Window Frame Photos

This window frame came from my dear Grandpa Givens' home. He had put this together using calendar pictures and for many years I remember it hanging in the basement "family room." I purchase the window frame for $10 at his estate auction in 2007 always with the intention of putting family photos in it. I'm not sure what has taken me so long to do this project, but now that it is finished, I LOVE it! All I need now is my hubby's help to hang it in our livingroom.

how it looked in my grandpa's house...

I found 4 maps in a bag at the thrift store the other day for $0.99. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with them but figured they could come in handy for decorating somewhere! Lightbulb moment later that night!!!

Disassembled everything and cleaned off all the cobwebs.

Carefully measure and cut my maps for "mattes"

Ready to go! Once I laid the pictures out, I realized that I needed another more neutral color to make the photos stand out from the blue & green mattes. Ah ha! Another lightbulb moment...there was a mostly white map in the bunch! Two mattes per photo!

All put together! Lovely family...my lovely family! Photos by Lora Ann taken in the fall.



















It just makes me smile to see this project finished. A momento from my grandpa, Norman Longenecker Givens. Don't you love his name?! A sweet reminder of present day and how blessed I truly am. Family...nothing's sweeter!!!

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