This is an idea I’ve seen floating around the internets once or twice, so it’s nothing original, but I really like the way mine turned out..

If you do need to use a photo in landscape, make sure that the lettering takes up about 50% of the entire photo.In portrait, aim for about 25%.. Like this:.

That pillow post was a fairly popular one, but not thanks to that photo.The text is so tiny, it’s impossible to read when it’s Pinterest-sized!.TIP #4: Show only a single thing in your photo..

Same idea as with the text: You want it to be big, and you want it to stand out..TIP #5: Don’t give away the “How to” in you photo.. You can hint at it, like this:.

But don’t give everything away completely in one photo.

You want people to need to click over to learn more, or pin it for later to remember your tip, idea, craft, or whatever.Here’s how we made them:.

We started out by making the base out of newspaper, packing tape, and a couple of sticks from the yard.. We scrunched and wrapped the paper in tape around the stick until we had a pumpkinish shape..If you’re having trouble locating the pumpkin shape in this picture, don’t worry.

Kennedy and Chris are here to help.. We mixed up a solution of roughly 1 part white glue to 1 part water.. Kennedy got herself set up on the kitchen floor with some newspaper and paper towels strips and then got to work.She dipped each strip in the gluey water and smooshed it onto the pumpkin shape.