We spotted these inexpensive picture frames on clearance and felt they just screamed “PROJECT!” I wasn’t sure if we would spray paint them a fun color (turquoise! lime green! hot pink!) or do an arts and craft project. The project won out and what fun we had!
First my daughter cut up small pieces of pink, red, and purple tissue paper.
While she did this, I removed the glass from the frame.
Then we glued the tissue paper pieces onto the frame using elmer’s glue. We then brushed glue over the paper to seal the paper on. (The decoupage part of the project!)
After the glue dried, we applied a coat of mod podge to really seal the paper on to the frame and add a glossy sheen.
What an easy, quick project with a lovely handmade feel! Not to mention a perfect Valentine’s Day gift for a certain daddy who needs a more recent photo of his loves for the office.
Adorable!
I love decoupage, and the tissue paper idea is so simple and pretty! The result is beautiful. We did some wonderful decoupage projects using inexpensive craft-store plywood boxes and magazine cutouts.
My only caution (which I bet you already know) is when one uses modpodge on the underside of the decoupage project. Changes in temperature can make the modpodge/glue adhere the cutouts to the shelf the project is sitting on, especially if the artwork doesn’t get moved around much. The shelf suffers more than the project, I confess…
LOVE! LOVE! LOVE!
Please tell Miss Leyba, that she did a beautiful job!
Came out great!! Love it! And the photo! In the first photo Miss Leyba looks exactly like you looked as a busily crafting 3 yr. old!!!
what a beautiful project! and a lovely photo of two lovely girls.
What fun!! And how deliciously lovely you will be on David’s desk!