Monday, March 12, 2012

What do you do with all those tickets?

So I had the key chains and  my husband , J, has the ticket stub collection.  Twenty plus years of tickets stubs shoved in an over sized  mug  first on his dresser, then on a self in our closet. There are tons of concerts and tons of sporting events. Some I was around for and a bunch I wasn't.

Close Up....Cardinal Games, Concerts, Blues Games

Again, why have a collection if you aren't going to look at it and enjoy it?


So last year for Father's day I had the brilliant idea of making a poster size collage out of all of them. I started out by very loosely laying them all out on the floor in as much of a rectangular shape as I could and measuring them. Then I went to Michaels armed with my 40% off coupon, as they have every week, and found a frame that was about the size I needed. Then I went to the framing counter and got a black mat to fit my frame. They have in stock and will cut for your plain old mat board. They don't have a ton of  choices but usually a clack, gray , off white  or white. Now if you want anything fancy, that'll cost you.


I wanted to have them in as close of chronological order as I could without looking all matchy-matchy. I wanted the colors, sizes, and shapes to all  blend together in a non-perfect way. Now I'm not going to lie, I had to sacrifice a few to get them into a already in stock frame. But when you have 30+ Cardinals game stubs, I let a couple of them go. I used photo square stickies to attach them in a non- permanent way at first but then they started to fall off so I had to reenforce them.  Now this hangs in the hallway of our finished basement and every time any of his friends comes over they look at it to see if they remember one of the concerts that they went to in high school.  Ahh...memory lane.

Here it is hanging downstairs in the hallway... sorry about the lights.

12 comments:

  1. that's awesome! i love all the organizing you are doing with your his and her collections. you really need to come to texas and hook me up. (although, i really just need more clutter removed than stuff organized. the boy has TONS of STUFF.)

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    1. Just tell him to fly me down and done... I'll organize/clean anything you want as long as we can hang out and eat some good Texas food.

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  2. This is such a great idea! My husband and I have a box full of tickets from various events that just sit around and do nothing.

    Mal @ The Chic Geek

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    1. Thanks, Mal! And I have to let you know how jealous I am that you got to meet Ree. I've been hoping she would come her to St.Louis on her way back home.

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  3. I saw this featured on another blog and had to click on it... then I saw it was all St. Louis stuff and smiled! I'm not from there but a bunch of my family is and I live just a few hours away. Cute way to keep everything so organized! My friend did a similar thing with all of her MU ticket stubs.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by Megan! It is a fun way to stop and look at all of them whenever you walk down the hall.

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  4. I saw someone do this with concert tickets and had it hanging in the bathroom-- we was a bachelor (maybe someone did it for him) But ever since then I've wanted to do this for my Husband!
    this week will be our 29th! wedding anniversary--- I may do this as a surprise for him. I love how yours turned out. Thanks for showing it...
    came here via CACC #68 ~~Pat

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    1. Thanks Pat. You should. Guys love admiring their manly things :)

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  5. I could definitely see my husband loving this for his office! Thanks for sharing at oopsey daisy!

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  6. Thanks Alison! Thanks for hosting!

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  7. I like it!! It reminds me of a collage project that I did recently! Http://whateverp48.blogspot.com/2011/09/mixing-family-history-with-home-decor.html

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    1. Thanks Kristi. I love your project with the letters. I wish my grandmother would have saved hers. Apparently she threw them out(wah wah)

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