Frame update

I've had this sand art thing for years. I don't even remember where I bought it from, I think it was on holiday somewhere. When it was new there was blue liquid in it and you would turn the frame to watch the sand fall through. I think it was meant to be calming. I thought it was pretty cool.

Anyway, over the years the liquid has dried up so it's become a bit redundant.

Until I had a really simple idea.

I decided to use the frame as a photo frame.

The most difficult part of this project was picking two photos I wanted to display. I settled on a photo of me and my friends at Disneyland, and for the other side me and my sisters in Central Park.

I just printed the photos to the size of the window and slotted them in with a bit of blu-tac so I can change them out when I feel like it.

I can guarantee that whenever my sister is over she'll flip the frame to the photo of her.

Have you made any simple changes lately?

Rustic Wooden Photo Frame

I made a photo frame!

This project was good because it used up two things I've had for ages.

The first was this plain wooden photo frame I bought from Hobbycraft years ago.

It was probably on sale. I don't think I would have bought it if not.

 

The second thing I got to use up was some of these little wooden things that come with canvases.

I used some of them a while back with these garden fence cards but I've still got so many more.

I quite liked the rustic, beach shack type feel of the little planks around the frame so I went with it.

I used wood glue to attach the wood to the frame and left it to dry under some heavy books.

I picked out some wood stain from the garage and did some test pieces to decide which colour I liked better.

I went for the lighter one and applied it with an old rag.

There were some parts where the glue had got on the surface of the wood so I had to sand the glue off so the stain would...youknow, stain.

Any excuse to show you my signed Ian Somerhalder photo

Then I popped a photo in the frame and it was done.

This was such a quick and easy project, and it's given me loads more ideas for decorating plain frames.

Geometeric Art

Remember the geometric art posted on A Beautiful Mess almost a year ago?

Well I finally got around to making my own version.

The hardest part was figuring out how big I wanted my equilateral triangle to be and drawing it out to make sure all the sides and angles were equal. Oh maths.

Like the original, I used book pages, coloured paper and photos.

I used all pink paper so it matches my room, and I used all photos of my family and friends because I like their faces! Especially my cousin with the crazy eyes. Yeah, that's her top right.

Once everything was spray mounted and trimmed I popped my new art in a frame.

I got this frame when I was doing work experience in Year 10 at a local art shop that also did framing, and they gave it to me for free.

I think it looks lovely next to my IKEA flower lamp, plastic tiara, Lost cast photo, signed Ian Somerhalder photo and signed Joshua Radin concert ticket.

You've been framed

Here are some of the more unique, hand-made picture frames in my room

This frame was a simple Art Attack project made out of cardboard,made many years ago.

I decorated this frame at Guides, again many years ago. It shows potential I think...

I helped to professionally make this frame on my year 10 work experience at a local art shop. Swanky