Silhouettes are always lovely, but there’s something about a baby’s that is extra sweet. I’m using Eleanor’s for her first birthday party.
I used Illustrator, but here is a silhouette tutorial using tracing paper. Have you ever made one? How did you use it?
sarah
April 22, 2010 at 11:13 amoh, this is such a cute idea for a 1st birthday theme!! :) she is so cute! i love all of the ideas on your blog!
btw- i am having a FUN GIVEAWAY on my blog & it will be ending soon! head over to enter:
http://www.thebrightsidestudio.blogspot.com/
thanks!!
Kristin
April 22, 2010 at 11:18 amI used Illustrator to make my daughters and use it on our blog-header. It’s time to update and add number two! Eleanor’s is precious.
Holly
April 22, 2010 at 11:31 amSO CUTE. I just love silhouettes, and I agee that baby silhouettes are even yummier!! :) Your daughter is just too sweet!!
xoxox Holly
Ludmila {CreamyLife.com}
April 22, 2010 at 11:32 amOh Eleanor is just so adorable! Today I went through all your pictures on Flickr related to E and would do it again! this cutie is a treasure! About silhouettes: I read once a tutorial and it was saying to take a picture of the person, print the picture and then cut it. Use adhesive paper (otherwise apply glue to the back of the silhouette)and affix it onto a background paper. That’s it! I still didn’t make one, but I’ll certainly do it one day! xo
P.S. It’s official: I’m obsessed with your blog and work, Nicole! http://www.creamylife.com/interior-design/4473/pink-loves-brown.html
Licia
April 22, 2010 at 11:33 amMy son Andre is turning 1 shortly. Thank you for the tips on how to create a silhouette. I think I will use this for his birthday party invitations.
Ludmila {CreamyLife.com}
April 22, 2010 at 11:34 amI just read the tutorial on Design Sponge and realized it’s very similar to the one I was telling about in the previous comment, which I saw on Style at home: http://www.styleathome.com/how-to/simple-projects/how-to-create-silhouette-art/a/21692…funny!
Lucia
April 22, 2010 at 11:37 amI recently created a silhouette (also using illustrator) to make my third daughter’s birth announcement. It’s pictured in this post, several photos down. I like how you styled Eleanor’s hair in yours.
Lucia
April 22, 2010 at 11:42 amMight be nice if I included the link for the post! Here it is:
http://wilkefamily.wordpress.com/2010/04/11/week-14-apr-2-8/
Karrie
April 22, 2010 at 11:37 amSo cute! I’ve made silhouette’s using pencil rubbing technique. I printed the picture I wanted to use on regular white paper, cut it to size and rubbed the back of it with a pencil. Then I placed the image onto a piece of wood and traced the silhouette. I then painted the image. It was pretty cute and easy!
kari
April 22, 2010 at 11:41 amso darling! any tips for creating a good silhouette in illustrator? want to make a cute baby announcement for my sister that just had twins but im still feeling my way around illustrator! thanks! cute blog, keep it up! :)
A Jill of All Trades
April 22, 2010 at 11:42 amI love it!!!
I would love to have made one when Aidan was a baby, but I never thought about it. At least I did take lots of amazing photographs!
You’re inspiring!
A Jill of All Trades
April 22, 2010 at 11:42 amP.S. What font did you use for “Eleanor’s Silhouette?”
kari s.
April 22, 2010 at 11:51 amvery sweet and great idea!
Stacie
April 22, 2010 at 12:13 pmHere is a link to the silhouette I made for my daughter, Violet!
http://gingibersnap.blogspot.com/2010/01/little-something-extra-for-saturday.html
Nuit
April 22, 2010 at 1:18 pmthis one is soooo cute!!!
casey
April 22, 2010 at 1:23 pmher profile is so cute! i have always loved silhouettes, i have one of me and my husband in our living room, and i made my little boy’s as part of his birth announcements: http://www.flickr.com/photos/caseybaudoin/4378557701/in/set-72157622790193636/
Mrs. Priss
April 22, 2010 at 1:24 pmThat’s precious! I adore how it looks in pink! I made one of my daughter using the tracing technique and it turned out pretty sweet. You’re totally right about baby heads being the best. I’d be too paranoid of how big my head would look anyway, lol.
Kathleen
April 22, 2010 at 1:48 pmAgreed – the baby silhouette is extra sweet. My husband and I used silhouettes as a very tiny graphic detail on our wedding invitations. It gave the design a little extra oomph and vintage vibe we were going for.
I remember having silhouettes done as a kid using a projector like to create a shadow on paper board taped to the wall.
Adrianne
April 22, 2010 at 1:49 pmI love silhouettes! I bought a silhouette christmas ornament for baby’s first christmas last year from le papier studio, and my husband’s silhouette from when he was a baby hangs in our baby’s nursery now. I did the “floating head” for Mason’s first birthday party last month (http://bit.ly/bHWVdx). Eleanor’s is adorable!
kandice
April 22, 2010 at 2:02 pmomg that is so cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute!
Amy
April 22, 2010 at 2:09 pmI had a silhouette brooch made for my mother for her birthday. It was made from an antique optician’s eyeglass from a medical kit that was the “frame” and the silhouette was printed to fit inside and she used an antique paper as the covering for the back. It was so lovely and I wish I would have ordered one for myself!
magnoliatreephotography
April 22, 2010 at 2:20 pmShe is beyond perfection–your heart must melt daily. Thank you for the idea! I don’t have Illustrator, but I do have Photoshop–I’m sure this is something I could include in my packages, as I’m positive my clients would love it!
sarah
April 22, 2010 at 2:53 pmlove love your blog!
tho i’ve been reading it for a long while, this is my first comment!
i drew & designed one in illustrator of my daughter holding 2 balloons for her 2nd birthday invites, custom stickers on treat bags, water bottles etc. it turned out darling and now i’m hooked!
i’ve seen an adorable idea on another blog {i can’t recall which one} where they drew a pink silhouette of mickey mouse’s head rather than using all the cartoonish invites and decor on the market. i think i’ll be doing that for her 3rd! what a great idea!
