How should I frame these place cards?

October 27, 2018 1:19 PM

These are the table place cards (some of the Cascades and Oregon capes from north to south) from my wedding. I want to frame all of them in a single frame for my wife. But I can’t find the best arrangement.

Stacking them side by side is the obvious solution but doesn’t work with the north/south thing. Alternating them vertically looks like a zipper. Stacking them vertically looks cool but ends up being at least four feet long. Are there any other arrangement ideas that I’m missing? They are individually 4x11 inches.

posted by not_the_water to Media & Arts (6 answers total)

Get a map of the PNW. Put them on the map in their correct locations. If they overlap, put the prettier picture on top. Glue them in place. Frame the map.
posted by aniola at 1:25 PM on October 27, 2018 [3 favorites]

Best answer: Would you consider two frames where half are stacked vertically? You could hang them next to each other or opposite each other.
posted by advicepig at 2:58 PM on October 27, 2018

A simple grid, random order or alphabetical. Oftentimes the plainest things have more room for meaning.
posted by rhizome at 3:18 PM on October 27, 2018

Oh wow, where can I buy these? They are beautiful!
posted by computech_apolloniajames at 5:40 PM on October 27, 2018 [1 favorite]

Not answering your question, but I have been immensely happy to have something similar, spiral bound as in a flip calendar, so the scene changes every so often. Knowing the whole stack is underneath helps evoke the nostalgia you want, while you can focus on one image at a time. 4x11 is smaller than the one I have, but you could do two or three?
posted by mahorn at 5:17 AM on October 28, 2018

Response by poster: >computech_apolloniajames

Thanks! I made them!
posted by not_the_water at 1:54 PM on October 29, 2018 [1 favorite]