You have a lot of children's photos that you want to put in the living room so that friends who come to your house can admire your baby. In stores today, you can pick up quite interesting frames for such photos. But, if you want something completely original, make a frame with your own hands.
Necessary
- -cardboard,
- -PVA glue,
- - decorative varnish,
- -scissors,
- -buckwheat grain,
- -shell,
- -twine,
- -thread
Instructions
Step 1
For such a frame, any material is suitable. It can be dry beans, peas, seeds of various berries and fruits, buckwheat. For a nautical theme, various small shells and pebbles that you brought from your vacation are ideal. You can also use dried leaves, tree twigs, cones and nuts. Frames made of small and large beads, various glass stones, which are sold in souvenir departments, will look original. The choice of material depends only on your imagination.
Step 2
First, select the photo you want to frame. Based on the subject of the picture (the baby was shot against the background of a winter tree or on the beach under the scorching sun), the choice of finishing material will depend.
Step 3
Determine the dimensions of the frame. It should be 2-3 cm larger on each side than the selected photo. Draw a rectangle. Cut two similar cardboard blanks. Place the photo in the center of the cardboard and trace around it with a pencil. After that, measure with a margin, adding 1 cm or a little less to the inside. The stock is needed so that the photo does not fall out of the frame. Cut out the half that will be the front.
Step 4
Now move on to the creative process itself. Cover the cut out blank of the front part of the frame with glue. Take, for example, buckwheat seeds. Gently sprinkle the buckwheat on the freshly spread glue. See that there are no empty spaces, lightly press the rump with your hand.
Step 5
After it adheres well, glue a small shell in one of the corners. For the opposite corner, weave a kind of rope out of thin twine. Twist it in a spiral fashion, secure the ends. Stick to the frame. When everything is dry, cover the applique frame with a decorative layer of varnish.
Step 6
Attach the front part and the back side of the frame tightly to each other, having previously greased the outer sides of the cardboard of the back side with glue to a width of 0.5 cm (do not glue to the end to each other, otherwise it will be impossible to insert a photo later).
Step 7
Attach a loop of thread on the back if you plan to hang the frame on the wall. Or make a cardboard leg if you intend to put the photo on the table. Insert a photo into the finished frame.
