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Nov 16 2012

DIY Photo Frame Wall Collage

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A fairly large wall in my office needed some serious love so I decided to give it some life by creating a budget-friendly photo frame wall collage! I bought most of the supplies from Ikea + Target.

It’s an easy project {minus the difficulties of figuring out how to hang up the Ikea white RIBBA frames. I’ll show you how I added an additional hanging hardware before the DIY photo frame collage tutorial}.

Materials needed:

  • grocery paper bags, gift wrapping paper, butcher paper, anything larger than a letter-size paper
  • tape
  • nails {I bought the photo frame mounting accessory set at Ikea} and/or photo mounting hardware {i.e. sawtooth picture hangers if you decide to use Ikea RIBBA frames}
  • hammer
  • scissors
  • pencil
  • variety of photo frames {all of these frames are from Ikea}
  • prints, photos

If you purchase the RIBBA frames from Ikea, I would suggest installing a sawtooth hanger so that it’s easier to hang on the wall. The hanging hardware is too deep in the frame that it made it really difficult to get the nail to grip onto the hook. So instead, I applied a sawtooth picture hanger to the back of the frame so that it was easier to hang.

Photo Frame Collage

Now onto the DIY photo frame wall collage tutorial!

1// Start tracing the frames on the paper and cut out the shapes.
2// Measure the top of the frame to the tip of the hanging hardware where it will be hung on the nail. Measure also from the right edge of the frame to the center of the hardware.
3// Using these measurements, take the paper cut out and make an intersecting point on the paper.

Photo Frame Collage

4// Now take the cut out and lay it to back of its corresponding frame.
5// Take a nail, place it on the intersecting point, puncture it through the paper, and make sure the nail fits securely in the hanging hardware. Now remove the nail from the cut out.

Photo Frame Collage

6// Apply a piece of tape on top of each paper cut frame and write on the paper of the corresponding frame.
7// Start arranging it on your wall {you can also arrange the actual frames on the floor as well to see if the prints look good together}. Play around with the layout for a bit and step back to take a good look at your arrangement. I placed the frames around 2-3 inches apart. The key is that it doesn’t have to be perfectly spaced!
8// Once you’re happy with the layout, leave the paper cut outs on the wall and start hammering in the nails or hardware hangers where the pre-punctured holes were.

Photo Frame Collage

Tadah! Here’s what the arrangement looked like!

Photo Frame Collage

1// This framed print was gift from a sweet friend! Thanks P!
2+9// Art cards of London found at Ikea + Ikea’s RIBBA frames
3+8// Old postcard prints bought at Target {they were in the stationery section} + Ikea’s small RIBBA frames
4+7// Photos taken from my trips, converted to black + white, printed at Target. Ikea’s KVILL frames
5+6// Fun way to display souvenirs from trips {pictured, masks bought in Venice, Italy}

Photo Frame Collage

Photo Frame Collage

Aren’t these masks amazing! Now, I just need to be invited to a masquerade ball or have an excuse to wear this!

Photo Frame Collage

Can you believe these victorian-style frames were only $5 each?!

Photo Frame Collage

Dust off your souvenirs, and find a way to display your souvenirs!

Photo Frame Collage

Is this not picture perfect :) ! This photo frame collage definitely brightened up the wall!

Photo Frame Collage

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Aug 23 2012

Custom Wedding Invitation // Donna + James’s Ombre Pink + Peach Wedding Invitation

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In addition to designing + planning my sister’s wedding this past April {a re-cap post of the wedding will be coming soon!}, I had the pleasure of designing the wedding invitation suite as well.

I have a serious love affair for invitation books and accordion style invitations. I really love the idea of telling a story. Somehow I managed to convince my sister to go with an accordion style wedding invitation.

Donna wanted a spectrum of soft feminine colors so she went with a combination of peach pink and blush pink ombre. She wanted the look of her wedding to be romantic and wanted a touch of sparkles and hearts so we included cascading dots and scattered hearts on the bottom of the invitation to mimic “glitter”. Donna loves glittery things, but just enough to be sparkly cute and not over the top.

I came up with this initial board with a mock-up of different elements for the invitation + then digitally sent it to her for her review {elements included pink + peach color elements, kraft box, custom envelope liner with the cascading dots + hearts}.

Donna + James's Accordion Peach Pink Ombre Heart Wedding Invitation

The “ombre glitter” became the main design element and was duplicated on every wedding paper element from the escort cards to the church ceremony programs.

Donna + James's Accordion Peach Pink Ombre Heart Wedding Invitation

I enlisted calligrapher, Kathryn at Della Carta Studio to penn the calligraphy. She created the monogram {which literally went on everything!} as well as the titles on each panel of the invitation.

Donna + James's Accordion Peach Pink Ombre Heart Wedding Invitation

Donna + James's Accordion Peach Pink Ombre Heart Wedding Invitation

A special heart pocket made out of vellum paper was made to hold the RSVP card and envelope.

Donna + James's Accordion Peach Pink Ombre Heart Wedding Invitation

Donna + James's Accordion Peach Pink Ombre Heart Wedding Invitation

The accordion-style invitation laid on a bed of crinkled pink paper strips and was delivered in a kraft box. A custom address label was made to wrap around the box to secure the lid and love postal stamps adorned the outside of the box.

Donna + James's Accordion Peach Pink Ombre Heart Wedding Invitation

Donna + James's Accordion Peach Pink Ombre Heart Wedding Invitation

This was a dream project and I am so proud and love how the invitation turned out!

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