Last week, I found two different posts about creating silhouettes for display. I’ve always loved this idea – it may be connected to my childhood love of all things “old fashioned” which included cameos. But it never occurred to me to try it myself.

Now I have a couple of options to consider.

The first comes from Caitlin Wilson of Style Files (owner of the beautiful lamps I featured yesterday).

You’ll have to go to her post for full details, but here’s the basic idea:

First you take pictures in silhouette and cut them out.

Then you paint them.

And then you mount them on paper and frame them.

Beautiful! and even better – this creates a family portrait effect for people who cannot under any circumstances stay still and with the group long enough for an actual photograph.

The other method I read about comes via Emily A. Clark. She used Widdly Tinks to make a FREE silhouette of her “virtual” family.

Here is her family portrait:

She even put together some cute gift cards for her kids:

They won’t be personal silhouettes – but come on, they’re silhouettes. Like anyone will know the difference.

The chances of me getting to this before Fall of 2010 are unlikely. But I feel a holiday card idea starting to take shape…