The Most Glaring

This is one project that I completed exactly 75% of. The fact that I can give a percentage is telling of how simple it is to complete, but I'm way too pathetic to have it done. I have an excuse, though. A really good excuse.

I had four photo frames lining my hallway into my living room. The first frame (shown right) was meant to be "current friends"; that's not to say the pictures are current (many go back a few years), but they are at least within my time range of "current". A lot of these pictures were given to me online and printed over at Future Shop at a very hefty fee. Some of these pictures had never been printed and had sat on disc since the day they were taken (some were still on my camera!). I'm proud to say that I got quite a bit done here. Printed, trimmed & framed.

Here's the second picture frame. Also filled and completed. Most of these pictures had me over at my parents' house using their scanner and their old photos to get some of our more "classic" prints as children. This was the "family" album. On one hand, it's incomplete in that it only really shows my dad's side of the family, as my mom's side is ridiculously large and spread out. They'd need two frames unto themselves. This was another frame set that used the Future Shop print shop. I really felt discouraged as it almost cost $100 for about 60 prints. I did get them a size up and high gloss, so I didn't exactly scrimp, which if I really wanted to, I could. This is the frame I have the most pride for, as I can show it off to my family when they come over.

And finally, the third completed frame. Loaded up with classic Clubhouse shots like Halloween 1999 and early trips to Seattle to visit the newly divorced Christian. Even more classic shots of my high school friends, as I was quite lucky to have camera happy friends. I'm positive the kids these days with digital cameras are getting way more memories (and way more embarrassing shots!), although, I can't imagine that they store them in any particularly lasting way. All mine were the original prints, but I also have the negatives if I need to make more copies. I'm doubting that is the case. So, here's "classic friends": frame #3.

And last, and very least is the source of "interruption". Frame number four is filled with fake people and covered in cellophane wrap. Originally, I was going to fill it with pictures of Grae's family and when he was younger, but as a product of divorced parents and a mixed family, when we did get down to going through his pictures, there were huge gaps. Almost every single picture was an unflattering shot of him in neon clothes during his awkward pre-teen/early teen phase. Hardly something we'd want to promote to all our guests. However, now that Grae and I are in the production of our own family, I can only imagine that this will be filled with "grandparent" shots over the coming years. I hope to have this done by this time next year, but...