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October 28, 2011

Gallery Wall Creation, Part 3: Putting It All Together

In our little corner of Blog World, things don't happen all that quickly. We both work full time at jobs that keep us out of the house, and even small projects often have to be spread out over a couple of days in order to be finished. But to quote Sherry from Young House Love, "One of the challenges with sharing stuff on a blog is that unlike a makeover show, it takes months and even years to get to the after!" And while this photo gallery wall isn't taking months or years, it's taking more time than it probably should based on the level of difficulty.

I finally got around to putting the ads in their frames, and moving them all around on the table top until I found a layout that I liked.

Photo Gallery Layout

But after much switching and swapping, I just couldn't get it right. The space was too big, and I didn't have enough stuff.

So I revised my plan. Remember these maps?

wall for picture gallery

I decided to keep them in the kitchen, and involve them in the gallery wall.

They might not stay, because Mike doesn't think they "go" with the rest of the kitchen theme. He's right. But shhhh. 

Gallery Wall


It makes me really, really happy! Let's take a look piece by piece at the things you haven't seen.

Pyrex Daisy Lid

I'm a newbie Pyrex collector (and a contributor over at the Pyrex Collective II), although I typically use all of the pieces I own. This little lid is so faded on the back, so much so that I would never use it. But for 99 cents at Goodwill, I couldn't leave it there! The pattern is known as Daisy.

Quaker Oats and Kraft Cheese

Quaker Oats and Kraft Cheese, both delicious! The Quaker ad is from 1964, while the Kraft ad is from the 1930s.

HP BBQ Sauce 1964

This little HP Sauce ad is from 1964.

Antique Plate and Maple Leaf from Mom

The plate on the left was given to me by Mike's mom, and it dates to the 1880s, the same era our house was built. The maple leaf was given to me by my mom, and is made of cast iron. It's heavy!

Campbell's Tomato Soup 1938

Grilled cheese (made with Kraft?!) and tomato soup, anyone? From 1938.

I'm glad that's done in time for the weekend. Because it's the weekend before Halloween, we have a couple things on our social agenda, and I also have a couple little crafty projects I'd like to work on, which I'll hopefully be sharing with you next week!

Enjoy your weekend!

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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 28, 2011 at 1:03 PM

    That's such a great idea to actually put everything into action. Pinterest is great for making me feel so creative, but in reality I don't accomplish anything at all lol. You have a lot of great boards going on Pinterest, I'm excited to be following. Your gallery wall is awesome by the way! LOVE that vintage pyrex poster!

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  2. AshleyOctober 28, 2011 at 2:49 PM

    It's amazing how much time we can spend on it, isn't it? It's even worse when you have a smart phone and the app!

    That Pyrex poster came from e-bay, it was around $20? Way more than I'd pay for a piece of Pyrex, but sooo worth it!

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  3. DebbieOctober 28, 2011 at 4:00 PM

    Hi, I just stumbled upon your blog and love what I have read so far. I wanted to award you the Versatile Blogger award. You can check out the rules for it at my blog here:
    http://mylilmess.blogspot.com/2011/10/blogger-award.html

    I love the gallery wall! I want to do one in our hallway but haven't found the 'perfect' frames to use yet.

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  4. AshleyOctober 28, 2011 at 7:32 PM

    Wow, Debbie, thank you so much! I absolutely accept and look forward to nominating three bloggers. What fun!

    The frames I used were cheapies from Walmart. Not my favourite, but within the budget.

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  5. DeborahOctober 29, 2011 at 4:11 PM

    What a creative wall! I was wondering how you hung the Daisy lid so it won't crash down someday?

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  6. To the Toy Box and BeyondOctober 29, 2011 at 11:58 PM

    I also was wondering how you got that daisy lid to stay up? Great wall

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  7. AshleyOctober 30, 2011 at 12:50 PM

    Hi Deborah and Becky,

    My usual "go to" for getting things to stay on the wall are a product made by 3M, their Command Picture Hanging strips. They're sort of like velcro and it's amazing how well they hold up even items that I think would be too heavy.

    For this little lid, though, I actually used a similar product made by Scotch. These really are velcro, but they come in circles rather than strips like the 3M product. Although I probably only needed to use 1, I used 3, just in case. My only caution with using Scotch over 3M, is that the adhesive on the Scotch is NOT paint friendly - so if you have a lid in potentially salvageable condition, don't use Scotch!

    Thanks so much for stopping!

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  8. Pam of Eastlake VictorianNovember 2, 2011 at 8:49 PM

    I love the look, and the way it's all arranged! And I think the maps can stay. After all, it should all be things you both enjoy looking at, and that's what makes it cohesive, right?
    :-)

    -Pam

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  9. Anyes K. Busby - Studio Vignette Fine ArtNovember 5, 2011 at 4:39 PM

    Hello Ashley,
    The wall looks great, well done!
    Anyes
    Xx

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  10. AshleyNovember 5, 2011 at 8:39 PM

    I just realized I totally forgot to explain what's on the maps! That'll be coming this week. Thanks for the compliments, Pam and Anyes!

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