What can I do with the well-meaning but SO not my style photo collages of the nieces and nephews that I get every Christmas? I thought about scanning them and saving them that way, but dang what about when they come visit? Replace one of my own selections with the collage right before they come? That seems....insincere. Should I start sending them collages of my own as a not-so-subtle hint? :)
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I think that might encourage more of the same! It's a tricky one, but they're your walls for you to do what you want with, so maybe explain their absence by saying you fancied a change and have been experimenting with different things on display.
(Reminds me of when I got my first proper camera, aged 14, and took a whole roll of photos of sheep, just playing with the camera. For years every present I received was sheep-themed - jumpers, earrings, stationery. Ugh!)
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@ Lounger...I had the same problem, but with pig-themed things! Took 20 years to wiggle out of that one!
@ HappyDogs...I put all of my niece/nephew, god-babies, etc. photos in a special (small) photo book that I keep in my bookshelf...rotating pictures as needed. I also captioned the photos with funny sayings so that when they do come over the first thing they do is pull the book down to see what's been written in the bubble over their head. :) They've never questioned why the pictures are not on display 24/7.
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Pigs and sheep- that is too funny!
I get Beatles stuff! (not the bugs)
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LOL at the pigs and the sheep! (I used to get frog stuff, le sigh.) Lucky you, terriok!
@HappyDogs, if you don't like to display "people pictures" at all in your home, then the photo book/album suggestion is probably the way to go. I bet that when it's established that you have that book, you will get book-sized collages :o) If you do like displaying pictures, but just your way, then just pick a favorite picture of each niece or nephew from each collage, cut those out, and display them your way. Depending on your relationship with the collage-maker though, I would probably ask or announce before cutting the first collage, so there are no hurt feelings (and who knows, maybe you'll get no collages next time, but single photos that fit your frames) :o)
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Just because it is given to you an a collage doesn't mean you have to keep it that way. Cut a picture or two out of it and put in on the fridge or a small album just for off-shoot relatives and that's it.
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I've found that most relatives don't look around your house for the gifts they've given you in the past. If they notice one they might comment on it, but overall no one really keeps a list with them and checks off who displays what.
I agree with the other posters, keep the pictures you like and display them how you like.
I have one large frame in my bedroom, it's been matted to hold 25 or so pictures of varying sizes, all black and white to keep it cohesive looking. As family gives me newer ones I rotate them out, if there's one I would like to keep it goes into an acid-free box in my closet. That's the extent of family pictures in my home, I don't like the look of several small frames all over the place.
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nws2002 said: "I've found that most relatives don't look around your house for the gifts they've given you in the past. If they notice one they might comment on it, but overall no one really keeps a list with them and checks off who displays what."
You've obviously never met my mother-in-law! She had NO decorating sense and gave the worst gifts and then wanted to see where they were displayed when she came to visit. I got in SO much trouble when I gave her old vacuum away after she pushed it off on me when she got a new one and then I subsequently did also...but I digress.
My gkids tend to give me photos...the school photos thing...so far not in a collage but if they did I'd put them on the computer and just tell them it's safer to store them that way because they won't deteriorate with age. This is me being truthful because I DO value the photos, and at the same time avoiding having them covering all my walls or hurting their feelings by just tossing them.
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if you are really worried about the family members looking around for the photos, then scan them and get a digital frame that you could load up with their photo before they come over. I'm normally not a fan of those but in this instance it might work wonders!
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I have a memo board I made awhile back that has elastc criss-crossng on the diagonal. I have it hanging in the hallway leading from the garage/laundry room to the kitchen. This is where I put relatives school photos and other miscellaneous memento things. I switch things out every few months. It's not prominent, but visible.
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This reminds me of some old 60's sitcom where the mother-in-law is arriving at the doorstep as the young marrieds are running through the house flipping over the pictures THEY like to reveal the opposite side of the frame with stern-looking images of the MIL.
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i'd clip an image or two out of the collages and stick them on my fridge.
we tend to put the nieces and nephews and friend's babies there...amongst the photos of our gorgeous cats....and nobody checks obsessively and when the pics get tired, we replace them with newer ones.those digital pic frames have come down in price and are pretty awesome.
although i really do just prefer to have pics on my computer and rotating when the computer is resting.ask for digital images next time!
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We started scanning photos given to us and loading them on one single digital frame in our living room - we're sure it's turned on when friends and relatives visit and they can see that their photos are included ... this allows us to show our appreciation for their thoughtfulness, without adding to clutter in our home.
We were able to get a really nice digital frame (name brand) for $30. Not as pricey as they used to be.
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