Wordless Wednesday

Lightroom Cheat Sheet

I love Adobe Lightroom! If you are like me then you exists on Keyboard Shortcuts to efficiently maneuver your computer. So I came up with a Lightroom Cheat Sheet of keyboard shortcuts for both the Library and Develop Module. I have gotten used to most of them, however the cheat sheet does come in handy from time to time. You can download it here! Enjoy!

Turning a Blank Canvas Into A Work of Art

I used to paint, so I thought I would reuse some old canvas and give them a face life with some fun family pictures. The idea for this project grew out this project mainly because I just wanted to try it to see if I liked this better... Jury's stil out.

What Your Need:

• Canvas. Can be bought at any craft store. Mine was a 7 x 9 stretched canvas that I had laying around.
• Modge Podge. What household would be complete without this!
• Large Photo Print. This time I had an 8 x 10 laying around that I wasn't displaying so I used this. 

How To Do It: 

Step 1: Modge Podge the canvas and the back of the picture. 

 

I just had an old canvas that I had painted on, so I just applied the glue over it.

Step 2: Align photo on canvas and let dry. 

The back of the Modge Podge says 15-20 minutes, that seemed to be enough time.

Step 3: Score overlapping edges with exact-o knife. 

 Be very careful not to cut through, the point of this is to make it easier to fold the sides of the photo around the canvas.

Step 4: Glue and clamp sides.

 

Let dry a couple of hours to set well and repeat on opposite sites.

 

Step 5: Remove clamps and Viola! You Are Done And It is Amazing and Ready to Hang!

What you do think of the finished project?

Cheap & Easy Photo Project... Looks Like Canvas!

I love photography and if you are like me, then you also love creative ways to display your photos. I originally found this idea on Mommy Models Blog via Pinterest, so I thought I would give it a try. Here is how it works.

What you need:

• Wood backing. Use whatever you find, however I used a 1/2 inch 2x2 Birch board for $7.44 from Lowes. My husband cut it to size, I got 1-16" x 20" board, 1- 8" x 20" board and 1- 4" x 24" out of this. Great for a couple prints!
• Modge Podge
• Paint. I used white but be festive use whatever color you want!
• Sanding paper
• Large photo print. I ordered 1- 16" x 20" poster and 1 - 8" x 20" poster from Wal-Mart.com. I think I paid around $20.00 for both and got them the same day with in-store pickup. Sweet!

How To Do It:

Step 1: Cut Board to Size. 

My Husband helped me with this. We actually cut the boards 1/4 inch shorter than the prints so thinking we would trim image afterward to exact dimension, in hindsight I wish we would have cut the boards to poster sizes as the tablesaw we used to cut the wood was very accurate and you get cleaner lines without having to exact-o the photo. Just Saying!

Step 2: Sand away rough edges.

Step 3: Paint the sides and back.

I used white paint and applied 2 coats. Also, in this step I prepped other the boards that we had cut from the birch boards we bought.

Step 4: Modge Podge the wood and the picture

Apply Modge Podge generously to both the wood surface and back of the picture.

Step 5: Apply Gentle Pressure Over Photo to 86 the Air Bubbles

As you can see, my husband could not help himself with this step, due to his OCD. So I thought "Why Not...! I'll let him help!" Hope he doesn't take credit!

Step 6: Let Dry and Viola! You Are Done And It is Amazing and Ready to Hang!

What you do think of the finished project?

*Note: I did exact-o knife the edges as we cut the boards a little smaller than the wood backing, however I would recommend cutting board to size and skipping this step of trimming.