Quite some time ago I saw the following display in a Pottery Barn catalog:
I loved it so much — but decorating straight from Pottery Barn ain’t cheap. So, I waited for the metal stars to go on sale and picked up some frames from IKEA.
First things first — laying them out on the floor. (This was last July, mind you.)
Then, summer was over. Fall came and went. And finally, in the new year, it was time to do something about it. So, Roger brought home a fancy laser level and we started to map out the display on the wall. We traced the stars and the frames on wrapping paper and positioned them on the wall. Much yelling commenced.
Finally, once we got the cut-outs just right, we replaced them with the real thing:
At this point I still hadn’t figured out what photos I’d be putting in the frames. (I figured hanging them on the wall would be the kick in the butt I needed.). So, I ordered some prints online from WalMart (cheapest prints, and in-store delivery meant saving nearly $10 on shipping). They arrived Friday, and yesterday, we filled the frames:
Pretty cool! Clockwise, from upper left: Paula and Ryan’s self portrait from our vacation in the Dominican Republic; Kozmo; the lakeshore steps at our family cabin; Newman; some wildlife at the Dominican Republic; and Roger and me at Ryan and Paula’s wedding.
