In My Hands… Picture Frames
I have several framed pictures with glass from thrift shops- it's one of my many weaknesses. I cannot resist framed pictures with the glass in them if it's a really rock bottom price (I'm talking a buck or two at most for frames with glass- more if I actually like the picture). They've been piling up in the 'what shall I do with these' corner of The Common Room.
Now I may have to start adding framed pictures without the glass to the pile-
Make a blackboard (very cool)
A perfectly scrumptious set of teacup shelves (this is an older link, but I've been wanting my husband to make me this ever since it was first posted.
Make a 'French memo board' (bulletin board with criss crossing ribbon)- very striking, this version is.
Make a really nice tray or a simpler version.
If you're really an amazing crafter, you could do this terrarium with several frames.
Paint the frame to suit you, then add an old metal cookie sheet, cake pan topper, or other thin sheet of metal for a unique magnet board. Or insert cork or thick cardboard covered in a wallpaper or fabric you like for a bulletin board. One of my daughters uses bulletin boards for her necklace storage- she puts up push pins and hangs the necklaces over those.
You can also, of course, use them as picture frames- reframing art of your own or taking cards you've gotten that you really liked as the pictures. I have one huge frame just the right size to frame an art print I picked up at a library book sale (about three feet tall). My frame, complete with glass, came from an auction for a dollar. The picture it originally framed was a hideous pink and silver tempera on cardboard painting of flamingoes at a pond.
Which idea do you like best, or do you have one of your own?
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2 Responses to “In My Hands… Picture Frames”
July 31st, 2009 at 2:50 pm
Wonderful ideas! Thank you for sharing them.
August 9th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Very cool things to make! I collect a lot of things that I will do something with someday (my husband hopes!), and there are a lot of great ideas here. I love the blackboard idea especially. Thanks!
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