Displaying Family Heirlooms

Well, this is the last gallery wall project I'll post, before the big gallery wall reveal! If you'ld like to see the others click on 

Kid's hands for the gallery wall.

and 

Kid made gallery wall art

This tutorial involves this beautiful silver that my mother-in-law mailed me not too long ago. This spoon and fork were made for my husband's birth. They have his name, birth date, weight, and length engraved on them. When I saw them, I was in awe of how cool they were! Do people still make this sort of thing? 

Here's a close-up of the silver. The picture doesn't show the engraving very well, but it's actually pretty easy to see when you're holding them.

I figured I would somehow put it on the gallery wall, but didn't have a shadow box and didn't necessarily want to go buy one. 

So, I took this old frame and matting (it actually used to be a wood color frame with hunter green matting, but I had sprayed it black for the gallery wall a couple months ago), and traced the matting size on the paper. 

Then I glued the matting on the paper. 

I left room on the inside and clipped to the corners.

Then I folded the corners back and taped them. I seemed to only be able to find duct tape today.

 Then I cut another piece of the paper and taped it on the back, so only white would be showing through the hole of the matting. 

I guess this post could also be titled, "another easy way to change out your matting".

 Then I took Gorilla Glue and glued the silver to the paper.

 In retrospect, I would have used hot glue. The Gorilla Glue started to foam around the edges of the silver and looked messier than I would have liked. I also started wondering if it would wreck the silver at all. I think the hot glue would have just peeled off if needed. 

Aren't the cute in there?  I ended up having to switch them to opposite directions, because the frame was going sideways on the wall and I like them better than way. 

A little more sanding and a little paint and the gallery wall will be done!

--Katie

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