Alphabet photography

With more of my friends joining the “Mrs.” circuit, finding wedding presents that are personal and more heartfelt than the usual bath towel or casserole dish registry picks can be a challenge. But anything handmade has always been my idea of a great gift.

So when my friend Nicola married Mark earlier this year, I went back to my photography roots and put together an alphabet frame with their last name, Faires, which fit perfectly into a six-opening photo frame I found on Amazon. Most last names with four, five or six letters will fit into a collage frame for either 4x6 or 5x7 photos, but longer names like Sheldon (now the last name of my friend Emily, who married Jeff back in July) required individual frames.  

Finding the letters was the fun part! I went outside and explored. Anything that looked loopy or curvy or interesting, I captured. A piece of rope became an "R", the legs of an old wooden chair became an "F", like a little scavenger hunt! I printed the photos at CVS (alas, I no longer have access to a darkroom to print film the old fashioned way) and wrote a personalized note on the back of each frame to the couple.

Hopefully, they can be hung up somewhere and serve as a loving reminder of their foundation and new lives together. :)

You can find frames similar to the ones I used HERE and HERE.