Wednesday, December 9, 2009

"Family Portraits" - The Backstory

Okay, so I probably should have written a brief paragraph to accompany the photos from the "Family Portrait" post; however, I was posting so vigorously that day that I didn't stop to explain.

Mark's cousin got married in November and because it was an afternoon wedding and reception his aunt mentioned that they wanted something to liven it up. I told her about my wedding planner extraordinaire friend who had just done a blog post with a really cool idea for a 'photobooth' (original post here http://contentedme.wordpress.com/2009/07/18/photos-at-weddings/ ) Well, after Mark, his aunt, cousin and I discussed, we decided that Mark could build one. So Mark built an 8'x8' wall, wallpapered it and then we hung the frames. The smaller frames included pictures of the bride and groom along with their parents and grandparents wedding photos. Mark cut out the wall inside the three big frames. Our great friend Beth was the photographer for the photos and it ended up being such a fun thing!!

All that said, we have the wall in our garage and if anyone is interested in buying it, I think we are going to sell it. Side note: I told Mark we should keep it for parties and events and he said after two parties people would say "Oh boy (exasperated), here come Mark and Lindsay with the photo wall again" Ha!