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Vintage Photo Holders

February 3, 2014 by Hearts&Sharts 12 Comments

If you know me personally, or have checked out my about page, you know that I keep everything.  Everything.  If you wrote me a note in middle school, I probably still have it.  I come from a long line of I’m-going-to-keep-this-because-I-might-need-it-one-day kind of people, so, when my Grandmother passed away, my Mom kept all of her stuff.  When Grandpa passed away, Mom kept all of his stuff. When my Mom passed away, I kept all of her stuff.  Which means I got her stuff, Granny’s stuff and Grandpa’s stuff.  That’s literally a ton of stuff.   

Vintage Photo Holders

When I came across my Grandmother’s old spools of thread in my Mom’s crafting room, they charmed me instantly and I knew they were “keepers”.  Mom passed away five months before our wedding and we had already been planning a vintage style, DIY shindig, but Mom’s passing put a lot of things in perspective and really inspired me to create a wedding that was very personal and full of love.  I wanted each and every person there to feel the love. Like, before they hit the whiskey bar.  Adding vintage pics of family seemed like the perfect touch, but  I couldn’t just scatter them all over the tables – BOOM – idea:  photo holders made from my Granny’s old thread spools.

Photo by The Minnericks - www.theminnericks.com
Photo by The Minnericks – www.theminnericks.com

This is so easy.  You can turn almost anything into a photo holder; apples, cupcakes, pie…  for some reason I can’t think of anything not edible, but you get the idea.  Here we go:

Using some needle nose pliers, cut a length of sturdy wire about 3 inches longer than your desired finished length. The wire I have on hand is rusty, ignore that.  If you don’t have any wire, a wire coat hanger would also work.

Vintage Photo Holders - Hearts & Sharts

 Grab the wire about 1/3 of the way up with your pliers.

Vintage Photo Holders - Hearts & Sharts

 Wrap the wire around the pliers a couple times.

Vintage Photo Holders - Hearts & Sharts

Straighten the wire above and below the little curly-q.

Vintage Photo Holders - Hearts & Sharts

 Wrap the other end of the wire around something that is about the size of a marker or pen.  Wrap it around at least twice.

Vintage Photo Holders - Hearts & Sharts

 Trim the tail as close as you can…

Vintage Photo Holders - Hearts & Sharts

 …and then use your pliers to pinch that extra tail into the circle.

Vintage Photo Holders - Hearts & Sharts

 Adjust and straighten.

Vintage Photo Holders - Hearts & Sharts

If you are using something that has a hole in the bottom of it, like a spool of thread, make sure you put a piece of tape over the bottom hole.  (heh, she said bottom-hole)Vintage Photo Holders - Hearts & Sharts

 Put a small amount of hot glue in the other side…

Vintage Photo Holders - Hearts & Sharts

 …and put your wire in the hole.

Vintage Photo Holders - Hearts & Sharts

 Trim if necessary.  The little curly-q at the bottom keeps the wire from leaning and the tape on the bottom keeps the glue from seeping through and making this a semi-permanent fixture on your table.

Vintage Photo Holders - Hearts & Sharts

 Slide a pic in between the circled up wires.  Done!

Vintage Photo Holders - Hearts & Sharts

 I used these little charmers to create small vignettes that included candles, wildflowers, lace, burlap, my grandfather’s old keys, as well as a ton of old bottles that I dug up on my family’s land in Texas and some thrift store finds.

Vintage Photo Holders
Photo by The Minnericks – www.theminnericks.com

 Dreamy.

Photo by The Minnericks - www.theminnericks.com
Photo by The Minnericks – www.theminnericks.com
Photo by The Minnericks - www.theminnericks.com
Photo by The Minnericks – www.theminnericks.com
Vintage Photo Holders
Photo by The Minnericks – www.theminnericks.com

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Comments

  1. katie smith says

    February 9, 2014 at 8:21 pm

    These are adorable!

    Reply
    • Hearts & Sharts says

      February 10, 2014 at 12:58 pm

      Thanks Katie! Looks like we share the same love of owls. Love that string art!

      Reply
  2. Michelle @ Hey Love Designs says

    February 9, 2014 at 8:16 pm

    These are so cute! Thanks for linking up to the Hey Love Designs’ DIY Link Party. 🙂

    Reply
    • Hearts & Sharts says

      February 10, 2014 at 12:56 pm

      Thanks Michelle!

      Reply
  3. Katie @ Upcycled Treasures says

    February 9, 2014 at 7:01 pm

    Wow, what a beautiful and personal wedding! I DIY’d our wedding and was able to incorporate some of my grandma’s lace into quite a bit of it. If I had come across your post {and not run out of crafting time} I would have LOVED to do this project! We wound up handing some vintage photos from a chicken wire frame but this is so much better! Pinned 🙂

    Reply
    • Hearts & Sharts says

      February 10, 2014 at 12:52 pm

      Thanks Katie!

      Reply
    • Hearts & Sharts says

      February 10, 2014 at 12:55 pm

      Katie! You live in ATL!? We just moved here from Texas last summer. If you’re on Facebook, you should join this group – https://www.facebook.com/groups/163562293768360/ – Heading to the Pinterest Party this Sunday…

      Reply
  4. Lisa @ Practically Perfect Home says

    February 7, 2014 at 11:59 pm

    Hi Dena! These photo holders are so cute, I’m going to feature them on my ‘weekly wonders’ blog post tomorrow morning. Thank you for sharing! ~Lisa

    Reply
    • Hearts & Sharts says

      February 8, 2014 at 12:00 am

      Awesome! Thank you Lisa!!

      Reply
  5. Becca says

    February 4, 2014 at 5:28 am

    Oh this is so cute! What a great idea. Putting this on my to-do list, for sure!

    XOXO
    Becca || Ladyface Blog

    Reply
  6. Amy W says

    February 3, 2014 at 4:26 pm

    I love the versatility of these, too! You could showcase so many cute things in them. Please be sure to share at our Link It or Lump It party.

    http://www.delineateyourdwelling.com/2014/02/link-it-or-lump-it-party-no-24.html

    Reply
    • Hearts & Sharts says

      February 3, 2014 at 5:29 pm

      Done! Thanks Amy!

      Reply

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