What’s more, is that they can be switched out easily when they’re framed in the one multi-photo frame rather than larger frames that take up more wall space and look detached rather than belonging together.
How to Create a Great Travel Collage in a Single Multi Photo Frame
1)Decide on what needs to be framed and what can be left out
What you include in your collage will be based on the photos you have and the ones that are of a good enough quality to be framed. Some may require a little editing to tweak the colour saturation or contrast so that they don’t lower the quality appearance of other photos in the frame.
If there are one or two photos that you don’t quite feel match your quality expectations, feel free to leave them out. Less can be better in some collage frames. Frames are available for as little as three photos, or as many as fifty-two prints in the one frame so whatever size your collection is, there’s likely a frame size to accommodate them all.
2)Frame landmark photos from your trips
Multi photo frames with travel stories told by photos are always conversations starters, provided they’re interesting. The more destinations are included, the more interesting the story is likely to be.
In practice, a trip to Paris would ordinarily include a photo of the Eiffel Tower, because it’s hard to visit Paris and not want to visit there. But, in a frame designed to tell multiple travel stories, pair that photo of the Eiffel Tower along with another of the Louvre and for a little fun with amusing confusion, include a photo of the Parisian Statue of Liberty. Some people viewing the display will be quick to spot the anomaly.
3)Decorate the picture mounts to include the countries colours
An option is to stay neutral with the mounts and to then decorate them when your frame arrives. Perhaps using some Maste Paris Washi Tapes with various images of French landmarks, yet be thin enough to put around the edges of the picture mount without coming into contact with the photos. Every country has its own flagship colours and these could be represented in the decoration.
With multi photo frame displays, the idea is always going to tell a story in the most effective way, and the best way to do that is by using your photos to tell a story. With a travel collage display, landmark photographs can be a good way to do that.
For those who take frequent holidays abroad, multi photo frames are easy to change the photos inside just by removing the backing board, and picture mounts can be changed too. So the same frame could be repurposed multiple times to display different travel collage displays for each trip you take.
You could find the one frame being changed up frequently to recapture memories of trips taken years ago.
Take a look through your holiday snaps and see how many are from the same countries and which ones could be put together to create a travel collage display that tells the story of your travels.
.]]>Collage frames are easier to hang too as you don’t have to fumble around with display ideas, perhaps creating a trio layout with three singular frames displayed differently, such as the centre frame showing a print in landscape view with the other two, either side of it, with a portrait layout print. Instead of three frames, you would have the same display layout only inside the one multi photo frame for three photos.
Collage frames are available for prints of various sizes from a few window openings (known as apertures) up to as many as 52 aperture frames.
By using pre-designed layouts on multi photo frames, you can create uniform displays with equal spacing between photos on your walls that don’t look cluttered. Using other display ideas such as coffee table flip books or photos streamed over electronic displays, you can still take advantage of seeing even more photos when you want and have the benefit of all your new photographs being more accessible and ready to switch into your existing multi frames. This way, you can change the display up whenever you feel like it, without having to redesign entire wall displays and layouts.
Feel free to have a look through our gallery of multi photo frames to see the different layouts available, total frame sizes and choice of colours. You could even combine multiple collage frames to create a feature wall display with different layouts to get even more photos onto your existing wall space without creating a cluttered feel.
]]>The alternative most families are content to settle on is to change the display periodically by giving prominent wall space to the most recent family event, whether it is a baptism, graduation, or a wedding photo.
Getting the most of your photos on display is easier done using a multi-aperture photo frame as you don’t need to space frames inches apart, leaving so much blank space across your walls, yet still managing to keep your photos looking pristine and professionally presented.
Ideas to Make the Most of Family Photo Albums
1. Use two or more horizontal multi aperture frames to create a curated gallery display
A gallery wall display using single photo frames can be an expensive option, albeit with fantastic results, but the caveat is you need the wall space to pull it off.
A simpler solution and one that is easier on the wallet are to display rows of multi aperture frames.
As examples, a 5-aperture frame can be used to display five photos in a single row as part of a themed collection, a 12-aperture frame for a baby’s first year or a 16-aperture frame to tell any family story within a limited amount of wall space. Each size can be stacked to create a feature display with multiple photo collections.
2. Create a Themed Montage across Your Entire Wall
If you have high ceilings, you can definitely take advantage of the stacking effect by creating pillars of gallery-style photo collections with each frame telling its own story, and perfectly complimenting all other family events displayed above and around other multi aperture frames with different family event photos on display. Think of it as a compact gallery display.
3. The Box Set Collection
A box collection could be thought of as a combination of vertical and horizontal positioning but taking advantage of your wall space by carefully arranging each frame with a unique theme and arranging them in a way that tells your story.
To give you an example display idea, the first box style frame could house a collection of wedding photographs. The second frame could feature baby photos from newborn to christening to baptism to the first year at primary school, the first year at primary and secondary and finally graduation.
