Paper Frames

Back in the day I sure loved to cover anything I could with ModPodge, and in the last year I have loved to go to town on picture frames. 

I made this one for my sweet friend Anna Mo for her birthday in February of a picture of the 2 of us in Thailand the month before. 

I was pleased with how it turned out with the limited resources I have here... there's no Michael's waiting around the corner to stock up on supplies. But I did have some paper, and of course Jamie sent me some fun flower embellishments, and well lets not forget my fave makeshift craft shop.... the Fabric Market of course... where I found rhinestones. Which.... I would have never chosen had the resources not been so limited. I'm glad they were though- cause I think they're kinda cute. 

I have bought a few packs of these plain wooden frames from IKEA and used them all for things like this. I just line the edges on the outside and inside, cover the front and give it all a good shellacking. 

Add some embellishments, and there you go- a new cute personalized frame. 

Before we left America, I made 2 of these for 2 very special people. 

Here is the first one that I made for my buddy Trey. 

I started by painting the edges and base white.

Then I picked different coordinating paper and painstakingly cute them to fit just right. 

Then I lined the edges. 

And added pictures...

1 from when he was born, 1 from when he was about 1, and 1 from when he was about 2- and then gave it to him so that he could put it in his room and never ever forget me. 

And then when I finished that one, I moved on to the next for my sweet, sweet friend Catherine- or my "Twink." 

I picked some fun brown circle paper, covered the front, and painted the trim on the inside and outside yellow. 

Then I used a little wooden oval, covered it in some plaid paper. I used brown chipboard letters to write "Twink" on the front and then attached it to the inside corner. 

Then to finished it out, I lined the outside edge with teal felt ric-rac. I put in a picture of us from the night that we told each other "Bye" {sniff} and Ta-Da!

So those are just 3 of the paper frames I've made recently-ish. 

I have to say, every time that I hear myself think, "Paper Frames" it makes me think of the song "Paper Planes" and I sing "I fly like paper...." Random. I know. 

Joyfully Decoupaged,

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