Tuesday, July 5, 2011

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'!!
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10 comments:

  1. Oh Becky...this is beautiful! Adore the measuring tape ribbon!

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  2. Outstanding!! What a nice gift you have created for them.

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  3. super adorable.. they will love it~ I love the all black/white photos.. huge fan of it~ beautiful!

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  4. BRILLIANT!! I adore what you have done with this project! Very clever you are using that ribbon with their wedding date! :)

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  5. This is beautiful! Love what you have done. And the measuring tape....brilliant idea!! Thanks for playing along with us at Frosted Designs!
    Lydia

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  6. Becky,
    This is GORGEOUS!!!! What a beautiful keepsake!
    Thank you so much for posting my blog candy & sharing this with us at Frosted Designs!!!!

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  7. ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!! I am sure they will adore this gorgeous piece of art! What a beautiful couple they make too! Thank you for joining in our summer blog hop at frosted designs xxx

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  8. I love your project, such a great way to use all the recipe supplies, so fun!!

    Thanks for joining us at frosted designs, I hope you can play again sometime!!

    Erin R.

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