Decorate your home with posters

 

I decided to focus on a hodgepodge collection of family photos that has been growing on a main wall of my home, without rhyme or reason, over the past few years.  My favorite framed "photo" isn't even a photo at all. It's actually a hand drawn super hero caricature of my husband and me. The original is 14” x 16” and I realized that if only it was bigger, it would be a great focal point for the wall. The easiest solution was to take the drawing to my local FedEx Office^® to have it copied and enlarged to poster size.

 

It was a fun process for my kids to watch -- the FedEx Office^® Team Member who worked with us let us gather around the large format printer as she fed in the drawing. I took it out of the frame but I couldn't separate the drawing paper from the mat. As it turned out, the printer was able to accept the drawing with the mat included. All I had to do was request the enlargement size I wanted (22" x 28" so it would fit in a standard size frame) and my work was done the following day.

 

 

The FedEx Office^® Team Member creating our project was even able to make the enlargement brighter than the original, which had faded a bit over the years.

I picked up my completed poster the next day, popped it in the frame and I was ready to edit our family photo wall.  Having a large focal point piece gave the wall the neat, organized look I wanted.  I'm now recommending this quick home décor idea to all my friends. A trip to your local FedEx Office^® and you can easily enlarge your favorite images for framing. And with Mother’s Day around the corner, this is a fabulous option for kids' artwork, too. Take a small piece they bring home from school and turn it into a show stopper for the home. Moms will love it!

 

For more of Angela’s creativity, you can find her blog at www.angeladaniels.squarespace.com or watch her web series "The Guilty Crafter" (www.guiltycrafter.com) where Angela shares quick, inexpensive and mostly upcycled crafts. Angela is also now one of the contestants on the new TLC show Craft Wars. FedEx Office is compensating Angela to share her ideas for fun, creative projects on the Out of Office blog.