For grandparents with more than one child and grandchild, the storyline could be displayed in smaller sized prints and frames to allow for multiple stacks of frames - one for each family event.
A superb benefit to multi aperture frames is the story-telling aspect as rather than having one large beautiful photo, you can put a collection of photos in the one frame that clearly displays a timeline of events whether that’s from birth to school to graduation, or marriage to first born, second born and so forth.
]]>For something more memorable and practical, a multi-aperture photo frame can be the ultimate gift, provided you take the time to think your frame through as there are a few parts to consider.
What to Consider when Buying a Photo Frame for New Parents.
]]>For something more memorable and practical, a multi-aperture photo frame can be the ultimate gift, provided you take the time to think your frame through as there are a few parts to consider.
What to Consider when Buying a Photo Frame for New Parents.
1) They will have more than one photo they want to frame
New parents are always taking happy snaps of their newborns because, obviously, they want to cherish every single moment. From the first wave, the first ah and ooh, the first smile, first steps, first, well everything.
With a multi-aperture photo frame, there’s no need to pick a single photo worthy of framing because they all will be. Instead, with multiple window openings, you could have a frame with 12 openings, one for the best photo of the month through the babies first year, or if you feel the new parents will be taking photos really frequently, consider going as high as 52 openings to cater to a photo a week storyline.
The beauty of this is the parents can frame the full story of their newborns first year in one single frame. It’s far easier than piecing together a gallery wall with single picture photo frames with just one opening in the photo mount board.
2) Styles of frames
The style you choose to gift to someone is usually best determined by where you think it’ll be displayed.
For a baby’s first year, it’s safe to say that this photo frame is going to be displayed somewhere prominent, usually the living room or the hallway for people to see as they walk in the door.
Think of the existing décor and select a frame that’ll best fit the setting.
The only really tough decision you have to make is to whether to go with a 12-aperture photo frame for a photo a month 12 aperture my first year frame or perhaps a photo a week with a multi photo frame with 52 photo openings.
]]>It’s often the case that you need to drop some favourites because to put them all on display would likely look imbalanced, be hung too close and create a clustered feel among the multiple photos to adorn your walls, rather than beautify it.
]]>It’s often the case that you need to drop some favourites because to put them all on display would likely look imbalanced, be hung too close and create a clustered feel among the multiple photos to adorn your walls, rather than beautify it.
There are, however, ways to get meaningful photos on display in even the smallest of areas.
3 Ways to Get More Photos on Display Without Cluttering Your Room
1) Create a coffee table book
The coffee table photo book can be great for conversions after a dinner party, or just when guests are around, and they can work wonders for themed collections such as holiday snaps, celebrations or even parties your family has attended that don’t quite make the cut for permanent wall space.
Throughout the year, you’re likely to collect dozens, if not hundreds of photos, that could make great additions in print, but maybe not many of them would fit into the themes of your wall display.
With a book of photos put together cohesively in a flip book, they would all be there to pass around the sitting room instead of passing around a smartphone or digital camera.
Having a collection of prints at the ready also comes in handy for when you decide to change your wall displays up, as depending on the size of prints and the frame sizes you have, you may be able to switch your framed displays up whenever you get tired of seeing the same things.
2) Electronic photo display
There is something nostalgic and more realistic about viewing printed photographs over the digital versions, yet, most of us can flick through our smartphones photo gallery and love some photos, but can’t quite think of how it would fit into a current wall display or even look harmonious on its own inside a smaller photo frame. For those pictures, the sliding feature on some electronic photo displays or a photo viewing app on a Smart TV can be an easy way to see a gallery of unrelated photos stream randomly on the one digital screen.
Just like the printed photos being ready to replace your existing frames (depending on print and frame sizes), on electronic displays, the photos are stored on a memory card or a USB flash drive, making them easier to find should you decide there are one or a few photos you would like to print and frame.
3) Collage photo frames
Collage photo frames, or multiple picture frames as they’re otherwise known, are a modern framing route to use when you have a large collection of photos you want to hang on your walls without making the room feel cluttered with too many pictures on display.
Collage frames are easier to hang too as you don’t have to fumble around with display ideas, perhaps creating a trio layout with three singular frames displayed differently, such as the centre frame showing a print in landscape view with the other two, either side of it, with a portrait layout print. Instead of three frames, you would have the same display layout only inside the one multi photo frame for three photos, like this.
Collage frames are available for prints of various sizes from a few window openings (known as apertures) up to as many as 52 aperture frames.
By using pre-designed layouts on multi photo frames, you can create uniform displays with equal spacing between photos on your walls that don’t look cluttered. Using other display ideas such as coffee table flip books or photos streamed over electronic displays, you can still take advantage of seeing even more photos when you want and have the benefit of all your new photographs being more accessible and ready to switch into your existing multi frames. This way, you can change the display up whenever you feel like it, without having to redesign entire wall displays and layouts.
