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Apr 9 2014

a housewarming gift

Posted by hayley
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You’ve heard of the Waterlogue app for iPhone/iPad, right?
Right?!
Oh man, if not… let’s just say it’s rocked my world. Coming from someone who actually IS an artist, this app is phenomenal. Basically it translates any photograph you take into a watercolor “painting” in a very fluid and intuitive way.

There are hundreds of uses for this kind of digital art, but the week I bought the app ($3), my lovely friends were having a housewarming party for their very first home. And you can’t show up to a housewarming party without a handmade gift! (or at least I can’t)

This is the photo I snapped of their house when they were unawares.

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It helps that it’s a seriously gorgeous home to begin with.

I ran the photo through 2 of the different Waterlogue filters and combined them in photoshop to get this:

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Inkjet printers work great on cold press watercolor paper – just adjust the settings to “cardstock.” It’s hard to tell from the photo, but the textured paper makes it look like an actual painting.

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“Home is the nicest word there is.”  –  Laura Ingalls Wilder

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I also folded heavyweight cardstock paper and printed some personalized notecards with matching envelopes. Cute, right?

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I only had birthday and christmas wrapping paper in the house, so I doodled with a sharpie on a roll of brown kraft paper instead.

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A little bakers twine and banner topped it off just right.

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Buying your first home is such a big deal and I couldn’t be happier for them! It doesn’t take a lot of money or time to put together a meaningful housewarming gift – just a little creativity and a very cool app.

* as of this posting, waterlogue is not yet available on Andriod devices. :(

Tags: gift ideas, handmade, paper crafts

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  1. Kim
    April 9, 2014

    Love!!!!!! Totally doing this!

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  2. Kim
    February 15, 2015

    I did this for my mom for Christmas, she loved it!!! Where could I make this stationary for her, without printing it at home? Kinkos??

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    • hayley
      February 20, 2015

      Yes! I would think that Kinkos could do some kind of folding card if you took them the image file. They probably won’t have the watercolor paper, but it’d be nice all the same.

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  3. Janet Billings
    August 21, 2015

    I know this is an old post but crossing my fingers you get this question. Do I have to own photoshop to use this app? I’m embarrassed to say I honestly don’t know if our all-in-one printer is ink jet, will that matter? I wasn’t able to find these answers on the app description – otherwise I would not bother you.
    Thanks so much for the lead.
    Janet

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    • hayley
      August 22, 2015

      Hi Janet! No, you do not need to know photoshop to create beautiful images with this app. You do, however, need to own an apple device to run the app (iphone, ipad, ipod touch). And I would be willing to bet your printer is inkjet – most consumer home printers are. Can’t wait to hear about what you make!

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      • Janet
        August 23, 2015

        Thank you!

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  4. Samantha
    September 8, 2015

    This is amazing!! Thank you so much for posting this. I cannot wait to try it for a housewarming gift. What 2 filters did you run the photo through? It came out prefect!

    Sam

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  5. Ioana Mello
    March 2, 2017

    Hayley,

    Thank you so much for your post, what a wonderful idea for a housewarming gift.
    Ioana

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I'm Hayley. Wife and mother by day, DIY enthusiast by night. Fueled by sweet tea and jelly beans, I own power tools and know how to use them. Consider yourself warned.

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