Champagne Thursdays: Frame Collage

I started a collage of frames on one of our walls in our sitting room. I've been wanting to do this for a while now and I've had most of these pictures framed for quite some time. Anyways I finally got around to hanging them up last weekend. (I feel like I say that with a lot of my posts. I need to start focusing on one or two projects instead of a bunch at the same time.) I'm hoping to turn our 'sitting room' into a room we use more often and I think this collage of frames adds a bit of personality to the room.

I experimented with a few different layouts out the floor, before deciding which one I liked best. I started with some symmetry in the middle and then added from there. Deciding on a layout was harder than I thought it was going to be, but I finally picked one that I thought would be easy to add to in the future.

Next I cut pieces of wax paper to match each frame and marked where the nail needed to be. Then I taped the wax paper on the wall and hammered the nails into the appropriate spot. After the nails were in place, I took down the wax paper and started hanging my pictures. Thanks again Pinterest!

I included the birth announcement prints I made from the boys, a family picture and a few other meaningful pictures and prints to our frame collage.

Here are a few close ups of some of the art we have hanging.

This one is a postcard of Flathead Lake that I framed. I got it for free at a store downtown. Score! They were trying to sell larger prints for $300, but this little guy was perfect for me.

Here's a piece of Parker's artwork from school. I love the colors and the texture, its done on sandpaper.

I found this cute, free print on Pinterest, from the eighteen25 blog. They have different colors you can choose from, then just download and print. Thank you eighteen25 blog!!!

I found this fun and colorful print at Pike's Place Market for five dollars. I love all the bright colors and it is a happy reminder of our time in Seattle.

We have a couple Maui pictures on our collage wall, one of our favorite places. This is one we took when we were there a couple years ago. It was taken at one of the stops on the Road to Hana. The other one from Maui is a sunset picture, from the beach where Chris and I were married. Maui has the most beautiful sunsets!