Finished my table numbers!

I actually only did 17 and will probably need more like 20 but I will wait to see if I need them. Anyone know the cheapest website for 5x7 prints? I am planning on waiting till shutterfly or kodak gallery has a sale but if anyone has a better idea please share!

Also, anyone have a place to get plain silver frames? I have been checking the dollar store but so far no luck!

I will try to post pics but if it doesn't work I'll post in my album!

Here you go! They look great!

these are beautiful! we're doing a similar thing w/ photographs for table markers, so this is inspiring

They came out GREAT!

you know, i did the same thing with pictures of my dog in a tux ahahha but i just printed them out from the computer. you don't really need to make prints of them if you want to cut some cost---i had to make almost 30 so it was more cost effective for me to just print them on my computer. if not, try these codes for snapfish--not sure if it's cheaper than anything you have seen, but it's worth a shot no?
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Posted by chacha

you know, i did the same thing with pictures of my dog in a tux ahahha but i just printed them out from the computer. you don't really need to make prints of them if you want to cut some cost---i had to make almost 30 so it was more cost effective for me to just print them on my computer. if not, try these codes for snapfish--not sure if it's cheaper than anything you have seen, but it's worth a shot no?
Get $5 off your $20 photo card order w/Coupon CARDCRAZY (Ends 11/08)
Get your third set of photo cards Free w/Coupon BECARDCRAZY (Ends 11/15)
Take 30% off orders $30+ w/Coupon AFFORDER30 (Ends 12/30)
Take 25% Off when you order duplicate copies of any photo gift!
Take 20 Free Prints (Ends 12/30)
Take 20% Off photo cards w/Coupon GOCARDCRAZY (Ends 11/30)
'Site-Wide' Free Shipping on any order $15+ w/Coupon SHIPALL (Ends 12/01)
Free shipping on $10+ Orders w/Coupon PRINTSHIP (Ends 11/04)
Free shipping on up to 15 4x6 prints w/Coupon SHIP15FREE (Ends 11/04)

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Thanks so much!

I can't take credit for knowing how to do this. It's thanks to instructions posted by Mrs Q in 2007. Here are her directions that have been saved in my notebook forever.

'Ok, I opened Powerpoint.
- New document
- File, Page Setup
- Changed the page size to 20 x 28 inches (**this is 4 times the 5x7 size they will actually be printed as - this is so that the quality remains as high as possible when I save it as a jpg file**)
- Click OK
- Then Insert Image you want to use
- Double click image (brings up Format Picture window)
- In the 'Size' tab, changed the height to 20 inches
*VERY IMPORTANT: Make sure the 'Lock Aspect Ratio' box IS CHECKED*
- Now the picture fits perfectly up and down, but may be too big horizontally.
- Crop the left or right (or both) side until it's 28 inches.
- Now the image is the same size as your Page Setup.

To make the image lighter:
- Double click image
(Format Picture window opens)
- In the 'Picture' tab, click on the arrow for 'Color'
- Choose 'Washout'
- Click OK
- IF the image is too light, go back into Format Picture and INCREASE the Contrast by 10 and DECREASE the brightness by 10.

To add text:
- Insert WordArt
- Play with fonts, colors, and size to achieve the look you want for the wording.

ETA: Ok so I forgot to add the last step - how to save the file as a picture.

When you are done with making the file (and as you are working on it), save your file.

Once you're finished and happy with the way the picture looks, you need to save it as a jpg file. To do this, go to File, Save As, and in the 'File Type' change it to 'JPG' and save it again as a jpg. It's going to ask you to save all slides or just the current slide - if you click to save all files, it will save each slide that you have in the file as a jpg - each file will be automatically saved in a new folder.

So now you have the files saved as individual jpg files. What I plan to do is to upload the jpg files to Kodak Gallery or Shutterfly and to order 5x7 prints of each - that way I'll have actual pictures and don't have to worry about buying photopaper and printing them myself. But I'm sure you could do that if you want.'

5x7 prints are only 58 cents at Walmart.com and you can either have them sent to you or you can pick them up at the store.

HTH