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Hanging Pictures
By Lori Garcia, editor-in-chief, and
Kathleen Gordon-Ross, associate editor

Pictures are one of our favorites here at Mormonchic.We love taking them, scrapbooking them, and especially hanging them. We've had several readers ask us how to hang pictures, so we decided to do a feature on the topic. Join us as we learn the foolproof way to hang pleasant looking pictures.

Step by Step

(1) Trace each picture frame you want to use in your collage in tissue paper. Cut each out and set it aside.

(2) You will use the tissue pieces later to mount the pictures on the wall.

(3) Lay your pictures out on the floor in a collage pattern. Try different styles. We tried several before we came up with the one we chose.

Rules to Remember:
(a) Start with the big elements first. If you're doing several pictures, place the larger pictures on the inside of the collage.
(b) Line things up. You want the pictures to line up correctly. Match the baselines of pictures.
(c) Choose pictures of similar styles...similar types of frames, similar types of pictures (black and whites, for example), similar subjects.

(4) After you've picked a layout that you like, number each picture and correlating tissue paper. This will help you keep track of all of them--especially important if you are creating a very large collage.

(5) Measure your wall space and fine the center. Make a small pencil mark, or indention with your finger nail. Measure the width and length of the collage. Make sure they will fit nicely and proportionately on the wall you've selected. Hang all the tissue pieces on the wall first with tape. Once the tissue pieces are to your liking, Place nails in the tissue paper where the hooks are located. (NOTE, be sure to check the back of the frame for what kind of hook it has. This can make a big difference between hanging a picture correctly.) From here, hang your pictures, and you're done!

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