Tidy Mom

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Chick on a Shoestring,

Remodelaholic,

Fingerprints on the Fridge,

The Shabby Nest,

The Inspired Room,

A Few of My Favorite Things,

My Romantic Home

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Funky Junk Interiors,

Tatertots and Jello,

Be Different…Act Normal,

Perfectly Imperfect

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