Haunted Picture Frame Wall

PARTY PHOTO BACKDROP
I always make sure to have a photo booth, or a photo station for my guests to take pictures in front of during a party. I try to have it in a room where there is enough light and room for small and big group pictures. For me, my makeup studio has always been the ideal choice. It is a blocked off room right when you come into the house off the the left. When the party starts, it looks like a haunted elevator and during and toward the end it's opened up so people can put their phones on a tripod, set the timer and take as many photos as they would like.

I've done a few backdrops that I've liked but NOTHING compares to the wall of haunted pictures with their bulky frames and 3-D effect. I have been gathering vintage type frames for years and it really came in handy when I saw this photo on Pinterest. I fell in love with the gothic feel and the layering of frame on frame on frame. Today I'm going to share with you exactly how I make my haunted frame backdrop. Enjoy!


MEASURING:

First I measured the wall and taped that exact measurement down on the living room floor. I then began stacking pictures, frames and photo backdrops (I found some at a party store to make up for not having enough to fill the whole wall just yet). Then I started stacking frames all over based on size, color and bulk. I LOVED having some odd shaped smaller frames toward the front to stack at the very end (on top of everyone else). Most of the frames did not have Halloween images in them so then I had to decide the type of feel I wanted to put up there. I think at this point I want to be sensitive that not all my guests would be okay with gore and gross Halloween so I tried to stay pretty safe. I myself don't love too much gore during Halloween and no, I repeat, NO clowns EVER!!!! We all have our limits LOL.

PICTURES TO USE/PAINTING FRAMES

I wanted to get old photos and vintage Halloween pictures. I found a few houses that looked haunted, black cats, vintage Halloween costumed children, old folks (that may or may not look spooky), haunted looking trees, dollar store images that change when you walk around them, potion bottles, books etc. Anything that speaks to your Halloween heart works. I was able to print out a ton at Costco relatively cheap and some were even HUGE! I made sure to only choose black and white photos to make big because it was cheaper.

I also busted out the gold, silver and black spray paint to give more interest and dimension to the wall. I didn't want all the gold to be too close to each other so when I was deciding which frames would be sprayed I first initialed them all while they were still on the floor. G for gold and so on.


PREPPING THE WALL:

While the frames were drying I took out the four or five plastic black tablecloths that I bought at the dollar store and began to staple them to the wall. The black covering would help make the whole wall look covered and fill in any space between the frames. It was super cheap and very easy to take down as well so I can keep using them every year.

HANGING THE PICTURES & FRAMES:

I'm not above putting holes in the wall so I busted out the hammer and nails for a lot of this. I suppose you could also use command hooks and booooooooy will you need a ton! I didn't attach the pictures to all of their frames but instead stapled the picture to the wall where it would go and placed the frame on top using a hammer and a nail. Measuring the picture and it's corresponding frame really paid off at this time. That way you didn't place the pictures too close together.

I absolutely LOVE how it turned out and can't wait to keep adding more and more frames. This was last years wall and I'll be sharing the NEW one with even more frames soon on IG. Happy Haunting!!!