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September 16, 2020

Oversized Playroom Portraits

We are almost finished with the playroom; I can’t wait to share the entire reveal with you.  However, before that happens…I’ve gotten many many messages asking about the oversized photos in the playroom so I thought I’d share the details. 🙂

When we first walked through our new house, one of the things I fell in love with was the playroom.  I could envision Camden and Ella playing in here and immediately saw oversized prints of them on the wall.  I researched and researched how to do this, I probably read 15-20 blogs.  Well, I followed a lot of what several of them said and realized the blog posts were a little outdated so what they shared no longer worked.  Example, several said to order engineered prints from Staples.  I did that and Staples contacted me saying they don’t have the printer capability to print photos from that specific printer. Sigh! I’m not going to even go in more detail about the other errors I made, I will share how to make these the right, easy, and fairly cheap way!

Taking Photos

I used my Nikon camera for this but you can also use your phone!  You most likely want your child(ren) to be the focus of the photo so you need to take your photos with a blank white wall behind them.  All of our white walls had shiplap so I used Retouch to take out the lines, you can use this to take out other things as well. After the lines were removed, I used Lightroom (I use this for all my photos) to make them black and white and a few other edits.  This is what the photos looked like prior to editing them.

Printing

Like I mentioned before, I ran into issues with printing. In the end, I had these printed at Walgreens! I ordered three 24×36 internet posters. I was a little nervous about the quality but I was extremely impressed when I picked them up! I spent about $60 on the prints, $20 a piece which I thought was really good! Look out for coupons online, it seems like they always have a few specials going on!

Frames

These are the frames (in white) I bought from Michaels and we love them! They are well made and beautiful. They also come in black, gray, and tan.

28 Comments

Comments

  1. Michelle S

    September 16, 2020 at 9:18 am

    I love how these turned out. I might have to give them a try!

    Reply
  2. Katlyn

    September 16, 2020 at 9:19 am

    Oh my! These turned out so cute. I’m anxious to see the rest of the playroom.

    Reply
    • Brianna

      September 17, 2020 at 4:29 pm

      I’ll be finishing it up soon!

      Reply
  3. gfwgirlie14

    September 16, 2020 at 9:34 am

    LOVE how this turned out. Can you come decorate my house?

    Reply
    • Brianna

      September 17, 2020 at 4:28 pm

      Haha! Thank you! I do love to decorate!

      Reply
  4. Marian

    September 16, 2020 at 10:58 am

    What a beautiful idea. I work at Michaels part time just to have access to all the great crafting supplies. It looks like theses posters turned out just how you imagined, what a great feeling that brings! Their playroom is what I’d call “Pinterest pretty”!

    Reply
    • Brianna

      September 17, 2020 at 4:28 pm

      I love that store!! Thank you for the kind words!

      Reply
  5. Ben

    September 16, 2020 at 12:30 pm

    Those are so great. I love the idea o fmaking the kids’ portraits the star o the show like that. Very cool.

    Reply
  6. Matt Taylor

    September 16, 2020 at 12:30 pm

    Those oversized portraits of the kids are awesome! A perfect decoration for the play room. Such a great idea!

    Reply
  7. Kingsley

    September 16, 2020 at 8:04 pm

    Very adorable. You are making their memories and yours with those prints. They look great

    Reply
    • Brianna

      September 17, 2020 at 4:28 pm

      Thanks so much!!

      Reply
  8. Kileen

    September 16, 2020 at 10:53 pm

    These turned out so beautiful! I would love to add oversized portraits like these all throughout my home! They are literally so cute!

    Kileen
    cute & little

    Reply
    • Brianna

      September 17, 2020 at 4:27 pm

      Thank you so much!!

      Reply
  9. Gervin Khan

    September 17, 2020 at 2:55 am

    That’s a good portrait! It turns out really good I love it!

    Reply
    • Brianna

      September 17, 2020 at 4:27 pm

      Thanks!

      Reply
  10. JP

    September 17, 2020 at 8:30 am

    It looks great! I would love to try this with my kids. I’m sure they would like it too.

    Reply
    • Brianna

      September 17, 2020 at 4:27 pm

      Aww thank you!!

      Reply
  11. Alexis

    September 17, 2020 at 10:59 am

    I love this inexpensive idea for decorating my home. I have the perfect wall in my twins’ room to do something similar.

    Reply
    • Brianna

      September 17, 2020 at 4:27 pm

      Aww! I bet it will turn out great!!

      Reply
  12. Ana

    September 17, 2020 at 12:45 pm

    I loved how it turned out! You did a fabulous job mama!

    Reply
    • Brianna

      September 17, 2020 at 4:26 pm

      Thank you so much!!

      Reply
  13. Marie Phillips

    September 17, 2020 at 1:30 pm

    Those pictures are great! I can’t wait to see the whole reveal!

    Reply
    • Brianna

      September 17, 2020 at 4:27 pm

      Thank you so much!! I can’t wait to share!

      Reply
  14. Lucy Clarke

    September 17, 2020 at 6:55 pm

    This is an excellent idea! Excited for when you reveal the entire space.

    Reply
  15. Hazel

    September 18, 2020 at 7:29 am

    That’s so kind of you to share this info! Outdated posts are annoying haha! I’m sure this would help a lot! And those white frames are so pretty! 🙂

    Reply
    • Brianna

      September 18, 2020 at 4:07 pm

      Right? They drive me insane! lol Thanks so much!

      Reply
  16. khoingn | The Broad Life

    September 18, 2020 at 11:23 am

    Very cool and cute! I love how the room is decorated with pics of the family members. Definitely I will do it for my child!

    Reply

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