Whether you are on a budget and use yarn and clothespins or buy a set of big canvases, these women have done an incredible job of getting their photos of the computer and on their walls! Get ready to be inspired by ALL their creative ideas! You’ll find an idea that fits every budget! And not only that, but a lot of these women are photographers who have attended our workshops or watched our DVDs! I hyper linked all the names I could so you could continue to be inspired by checking out their work!
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Shelley from California transformed an empty space under her stairwell with her montage!
Look at what Jeanelle from Mississippi did with molding!
Laura from Florida created a montage with the beach being her theme. I love how their are candid moments as well as the surfboard and sailboat!
Jillian from California put a framed chalkboard right in between all of her photos. I just loved it! For tips on how to create your own custom chalkboard, check out Nate Berkus’s recent blog post!
Melissa from Indiana created a wall montage that mixed her favorite photos with a favorite painting!
Christina from New Jersey sent her wall montage idea with this wonderful, inspiring note; with money being tight i haven’t gone out to get frames but wanted to hang the pictures i’ve taken of my girls. so i used yarn to string across the wall.. then clips to hang the pictures on.
Kelli from Illinos got creative with IKEA’s magnetic frames. “I bought the frames at IKEA (love) and they are magnetic in that the fronts slide right off..pop the photo in and there you have it! I have this in my kitchen and we love it! I can keep adding as I get photos and if I want to change out the photos all I have to do is pull off the front panel and slip another photo in..easy easy!!
Cathy Mores from Kansas, gives a beautiful, classic idea of having one canvas be dedicated to the whole family, one for the kids all together, and one of each individual child.
Kelly Nelson from Virginia does a similar arrangement with her canvases, except she has one with the kids and just mom and another with the kids and just dad. Love it!
Katie Schoepflin from CA, shows off her beautiful photography by making a wall montage with various frames for a local boutique desert shop!
Kim from Georgia suspends all her frames with bows. I love sweet and simple this idea is.
Tonya Todd from Washington mix matched frames too but also added the word “family” on top!
Catina from Virgina bought her frames from a local craft store. I love how cozy this space looks with the piano!
A big SHOUT OUT to these wonderful ladies and FB followers! Thanks for be so excited to share your home and creative ideas with us!
Feel free to post up any questions for these ladies regarding their wall montage. I have a feeling they may be available to respond in the today’s comments! 🙂
xoxo,
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p.s. If you HAVE TO have a canvas after seeing all these beautiful wall groupings, take advantage of the Nate Berkus Show special that Rox is doing at CanvasRox!
Great work, ladies!
I have to give a special shout out to Tonya – miss you and all the other Seattle Sistas. I love that gold frame in the center.
looks great! i can’t wait to do this at my house!
Beautiful work Ladies! What creative ways to place them around your homes. And a second shout out to Tonya- Beautiful work as always Sista!
So excited that you showcased our photo wall!
Beautiful displays! I, too, am very excited you showcased my photo wall!
Ohhhh, do I LOVE the chalk board in the middle! What a gorgeous and whimsical touch. Heartwarming too!
MeRa!! I am so excited to see my wall on here…and now I am really wishing I had send you a ‘real’ photo instead of a cell phone one. These ideas are fantastic – we are in the process of painting and redecorating our living room and I can’t wait to use one of these other ideas on our wall! Thanks for the great ideas :0)
So excited to see my photo wall up here too! I also REALLY love the chalk board idea. I’m always searching for the perfect “quote” to go with my photo groupings… this idea would make it so much easier – just WRITE the perfect quote! And change it up if a better one comes along. So cool!
Catina.. I love how you mixed the different shades of wood and the frames that are holding the multiple pictures are awesome do you mind me asking where you found those? Im redoing my picture wall and am looking for medium woods but can only find black.
Thanks for sharing these ideas — LOVE what Jeanelle did, Love that!
While they are all great, I love the chalkboard idea and also the string! I am going to do a spin off of that for my home studio! So excited to give it a try!
Thanks for the great ideas!
I am SO excited that you posted my picture! I too wish now that I had sent you a regular photo instead of an iphone one.
I’m totally inspired to add more photos in my house!
Everyone’s looks great, I love seeing my wall in here too but I have to give a shout to Jenny of http://www.millerexpressionsphotography.com for actually taking the big photos on my wall. (Melissa from Indiana)
Oh girls, these are all super!!! Thank you for sharing a part of you to help others be inspired:)
Janine – I can’t remember exactly where I bought the frames as it’s been a couple years… but I’m thinking it was probably Walmart, Michaels Craft Store and Target (I think maybe Target for the collages and Walmart for the 8 x 10s but I might have gotten one of the collage frames at either Walmart or Michaels). That’s where I’ve gotten a lot of frames… The other places I typically have found frames locally are Sears, AC Moore (craft store) and Kohls.
Thanks! Im going to have to check that out Im sick of my black ones its time for a change .
I LOVE that you are all talking to each other in these comments! You ladies are WONDERFUL–to pool your ideas and resources…just wonderful!
Okay I have to share this. I know this blog was over a week ago… but to me there is a lesson in what happened after I decided to take action on this blog post.
Specifically I wanted to make the chalkboard. I have been so busy with life and trying to learn so many new things that taking time to make a framed chalkboard was stretching a little bit for me. Still, I really wanted it for my new studio sign by the front door. I wanted a “buy appointment only” sign and being that I am a children’s photographer I felt a framed chalkboard would be perfect. However, finding a chalkboard at all was proving to be quite a challenge.
Okay, deep breath. I decided to follow the instructions on the Nate Berkus blog link above and I went to the store and bought all that I needed… but I still didn’t want to take the time to make it. As I was leaving Michaels I noticed there was a “craft mall” across the road and so I thought, “Super, maybe they will have one.” So I went in and asked and yes, the owner said she did have one but it was at home and she would bring it tomorrow and I could have it for $15.99. WOW! SOLD!
So, being that I was in a hurry I kept all my supplies from Michael’s Craft Store and I would return it the next day when I went to pick up the pre-made framed chalkboard.
The next day I got to the craft mall to pick up the framed chalkboard and when the lady pulled this BEAUTIFUL framed chalkboard out from behind the counter it had written on it, “Be still and know that I am God.” And Goosebumps flew all over my body. No joke.
So, right then and there I knew that I wasn’t going to erase that message from God… and I went home with the pre-made framed chalkboard and all my supplies I needed to make my own… and I think $15.99 is a pretty inexpensive price to pay for a reminder from the almighty, don’t you? 🙂
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