Decorating with Photos

While I was in Holland this summer my sister-in-law Anniek taught me how to make these DIY photo collages. You can read about it here and the one I made for Luka...well finally, I made the one for Sam. He totally suffers from "Second Child Syndrome" when it comes to photos, books and other things. I am trying to be good and play catch-up...luckily he doesn't notice. Why is it so much harder to get these things done after the first baby?

As you can see I paired the collages with two canvas art pieces my friend Laura did for me while we lived in Mozambique. These are really special to me and remind me of all the love we had in our lives while we lived there. I also think the design is perfect and will "grow" with the boys. They are all squares...so they seem to go perfect. My original thought was to put them all in one line, but with the layout and limited space in the room this was the only layout that would work.

Also I tried to select photos that really exuded their individual personalities. Those two little men are very different, but at the same time they get along so well and you would think they shared DNA when you see them play together. Sam loves his big brother and copies everything he does and Luka is the ultimate protector and wants to teach Sam everything.

I apologize for the horrible photo, but I took it with my phone and not the best light. I promise to take proper photos of the entire room and you can see how it all coordinates. Mentally I have planned to take proper photos of the entire house this weekend...now that we finally have things where we want them. Stay tuned for that...