Personalized frames offer a great way to proudly display that perfect shot while allowing you to add that personal touch, by including details about the little one, like name, date of birth, and perhaps a favorite quote that you would like displayed on your frame. They come in a wide variety of sizes from 3.5 x 5, 4 x 6 and 8×10 and materials like wooden, glass, silver and acrylic. Many give you the option of engraving the babies name and any other details into the frame thus allowing you to create a treasure to keep for many years to come.
Coordinating your frames with the style of your home or the colors of your decor is not a problem as they come in a wide variety of materials, styles and colors as I said before. From contemporary to traditional, wooden to silver, and from pale blue dots to pink bottles and booties…
Many times we paste our precious baby sonogram picture into our baby books which we rarely have time to open, (let alone to sit and enjoy.) Instead of hiding it away why not preserve this precious memory forever and have it proudly displayed in its own one of a kind customized and personalized picture frame?
Creating long lasting keepsakes while preserving those precious baby memories make these frames an ideal choice when you are deciding on how to display your babies beautiful photographs. By creating a frame you will have designed something wonderful and personal and as your child grows a great gift for them. They will love to gaze at it and realize just how much you love them.
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Personalized baby picture frames are an inexpensive way of creating and showing off your best baby photos but you could always try creating a picture frame yourself if you’re feeling crafty!
Why not create a truly personal gift for your loved ones birthday this year?
Perhaps you’re the proud aunt or uncle and would like to give a one of a kind gift to your newborn niece or nephew. The many photographs you have taken so far will provide you with a wealth of material for creating a gift that will celebrate those first few precious months of life.
When you have coordinated your frame with the colors and other decorative pieces in the room you will need to decide on the photographs you will use.
Here are a few ideas for photographs to use in the three opening type of collage picture frames:
Use black and white photographs of the baby and add a subtle duo tone effect using photo editing software.
Add the name of the baby to the bottom of the photograph.
Add the year of the babies birth and fill it with a photograph of the baby.
Now all that’s left to do is to put your creation together within the frame, perhaps with the name photo in the center slot and the two horizontal photographs surrounding it.
Memories of a babies first months are very special from that first breath of life to the everyday moments, so get creating that uniquely special gift today!
A collage of your baby whether you make it yourself or buy collage picture frames and add photographs to them will all look so much better if firstly you improve your photographs, and here’s how.
You want to use the personalized picture frames for baby photographs that you have taken, but some of your photos could use a little help before placing them within your beautiful new frames.
There are a few easy simple steps which you can take every time to ensure your photographs look fantastic and print out as well as they look on your computer screen.
Once you have taken these steps with your photographs you will have fantastic prints which will do justice to whichever type of frame you decide to purchase whether a black picture frame of the matted variety to which you add your photos, or a cheap frame which you decorate yourself then add your photo creation to, or one of the stunning personalized baby picture frames which you can buy online.
Creating and Printing Great Photographs
Here are the secrets to great photos and the steps to follow to ensure your prints look as good as the pictures on your computer screen:
Select the photographs you want to use, and then decide what size you want the photographs to be.
Open up whichever photo editing software you use and start to work on your photographs. Digital photographs when uploaded from camera to your computer the resolution can be 72 ppi. Now if all you wanted to do was to view these photographs on your computer screen or to email them to family and friends this resolution would be fine, but you want to print out these photos so you will need to change the resolution to at least 200 ppi. If you print out your photographs at 72 ppi you will be disappointed with the results but at 200 ppi you will achieve a sharp photo print.
To resize your photo from 72 ppi to 200 ppi all you need to do is go to select image size and then image size and ensure the resample image option is unchecked and then simply change from 72 to 200 ppi, once completed just click ok.
Once your photograph is at the correct resolution for printing it is time to crop your photo so that you turn your picture from an everyday snap shot to an interesting focused print. Choose the crop tool and pick the dimensions and resolution you require for example width 6 height 4 and resolution 200 ppi. Position the crop around the interesting parts of the photograph for example imagine a rule of thirds grid on the photograph and position the interesting part of the photo where the lines of the grid cross. A photo of a child walking down a path for example could be cropped so the start of the path is at the bottom left side of the photo and the child the main focus of the picture is at the upper left crossed lines of the grid.
These are only the very basic steps to getting good prints from your digital photographs but if you follow these very simple steps you will be able to either upload your photographs to a photo printing site or print out your photos on your own inkjet printer and achieve good quality interesting prints. Remember if you print out your photographs at home make sure you use photo quality paper.
Photos Ready Now to the Frames
You have your printed photographs ready now you need to put them into whichever type of frame you have chosen. Most of the frames will take photographs of various shapes and sizes and all you need to do is to decide which will be your main photograph and which will be the surrounding complementing photos.
Traditional personalized baby frames are customizable and allow you to add important information about the new addition to the family, such as name, weight, and special messages for the baby.
Matted collage frames are usually black picture frames with a white mat which has several openings of different shapes and sizes and in this case you will need to use photo tape to attach the many baby pictures to it.
If you decide to create a collage of your photographs yourself this can also easily be done with your photo editing software, if you decide to try this option then a cheap black picture frame is a great inexpensive blank canvas for you to display your baby collage creation in. Attaching baby related elements to the frame will also add a nice personal touch to your creation.
Either way if you purchase frames or decide to create collages with photographs of your baby and frame them yourself, improving your photos first will ensure a quality finished piece that you will be proud to display in your home or personalized picture frames for baby photographs can make great gifts!
What’s the first thing you do when you walk into a friends home, after plonking yourself down on their comfy couch that is?
That’s right you glance around the room checking out their decor and have a nosy at any photographs.
Why not be the envy of your family and friends?
Display large collage picture frames loaded with your favorite photographs and or treasures proudly up on the wall adding that all important drama and style around your home.
3 Ideas for filling Large Picture Frames
Babies Room – Firstly pick a frame which co-ordinates with the color and feel of your babies room, then decide which photographs of your baby you would like to add to use. Why not take a close up photo of your babies face and perhaps use this one in black and white, than add a couple of shots of their feet and maybe take a photograph of their tiny hand in your partners hand and blur out the background so you really focus on the hands. Next add some memorabilia to the mix perhaps the baby ultrasound picture, the birth announcement or christening invitation, the possibilities are endless for creating a stunning unique creation to really personalize their room.
Preteen Room – For a young child’s room you could put up a frame containing those first nervous day shots that we all take of our children before they step on the school bus to be transported to a new grade. Once you have all these first day shots gathered together from preschool to fifth grade, you could then add your favorite pieces of their work that you have treasured throughout their middle school years, (which have by the way been languishing at the bottom of those large cardboard boxes for years) go on rescue them and show your children just how proud you are of their achievements and creations!
Teenage Room – Modern wall picture frames for a teenager could look great filled with all the latest photographs of them and all their many friends, to these frames I would consider adding some of the artwork from their CD cases to add to the frame displaying their favorite bands or perhaps the ipod logo could be added symbolizing the many hours they spend with their earplugs in!
Go on get creating and start adding large collage picture frames to their bedroom walls filling each frame with photographs and mementos showing just how individual each of your children really are.
