Lesson 6: Collage

My daughter dragged us to see the movie "Cars" six (yes, that was 6!) times last summer. As a result, we've been inspired to take a road trip next summer. We're going to try to follow Route 66 from its end in Santa Monica back to its beginning in Chicago. Hence, the collage.

I found a bunch of photos of famous Route 66 attractions and arranged them on the page as you see. This took a few tries and I had to leave out a LOT of pictures. Then I added drop shadows to each photo. For the text, I added a drop shadow, bevelled and embossed, and added an outer glow to get that sort-of-neon look.

After reducing the size, some of the pix are hard to see, but trust me--all of these places are delightfully tacky :)

(To be fair, there are lots of really cool places along the way, and some absolutely beautiful scenery. I can't wait to take this trip!)