What about treating them as one piece of artwork by overlapping the frames? (I tried to find a picture of this but couldn't) It may take a while to figure out the logistics, but I think it could look fantastic.
Dee

OMG! My daughter would simply kill me. If I displayed 13 pictures of her face on a wall she would absolutely have a fit!!! But, each to his own.

I guess I would be inclined to do them in the upstairs hallway, as I agree that my kids would find that a little much - like a shrine or something, if it were there for public viewing. LOL

Since they are all the same size, and basically the same look, I would be inclined to do the graduation picture in a larger center frame with matting, and put the other twelve in smaller frames around it, almost touching, to create a sense of one large connected story.

Now, if you have other family pix that will be hung there as well, you could certainly intermingle them in a time line effect with those other pix and then add in other framed mementos.

Personally, I would be more inclined to frame a newborn pix, perhaps a kindergarten pix and the graduation pix, and put the rest (along with copies of the others on the wall) into an album for her, again tucking in mementos.

Oh I definitely want them in a "private" area of the house. I'm sure she won't mind them being on display. In fact I think she thinks it a little weird that we don't have any other family photographs on display like normal people do. One year I put the new picture in the frame when she wasn't around and she wanted me to do it all over again so that she could see them all again. I guess maybe only children are accustomed to being "worshiped." I was one, too, and my mother always had a large (I mean LARGE, like 4 x 5 foot!!) oil portrait of me hanging in the living room. Then came the equally pretentious and equally sized wedding portrait that was in a $900 frame. I actually hate that thing. It's now wrapped up in my attic, but my DH insists that we will hang it in the new house. I just told him that I don't want it anywhere that I will see it on a regular basis. lol

I think your idea sounds fun, particularly if you find a funky way to display the photos. I'd stay away from the "collage" type display or multiple photos in a single frame, as that usually doesn't look very arty. :)

Exposures.com has a nice website with lots of different products to display pictures. I thought of the photo in the link when I read your post. You could have the pictures digitized in single colors-- like Wharhol paintings, one in blue, one in red, one pink, green, etc. and frame them alike, or you could have them reproduced in black and white, and instead of putting the words to a poem on each one (as in the link) you could have the teacher's name, the classroom number, her friends' names, etc. on the front of the photo.

Good luck, it is hard to find a fun way to use those photographs, but I love seeing them.

Here is a link that might be useful: an idea for your pictures

I thought this clock idea was cool--although I guess you would have one too many pics for it

School portraits are adorable but they are usually inherently cheesy. Fake backgrounds, uncomfortable poses, fake smiles, etc. Moms and grandmothers love them but they aren't very decorative.

I would make black and white copies of the photos on the copier to see how they look. Hopefully the black and white will add a bit of sophistication and cohesion. If you like the black and white photos, you could add interest by varying the sizes of the pictures, frames or mats. I would keep the frames and mats all the same color and hang them gallery style.

It sounds like a great project. Have fun!

Jumping off Deee's idea, I understand that you'll have the set of 8x10s, but to keep the overall display size down (13 11x14s would be huge! and pricey!), maybe try making slightly smaller color or black-and-white copies?

I like the idea of using a larger frame with mat in the middle and smaller frames in a circle around the center photo.

I love the idea of overlappng them- I'd probably do a bunch of different colors all with a sort of hand carved Swedish look. All in soft coordinating sorbet colors.
This alone would probably be a shopping mission that lasted for months as I tried to find 12 folkloric coordinating- but different -frames.

I'd want it ultimately to look like a piece of art from Pier One or Wisteria- but original, of course.

Your vision sound cool, Bumblebeez. Can you post an inspiration frame? I'm up for a months' long shopping spree. LOL

Ha, I just spent 20 minutes googling images looking for a pic but nada. But I can SEE it in my mind. I am always coming across frames I like at my favorite store- TJ- and now I have a vison. I'm not a fan of pictures hung in the traditional way but I like the idea of overlapping carved wood frames in coordinating hues.

I did find lots of black plain frames overlapped and a few pictures of gold ornate empty frames overlapped and those were interesting too but not what I am seeing.

here are 2 more clock pic ideas