Private Commissions

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Anniversaries

One of my favorite parts of working on an anniversary collage is receiving an envelope full of photos and other memorabilia. While folks are more than welcome to scan things themselves, most choose to have me do it. It's an honor to be trusted with their family's heirlooms.

50th Wedding Anniversary

50th Wedding Anniversary

50th Wedding Anniversary

Anniversary collages don't have to be just your photos! This family wanted to include photos from my personal library of places the couple enjoyed going to.

60th Wedding Anniversary

70th Wedding Anniversary

Weddings

With a collage, no one has to decide which wedding photos to display! Wedding collages have been commissioned by a range of people: the couple themselves, parents, or friends.

A gift from the parents to the couple

The bride requested lyrics from their first dance song be overlaid throughout.

Tell the story! The collage doesn't have to focus solely on the wedding day; it can include all of the special moments that lead up to it.

The couple commissioned this collage as a gift for their parents. The bride had a separate collage done as a gift for her sister.

A gift from the maid of honor to the bride

Birthday

A collage is a wonderful gift for those who have been lucky enough to have many trips around the sun. 

80th Birthday

70th Birthday

80th Birthday

90th Birthday

Hobbies

Collages aren't only for life's big events, you can commemorate anything you love!

Commemorating pilot's license and the trips taken over the years

Client had professional photos taken of their car and wanted to combine them together into a poster.

Commemorating many years of the client's husband creating ice sculptures for the Saint Paul Winter Carnival. Client requested the names of the sculptures be added in near the corresponding photos. 

Client gathered years of items together to gift her husband with a collage of his passion for ham radio.

Retirement

Retirements are worthy of celebrating, but the most common retirement gifts don't appropriately acknowledge the accomplishment of the recipient. A collage is a wonderful way to say thank you for your years of service!


Client's father had saved years of paychecks and they selected one from each of his jobs to use as a background.



Business

Running a business is difficult, let alone running a business for multiple decades. A collage brings together celebrates the achievements. 

Collage for the Wozniak Family to commemorate their years of ownership of the Fresh French Fries booth at the MN State Fair

75th anniversary collage for Novick's Super Service. The client provided me with photos and memorabilia and because I'm in the area, I also went out and took some photos of the garage. The garage closed in 2013, after 85 years of service.

Recognition of a business partnership and the restaurants they've opened together. 

A neighborhood bar celebrates their history.

I really enjoyed the out of the box thinking of this project, using blueprints, renderings, and photographs to exhibit a year's projects at this architecture firm.

Travel

Some trips we want to relive over and over again. Rather than hiding photos away in an album, a collage allows you to enjoy the memories of your trip every day.




I love when clients choose to add memorabilia to their collages! It adds so much interest to the piece and makes the collage similar to a scrapbook.

Memorials

A collage is a beautiful alternative or addition to a photo board or slideshow for a memorial service. It can also be used as cover art for a program and/or gifts for the family.