Guess what we’ve secretly been working on:
Hint: Read this.
More details soon. Until then, feel free to sing this. We can’t stop (and Burger probably wants to kill us).
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Woah! I was totally caught off guard and had no idea what was going on…and then I remembered you were planning on a big photo frame collage :) Excited!
hooray- i can’t wait to see your version of the gallery wall! your ideas are always so much better than everyone else’s :)
Yay! Pics of the real deal soon I hope! Can’t wait! Hey, I’m the second person to comment. Go me!
aha! a surprise late night post to feed my yhl addiction – woo hoo! It must be past my bedtime because I was pretty confused by your bizarre “artwork” until I realized that they were only flyers being used as placeholders while you figured out your frame arrangement. Yes, I can be a little slow sometimes…. Can’t wait to see the end result.
I say… keep that look! It’s fabulous! ;)
I already see the potential – Its going to look so great!
Everytime I hear that song, I immediately think of the flashmob dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwzN4633mpI
Love it!
xo,
s
Loved that flash mob!! :)
And I always think of this….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoeUjPKZdeU&feature=related
STAMMER TIME! GO BOLTS!
(I’m a little sports-crazed…GO GATORS tonite in the NCAA Tourney!)
I am so excited to see this!
Oh my gosh I can not WAIT to see the final look! this has me excited all ready! lol
WOW!!! You guys are just all over the place. We went from rugs to finials to wall art. Yes … I said wall “Art”. Go for it. Can’t wait to see the outcome.
“like” haha
Oh yay! Can’t wait to see how it all turns out!
Love the use of newspapers/magazines! Can’t wait to see it filled with pictures & Clara art!
Haha I like the use of it too, though admittedly all the color threw me off at first glance. “Whoa what the- oh, recycling junk mail/newspaper as templates, nice!”
oh this is going to look good.
Eeeeeeek! So excited!
hahaha. when i saw the picture, i thought, wouldn’t it be funny, if they framed each of those store advertisement pictures and hung them up just like that? would be a real conversation piece, while allowing others to check out the sales going on at the stores. haha
Bob would love it!!!
hahaha – when I first saw this quickly I thought that WAS their art..as is. I was like wtf? It took a quick second glance to see otherwise.
I apparently need some coffee.
Oooohhhhh I can not wait to see!!! I love gallery walls!
Can’t wait to see exactly what you guys have up your sleeves. I am wanting to do a gallery wall in my hallway of art and family photos. Did you buy the frames and then figure out the grid, or vice versa? By the way, your art above Karl really looks fab on the Moonshine wall. Big score with that project!
We have a million and one frames from our old house, so we cut templates from the newspaper to hang on the wall based on all the mixed and matched frames that we already own!
xo,
s
Awesome! Love all of your ideas and can’t wait to have a house of my own one day soon to try some of them out ;) Can’t wait to see it!!
I KNOW! I KNOW! And I LOVE.
loving the 10 o’clock post and the anticipation! Thanks!
is “can’t touch this” what you’ll be saying to Clara?
sweet dreams!
Haha, probably! We plan to secure the ones that she can reach to the wall, so maybe we’ll say “you can touch this, just be gentle” – haha.
xo,
s
I follow another blogger, that tells her kids they can touch with one finger. They learn very quickly, and at a young age. We tell our Grandbabies, thats not a toy, and show them the toys. They learned very quickly, and would shake their head and say “that not a toy, is it grammy?” LOL Kids are so smart.
Ooh I love the one finger suggestion! Might have to use that one!
xo,
s
I like to use the “look with your eyes…” line, love the one finger rule too!
I used the “one finger” technique because a friend suggested it as a way to keep my son from playing with the Christmas ornaments on the tree. It has worked really well! Now that he’s almost three, he even asks “I can touch this with one finger, mommy?” :)
Love the way you are laying out the frames- can’t wait to see the finished look! We need to do this in our foyer also. Well, after I finally pick a paint color and paint it that is. I use the one finger touch with my son also- it works!
The wall will be GORGEOUS!!!
Don’t stress baby proofing. If kids grow up around important/precious/”dangerous” (mom’s sewing scissors, for instance) they get bored of adult stuff and don’t care. My friends who’s kids live in a baby-gated cage don’t know how to deal with real life at my house. I have had kids come over who run like tornadoes grabbing everything and anything and dumping/upending/flushing/emptying/drawing on everything they can get their hands on. Because they live in baby-gated soft rooms at home. And yes, I have little kids. I have a 2, 7 and 9 year old. I have another friend who keeps a candy dish out for guests. Friends come over and are amazed her own kids don’t go nutso eating it all. She said they did a couple times and now they couldn’t care less.
Four kids later I have never tried the “one finger” thing and I’m ALL OVER it! lol I use the “look with your eyes” and if they can’t control themselves they have to keep their hands in their pockets.
LOVE the templates newpapers! I can’t wait to see it all come together. :)
Oh Lord! I’m very much into symmetry and balance, so that would drive me crazy. LOL It’s certainly going to be fun, tho. Can’t wait to see the finished product.
