I love monograms. Plain and simple. Over the last year, I've seen photographs of letters taken in all kinds of settings. I thought they would be wonderful printed and used as monogram artwork. I searched for royalty free stock photos on Google and found some letters here and some numbers here.
Here are some monogramming suggestions. If you are doing a married couples monogram there are two variations. The first option is to place the last initial in the middle, the husband's first initial on the left, and the wife's first initial on the right. For example, John and Mary Taylor would look like this:
The second option is to place the last initial in the middle, the wife's first initial on the left, and the husband's first initial on the right. Here is how John and Mary Taylor would look in that format:
I guess there are tons of rules for monogramming, who knew? Linens are one way, stemware another...
Since most people refer to us as Jeff and Lisa Goforth, I went with the first option.
The hard part is picking the right letter. I looked for letters with colors that would blend with the color scheme in my living room. I also looked for bold letters for Jeff and more feminine for me. I really wanted a cursive L, like in Laverne and Shirley, remember that?
I printed out all three letters at Walmart in 5 x 7. I picked up some frames from Michael's by choosing two black 5 x 7 frames for our first initials and an 8 x 10 floating frame for the middle initial. The floating frame is set off the wall just a little bit so it gives the middle initial a larger presence. I also like the extra "floating" space around the middle initial. Even though all the prints are 5 X 7, the middle initial really stands out.
I have four windows along the back wall of our living room and the space above the windows has been buggin' me. It just needed something. So, this is where I decided to place the monogram. I love it!
Not bad for under $20, eh? Personal, modern, and reasonably priced artwork - love it!!
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