Kristen
April 22, 2010 at 2:59 pmI made silhouettes of my husband and I by hand (the overly laborious way) and used them on our wedding invitations. They turned out rather lovely!
Celia
April 22, 2010 at 3:07 pmOur whole class did them in 5th grade using a projector to make a shadow on the paper and our teacher traced our silhouettes with a peice of chalk. She used them as a party game for a party our class had, we all had to walk around and figure out who the silhouette was of.
Shannon
April 22, 2010 at 3:40 pmJust devine…and what a lovely idea for her birthday. I may have to steal that one. My little girl has a birthday coming up soon and I was wondering about a theme to run with….decision made. Nicole I have to tell you it is so lovely every morning {I live in Australia} when I turn on the computer and see your posts, it is my interiors/design fix for the day, I love it because with 4 young children the hour I have to myself before they wake is prescious, thankyou for being a part of it and constantly putting a smile on my face…xxxx a kiss from all my kids for making their mummy soooo happy.
Natalie
April 22, 2010 at 4:48 pmOne Esty designer does silhouette necklaces. You might be interested as a 1st birthday gift for yourself.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/luckymebeads
deanna
April 22, 2010 at 4:59 pmThat is so cute! and *of course* it’s pink.
I did two silhouettes as a Christmas gift for my husband:
http://applesandorange.blogspot.com/2010/01/before-and-after.html
susan
April 22, 2010 at 5:43 pmClassy, a smart twist on traditional, and perfect, just like she is! And just like her name, too ;)
Amanda Fuller | Calico and Co
April 22, 2010 at 5:52 pmWhat a wonderful Silhouette! Eleanor is so beautiful! I created one a few months ago of my niece and painted it onto a small canvas. You can see how I did it here on my blog: http://calicoandco.blogspot.com/2010/01/diy-silhouette-canvas.html
Natalie
April 22, 2010 at 6:31 pmSo cute! What a fun DIY project and great keepsake :)
Audrey
April 22, 2010 at 7:28 pmI’m doing the same thing for my daughter’s 1 year birthday as well- it’s just too fun and darling!! Happy (early) 1st to Eleanor!!
Viv
April 22, 2010 at 9:21 pmHow sweet does her little nose that silhouette. I might have to give this a go.. if Robert would sit still for the photo that is.
tiina
April 23, 2010 at 4:42 amOh, that is just precious. She’s such a cutie!
wini
April 23, 2010 at 8:17 amWhat a gorgeous idea! Eleanor looks adorable and her silhouette is soooo cute :)
shalini
April 23, 2010 at 10:03 amThat’s so darling….she looks so adorable. Thanks for the links.
HollyP
April 23, 2010 at 1:01 pmI love silhouettes. My family has a tradition of having them done for all the children. Currently we have silouhettes of four generations, from my grandparents through my kids. My kids love to visit my grandfather’s house and guess which silhouette is which aunt, cousin, great aunt…
We have them done for each child’s first trip to Disneyworld, by the cart on Magic Kingdom’s Main Street.
Lucky Elinor to have such a souvenier. And she looks more like you by the day.
Miss B
April 23, 2010 at 1:17 pmI agree baby silo’s are precious and of course Eleanor’s is tres adorable, love the pink:)
Buttercup
April 23, 2010 at 1:30 pmMy preschool made silhouettes of each child. Since my brother, sister, and I all went to the same pre-school (although three years apart), my mom had a silhouette of each of us at the same age and kept all three framed in our home until Hurricane Katrina. But still–at that point my younger brother was 20!
Bron
April 24, 2010 at 9:13 amHi Nicole – I have never made one but this is a gorgeous example and am definitely inspired to try now. Their little heads are just too cute. Can’t go past that lovely pink either :)
viva cindy
April 24, 2010 at 9:59 ami love silhouettes too! I just completed a cut out for a jewelry bust out of wood and they turned out so cool.
you can see here:
http://cindyjespinoza.blogspot.com/2010/04/jewelry-bust-project.html
Terrah
April 24, 2010 at 2:41 pmI have a little fetish for silhouettes as well:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fabulousterrah/4317481977/
Love that I stumbled across your blog again after almost a year. :)
Gorilla is my friend
April 25, 2010 at 5:01 amA whole new world of silhouettes has just opened to me! Why have I never thought of this before? I am so doing my Kaden’s! Great blog!!!!
Kari
April 28, 2010 at 9:51 pmThis inspired me to try it out in Illustrator. I’m just learning the program, so I’m pretty proud of myself. Here’s the link if you care!
http://mkhobson.blogspot.com/2010/04/beck-illustrated.html
Cynthia
April 30, 2010 at 8:54 amI did this as a Cub Scout project with my den for Mother’s Day Gifts.
My 25 year old son still loves his!
Tasha
May 4, 2010 at 1:04 pmI did one of my dog after seeing your inspiration! I’m technologically challenged and couldn’t even get an exacto knife to work, so I just used scissors!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tmw715/4578456527/?rotated=1&cb=1272995841449
vana
May 7, 2010 at 9:08 pmI am all about silhouettes.
http://www.lepapierstudio.com
everything in my website has silhouettes written all over it!!
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