Side Project

A little side project that I worked on, at the beginning of the year, was a picture collage. I had the families at my church, with children aged 2-12, send me a family portrait. I then took all of those pictures and worked them into a scene of the St. Louis Temple, using the building itself as a clipping mask. This was no small task considering there were 27 families that sent me pictures. So, when I had completed my task, I suddenly remembered we had a new family move into the area...this of course meant rearranging everything to fit one more picture. This gave me a grand total of 28 families. You will notice that there are 2 blocks of color; one with the year and the other with CTR (choose the right). The year block was to take up space, but the other block was placed as a reminder to make those right choices. 

My result isn't perfect, but, it works and it was a spare-time project that I did for the kids. I did show some my fellow church members 2 different versions—one with the pictures following a more 3 dimensional bottom edge, and this one. Obviously, this is the one that they all preferred. The final image was printed out on photo paper and put on the wall at church where all the kids, and their families, can see it. Measurements are 18"x16".