03/10/2010
photo wall
photo wall
  

DIY Work In Progress
PHOTO WALL!

Work is progressing awesomely on the photowall. Here are some pics of it as a work in progress. Right now we need to find some pictures to put in the blank frames. The plan is to find some of my grandparents, maybe one of me as a baby and one of me with my parents and sister. Then we'll get some from Jeff's family too.

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Wallpaper Detail:
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Oval Cutout:
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Small Frames:
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Mid-Sized Cutout:
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Before:
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dirtndiamonds's Black wedding
 |  Fort scott, KS, USA  |  03/10/2010  | 
w00h00! I'm doing this wall, too! :) I picked out my frames yesterday and my dad's cutting out the holes next week. LOVE your frames and wallpaper!
tashasita's Purple wedding
 |  Nepean, ON, Canada  |  03/10/2010  | 
Totally awesome!! :) Love the pics of the family members! Such a good touch!
loislovesclark's Purple wedding
 |  Philadelphia, PA, USA  |  03/10/2010  | 
This looks great! I loved the photo wall when I first saw it and its great to see someone pulling it off!
goingtobemrsb's Black wedding
 |  Thunder bay, ON, Canada  |  03/10/2010  | 
Holy Cow, this is awesome!!!  How big is the 'wall'...this would be so awesome for us to do...do you bring it to the reception?  or how exactly does it work??
babygirlnaenae's Black wedding
 |  Canonsburg, PA, USA  |  03/10/2010  | 
This looks stunning!!!! such a great job!
blkbutterfly's Pink wedding
 |  Killeen, TX, USA  |  03/10/2010  | 
So cute!!! You are doing a great job!
drrylsluv's White wedding
 |  Lawrenceville, GA, USA  |  03/10/2010  | 
The more I see this, the more I wanna do it!...This looks great! What size is the board and what type of adheasive are you using to hold the frames in place?....Again...this looks great!
dirtndiamonds's Black wedding
 |  Fort scott, KS, USA  |  03/10/2010  | 
Another question? Where did you find an oval frame? I've been looking and looking lol. I just can't find one that's affordable.
macbride's Orange wedding
 |  Hamilton, ON, Canada  |  03/10/2010  | 
The wall looks great so far! Great touch with the family photos. I'm looking forward to seeing the finished project.
purplenat1's Purple wedding
 |  West lafayette, IN, USA  |  03/10/2010  | 
soooo cool. I love the wallpaper you chose. The pics you get are going to be UBER fab.
sarahdarling's Black wedding
 |  Toronto, ON, Canada  |  03/10/2010  | 
oh ladies, you're too kind!

first, the size: i think we started with a 4'X6' sheet of ply, then cut down the longer side to 68" because it has to fit in my dad's Equinox. we're going to build a stand for it so that the oval frame is about where an average size person would stand.

the night before the wedding we are bringing to our venue and setting it up. during cocktail hour one of my bridesmaids will have her camera set up on a tripod and be taking pictures of our guests. we aren't sure if we'll get everyone done in that time so it will stay set up during dinner but guests will have to take their own pictures with their own cameras.

all the frames are wooden so we are going to either nail them into the wall or screw them in. we figured that was a more reliable method than using an adhesive.

the oval frame is from a thrift store and used to have a mirror in it.

my mom and dad gets all the credit for creating this. i basically showed them the picture of what i wanted and they have completely run with it. they've done everything from finding the gorgeous wallpaper, the frames, even making some frames and painting the gross ones. i'm so lucky they care so much about making this as gorgeous as it is...looks like some of my craftiness is rubbing off on them ;)
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bananapants
 |  Minneapolis, MN, USA  |  03/11/2010  | 
This looks awesome!  Job WELL done.  :)
snichols34's Black wedding
 |  Trinity, NC, USA  |  03/11/2010  | 
Oh my gosh, this looks GREAT!!!
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scotchminx
 |  Kanata, ON, Canada  |  03/11/2010  | 
What an accomplishment!!
This is the nice part about getting hitched in the town you live: you can make stuff like this. We are getting married in BC, so not a lot of access to power tools. boooo!
fusionbride's Red wedding
 |  Toronto, ON, Canada  |  03/11/2010  | 
wow, fantastic job!  it looks amazing!!!
msharrison01's Purple wedding
 |  Houston, TX, USA  |  03/24/2010  | 
This is by far one of the coolest DIY projects I've ever seen!!!  I LOVE IT and wish I had to time or patience to do one like this. WOW!!
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