Altered Printer's Tray

My lovely niece Megan and her sweetheart J.T. are getting married on Sept. 10th, 2011. (Yup, that's right - their wedding date is 9-10-11...pretty cool, eh??)

Anyhoo, my sis-in-law Lea Ann, (Meg's mom), asked me to make a photo collage to display at their upcoming engagement party. Well, for an occasion as wonderful as my niece's engagement I couldn't just make a "standard photo collage", now could I?!?!? So instead I used a reproduction vintage printer's tray to create this to display at the happy couple's party:

I began by altering their pictures to black and white for a consistant, cohesive look. Their wedding colors are ice blue, silver and black, so I built the rest of the artwork around that. I think the end result turned out really pretty and will fit the bill nicely! Here are some close-up snapshots of the photo tray compartments:

Notice the measuring tape ribbon in the photo above? It's their wedding date...9-10-11! If I do say so myself, I think that's a pretty clever way to use that ribbon - ha! ha! The quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes reads "Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness".

Happy Scrappin'!!