When we wrote about creating word cloud art with Wordle recently Chelsie left a link in the comments that she had done just that for her daughter Daphne. And look how great it is! Not to mention affordable - Chelsie bought the frame for $5 and had the Wordle image professionally printed for $7.
Perhaps our favorite aspect of Chelsie's project is that she invited extended family members to contribute words they thought described Daphne. What a wonderful keepsake for Daphne to have. As we all know, kids change before your very eyes, so Chelsie's considering making a yearly Wordle for her daughter.
Readers of the original post suggested using Wordle to create birth announcements and birthday party invitations. What can you think of to make with Wordle? (Tip: for how to keep words together read this.)
Check out Wordle yourself here.
For a laugh, check out the creator's response to a request (about halfway down the page) that he change or remove the font name "Sexsmith."
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Comments (6)
Now that the words can string together, I am going to make a poster of my twins' cute sayings that I've been archiving over the years in a word document. I am still looking to create a cool alphabet poster, too.
Where was it printed? I love creating stuff like this, but the only way I know to print is just to make it a photo...is this what Daphne did? I would REALLY also love to know how/where to print this as an invitation...
Great! But I'd like to know how she could print it so big? i thought you can't save it on your computer?
i'd really like to do the same, but don't know how and where to print it.
would be very thankful for tips...
heike
My husband works at a university. We took it to the visual arts lab on campus.
As for the size- I had to recreate it. (there are probably other ways, but I'm not tech savy enough) I used photoshop because, at first I was going to try to print it at walmart. I had no idea what else I could use and have it remain reasonably priced (for me). I soon realized, however, that the resolution was going to be horrible and they wouldn't allow a larger file.
I should have used illustrator, but if you save your file large enough, photoshop should work.
I should clarify- I know you can save them as a pdf (just click print and then print it as a pdf). I just wasn't sure how large I would end up being able to make it, and I wanted to be able to have a little fun moving things around to my exact tastes. I wasn't sure I wanted to try to figure all that out using a pdf.
My husband works at a university, too. What a good idea - the visual arts lab! I would have never thought of that. I'll have to check into that!