A Photo Gift for Dad

This is a flashback to 2006, before I started my personal blog.  I’ve never posted this gift, and I’m quite proud of it.  I was looking for a Father’s Day gift for Angry Husband’s 2nd Father’s Day.  Angry Kid was born in 2005.  Angry Husband is quite particular, and really a total pain to buy for.  I saw this idea on one of my parenting forums.  My BFF, Stacey also did the same gift that year.

All you need for this project are the following things:

1. Wall letters: D, A, and Y
2. Kid or Kid(s)
3. Camera
4. Printer or photo service
5. Picture frame, collage frame or otherwise

How to do this project:

I grabbed Angry Kid, Bruiser (dog), and the wall letters.  I headed out to my front yard.  Angry Kid was walking by this time, and he was quite fast.  I wanted to take some pictures, before nap time melt down and somewhere, where I could control him.  I ended up taking several hundred pictures that day.  Here are some of the photos that I took.

I then went through all of the photos and picked out the best ones.  Here’s a simple collage made with a computer program of the photos.

For my final project, I ended up getting 4×6 photographs printed in a matte finish.  I then placed them in a Pottery Barn 5-Picture Collage Frame. Angry Husband was a little shocked when he opened the gift.  I probably haven’t been that creative for gifts since then.  I need to find some inspiration this year.

This collage is in the hallway of our house.  I walk by it every time I go into our bedroom.  It always makes me smile.  Sometimes I need to look at it, especially when Bruiser (the dog) is barking his head off and I want to scream at him.

P.S. I took the first (finished) photo tonight.  It is not easy taking photos of framed pictures.  The glass makes a huge glare when you don’t have that special cool, anti-glare glass.