Feel free to have a look through our gallery of multi photo frames to see the different layouts available, total frame sizes and choice of colours. You could even combine multiple collage frames to create a feature wall display with different layouts to get even more photos onto your existing wall space without creating a cluttered feel.
]]>Thankfully, cameras have been around long enough for the wedding photographer to have developed expertise and capture the best moments of the big day. Lean on those photos for the anniversary and get creative with them.
]]>Thankfully, cameras have been around long enough for the wedding photographer to have developed expertise and capture the best moments of the big day. Lean on those photos for the anniversary and get creative with them.
How to Create the Perfect Anniversary Gift with Your Existing Wedding Photos
1) Start with a plan
Don’t start with a frame selection and then pick photos to fit. It’s easy to come up with an idea, look at your decor and try to fit the frame around it. The frame is what’s going to beautify your wedding photos, so focus on those primarily.
2) Add text art to make the photos stand out
Text art can be an interesting aspect to a lot of collections but for anniversary gifts, where they can really shine is putting your wedding vows into text art and putting that in a multi frame along with a photo of each of you. Two photos, two sets of wedding vows and perhaps include the lyrics of your wedding song, and you have the makings for a 5-aperture frame you can use as a very special anniversary gift for your significant other.
3) Decide on the number of openings you need
When framing multiple photos, there are different layouts you can choose from. Vertical, horizontal or a blend of aperture sizes to suit the size of photos you have. The majority of photos, other than the main wedding ones are often 7” x 5” or 6” x 4” making them ideal for multi aperture frames.
If you’re planning to frame a family collection with the Bridesmaids, flower girls, page boys, both sets of parents and the special couple along with a first dance photo and perhaps the bride arriving for the wedding, you’ll need plenty of apertures to work with. That’s why it’s better to plan things through so you can include a mix of photos and text to keep things visually interesting in the frame.
A large project covering the entire family is likely best done as a couple, though. A 5-aperture photo frame is likely plenty for a couple’s anniversary gift. There would be space there for your wedding song lyrics, one photo each of both partners and text art to display each of your vows inside the frame.
That’s a collection of wedding memories that will melt the heart of any partner.
If you’re hitting a dead end for an anniversary gift, the 5-aperture multi-photo frame is definitely one to be on your list of possibilities. It’s one that requires thought to put things together into a cohesive collection while also showing that on the day, memories really were made.
With the multi photo frame, each section will have importance to you both. That’s something you need in a gift when any anniversary comes around.
]]>Art is used to inspire creativity, reduce stress and provide a mood-enhancing effect in work environments. The same can be achieved in garden outhouses letting you subtly create the environment you need, be it for a haven for relaxation, an escape room, somewhere for musicians to practice or write song lyrics, poetry, draw or paint.
Whatever you plan to use your garden room for, the walls needn’t be bare. Compact spaces can benefit tremendously from multi-aperture frames by using them to decorate compact rooms where space really is at a premium.
Preparing the Walls of Garden Buildings for Hanging Frames and other Decor
The most common garden structure is the timber shed, but in recent years, across the UK, there has been a steady increase in garden offices and studios being installed in gardens around the country. If you have a garden office/studio, you’ll most likely have drywall or some type of hardwood partition and have no problem hanging the art.
For those using a garden shed for anything other than storage, the interior of sheds is suitable for hanging frames throughout the summer, however, in winter months, it’s best to bring them indoors where the temperature and humidity changes aren’t as drastic as they are in outbuildings.
For hanging your framed art inside a timber garden shed, the interior can be insulated by installing wall insulation between drywall panels secured to the joists of the shed frame, and then secure your frame to the drywall using the appropriate hardware.
For shed interiors that don’t have drywall or plywood partitions installed, but rather are relying on securing the frame fastenings to the timber panels, lightweight frames in smaller sizes would be more appropriate. They can be hung with strong Velcro or other non-invasive methods of hanging to keep your timber intact so as to prevent any risk of water penetration damaging the timber, and the art you put on display.
Making the Most of Art in Compact Spaces
Where space is at a premium and the walls lacking strength, multi-aperture frames can be truly transformational. With just the one frame, you can curate a collection of your favourite art, drawings and photos, to create bespoke collections to show your prints, and finish the frame in a colour you want.
A creative way to curate photos, prints, paintings or drawings is to stick with a palette of just a few colours. Spring colours that are uplifting are warm ambers and yellow, and greens mixed with lighter shades of brown to represent nature. In smaller spaces, it can be easy to overdo it with overpowering colours, such as warm reds, purples and bright pinks.
With multi-aperture frames, colours can be balanced by framing bright spring photographs, holiday postcards and family snaps taken outdoors with vibrant colours in the background and toning those down with more neutral coloured picture mounts such as ivory, beige or paler shades of any colour to balance palettes, so it doesn’t overpower compact spaces. You can also use larger window openings to increase the spacing between the items in a frame.
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