Creating a Photo Display

My Weddingbee bio states that Mr. Cupcake and I are both "old souls" — we are both extremely sentimental people who constantly talk about how things used to be "back in the day." I love hearing stories about his childhood and seeing pictures of him growing up. So, naturally, I want to find a way to display pictures of both of us through the years, as kids through to adulthood, and then once we met each other.

Come on now — just look at how cute he was:

Mr. Cupcake still loves to fish, but now he wears sunglasses so he doesn't squint like that

He's not QUITE this messy anymore when he eats....

Not that I'm not going to try to give him a run for his money in the cuteness department....

Going for the wedding cake even at the age of three. Notice how quickly my left hand is moving away, as if I was ready to swipe some icing or something.....

Probably (no, definitely!) the only time you'll see a shot of me in a bikini.

At Mr. Cupcake's cousin's wedding last fall, a great slideshow was included but the photos of Mr. Cupcake's grandfather (whom he was very close to) got him very upset when put to some emotional music; he told me at that moment "no slideshow at our wedding!" He doesn't speak up much about wedding details, so this was one request that I had to honor. We still wanted to include some old photos in our day, but thought it best to put the photos somewhere where guests can look at them throughout the night if they so choose. But how to do this?

Several weeks ago Mrs. Bird of Paradise featured the Knottie bio of bkbistro (as well as her planning bio) and I fell in love with her amazing idea of displaying old family wedding photos:

In the process, from her planning bio

And the finished product, from her wedding bio

As you can see, she found these old windows on Craigslist, which have a wonderful vintage look to them. While she included one large wedding photo in each of the panes (leaving a few with the glass exposed, which I love), I think it would also look cool to include collages of us through the years in many of the panes, and leave others with the glass exposed. On the panes where the glass is exposed, I think it might look cool to have some words or phrases printed out on vellum or some other kind of translucent paper (words and phrases to be determined!).

I am so excited about this idea, and I've started scanning all of our old photos that we want to include. I think it would look great displayed in the area that will be used for our cocktail hour, and where the bar will be located throughout the night. The only problem, though, is that I still haven't found the perfect windows or doors to use! I found a great set of old French doors on Craigslist a few weeks ago for only $50, but someone else beat me to the punch and they were gone. So, I'll continue to search for the next five months and hopefully find something that will work. Craigslist and flea markets are my friend.

(We have a beautiful set of French doors in our apartment that Mr. Cupcake is convinced that we could use, and they are perfect, but I don't want to take the chance that something would happen to them, since we rent our apartment!)

Check out another one of bkbistro's cute ideas, also using an old window:


And I love the simple way they decorated the aisle at their ceremony with fabric:


Have you found a lot of inspiration from Mrs. BOP's Knottie bios of the week? How are you planning to display old photos at your wedding?