When we were working in the basement yesterday, I tackled the huge pile of out-grown shoes and boots. I sorted them into bins by size (2-7, 8-10, 11-12...) so it'll be much easier to find shoes for Georgia and Madeline in the future. I thought it would be fun to take a picture of the girls' little rubber boots (sizes 5 to 12), so I did, and then tonight I played with the photo a little (removed the background colour):
Added, Nov 9: I was asked how I did this and what program I used. Here's the answer:
You need photo editing software that allows you to work in layers. (I use Adobe Photoshop Elements.) Open your colour photo in the photo editing program. Make a duplicate layer (or, select all, copy, and paste over the original photo). Change the top (duplicate) layer to black & white (a.k.a. "remove color"). Then, working on the top/black & white layer, use the eraser tool to erase the parts of the photo that you want to show up in colour. If the edge of the object has a lot of fine detail, you'll probably have to adjust the size of the eraser and zoom in close.
