Don’t laugh too hard. I am still working on this project. Really, I am! It’s all just in stages. Yep, that’s the story I’m going with.
(from Milly Bee)
(Heart Shaped Photo Collage, I believe from the blog, Click It Up a Notch.)
I finally pulled together enough frames to get the size and basic shape I was looking for. Since I did not go with all the same sized frames, as in the inspiration photo, this presented a whole new challenge I had not even considered. Big DUH, over here.
And then I changed it all…
…several times.
I’m still not settled on the middle frame, but the size of this one seems about right. What I am not settled on is whether I will go through the pain of painting this one or just shell out the cash for a new frame. I will definitely need to purchase a custom mat for the handprint picture, so I am leaning toward being cheap and just painting what I have. The time needed to paint everything for this project is what really slowed me down with this whole challenge. I started this project just as the weather began to get cold, so I felt I did not have a choice in painting by hand versus spray painting (I have to do all spray painting outside in the elements). If I had known then how many warmer days we would still have left in the year, I never would have pulled the can and brushes out in the first place. Lesson learned. Now back to whether I can stomach painting that middle frame, or just throwing in the towel to buy a new one??? I’m thinkin’, I’m thinkin’.
In the end I nixed the idea of all black and white shots and here is why. First, there are a LOT of frames to fill here! Second, I have a ton of cute shots and artwork to put some where! Since this arrangement is going in our master bedroom, and is all about family, I figured it’s the best place for all those sentimental things.
With an impending visit from the grandparents this coming weekend I had to make a decision on the layout which was on the guest room floor. Or, risk another several weeks of frames stacked in the closet. I think I am good with this and there is still a little space for adding smaller frames to round out the heart shape even more. Although, I do kind of like that it’s not going to be a perfect heart. So, they got post-its with numbers to aid in getting them back into this arrangement and I will pray I can get them on the wall in a somewhat smooth process.
Now, I will spend another whole bunch of time hemming and hawing over what to put where, just as I did about which frame looks best in which spot? Once more of those decisions are made I will bore you guys with one final post so you can ooh and aaahhh!
Oye, remind me to pick a much easier challenge next time, okay?
Kitsch Krafts
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