i put some in albums...others in frames that we had received as wedding gifts....the frame you see below was a christmas gift (if i remember correctly) from my MIL...i scratched the frame up with a car key...added some photos from our wedding and a few left-over invitations....
and heres a close-up of my favorite photo...."THE" kiss....im not sure what i like more....the simplicity of our first kiss as married folk or the smile on Jon's face (who married us).... 
this next framing situation, however, didnt turn out as well as i had planned...this frame was one of those "wedding memory kits" that you can find on clearance at almost any craft store....complete with traditional wedding-ish paper and fancy little pearl-headed pins to attach your photos....its cute, i guess, but a little....mainstream....pearl-headed pins are just NOT me....
So the other night, as i gazed at that frame across the room, i became inspired to make it a little more whitney-fied....thus, the car key came out again to scratch up the frame...the dainty wedding paper and pearl-headed pins were replaced with acrylic dyed doilies (one of my favorite activities!)...then i sighed....this is MUCH more me.... :-)
heres a close up of my acrylic dyed doilies....if you havent seen this in previous posts, basically all i do is knead a little acrylic paint (in this case an antique yellow and aged tan) into the doily in random places (so as not to FULLY cover the doily in color), then dry it in front of a hair dryer or space heater....obviously this process isnt perfect...i would imagine that with a lot of wear-and-tear my acrylic dyed doilies may not hold up...but inside a frame they are safe and sound!
also, a note on scratching up your frames with a car key: i like using a key more than traditional sandpaper....its faster, scratchier, and gives a more dramatic result....just be careful that you arent taking wood away when removing the paint/veneer finish....
So the other night, as i gazed at that frame across the room, i became inspired to make it a little more whitney-fied....thus, the car key came out again to scratch up the frame...the dainty wedding paper and pearl-headed pins were replaced with acrylic dyed doilies (one of my favorite activities!)...then i sighed....this is MUCH more me.... :-)
heres a close up of my acrylic dyed doilies....if you havent seen this in previous posts, basically all i do is knead a little acrylic paint (in this case an antique yellow and aged tan) into the doily in random places (so as not to FULLY cover the doily in color), then dry it in front of a hair dryer or space heater....obviously this process isnt perfect...i would imagine that with a lot of wear-and-tear my acrylic dyed doilies may not hold up...but inside a frame they are safe and sound!
also, a note on scratching up your frames with a car key: i like using a key more than traditional sandpaper....its faster, scratchier, and gives a more dramatic result....just be careful that you arent taking wood away when removing the paint/veneer finish....oh, and a note from my husband....while i would tend to grab the nearest key on my keyring, my husband suggested i use an old key from a now totalled vehicle...something about ruining the grooves in the key and thus rendering it useless.....woops :-)
husbands are so useful sometimes :-)
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