Using Photos To Decorate During the Holidays
Old pictures bring back such wonderful memories of days past and recent ones delight each and every member of the family, especially when family members do not see each other on a daily basis. But it is so difficult to find time to get these precious treasures into an album or even stored properly. Why shove them away in an album that may not even be taken out during this rushed season or why store them in a drawer, when you can turn them into beautiful reminders of those you love during the holiday season and bring a sense of cheer to all who visit your home?
A mantle or bookshelf, and even a piano or table can become a showplace for your photos, if you dress them up with holiday sparkle. The first step is to find just the right frame. Make your determination of color and type of frame by considering the rest of you holiday theme. Is your living area adorned with gold or silver as the holidays demand or have you chosen a “Country Christmas” theme with highlights of deep greens and reds? Maybe your colors are new this year with an explosion of pinks and purples or perhaps even limes! Frames for your can enhance a rooms décor and bring noticeable exclamations of delight from your family when they find themselves among the decorations. For my mantle, during the rest of the year, I select black or silver frames for the pictures of my precious loved ones. During the holidays, I leave the silver and some of the black frames but chose to introduce gold and burgundy, and occasionally a clear crystal frame to give variety and pizzazz.
Certain lighting can give and other objects accentuation during this season. Adding candlelight with the perfect candle-holder give your glow and warmth. Choosing just the right candle and holder is important for the right look. A “Country Christmas” theme could involve old portraits of days-gone-by with the classic choice of large red candles on stained-wooden candlesticks, surrounded by pine boughs and raffia bows. A more elegant theme would be displayed by those same pictures with gold and white candles on metallic candlesticks on a fringed draping topped with swags of cedar and gold and white ribbon, displayed on your grand piano. A display of your kids or grandchildren’s pictures in reds or lime-green pokadotted frames flanked by matching candles in white or green-painted holders and surrounded by tinsel draped across small branches of holly would perk up any table.
Put everywhere! Everywhere people go in your house during the holidays is a perfect location for photos. A small grouping of pictures showing Christmases past is a great way to get conversations going in the family room or any breakfast area. A side- porch is a fun place for a display tucked in-between the swing and a rocking chair on a small tray table. Leave room to sit that piping hot cup of cocoa or mug of cinder! Even a lavatory with a small shelf is an ideal spot to place some funny pictures of you getting hit by a giant snowball or grandpa showing the tiny ones how to make a snowman.
Your guests and family will enjoy the conversation that ensues during this season, started by your great pictures and memories will be recalled with even more memories made…oh, and do not forget your camera!