Monday, April 8, 2013

Custom Fame on a budget!

I've recently moved and decided to do some much needed decorating! I found that what was lacking in the house was pictures and personalized items that make a house feel like home! What better way than to display some beautiful pictures and mementos  I'm going for a very grown up elegant princess feel in my soon to be 7 yr old daughter's room. I couldn't find a frame I liked anywhere and the ones i did like were ridiculously expensive considering i have lots of pictures to hang and so many ideas for gallery walls im going to attempt to do in my new place! I decided to do what i do best and create my own custom frame, and with  the vision I was going for in mind, off i went to the craft store and dollar store! I found this very plain white frame from dollarama for $2 and thought it was perfect! After all if it didn't turn out it was only $2! Then i got some lilac spray paint and found glitter spray paint! If i could spray glitter everywhere all day everyday id be a very happy camper!

Here is what the frame looked like when i bought it!



 Then i used Krylon spray paint in bubble gum drop to spray it lilac!


It still looked to plain so i spray painted a few coats of the Magical Multicolor!


There was a background cardboard in the frame with a pink pattern on it that i didn't like so i turned it over to the blank side and sprayed it with glitter as well. As you can see it came out kind of blotchy and even though the pic was going in the center i didn't really like the result, so i came up with a different idea! I had seen a quote written in a frame on pinterest that i thought was beautiful so i decided to type it up in a really nice font in a matching lilac color and copy pasted it all the way down the page and use it as my background!
The quote reads " No one will ever know the strength of my love for you! After all, you're the only one who knows what my heart sounds like from the inside"!


 Its hard to see but looks beautiful in the background!


And this is the final result! Im very satisfied with it, exactly what i was looking for! I put it on her nightstand for now but it might go up on the wall with the other frames once im done putting all of them together! Can't wait to get started on my other projects i have so many great ideas if only i could keep up with them!

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