Photo Art--It's a Picnik!

I was married in May, and don't have one single wedding photo displayed except for on my computer wallpaper. It's time to remedy that!


I chose the dresser in our bedroom as the perfect spot for our photos, but it presented a few challenges. When decorating it, we tried to create a very peaceful space. We chose a milk chocolate color for the walls, dark wood furniture, and a brown and tan upholstered headboard.  The only pops of color are a coppery orange pillow and an arrangement of orange berries in a gold and orange vase. There is no TV, no family photos (bad Feng Shui in the master bedroom!) and the only art is a painting my husband did before I met him.

We got married on Oahu, so you can imagine how colorful our photos are--mostly deep blues and greens. These photos will work great in my office, our living room, my husband's office, etc. But, I needed to tone down the color for our bedroom.

So, I turned to picnik.

You can download your color photos and change them into black & white, or sepia, which is what I chose.

You can choose the shade you want from very pale to very deep. It's fun to play around until you get it right!

Here is an example of a photo before I altered the color. Very pretty but not right for our bedroom!

This is the photo after. Still warm, still looks like us, but now it will blend in with the colors of our decor.

I chose four photos, including a couple close-ups for added interest!

I have been buying up frames from Ross for months now, all with this project in mind. Do you like the new rug I put in my office? Less than $60 from Ross.

So, here is the finished result. Wedding photos in the same hues as our bedroom.

This is a collage in black & white that I made early in our relationship, using picnik!

I like to make my own cards to send to my future granddaughter, Nikki (my son is marrying her mother next summer) and I used picnik to dress up our cat, Eddie, and my son's dog, Nitro, for Halloween!

It's great fun, it's free (there is a cost to use their "premium" tools, which I think is well worth the money) and you can let your imagination go wild! I need to mention my sister's and my favorite picnik item, which is the "make thinner" tool!

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