Cheers,

Sue

P.S. Check back often for more ideas on getting your photos out there proudly on display.

Want to get new posts delivered to your email inbox? Just enter your details in the box below and I’ll rush them to you in super quick time.

No silly I’m not saying that collage picture frames are wooden, I am describing a particular type of wood photo frame but you knew that right ?

Wooden picture frames will add a distinctive element to any plain boring wall in your home or office.

Filling Wooden Picture Frames
Now what occasion can I use to fill all those openings in my frame?

To fill the frame is easy, just gather your favorite photographs and I’ll give you a couple of examples and ideas.

• Wedding – Get all your wedding pictures out including stealing borrowing some from all the single frames (affectionately known as the dust gatherers in my house.)  Choose the ones you love the most and use those.  You spent a small fortune on a wedding photographer why not display those beautiful shots instead of hiding them away?
• Friends – Think of all those best mates and all those special moments you have shared and use the photos of them in all their goofy glorious goodness.  Then, get them up on the wall in your collage picture frame.  I guarantee  when visitors arrive at your home it will be the first thing they gravitate towards (well after they’ve grabbed a beer from the fridge that is.)  It will make a great conversation starter, reminiscing over past times and moments you have shared.  Warning Tip : Make sure you include all your friends, you don’t want to forget someone and have them wondering why they are not up there on the wall of fame (could be nasty!)
• Baby – In your babies bedroom display all your precious moments with your newborn up on the nursery wall.  Then, when you are spending hours cleaning toys from the floor in future years (trust me this will happen) you will be able to gaze up lovingly at those memories of them when they were just a little tiny tot.

Whatever you decide to display on the walls of your home or office is of course up to you, just stop dilly dallying and get them up there proudly displayed for everyone to enjoy.

Cheers,

Sue

P.S. Here’s a link to many more examples of :

Wooden Picture Frames

and here’s a link to a past post you might enjoy:

Baby Picture Frames

Those moments when you just laugh out loud, I love those don’t you?

And before you ask no I don’t let my daughter drink Guinness !

It was one of those quick I need to get out my camera times, which is not hard for me because if it’s not hanging around my neck (big girl camera) it’s stuffed in my jeans (iPhone camera) either way I usually have the tools to capture a moment.

This was one such moment my daughter goofing around as usually with my friends pint, gloves and sunglasses us laughing at what a great commercial it would make.;)

If you have captured the perfect moment on St. Pat’s day here’s a link to some great St. Patrick’s Day Frames you may enjoy or want to give to a friend.

Who wouldn’t love a personalized picture frame as a gift?

Cheers
Sue

P.S Did you know that blue was the original colour for St. Patrick’s day not green?

No I didn’t either until I listened to the local news last night, and neither did everyone I passed in Plymouth as people around and about were creating a wonderful magical sea of green, with hats, sunglasses, beads and clothes in every shade of green imaginable.

Keep the decoration green and the flags a flying I say and enjoy creating and capturing some moments of your own.

Happy Green Day to You All!

Once a photo project is printed the next step for me and perhaps you is to order picture frames online.

Do you ever think to order picture frames online?  While I visit local craft and department stores to purchase photo frames, oftentimes I just can’t find the frames I want so I turn to my trusty friend the internet… Open 24/7, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Order Picture Frames Online Research

The first step is to choose an established business – a company that has been around more than five minutes says trust and quality to me.

Perhaps you’re unsure of the type of frame you want, or what mat to use or the size of picture frame you should choose, this is where an experienced photography company comes into its own, as they can provide you with the answers to all of your questions.

Order Picture Frames Online Checklist

• Established Business
• Verified Merchant
• Ease of Ordering
• Many Payment Options
• No Minimum Order Requirements
• Ease of Tracking Orders
• Return Policy
• Customer Service
• Special Deals (we all love a bargain, right)

Order Picture Frames Online Or Off

So if you have been around the stores pushing and shoving till you can’t stand it no more, then it’s time to take the plunge and order picture frames online.

Cheers,

Sue

P.S If you don’t want to buy a frame at all, you may like to try your hand at creating your own picture frame template by checking out this post here on collage picture frames.

Halloween by Collage Picture Frames

October 31st the night of vampires the living dead and all other spooky Halloween apparitions it is only fitting at this time of year on Collage Picture Frames to show an example of a Halloween collage.

This one was created using Picnik Premium which allows you to add the vampire effect to your photo, then choose from a selection of backgrounds to show off your photograph in.

Save your Halloween creation to your desktop, print it out and display proudly at your Bloodthirsty Halloween Bash!

8×10 picture frames can be filled with your own template, here’s a step by step guide on making picture frame templates to fill with your photographs.  It will give them the illusion of being behind a mat within a collage picture frame.

Instead of buying a ready made frame with the size of the photo openings already decided for you follow along with this quick tutorial and you will be able to create templates for all your photographs.  Allowing you the freedom to pick and choose the size you want to create and the shape of the openings you want.

Step 1 Open up your photo editing software (in this example I use Photoshop but any software that lets uses layers will work.)

Create a new file and choose the size and resolution of the template you want to create, as I want to be able to print this dog photo collage when I have finished I have chosen 300 pixels per inch.

Step 2 Decide the number of openings you want to display in your mat and the size and shape of these openings, add guides by clicking on your horizontal and vertical rulers and dragging them onto your page, which will help when adding your template shapes.

Step 3 Add the shapes you require for your template (these blank shapes will be filled in with your photographs when we finish the template.) Make sure when you create your shapes to do so on separate layers so that when adding photos you can add different ones to each shape.

Step 4 Choose the photographs that you would like to use in your template, place them above the blank shape and then clip to the shape (option/alt key and click between the photo and shape layer.)

Step 5 Remove your guides, add some effects and text and you have your own creation ready to frame.

Dog picture frames are of course very popular with dog owners, but you can also create as many different templates as you can buy picture frames to fill them with:

• friend picture frames
• baseball picture frames
• wedding picture frames
• baby picture frames
• 40th birthday picture frames
• Christmas picture frames
• butterfly picture frames

These are just a few examples of the many frames you can buy today available both online and off.

Creating templates for your photos gives the control of how you want your photos to look back to you, you decide the size shape and how many photos you want to use in your template, instead of the existing mat making those decisions for you.

Now because the mat you created holds the 8×10 standard sized picture all you have to do is print this and then choose from a wide selection of 8×10 picture frames.

Remember with photo editing software you can crop your photographs to any size that you like, so if you discover lots of perfect dog picture frames at unusual sizes you don’t need to get out the scissors, just crop print and go.

Examples of Dog Picture Frames

If you have any problems following along or need any help please don’t hesitate to leave a comment, and I will give it a go.

Cheers

Sue

P.S.

Here’s a link to another post which you might enjoy, dog picture frames :