Valentine Photo Collage

In my last post, I introduced you to Nike at Choose to Thrive.  One of her recent projects just blew me away.  I mean it was cool, looked expensive, was personalized and perfect for Valentine's or everyday. It looked complicated, but with her excellent tutorial, I was confident I could do it. So, I decided to give it a try.

What do you think?

Photo Valentine Collage

This is simply a poster frame with vinyl lettering applied to the glass front.  Behind the glass is a heart-shaped collage of family pictures. I used about 40-50 pictures.  It was so fun going through old pictures, looking for the best ones, and it brought back a lot of great memories.  The collage Nike made is really large 20 x 28.  Since I had to buy my frame, I went to Hobby Lobby and bought a smaller version 16 x 20 (they were 50% off).  Because my frame was smaller, I scaled the pictures to be a bit smaller than Nike's as well.  This way, I was still able to use lots of pictures.  I used glue dots to attach some pictures, and adhesive foam squares to attach others.  This gave the heart some dimension, which I thought turned out nice.  

For the tutorial and better pictures of a completed collage, click here.  This will take you to Nike's guest post at Tator Tots and Jello. 

Thanks Nike.  By the way, I gave it to my Mother today, and she LOVED it!  Making one for myself later this week.  I think I'm going to make one for my Mother in Law for Christmas.