My project is finished. Mostly!

First Thing:
I finished my project/surprise for Nate!  I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!
So with my matboard of about $10 and my frame (22x28) that I got half off at Hob Lob for $26 (I love their % off sales) and some rulers and a sharp edge I began.

I used Picassa by Google to blow up my picture by 400% and make a poster . . . creating 16 4x6 photos.

I did probably the most amount of math I've done since my thesis and even then the computer did it all for me, so probably since my research methods class 2 years ago.  It was simple math however and divided the board up in to 16 4x6 squares with 1/4" in between each.

It took forever to neatly slice through each layer of the matboard. I didn't want little flakey black pieces hanging off the mini frames getting in the way of the picture, so it was a very tedious process. 

 This is the final project completed around 1 a.m.  As you can see . . . my face . . . is cut off and you can barely see it on the other picture next to it.  When I was piecing it together it didn't look bad and I thought I'd be able to see it more clearly.  But really it just looks like I have half a face.  However, I so love the design.

Second Thing:
As a result I had to search through all my other wedding photos to find a picture that was just as fun as this one.  I didn't want to settle for a more traditional wedding photo because this isn't a very traditional way to display wedding photos.  So I found this picture.  And I love it because I am only able to see my face and Nate's face and a little of my sister's face and that's it.  The rest are bodies, feet, and hands, which I totally love for some reason.  So with more help from Picassa I rotated a landscape photo to portrait, blew it up again, created a poster and then rotated the pieces back to landscape so I can have a landscape photo when it's pieced together.  . . . and this is what it should look like . . .

Our faces each get our own square and they're not cut up.  Plus it's similar to the other photo . . . we're exiting and it's fun.  I am so excited.  I can't decide if I should hang it up myself above our bed so he can see it when he comes home or if I should lay it on our bed and let him hang it up .  . . after all he's the expert in that kind of stuff.  I'm not sure I could hang something this large and this heavy on my wally by myself.  So I guess I'll lay it on our bed . . . with a bow?