My friend Dan collects license plates, he has some really cool vintage plates in his collection. When we went to the
Brass Armadillo last month I saw a cool Colorado plate from 1975. I thought it would be neat to get a few vintage plates while we live in Wyoming. Dan surprised me and mailed me a vintage Wyoming and Colorado plate! After I got them I thought to myself,"Now what do I do with them?" I decided that I would use them as inspiration to make a photo frame collage wall in
my staircase. (On the only wall that didn't have anything yet.) I decided to design these two travel related collages on Photoshop...
![Travel Collage 12x12](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vcy_uGGeltv1_s5mgsEj8Eu9EeKP-BgvhyzULC2ZQ1obV0vMtbf5RMLEgM14cL62Tzhx7Zhz7rvwH3DA4QOf_yoVsbWDWHGkWQupReix3TB5Hvcks68tVX9_Vgb4zwMES0=s0-d)
Collage 1 - Pictures Traveling to California / April 2011
I had two 12x12 picture frames to use in my photo collage. I designed these as 12x12 prints.
![Travel Collage 2 12x12](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tsnAHV0Hjz0XARYPSCcoWbTTo84MmguI_IdTn2Cmh8iBgBZ7ln_ueDgYhlAf9GUvMPnB5rgRSf7peFlvLyJn-pmdRzRPlASCH-MgQ84oq1XvHbE5cbQwbJF6KQm3G1e_hf=s0-d)
Only problem with that was, I can't print them out on a 8x11 piece of paper. I knew 8x8 prints would be to small. I just printed the pictures from the collage individual and then cut them out. Why I never thought to do something like this sooner is beyond me. Duh....
![Travel Collage1](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tXqsJ42ye2SjVu3jLzYqZSTnHHW2iFcCdB70mbLxLBZ-0wytv7RtLjOW4CO4pu4ixeGENRz4tDwwZoaz7D_chk3SXppJw3vCglNguvGUb8r25RDHx0A2ENhqXji7zebJk=s0-d)
Then I put them back together like a puzzle...
Then you just place it in the frame and it looks like just like the 12x12 collage....![Travel Collage3](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uwY6xR7sElbLaDIJC2afPIqVbgEA-WBs-Gdoog-MntvMoX2H7PVOQFQssmRt_lLv9VP-gOS-9QVzg6SQbC7-twe1g5hlMFbwld35iiuF3RZOoRftimlLWs-X8RO3GBvjU=s0-d)
This picture should give you an idea of where my travel collage is in my hallway...
![Travel Collage4](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_s7EBZtoAbEi1eydr020HFHVgv16pknbfyPn-9x-uQtNJIIuQejA8b-DoUoEANl99prO5jzISuBoM4hn-61mXa0yXrvjbsWQq0TUEtkhMfCxIhFYfTdwQVJRHA2Lq2QFlmJ=s0-d)
![Travel Collage5](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sxt81uF3DyFpuAJWgd8WdIe0EIvBAMdKxCyR63nJKNYJqirQoHJwQ78rN9NFHWZYIbxtfRRDIyQyUv-IdX6S8pFG0azk9HOLCTzA_MLnmvGHPUaa0KNaN0dGtUUaeKEK-X=s0-d)
In the center of the collage, I decided to add two pictures of Cody and I from his graduation weekend. I figured the whole reason I had all the travel pictures is because of him joining the Air Force, so it seemed fitting. The large photos are
Mt. Rushmore and
The Arch in St. Louis.
![Travel Collage6](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vSXmM-czU_XdkbK7CVuNVtHIRXuiA3ZtRgWgz0xX0Q15or3B5U7Y3OPD0qAo2G1OafYF4rb-6iU548NGjpCXVxx-6jEldjZsXw1qe4gB07wJLe-wH1aEyY2JM2W2yXYZcO=s0-d)
I may add a few more frames above/below the 12x12 frames. I like that I was able to do this in just a few hours. It's nice to feel like I accomplished a decorating project!!!
You can see the rest of the staircase {
HERE}
your new place is coming together...
ReplyDeleteme on the other hand... cant find an apartment. god i hate la.
Hi Jess, not sure how I missed this post, but your travel collage is so cute! I love it! I love the pic of the St. Louis Arc. I want to see Mt. Rushmore so bad! I used your photos today of Mt. R. cuz I think they're the best I've seen!
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