Personalised Valentine for Daddy

My husband's birthday is on Valentine's Day, so we tend to make a big deal of it around here (for Australians, anyway). More accurately, we tend to make a big deal of him on Valentine's Day. This year, we're preparing a gift for him every hour (some bought, some made). One of the gifts we made for him is a poster of two of his favorite people: our girls! Check this out...

I had seen a few images on Pinterest of women holding up signs with messages of love to their significant others, and thought I could do a version with our kids! I laid down a nice blanket, got the girls into white/pink outfits and got to work.
My initial concept involved cutting out the letters L-O-V-E from pretty paper and sticking it to a canvas board like so...

...but Eden got too distracted by trying to feel the letters for the photos to work out, so in the end I covered my canvas with white paper from my sketchbook, and then folded a bit of brown craft paper around the centre (to cover the overlapping pieces of sketchbook paper). This was my 'template' I suppose.
I got my girls to lay on the rug holding the makeshift sign, and snapped away!
Of course, it wasn't quite that simple; Ava wanted to wander around, which made getting photos of her quite tricky!

In the end, I got the shots I needed. All you need to do then, is upload them to your editing software, add the lettering for your message, create a collage (to spell desired word/message) and then order from your fave photoprinting shop.

Gotta say, I'm pretty happy with the results, and I can't wait to see what hubby thinks!

Thanks for reading! ~ L.