Today’s post
has been a long time coming… I’ve been wanting to share it pretty much ever
since I started blogging and today is finally the day!
B and I have
always loved to travel and we used to travel a lot before we had our babies.
I knew very early on in our relationship that he was the one, and I thought that it would be
awesome to collect frames from each of our trips to someday showcase in our
house. Therefore, from the very
beginning we always made it a part of our travel itinerary to peruse the gift
shops to find the tackiest cutest souvenir frames possible to save as mementos
from our trips.
We have done
this for every single trip that we have ever been on together (excluding day
trips to Atlanta and Athens and other cities that we frequent, because that
would just be ridiculous) and we now have a collection of 36 frames. Every single time we go on a trip, we still
search for the perfect frame and we always have someone snap the perfect picture of us to showcase in said frame.
A few things to
mention about this lifelong project:
1.
The
tackier the frame, the better.
2.
The
name of the destination should be on the frame.
There were a few cities that we visited where I couldn’t find a frame
with the destination on there, so I bought what I could find and I added it
myself.
3.
Everyone
who is on the trip from our family of four has to be in the picture for the
frame.
4.
The
picture for the frame has to be taken at the destination.
5.
We
buy a frame from every trip, even if we’ve already been to that particular
destination. For example, we have been
to Vegas eight times throughout the years and we bought a frame from each of
our trips, which means we have eight tacky souvenir frames from Vegas alone.
6.
If
we go to multiple major destinations in one trip, we buy a frame from each
destination. For example, in 2005 we
flew to L.A. for a couple of days and then we drove to Vegas, so we bought one
frame in L.A. and another one in Vegas.
Don’t ask me what we will do if we ever go touring around Europe… I’ll
have to buy a new suitcase just to get all of my frames home. Haha.
7.
Frames
are displayed along the ledges in chronological order.
Some close-ups:
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| 2003 - Las Vegas, 2004 - Snowshoe, WV, 2004 - Bahamas |
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| 2004 - Las Vegas, 2005 - Biloxi, 2005 - Biloxi |
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| 2005 - New York City, 2005 - Las Vegas, 2006 - Snowshoe, WV |
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| 2006 - Memphis, TN, 2006 - Las Vegas |
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| 2007 - Snowshoe, WV, 2007 - Los Angeles, 2007 - Vegas |
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| 2007 - Hilton Head, SC, 2007 - Maui, Hawaii, 2008 - New Orleans, LA |
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| 2008 - Snowshoe, WV, 2008 - New Orleans, LA, 2008 - Vegas |
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| 2008 - New York City, 2008 - Savannah, GA, 2008 - Orlando, FL, 2009 - Panama City, FL |
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| 2009 - Grand Canyon & Vegas, 2010 - Vegas, 2010 - Washington D.C. |
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| 2010 - Hayesville, NC, 2010 - Jacksonville, FL, 2012 - Panama City Beach, FL |
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| 2012 - New York City, 2013 - Panama City, FL, 2014 - Los Angeles, Malibu, & Ojai, CA |
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| 2014 - Myrtle Beach, SC, 2015 - Panama City Beach, FL, 2016 - Panama City Beach, FL (not pictured) |
And here are a few
of the types of pictures that we try to take for the frames…
Needless to
say, this is a tradition that we will continue forever. I’m hoping to one day be old and grey with a
collection of over 100 frames!
Just don’t ask
me how we’ll display them… we’re gonna need more ledges and a bigger wall!!
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That's so fun! What a great way to capture and remember those great trips and memories. :)
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great idea! I love that you buy the touristy frames and then have turned them into a gallery wall! Such a great idea!!
ReplyDeleteSarah at MeetTheShaneyfelts
This is such an awesome idea friend. Someday your whole family will LOVE looking at your collection.
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome idea! And so so fun to do! They'd be great ways to reminisce, share with others, and bring a bit of bright happy and color! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kendall! We love it! It's always so much fun to find the tackiest frame possible, too!
DeleteI absolutely love this!! What an awesome tradition to have! I'm so jealous of how much you and Brian have traveled!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun way to keep your memories!
ReplyDeleteI love this so very much! I wish I could go back in time and create this with Jon. Hey, it's never too late, right?! So cute, Lindsay!
ReplyDeleteSuch a cute idea!
ReplyDeleteOh my word! I love this. Like major LOVE this! So many memories and stories (and fun frames) all right there on one wall!
ReplyDeleteI love this Lindsay! Such a neat idea!
ReplyDeleteSo going to do this! I already told Neal about this and how awesome of an idea it is! Now... we just need to travel! haha. that part is important.
ReplyDeleteI seriously LOVE this idea. It's such a fun idea and provides such a great way to display your trips!
ReplyDeleteOh my! This just makes me smile! Love it and the memories they encompass!
ReplyDeleteThis is SO FUN! love it.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Gina!
DeleteThis is seriously awesome! I love this way of capturing a moment from each vacation. I may need to steal this moving forward. I always buy an ornament in each place, but I like this so much more!
ReplyDeleteOH my goodness! This is so awesome! I love it. That is planning and I've been with my husband for 13 years too :) Married for 11.
ReplyDeleteI love this idea. I wish we had been doing it for a long time too. We have traveled to so many places together. Might as well start now. I love tacky frames too! Some amazing shots!
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