Once again....I apologize for posting so late in the evening! It's been a long day for Heather and I trying to get everything ready for our new "vintage" booth!
Frames......vintage frames that is. Never ever ever pass one up at a garage sale or an estate sale. Heather sure doesn't! And she does such great things with them. Now, when I say never pass one up, I don't mean those simple wood or plastic frames with little or no detail. I mean the ornate frames with lots of trim and personality. Forget about the picture in the frame. We're not going to use that.
Heather recently found a framed picture at a garage sale that I guess to probably have been from about the 1950's. It was 4ft x 5 1/2ft! And....it had the ugliest landscape ever inside of the frame. But....she could see the potential. Especially for $1.00! Yep that's right one measly dollar! And the lady who sold it to her thought she was nuts! To her it looked like it should have gone straight to the garbage.
Here it is now. This was a tough picture to take because it is hung in her hall in a very narrow space so I couldn't take the photo straight on. So here's what she did.........
...........this particular picture was glued to a sturdy piece of particle board. The frame appeared to have been handmade and was screwed directly into the particle board. Heather disassembled the entire thing. She then used spray glue and glued cotton batting, available at WalMart for quilting projects, directly onto the particle board. Next she covered the entire board with her fabric. After this she used black ribbon in a crisscross pattern starting from edge to edge and measuring in between each section to make sure that it was even. Next, using her staple gun, she stapled each crisscrossed section directly into the particle board. To hide the staples, she glued plastic rhinestones over them. Of course she also painted the frame, edging it in gold and then reattached it to the particle board using the same method with which it was originally assembled.
The total cost of this project was under $10.00! I actually called her a not very nice name when I saw this one! It looks fabulous and I want it!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Okay. Next project!
This one is so simple.
For this project, Heather simply painted the frame touching up the ornate details with gold. Then she flipped the picture over to the back side and with a can of spray chalk board paint, sprayed it, let it dry, and hung it back in the frame. Once again, this was on a thick piece of board. If you find a great frame but the picture is mounted on cardboard, you can purchase a thin piece of plywood to replace it.
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Next Project!
We do have a partial before on this one!
This was before the frame was painted and during her process of painting her picture.
This is after. Heather painted her picture right over the original print that was in the frame. The frame itself was such an ugly brown that you couldn't even see what great detail it had.
She hung this picture over her bed.
I'm sure that most of you have seen frames hung in a grouping or propped up on a mantel like these. It is such a clean, uncluttered, and almost contemporary look. A great alternative to all of that "stuff" that many of us have on our mantels!
So remember...........when you start YOUR hunt for a great collection of frames.....look past the ugly picture and beyond the hideous color of the frame and search for frames with ornate detail, unusual size, and lots of personality!
Happy Hunting!
Denise
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