If you’re like me, which I am going to assume you all are, you want to change your art work with every passing season and holiday – am I right? I know I do. I have certain art pieces which always stay in place, but I like to have some seasonal pieces as well, to change up and keep it interesting. I love all of the word art that is popular now, and I found a quick and easy way to make your own. And best of all, it’s free!
Have you ever used tagxedo? It’s a webpage that makes word clouds that you can save and print at home. They have tons of color and theme options, many different fonts, and a large selection of shapes that you can make your word cloud into. It’s really easy to use, here’s how:
1. Go to tagxedo and click on create.
2. On the left hand side are all of your setting options. I typed what they do onto the image, but it is a bit small, so I will type them here again:
- Color: switches the colors of the current theme around.
- Theme: switches the color theme and background colors.
- Font: I hope this is self explanatory.
- Orientation: Changes the orientation of the words, not the image. You have three options: horizontal, vertical, or a combo of the two (H/V)
- Layout: switches the layout of the words around.
- All: switches all of the above to random settings.
- Respin arrow: random selection
- Right arrow: make your own selection
At the bottom of the image you see the options that the current image is using – the shape, the fonts, and the theme.
3. To load your own set of words, choose the “Load…” option. From here you can enter a URL and tagxedo will make a word cloud of all of the words on that page, or you can enter a word list into the box. (Are you cringing at typing in all of those words? Don’t! I googled “Fall vocab list” and “Halloween words” was given a great list that I copied and pasted – use the Ctrl+V code, since right clicking will not work in this app. You can go through and delete the words you don’t want, and you can paste them with commas in between or in separate rows like a list.)
Once I changed all of my settings and had my words in place, I had cute printables for Fall and Halloween! It does come with a tagxedo border, but when you go to print it, you can crop the image or cut it off after you print it.
Pleas note that tagxedo terms of use does not let you make these for commercial purposes, but they certainly are great for decorating your own home or making a gift for a friend. Here are some I made:
Back to school…
Fall or Autumn…
… and Halloween!
Are you going to go make one? Let me know, I’d love to see it!
Kara @ Petals to Picots says
This is great Sarah! I’m going to go check it out.
Jen @ The Decor Scene says
Sarah, I love this. I just did one in about 20 mins. I made one of the leaves. So much fun!!! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Rebecca @ Herons Crafts says
This is fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing! I saw this somewhere but then completely forgot about it! Now I can go and check it out! Rebecca @ Heronscrafts.blogspot.com
Chelsea Dawn says
This is fantastic! Can’t wait to try it!!
http://chelseadward.blogspot.ca/
Jill @ Create.Craft.Love. says
How cool is this!! Love it! I can’t wait to give it a try!
meet.make.laugh. says
So cute! I’m excited to try it out! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Ashley Richards says
OMG this is wonderful! I can’t wait to make one myself. Thanks so much for sharing!
aprichards.blogspot.com
Britni @ Hubby Made Me says
That’s so awesome! I’m definitely going to try it out 🙂
Danni Baird @ Silo Hill Farm says
Oh this is my favorite Tagxedo ever! I love it!
Donna Wilkes says
Thanks for tips on making word clouds!
Distressed Donna Down Home
Nicole {WonkyWonderful} says
What a great resource for crafty projects. Thanks for the tip 🙂
Ag.perdew says
That is really neat and easy. I am going to be going over there very soon, thanks for the share. Glad I found you on Ginger Snaps. I joined your gfc; you can find mine at http://www.oneprocrastinatinggal.blogspot.com. Hope to see you.
Nichole says
Wow, this is so helpful! Thank you for the instructions, I’m excited to try it myself.
Jill @ KitchenFunWithMy3Sons.com says
Very neat! We would love for you to share this on our Kitchen Fun and Crafty Friday link party…just posted it! Thanks!
http://kitchenfunwithmy3sons.blogspot.com/2012/09/kitchen-fun-and-crafty-friday-link.html
http://sarahsaturdiy.blogspot.com/ says
Great tutorial! I am a follower of your blog on Facebook and would love if you could hop over to my new blog (http://sarahsaturdiy.blogspot.com/) and share the blog love. Have a great weekend!
Ag.perdew says
http://onecreativeprocrastinatinggal.blogspot.com/ sorry about that. I appreciate you letting me know. Thanks for trying to come by : ).
thepetitesewist says
Thanks for posting this! It kept me busy last night when I could not sleep.
I posted some sewing word art that can be used in the sewing room:
http://thepetitesewist.blogspot.com/2012/09/tonight-im-insomniacwith-word-art.html
Bonny Yokeley says
This is great! Thanks for telling us about that site and sharing some awesome examples! I’m pinning this for when I have some free time to create my own.
Bonny @ thedomesticatedprincess.blogspot.com
House on the Way says
This is an awesome tutorial! I’m so glad you shared this…Love it! I would love for you to share this at my linky party, Twirl & Take a Bow at http://www.houseontheway.com. It would be a great addition!
Aubrey Stacey says
This is fantastic! I am definitely going to try this for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Thanks for sharing!
Sarah E. says
That is really awesome! Thank you for linking up to TPP!
Jennifer says
Great site, thanks for sharing! Thanks for stopping by for our Pretty Things Party. Hope to see you again next week!
tjaklitsch says
Love it! Thanks for sharing!
Laura J.
Shannah @ Just Us Four says
These are awesome! I love this idea.
Alicia Manzano says
Oh my! I can not believe I am just finding out about this! 🙂 Thx so much for sharing!