If you’re anything like me, you have stacks of small prints sitting around in boxes and on shelves with no real destination in sight.  Since I don’t scrapbook anymore, I’m never really sure what to do with my loose prints.  All I know is that I really want to share them.  I was thrilled when I got Misti Dawson’s pictures and write-up in my inbox because she has inspired me to find a wall or a cupboard or two for all those prints!   Take a look.

When you open our front the first thing you see is a canvas print of the four kids. I love that it’s the first thing people notice when they walk in the door.

Upstairs there are random prints. I love that no matter what corner I turn I see a photo of my family.  The canvas on the stairs is and will always be my favorite photo, I regret not getting a larger canvas. The print in the hallway of my four kids was the first photo I took that made me realize I wanted to be a lifestyle photographer. Back then I had never heard this term but I knew I wanted to capture my family and others as they were, not posed. The 10×20 storyboard in the bathroom was taken because I knew it was one of the last baths all three of my boys would take together. I am so happy that I can remember them when they all still got along with just a glance at this photo.

The loft upstairs is one of my favorite rooms. It’s where the kids can be kids. One of the four frames doesn’t have glass, yes, a room where kids can be kids. I like to surround them with photos, old and new.

My mom bought me the photo mobile many years ago and I haven’t updated those photos. I like to walk pass and see my kids faces with chubby cheeks and missing teeth. The framed 10×20 family photo was taken by a good friend and the first photo that gets the same question over and over…..that is “Why are your heads cut off?” I have to explain the focus was on the children.

My favorite wall in the house, it’s where we as a family hang out. It’s a place our friends stand and stare and get excited when they find a photo of themselves. These are snapshots of our lives and I feel they are just as important as a family canvas. All these photos bring a smile to my face several times a day.

The kitchen. These photos help me get through the evening. When the kids are whining about homework, when they are crying because they don’t want to eat their veggies, when I am cooking……all these photos remind me to let the little things go.

If I could I would print every photo I’ve ever taken and fill my house with memories. Without these photos so many of these moments would be forgotten.

Thanks, Misti!