Mississippi Magnolias

[SuzanneCarey]

Hey everyone! I wanted to "make" something for my mom for her birthday that's coming up. She is a very southern lady and loves magnolias. I took some pictures of a blossom in our front yard so I thought i would put together a collage of sorts to have mounted and framed for her.

This is what I came up with. What do you think? No. 1 and no. 3 magnolias look like almost opposites, but were 2 different pictures. Do they look too similiar?

It will be an 8x12 print that I will have mounted on matte board at Mpix.

Thanks in advance for your time.

Suzanne

[cfcRebel]

I think it is beautiful! The frame background matches the Magnolias well. That reminds me of my summer in Canton and Yazoo City.
Thanks for sharing.

[GTogs]

Looks Great! I'm sure she will love it!

[MAD DOG]

Looks very nice.

[SuzanneCarey]

Thanks guys so very much! One quick question, do you think the text and images are too close to the sides? Like when its framed, will it cut it off. I hate that!

[guitarman3]

To be safe, you might want to move them in a little. Doubt it would hurt. Beautiful collage!

[five-o]

Those are beautiful suzanne. great job.

[PhotosGuy]

Looks good! You could just increase the canvas size a bit in PS.

[scottbergerphoto]

Beautiful!. Less text, more image.

[SuzanneCarey]

HI Scott, good point. The images are actually really pretty so I guess I am cutting them short by not including more of them. I may have to rethink my design. Thanks alot! I thought I was ready to get the thing printed! :)

[PhotosGuy]

Here's an alternative, just to help you think about the changes. ;-)

[SuzanneCarey]

Hey Thanks, that is an idea. And that center one was my favorite. I will have to give this some thought. Any other ideas are welcome.

Thanks!

[paulhillion]

Lovely shots, are your Magnolias still flowering over there in the US as ours here dropped a while back?

I like PhotosGuy's version, the text is far too big in your original draft.

What a lovely idea for a birthday present!