Pinterest is full of wonderful shadowbox ideas-framing board games and storing the pieces in the back, framing puzzle box lids and storing the pieces in the. back, framing Christmas ornaments, framing toys that have been outgrown in addition to capturing those special moments in life.
Now I'm not into scrapbooking like my mom thinks she is but I wanted to display some of our wedding things because I doubted that they'd bee seen or remembered otherwise.
First you need to get a shadowbox. I got mine from target.com but Micheal's, Hobby Lobby or my new favorite craft store, Pat Canan's has them too. Generally reasonably priced if not on sale or a coupon can be used. Most of these places have custom framing too if you need something really special. My box is only about an inch deep so some of the things I wanted to put in there-such as the birdhouse number holders couldn't go. That and I discovered that I only had one the I had saved.
I lined my box with scrapbooking paper in royal blue which was one of our wedding colors. To get it to stay down I just used Elmer's school glue. The backing was this velvety material and rubber cement just wasn't cutting it. I'm sure there are some better adhesive suggestions out there. I was happy with the glue but going back I would let it cure over night under some heavy books. Specifically, my pathology and large animal medicine texts. That's what vet med texts are good for.
Then I laid out all my paper stuff-pictures which were hard to choose from, program, cake flavors, invitation, reception card, save the date. To attach these I used clear photo corners but I think I don't like how they worked. The pictures ended up sort of buckling. Maybe just glue again. Rubber cement this time.
After I has the paper stuff laid out, I could add my objects. I chose my garter, the flower I wore in my hair, the brooch from my bouquet, a bag of birdseed (which I still have tons left!), a reception favor (measuring spoons) and flowers from the trellis at the ceremony.
This is where I think I did a great job attaching these things. Instead of using tons of glue, I wired them on. I took the heaviest sewing needle I could find an with the assistance of a thimble pushed it through the backing and paper. I wiggled it in the hole to make it slightly larger and then repeated it for the other side. Then I threaded my wire, green floral wire through. You can't see it on most things and it's barely noticeable on the things you can see it on.
The hardest part was closing the thing. My flowers got in the way. That and after the first time, some pictures slipped and there was a massive amount of dog hair in there too. Take two was better but not entirely dog hair free.
So that's how I made my wedding shadow box. I'm thinking of the possibilities for other ones as we speak.
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