My only thought is that maybe you should keep the outside frames in line with one another… to sort of frame the whole arrangement and make it less busy looking. But then again… that could be my OCD’ness coming out. LOL
I can’t wait, it’s going to look awesome! :)
Looks like something I am going to love! Can’t wait to see…
Can’t wait to see it!!!
When I first open this and saw the pics, I thought “what the heck did they hang up”? LOL. But then it made sense once I realized what wall I was looking at. Love it so far. Can’t wait to see actual frames. ;)
Sneaky squirrel… late night post :) Cannot wait to see the gallery wall when done. Or you could just leave this and test if Clara is colorblind ;)
Haha to sneaky squirrel. I love it! Clara saw the wall all crazy and colorful after waking up from a nap and was like “oooh, I want to rip that all down- let me get close enough!” – haha. She has a thing for paper- namely newspaper.
xo,
s
When both my girls were Clara’s age they loved to rip pages out of old magazines. It would keep them busy, and in on place for a good half hour!
I am so excited to see how it all works out – it will be gorgeous no doubt!!!
You teasers! Can’t wait to see!
A gallery wall! Hurray! Hurray! Good luck. Putting all those holes in the wall makes me nervous! I’m sure y’all will do a smashing job though!
So funny your DIY art is getting edgy ;)
Loving where this is going!!! Can’t wait to see how it looks, not that the newspaper isn’t fabulous in it’s own rite :)
~Ashli
http://www.maillardvillemanor.com
I can’t help but fear for that ceramic dog once Clara becomes mobile! Looking forward to the reveal!
Yay! Can’t wait to see all those frames up!
Looks awesome. If you make one of the lower ones a small magnetic white board Clara can create her own art.
Love that idea!
xo,
s
OK, I must have been channeling you guys today! The hubs and I were doing home improvement projects (our house is going on the market) and I was blasting this song while we worked. (OK, that’s not strictly true– I had to take a dance break for this song).
Love it! Every good home improvement project calls for a dance break!
xo,
s
The music channel on my TV was playing this song this morning as I was attempting to get up…I found myself kicking my feet in bed while laying down. Hah! Can’t wait to see the gallery wall!!!
Wait! Does this late night post mean that we are not gonna get a post tomorrow morning???? I hope that I’m wrong. My coworker and I take turns checking to see if your post is out so we can then take our coffee break. Oh it’s so gonna throw us off if you don’t post. :(
No worries! We just like to toss out a bonus night or weekend post every once in a while cause we’re crazy like that. Haha.
xo,
s
2, 4, 6, 8 — you learned that planning’s really great! I *hate* the tedious task of making picture templates, but am always burned when I don’t. Good to see the Ribba experience paid off … and looking forward to the results!
Haha, it’s true! So annoying but worth it for sure!
xo,
s
Ooh, can’t wait! I’ve been wanting to try it in our bedroom, but don’t know how to start. Y’all are the best! :)
My kids would destroy the lower pictures faster than we could get them up, haha. I’m sure that Clara is much better behaved than my three boys! Can’t wait to see the end result
We’re definitely going to secure them to the wall and beg Clara to “be gentle” five hundred times. Haha.
xo,
s
Oh, is she crawling now?!
Not more than a few scoots here and there, but the doc thinks she might go straight to walking like our nephew did. She’s pulling up a lot these days…
xo,
s
Loves it! Now that I see the placement of the gallery wall, I can understand why you opted to not put a ceramic dog petting chair in there ;)
Ooooh! I can’t wait to see the final result! I love a photo wall!
I love the sneak peak! And the extra post today, such a lovely surprise before bed.
At first I was like wow that’s colorful! Then I was like Clara is too young to be making fun artwork…then remembered your gallery wall. It’s going to look awesome!
Obviously, my eyesight is pretty bad since I couldn’t tell they were ads lol
Framed collages? Can’t wait to see the transformation :)
oOo, so excited to see the final product! And, the flyers reminded me I was going to see what Target had on sale this week…
Love that MC Hammer flash mob too =)
xo
Anna
Okay, this is 10 kinds of awesome. If this looks half as good as I expect it will, I’m dragging my hubby to Ikea this weekend for frames. :)
Lol, finally my last- minute, late-night FB check paid off! :-p
Unrelated to frames, I keep seeing mini white ceramic animals in stores for Spring/Eater and thinking of you. Lol! :)
I might need 3 Tylenol PMs to get me to sleep after this teaser…… can’t wait!!!
Um, perhaps you might find something lovely in our Etsy shop for those frames? We have lots of $15 letterpress prints…and some really awesome big prints. I’m partial to our “Things That Are…” series.
http://www.1canoe2.etsy.com
Love love love this blog…and it’s the first time I’ve commented!
Is it weird that I really like the way the ad’s look? I think its just the colors but I loved the “pictures” at first :] looks like a great set up. I want to do same thing at our house, just working on collecting enough art!