Missing Photos

For some reason some people were able to view my photos today and others not. I'm not sure why that might be (again, newbie) but at any rate, here are the few photos that encapsulate my slow process of putting together a solid photo collage in our bedroom...

At first I did a little brainstorming about what frames and objects I had around the house and did a little doodling on my iPad with them in mind. I don't even know the name of the app I use, but I do this a lot... sometimes to help visualize my ideas and sometimes to help Marc see what I see...

After that I gathered all of the pieces together and laid them out, but it still didn't feel right... I thought maybe it would all come together when I finally got around to printing out photos (remember regularly printing out photos?), but still no dice... 

And  like I said earlier today, I decided to simplify the whole project by using just these framed photos and take a pass on the extra objects for now... 

We've yet to hang anything, but I have a feeling this combo will look great against our grey feature wall and I can't wait to see how it looks! 

Shannon over at What's Up Whimsy had the great idea of using wrapping paper cut-outs to measure and map out her little gallery (see her great results here!) and I think I just might have to do the same! 

KLI

P.S. Happy Birthday Caitie!!! Xo

My Lovely Weekend

This was technically the first fall weekend of the year and it was fantastic! 

I had a great dinner with Marc's fam and friends Friday, headed north Saturday to attend my friends' first Applestock concert and got some sun yesterday watching Marc's soccer game at Lamport Stadium. Not too shabby!

 

After so much running around all weekend, I was exhausted and just wanted to stay in bed... so I did!

I managed to hang out all night, watching TV and fiddling around with a million frames and photos, basically trying to map out the collage I'm creating above our bed.

When I started planning this a while back I thought I'd include some objects as well as frames (mirrors, the carved top of my old jewelry box, etc.) but even my iPad-doodled designs never felt quite right...

Since the bulkhead atop the grey feature wall in our bedroom really eats up some height, I started to get the feeling that perhaps less really is more, and I should keep it simple.

Now nothing has actually been hung on the wall yet, and I may still have a change of heart or two, but progress is progress and this was more than enough for a Sunday night!

KLI