After a few months looking for affordable picture frames here in Chiang Mai and longing for a Goodwill or St. Vini's trip to find some, I have decided...Why do I NEED frames?
I think the idea of frames came long ago, when people had only hard copies of their photos and wanted to protect them. Well, we now have digital prints that we pay about 10 cents or less for.
So I say, think outside the frame!
Today I finally got our family pictures on the wall instead of in a pile waiting...for frames. Here's how I put mine together...(sorry, forgot to take pictures during the process)
1. Print the pictures you want to hang, and a few more just in case...
2. Start with a cleared dining table or other flat work surface.
3. Lay the pictures out and start playing with different shapes; i.e. cross, heart, square, triangle, etc.
4. Once I got the pictures in the cross shape I turned them all upside down, keeping them in the same spot. Using clear tape (scotch or packing) I lined up the edges that touched exactly together & laid the tape on the seam.
5. First I put the cross of pictures directly on the wall, but I felt like it needed "something". So I got some scrap fabric and cut a piece to serve as a backdrop.
6. Be creative with your pictures, shapes, and background...play with it and it should come together.
7. Don't be afraid to "ruin" a picture, you can always print it again ;-). Our choices in 2012 are much different than even 20 years ago!
So glad to have these pictures of our family on the wall for all to see, instead of in my computer or in a drawer.
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