I see what your going for, nice idea. I think going in a diff. direction by using a sharper shot and using gaussian blur/sharpening tech. to get the effect....imo
I hope you aren't just going for the brown ribbon here because this is a serious comment. Your image is blurry. Try using either a tripod for long exposure or a flash so you can speed up your shutter. Your colour is way off. WB to tungsten or fluorescent indoors (depending on what kind of light you use). Your focus is way soft. Your fire looks neat but only serves, in this image, to distract from the subject (PJs).