Travel Gallery

As you may have read in one of my earlier posts, in February I was fortunate enough to take a 10 day vacation to Nicaragua and Costa Rica. It was also my first trip being able to use the amazing Nikon D3300 camera my boyfriend gave to me for Christmas. I took a photography class in preparation for the trip (and because I had never used a DSLR camera before) and was excited to put my learning's to use. When we returned from the trip, I went straight to a local camera shop to have some of my favorite pictures from the trip developed. There were so many I wanted to display but I wasn't sure how to go about it. My friend Alyssa recently wrote a blog post (found here) for a how-to travel gallery wall and I decided that was a perfect use of the photos and a way to spice up an empty space on the wall. 

First, I chose a variety of frames from Homegoods (different colors, sizes and styles) and printed out pictures from the trip according to the size frames I bought. I was able to buy seven frames for only $50 dollars! The map shown in the pictures below is from Urban Outfitters and I thought it was a perfect piece to add to the pictures of trips around the world and it gave the wall some extra flare. When you purchase the map from Urban Outfitters it's just a piece of thick paper so I went to AC Moore and bought the wood fencing seen behind it, painted it white, and attached the map with some gold tacks (it turned out awesome!). 

Next, I measured the size of the wall above my dresser and I recreated the same size space on my floor. I laid the frames out how I wanted them on the ground first, this way, I knew how much space to put between each frame and it took the stress out of trying to figure out what I was doing after hammering nails into my wall. We used Finish nails to hang the frames. 

I love the way it turned out. Now I just need to plan some more adventurers so my boyfriend and I can continue to add and expand the travel wall! (suggestions more than welcomed!)