Thursday, January 12, 2012

A Great Way to Display Wedding Memories!

Hello readers!  I am happy to report that our kitchen and dining room are ALMOST back to normal.  Still a couple little areas to touch up, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel!  And as we speak, the hubs is dutifully hanging shelves in my office, which means I should be able to get organized in there very soon!

Today I am sharing with you a little collage I put together of some of our favorite wedding memories.  I started out with a blank canvas.  My first idea was to make the bottom layer of the collage cards we received from our close friends and family, but when I layered the other items over the cards, you couldn't really tell what they were and it mostly looked like a big mess.  So instead I printed out the lyrics from the song I walked down the aisle to, "Grow Old with You" from The Wedding Singer.  I used Modge Podge to cover the canvas with the lyrics.  It definitely got a little bumpy, but in the long run it is covered so no biggie.

Then I started placing cool objects from our wedding weekend on the collage.  Once I had everything how I wanted it, I glued everything in place.  I used Modge Podge for the pictures and hot glue for the thicker items (like our hotel keys).  I think this collage is going to go perfectly in my office!

I love that I get to see some of the items that normally would get lost in the shuffle, like our hotel keys and buttons from Disneyland.  Now I get to be reminded of all the awesome memories every time I look at it!

2 comments:

  1. That is so cute! I never would have thought of doing that, but I love the idea of having your memories displayed in a visable like that. So clever! It turned out great. Can't wait to see pictures of your newly painted kitchen and your office.l

    Have a great weekend :)

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  2. great way to keep memories alive! My oldest daughter got married in sept and gave us wedding photos for Christmas..I loved that gift! You can watch the short video on my dec 1 post..if you're interested. I am your newest follower..pls follow back if you can!

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