Wall Photo Collage

The one thing I wanted this past Christmas more than anything else, was to have all my children and grandchildren together at the same time. And along with our family altogether, I wanted family photos taken. Luckily I have a sister that is a professional photographer and since she lives a mere three miles away, she agreed to come over on Christmas day.

The plan was to use this photo session for a group wall photo and maybe add a couple group photos, such as one of my husband and me with our five grandchildren.

Imagine the energy it takes to get a four-year-old, a one-year-old, and three 11-month-old babes to smile all at the same time! Of course, our timing probably wasn't ideal, since it was around feeding and nap times, but all-in-all we were very pleased with the results.

For Christmas we received frames and photos from our two married sons and their families. While I know the intention was to use other photos for these frames, I decided to utilize them by adding them to a wall photo collage.

First, I measured the wall where the collage would be placed

Then I proportionately reduced the sizes down so they would be workable in my graphic design program. I was able to Google an image of the "Family" frame for placement and worked around that frame. My sister gave me low resolution photos to play with so that I could size them how I wanted them.

I used a thick border as frames around the other photos. Since I already had the "Family" frame and two twin 6x4s, I had to stick with those sizes. And after playing around a bit, this was what I came up with for the other sizes:

Seeing this arrangement, I finally knew what sizes I wanted to order. The large group photo is 17x11 with four 7x5s to the right and left of it.

Here are the original frames. The top three frames were the gifts and the other five frames were purchased.

Once I had the arrangement figured out I wanted to get the frames hung onto the wall so that I was ready to place the photos inside the frames when my order arrived. I started with the "Family" frame in the center and using screws, I continued to hang the other frames around it.

The next day I was able to pick up my photos after work and placed them into the frames. Here is the finished wall photo collage:

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