Wall Picture Collage

I have so many recipes to blog about, but I wanted to sneak in my first completed project because I am absolutely in love with it! Found this one on Pinterest too, came from someone's blog.  So glad these people are blogging about such amazing things so that I can try them too!

If you know me at all, you know I am OBSESSED with pictures!  I feel like you can never have enough pictures of anyone!  I don't want to forget a single moment! So when I found this project I was really excited because it allows me to nicely display at least 24 of my favorite pictures ;)  I really liked this too, because I could do it for cheap.  I have to say, the ONLY time I print pictures (at Walgreens) is when I have a coupon code, which they have coupons pretty much daily! When I found a great deal for printing my pictures, I picked about 35 of my favorite so I would have some options when I finally laid them out on the board.

What you need:

• Mod Podge Matte (the glossy kind might leave a glare)
• Double sided tape
• Foam brush (will probably come in a pack of 3 or so, but you just need 1, not too small)
• 1- 20x30 foam board. I used black, thought it was more "nice" looking than white.
• Poster hangers... the ones that stick.  The brand is Command.  For hanging posters and such.
• At least 24 pictures... I recommend printing a few extra just incase one can't be cut to size or you change your mind about one.

The first thing I did was cut up some 4x4 squares of computer paper, just to make sure they'd all fit right and get an idea of how I would space them. Then I used one square as a template to cut out my pictures. After I cut all my pictures, I laid them out on the board and played around with them a lot on where I wanted each picture. I got out the double sided tape and starting taping away! There is no exact measurement for the placing of the pictures.  The only measuring I did was made sure the pictures on the outside were 1 inch from the edge... and from there, I evenly spaced and placed them as much as I could.  I recommend starting from the outside. 

I taped all the pictures, placed them evenly on the board 1 inch away from the edge and now for the Mod Podge!  I took a paper bowl, poured some Mod Podge in it, dipped the end of my "big" sponge brush in it and started painting!

My husband got carried away with the pics lol :) Painting the pictures might be a bit scary because you may feel like you're ruining them, but you're not!  I don't really have instructions on how to paint it on, I just made sure it wasn't too thick and tried to make sure it was all evenly painted.  The instructions I read for this project was that she let it dry overnight, but I did this early in the day and it only took about an hour to completely dry.  Here's what it looked like when I was done slapping on the Mod Podge!

Scary lookin' huh? But here's what it looks like when it's completely dry!

How do you like it?! I LOVE it! Still haven't found the perfect spot to hang it in our apartment, but I can't wait to make another!  I think my next one will be a theme, like our wedding or my husband's deployment in Iraq! Yayyy!!