and here they are in situ. (I have to figure out how to post more than one pic in a post!)

First: there is no way to post multiple pictures to a post unless you use photo bucket which I don't do either.

Second: Wow! Looks amazing! I love the serenity of if! Well done!!! You must be so pleased with it!

thanks. just glad to finally finish and get it up there -- blank walls for too long!

Really nice...
The colors are splendid -- and I just love how all the photos "come together" in one large grouping. Tough to pull off but you did it!

Love the console and how you accessorized it.

Very very nicely done indeed! :)

Just right with the console and the accessories too! :)

Great balance of line and color .....

They look really nice! Do you pin to pinterest? My DiL would love to see a DIY project like that, and do it.
And, you can post multiple images here from any website, not just photobucket. you just need to use a bit of html code.

I did pin to Pinterest. Really didn't document the whole thing, though. I'll add more description.

Basically, it's just an unframed canvas from the hobby store. I brushed a brown metallic glaze on for the background -- not too evenly, almost a dry brush. Then I glued the photos on with Martha Stewart decoupage glue. I just positioned them by eye.

All the pics are ones I took right around town and my property. I fooled around with various schemes for months. Eventually I had to get all the pics reprinted in matte so they wouldn't be so shiney --about $12 for 70 pics.

And I LOVE my console too. Local Mexican rustic furniture, heavy wood -- $130 bucks!

Here is a link that might be useful: Violet West's photo collage pin

This post was edited by Violet.West on Sun, Nov 17, 13 at 22:54

And here's one more picture for those of you kind enough to express admiration for the console.

And, hey-- I'm almost finished with my purple painted nightstand project too so ill be posting pics of that too soon. Heh- I've been a busy bee

Well done!

Love the photo collage and the console and arrangement! Would love to see more photos of your room!

Pat yourself on the back for doing a super job, your room looks so interesting and inviting. Well done.

haha! that's about all that's in it. Still need a couch, a rug, draperies . . .

What a great space! Love it!

Have to put something in between the two canvases. Maybe an airplant installation, hmm. . . .

Really nice. I like the way the blue pulls out the blue in the platter.

They look great Violet. They look so nice with your console.

Great idea for a relatively inexpensive way to fill a couple of large walls! Very nice and I love the colors it brings to the room!

Lovely, Violet!! The blues are clear and beautiful, and the collage is an interesting mix. In fact that's the most interesting collage I have seen in YEARS. Well done!

I'm so glad you guys like this. The more I look at it, the more pleased I am. I struggled SO HARD with this project -- I knew it could be good, but I tried out various schemes -- hanging from sticks with string and closepins, maybe stick on a mirror, etc.

I was ready to just stick the pics on the plain canvas, but knew the white background wasn't right. The brown glaze background was a last minute decision and it just brought the whole thing together. You can't really see in the pics, but it's subtly metallic, which matches the matte print of the pics perfectly.

It's really special to me, because my nickname is Cloud, and because the pics are all taken by me around my property and locally.

and now, I'll shut up about it, lol!

WOW! I love it. I had to look and look as I couldn't figure out how you did it . Now I get it ...very ingenious ! I have so many pics that I took of water on my cycling trips and I haven't hung them as I couldn't figure out how to tie them all together. Your idea would work perfectly. I need to get them printed and then lay them out. I bet I can get DIL to paint some canvas for me as she is an artist.I am so glad I took a look . Great job ! c