I made a sign to go above a doorway. I took a left over piece of wood, crackle painted it, decopaged (using the thin top layer of a fancy paper napkin....hydranges and a dragon fly) and then wrote in cursive DREAM and then went back over the lettering with a light layer of pink craft paint. It's lovely. I might (I'm tech challenged) be able to take a picture and post it. I'll have to do it later because I'm getting ready to go to the quilt guild. Lynn meeting. Lynn

I don't think I'd hang photos so high. Can you see people craning their necks to have a look at them.

If you want another idea what about rub on wall lettering. You could come up with something that discribes your home or you or any saying at all. Eg.--The kitchen is the heart of the home or Love Live Dream.

It comes printed out and you put the lettering against the wall and burnish the paper backing by rubbing with a wallpaper smoothing tool. Lift off the paper and there is your saying. The link below shows how it is done, but I've never used the site so I can't recommend it. Check in your town and see if you can get it locally

http://www.writtendecor.com/?gclid=COGMy-SsuJ0CFQjyDAod7loQjw

What if you put a word or a letter in each picture frame? You could make each frame and the area around the letter or word as decorative or as plain as you want.
kathy

What about some greenery, exepcially with your garden theme.You can also stencil something up there or put words.

I like this idea of using plates for a message - seen on the Garden Junk forum. You could put each word on a plate - 9' seems like lots of room to work with. I'd probably skip the frames and pictures up that high - too hard to see. But plates would make a statement and be unique also. Check out the link below.

Here is a link that might be useful: Old plate message

Luvs to click we think alike! I was actually remembering the plates when I suggested doing that with the frames. But you are right, frames up so high would probably be hard to see.
kathy

I have always liked the look of large stenceled sayings on the wall. HOME IS WHERE YOUR STORY BEGIN'S A light paint that blends with your paint. Nothing bold. I saw this one in a magazine once--It was running down a hallway-----there's no place like home. Paula

Have you heard of "Wallies"? They are cutout pictures that are ready to put on your walls. I've seen some at Target but not anything I wanted for my kitchen. Glass and paint stores should have them.

Thanks everyone. I do agree that the picture frames would be too much. Too high up. I think I like the idea of painting a saying up there or the one with the plates. Not sure which one I will try. Thanks for all your input.
Tralynn