Help me with a Collage

[Warmwinds]

Hope this is the right place.

I'm not "crafty" at all. Just got back from our 30th anniversary trip and I have a whole bunch of "stuff" I want to frame and put on our bedroom wall.

Most of it is paper - menu from V&A's, several cards, our park tickets, pictures of us at CRT...but I also have some metal items - our Happy Anniversary buttons, our Segway pins...what do I need to do this? A shadow box from a place like Michael's?

Do you glue each piece to some back paper in the shadow box? (yes, I don't even know that much)...would I glue the buttons & pins on, too, or MAYBE I was thinking...PIN them to one of the bigger cards? Would that be better?

Any suggestions, pictures on line, etc. would be most appreciated from this un-crafty person.

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

You definitely want a shadow box as you will need the space between the backer and frame for your metal items.
Depending on the size of box you go with will determine how much overlapping you will need to do. Find the NON permanent tape, repositional, to use to hold your items down if you think you might want to reuse them for something else down the road.

I know there are people out here you can give more creative tips.