okay for all of you following along with me, today is the day to post your before picture on your blog. if you dont have a blog, take a before picture and put it somewhere you can see it a lot. for motivation. for those with a blog, you can then post a link in the comments here if you want!
here are my before pictures:
the first one was taken obviously before the frames were even up. see them in the bottom right?
and the second was taken the night the frames were hung by my amazing brother in law jason. he did it for me since neither i nor jeff have the know how for such things like perfectly level photo frames in a perfectly spaced grid. or the laser level that jason has. or the patience. we just hand it all over to him with a smile and hope that our company and jokes are worth it.
since then, i have filled the frames with two photos. my project this month will be to finish the rest.
deets:
frames are from ikea
they are 19 3/4 X 19 3/4
i have my photos printed at my pro lab
idea to buy and hang these frames came from the lovely erin vey, a hugely talented doggie photographer in the pacific northwest.
now, go forth and OPAM!
Hi Tara,
Your wall is going to be awesome. Coincidentally I finished a photo wall, or walls actually in our kitchen just recently. They are all photos from our shoot with you last summer. I will have to take pictures soon and email you. I have your photos here and there throughout the house. I’ve received so many compliments (or YOU have received so many comments I should say!) I think if you ever did a travel session to Houston, you’d have no problem booking clients! Love your new site!
I just went to Ikea and bought these very same frames (just different dimensions) becasue I was inspired to fill the big blank wall in our master bedroom by your first OPAM closet post! I’m using a pic I took while at our ranch in SD over the summer….it’s the most spectasular veiw of the Missouri RIver. I’ll take an after pic as soon as I get the photos hung.
Thanks for the inspiration, Tara!
I went and got my frames yesterday! Thanks for sharing your wall. I can’t wait to see the pics in yours!
Hey Tara! Hope you are having a fabulous weekend! I can’t believe tomorrow’s already Monday…the weekend just flew by…Anyway, here’s my completed OPAM for May: http://kimboyajian.blogspot.com/
Can’t wait to see how your wall of pics turns out!
I did a collage of various pictures/frames as you walk up our stairs…Will have to share that in a post some time! It’s probably the favorite part of my house!
Hugs! :)
Hehe! We discovered the same thing in January on a road trip to Mystic.
http://hereweblogagain.blogspot.com/2008/01/happy-44-steven.html
(4th photo down).
Glad to know i’m not the only one who sees this!
Sam
This is such a great idea Tara, I so needed the push, thank you! :D Have posted my OPAM for the month http://www.carrieyoung.typepad.com & have found one for June already too (doesn’t take much!!) Thanks for the inspiration & motivation! x
i am sooooooooo going to IKEA tomorrow. Those frames are just…yeah, I’m going to IKEA.
:)
Tara once I searched Ikea’s website for ‘clips’ instead of ‘picture frames’ I found them (re: recent post asking you about the UPS code):) Last weekend I did a super quick project,something I’ve been wanting to do for a while. I pleased with how it turned out. Pictures aren’t that great,but you get the idea. Thanks for the OPAM encouragment. We’ve lived in our house 1 yr and I haven’t had time or motivation to do very much. I do have alot I want to accomplish so I’m using your OPAM push to get things done around here. My daughters room is the only thing that has been ‘done’ for a while :)
http://www.roliecackos.blogspot.com
ive not been able to check all the links out-but will get to it today i hope! :)
cant wait to see everyone at the end of the month. wonder how many of us will follow through!
Ooh, I love that green picture frame on the side table! May I ask where you found it? :)
So inspiring! At least I only have four frames to fill at the moment. I am going to try now.
Here’s mine…I had fun!!
http://borror.blogspot.com/2008/05/opaw.html
OK, so my OPAM for May is to finish a project I started a little over two months ago while 9 months pregnant ~ to repaint and redecorate our 1/2 bath just off the kitchen. Here’s where to find it:
http://lizbutler.blogspot.com/2008/05/opam-may.html
Thanks for the inspiration and the extra bit of motivation needed to get off my butt and get going.
Does anyone know where I can print a 19 3/4 by 19 3/4 print??? ;) :)
i started with an easy project. i sewed a drape to cover my husband’s closet… he just throws things in there so now i don’t have to see the unorganized mess. :) http://www.flickr.com/photos/yohutch/2476312312/
I managed to bowl over my cupboard this weekend in one day. Still a few finishing touches to be made but here it is http://angelahiggins.com/blog/?p=146.
I have a pile of those ikea frames at my place too just waiting to be filled. I’m still not sure what I want to do with them.
Hi Tara,
Just came upon your blog – beautiful work. Love the idea for OPAM – I’m always looking for new ways to motivate myself to conquer new projects and especially to get files off the computer and onto the wall (for myself and not always just for clients!).
Jade
I did it! I completed my project of the month [two if you count the light!]My project was a giant wall-art hanging for my dining area – and I love it. Brings me a little happiness each time I walk by or see it reflected in the mirrors in the room. TFL – J
I ended up posting my before and after pictures in one post because I was in the mood to do it so I just did it yesterday. Thanks for the inspiration and motivation! (Click on my blog link to see my project – I can’t copy and paste here for some reason – go to the post called seriously? – Thanks again!
I love your idea of the wall of frames – especially because I know you will have beautiful photographs to grace the frames. You are so talented. I found my way to your site from Kelly McCaleb’s blog. I love her creativity and often wish I was her! She is a super talented woman too! Anyway – I am commenting on your blog because my husband and I are both creative souls re-modeling a 1930’s house. I thought you might like the before and after shots of rooms we have done. My husband is an architect and gets to use his creativity regularly. I am a science professor yet my hobbies are quilting, crafting, and baking. I wouldn’t work if I didn’t have to and I would LOVE to be a professional home-maker, but haven’t found a way to make that happen yet. I am always inspired by women that have and want to learn from you. I emailed Kelly and told her this a while back. It is definately in my five year plan to do something with my artistic side as my next job – I am a good learning if you guys are willing to share your sucess secrets!!
as i was scheming about what i need to do to finish i realized that i hadn’t posted my befores…thanks for this tara, i’m already thinking about what i’m going to do next month:)
before link: click at your own risk…
http://emilyruthwonders.blogspot.com/2008/05/ole.html
this is way out of order – posting before and after the same day –
but it’s a start!
http://woolforbrains.blogspot.com/2008/05/opam-part-1-i-was-supposed-to-post.html
What a small world it is! I am friends with Erin Vey up here in the Northwest, but I found your website thru Kelly McCaleb in Utah.
I love this idea of how to post pictures on the wall. Kelly took a lot of amazing pics of my son, now I have an idea of how to hang them!
Do you have these mounted to styrene? or just straight prints?
First of all this looks awesome you are super talented!!!! Your my inspiration and are a big reason of why I’m a photographer now quick question what is the name of those frames its exactly what I want for my photo wall but cant seem to find them in the store anymore
sorry for my ignorance…but what’s OPAM? I’m not american so I guess that explains it all…
I’m in the process of remodeling my studio bathroom but didn’t take a real before photo – it was embarrassingly dismal.