I have a very talented sister-in-law (Jenny-my blog buddy) who takes pictures of
me and my family. I wanted to get a couple shots blown up to put in the dining
room as I’m changing some things out but I didn’t want to pay a ton for them. Jenny
reminded me of something I saw on Pinterest; you can go to Staples and get an engineer
print for very inexpensive (these only print in black and white). I got online
and found that the size I wanted was not available in an engineer print and
that the photo print was available (still reasonably priced) but had to be done
in store. I went up to the store and talked to the very helpful lady in the
print shop. She was able to print my 16x20 photos as engineer prints for $3.57!
Awesome!!! One of them was a bit short on the sides because of the ratio but I
could work with that. So I got my two prints and off to a local craft store. Of
course you can always buy matte board but I was still looking to keep the cost
of this project down. So I found some textured art paper in the paint section.
It was $1.99 per piece for a 19x25.5 perfect.
I gathered my supplies at home and cut the photos down to
size. Decided how wide I wanted my matte and cut down the art paper with my X-Acto knock off (this is a must have for your craft closet). Love,
love, love the result and because I already had the frames this project cost me
only $7.55.
Maybe you have a couple photos you want to “engineer.”
Happy Thursday!
Daspri
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