[ my shopping bag wall ]

IF YOU are anything like me, receiving something from a designer shop is an exciting event {perhaps if I shopped there on a regular basis, the novelty would wear off}. And to me, the shopping bag is just as exciting as what's inside - the giddy knowledge of what treasure it contains.

I don't have many but any that I do have, I've collected over the last few years and haven't wanted to part with them {that's the hoarder in me}. I knew that I would eventually want to display them and have recently come across a few examples of how to do just that:

a framed grouping...

or simply hung from their handles...

or grouped into a collage... 

I decided to go the framed route since I had a great spot in my bedroom crying out for artwork...

I gathered up my collection and decided to add in my vintage advertisements I picked up at the Nice antique market {see post here} just to mix things up a little bit...

Off to IKEA for some frames...

I decided to play around with the arrangement on the bed, trying to get the sizes to fit well with one another...

Then the tedious task of framing them and transferring the arrangement onto the wall {using my favourite 3M Command Strips}...

Finally done!

I'm really happy with the random arrangement which also leaves room in case I happen to receive any others I want to add to the group {are you reading this, hon? hint hint...}

lisa

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