Across from our dining room is a wall that was called The Gallery Wall on the floor plans for our house. It's a large wall and we have 11 foot ceilings in our home. After our trip to Europe 2 years ago I had my photo from the Eiffel Tower put onto canvas. I had already had the smaller Ranunculus flowers on canvas. I would always take advantage of the free 8 x 10 offers when they came around. So we decided to start a wall of canvas from our trips.
I write the place and date on the back of each canvas and put my initials too! You will see at the top is a leaf with grapes from the Vineyard we visited. The cloud photo from our return trip from Vegas a few months ago. The sunflowers are from our drive from Paris to Italy. The pier is from the lake where we spent a lot of summers with our children at my dads cottage near Antioch, IL. The wild flowers are from Hyde Park in London.
I wish you could see this wall in person because it is stunning. I have taken numerous pictures time and time again yet I just can't capture it's beauty in my photos.
This one is not from a trip but I love the way it turned out. I purchased this adorable wine glass and had taken this picture and put it on Instagram. Well a few weeks later I was washing the glass and the decals came off! I couldn't believe it. Of course the glass was returned and I certainly wasn't going to replace it with another one so when I got another offer I decided to put the Instagram picture on canvas. I'm so glad I did because I love the saying and needed a way to preserve it for myself!
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What a creative way to preserve and enjoy your memories! Love these and love how you captured that wine glass!
you are right about trying to capture photos on the wall, i have tried many times and it never looks the same. this is great, it is a documentary in photos of your many trips and will stir your memory for many years... i have yet to put a photo on canvas and wish i got free offers... i am loving the zoo animals and can't wait to see the girfaffe.
What a great wall! I love all the memories and how they are captured in one place!
I love this idea!!
really nice to fill the wall with your own memories. :)
i love that pier.
Your canvas wall collage is fantastic! I bet it gets lots of compliments.
that is an awesome wall....
That is so brilliant. I love it.
Perfect way to keep precious memories.
I would have a hard time not spending all day staring at it.
What a lovely gallery wall.
Paris is on my must see list. I have wanted to go there for as long as I can remember!
Wishing you a wonderful week!
xoxo
Debby I love that wall!! And that saying is the best so you!
I also love the dock picture it just seems so peaceful to me!
What a great idea! The wine glass picture really turned out cool.
I love this idea!
You my dear are so incredibly smart - I would never have thought about that - it is beautiful. sandie
Wonderful idea :)
I LOVE this!!!!!
Hope you are enjoying Florida and your family.
Hugs,
Trisha
What a beautiful way to keep those memories top of mind and close to your heart. Gorgeous!
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Great way to preserve the memories.
I love the gallery wall. I have never had a picture put on canvas, but I'm going to try it now.
Great way to preserve the memory of Paris, also. My son just returned from a trip and brought his sister a beautiful mug from London - all in red, black and white (her favorites) but it broke inside his luggage on the return trip. She is saving the pieces of pottery to make into a mosaic to preserve it anyway.
I SO want a gallery wall! It's beautiful!
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