More silhouette fun

Remember these?
The profile shots from our failed attempt to get good Christmas card pics?  

Turns out they worked great for another plan...I wanted to make Silhouette Art as a gift for my sister.

 I was really happy with the results:

(Yes, the glare is pretty extreme here - it was 10 p.m. so I gave in to the flash and an overhead light...)

I bought the nicest frames I could afford for these without going over-budget.
I wanted them to be dining room worthy, so I checked with her about the colors she has in there...

I love the look - so simple and elegant!  And if you look closely, you can fill in the spaces from your memory of the person's smile, eyes...just lovely 

I think I was able to capture face shape fairly well.

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I made four more of my own dear ones...

...to hang on our tree.  That was fun, but I think I am over silhouetting now!
Update:  my sister waited until March to hang them in her spare room, aka "the junk room"...because they matched the room better...
Her way of telling me she didn't care for them?