Good afternoon and happy Thursday! How are all of you lovely readers out there in blogland? It’s finally heating up here in Seattle (and staying that way, after a brief bout of 40 degree temperatures and rain last week… what?) so I’m enjoying all of the Vitamin D and fresh air.
After exploring what things I had on hand to make this week, I found more of my wedding postcards, which I also used in my Travel Themed Gallery Wall. Our wedding and a travel vein running through it, and instead of having a guest book, we had each person write their message on a postcard! I just love the sweet messages from our dear friends and family.
It gives me such joy every time I come across one! I decided to use these in today’s home decor tutorial so I can have more of them around my home 🙂 After looking around some more I discovered I had an old frame from a white elephant gift (the painting was of majestic ponies) and some baby clothespins and twine. Here’s what I started with:
The frame looks like it was handmade by someone and pretty rough – but I like it that way! I think it gives it more character 🙂 I’m actually using the back of the frame as the front (I moved the hanger hardware to the front, don’t worry!). The original front is painted in chippy white paint, and while I think it’s nice, I think the natural wood hue is gorgeous and would stand out more against my white walls!
Feel free to use any frame you hand, thrifted or new. Choose a size that works for your space!
Step 1
Take some packing tape and tape the ends of your twine to the back of the frame. Considering we are hanging postcards (or photographs, if you choose!), we don’t need to go heavy duty here. Make sure your lines are even and that your twine has a bit of slack to give it that pleasant bowing once you hang your photos. Depending on the size of your frame, you will need to asses how many lines you want. My frame is pretty large, so I went with 4!
Step 2
Cut off any extra ends of twine and ensure that your tape is firmly pressed down. Feel free to reinforce with more tape if you need to! Also feel free to use a staple gun for extra reinforcement.
Step 3
Take your photos or postcards and clip them onto your twine with some baby clothespins! I did alternating rows of vertical postcards and horizontal postcards. Add as many or as few as you wish!
And here’s the finished product! A clothespin photo display frame in 3 easy steps 🙂
I love how the wood tone complements the fun colors on the postcards! I love even more that it displays some of my special wedding treasures 🙂 I decided to hang it up in our front room behind the couch. This area gets a lot of traffic so it’ll be a fun conversation piece for the space!
I think this clothespin photo display would be perfect for showing off photos of you and your love at your wedding reception, or for pinning cards on during the holidays! What do you think?
love, love love this!! so cute, Erica!
Thank you!! 🙂
I absolutely adore this idea. You are so creative! I want to make this and then change it out for seasons for my front hallway. I would love if you would share this at my new link party, Celebrate It!. It’s where we celebrate everyday life!
http://bit.ly/1pvB5ki
Hope to see you there!
Thanks so much, Teri! I love the idea of changing it out for each season! And I’ll definitely stop by! Thanks for the invite 🙂
This is SO cute! I did something similar for prints of my favorite Instagram photos a couple of weeks ago, but I screwed eyelets into the frame to hold the twine. I totally boogered up my finger in a freak screwdriver accident, and now I’m wishing I’d just used packing tape! The finger is better, but the memory remains. Hah. (Stopping by from Project Inspire{d}.)
Haha, oh no! I’m so sorry to hear about the freak screwdriver accident but I’m glad you’re better! Tape may be quicker, but I bet your eyelets will hold for much longer! Thanks so much for stopping by 🙂
Hi Erica, this is too cute! Love this idea! Thanks for sharing!
Hope you have a wonderful day!
Hugs from Portugal,
Ana Love Craft
http://www.lovecraft2012.blogspot.com
Thanks so much, Ana! I had a blast making it. Hugs back from Seattle, Washington! xx
What a neat idea – great way to display photos or cards. Pinning.
Thanks so much, Kimberlee! It’s totally great for things like Christmas cards or favorite photos. Thanks for pinning! 🙂
This WOULD make the perfect way to display Christmas cards! I love all the cards I get but have a hard time figuring out a way to display them without taking up too much room. This is a great solution! Thanks so much for sharing this at the Frugal Crafty Home Blog Hop!
Thanks so much for stopping by, Carrie! Totally agree – around Christmas time I’m totally trading out the postcards for our fave Christmas cards! Love the Frugal Crafty Home Blog Hop! 🙂
Hello Erika! This is so wonderful!!! I can’t wait to do this… maybe with miniature scanned versions of my daughter’s artwork from childhood!!
Thank you for linking up at Merry Mondays – It will be my feature pick for this week at http://huddlenet.com
Hi Stacy! Yes, it would be so perfect with your daughter’s artwork! What a special way to display such precious treasures 🙂 Thanks so much for featuring me! 🙂
I LOVE love this! What a great idea to not only add some color with the photographs, but also display such meaningful treasures! I have been meaning to do something creative with our guest book cards and this gives me a lot of inspiration. Thank you for sharing at the Merry Monday Linky Party!
Aw, thank you so much, Amanda! Did you do something similar with your guestbook in having separate cards? It really is such a fun and meaningful way to display them! LOVE the Merry Monday Linky, by the way 🙂
Love the raw wood look. It’s great that the postcards or photos can be changed out with each season and it would be so easy to decorate the frame during the holiday season.
Totally agree, Erlene! I definitely plan on changing the postcards out for holiday cards at Christmas and Easter! Thank you so much for stopping by 🙂