My own Instapicframe :) |
I have searched high and low for the perfect frame to showcase Marley's pictures kaya lang I haven't found "the one". I was getting tired of looking around so I took matters into my own hands and improvised a large frame.
From left: Styrofoam, old skirt, hot glue, garden wire, and sticky hooks |
I used materials found lying around the house.
- Styrofoam. This came with the aircon we bought.
- Old Skirt
- Hot Glue
- Garden Wire
- Sewing Pins
- Sticky Wall Hooks
- Scissors
What I did:
1) Line up the pictures so you can see how many would fit. I had a hard time picking which pictures. Marley had so many cutesy ones I want to add them all.
2) Measure and cut the fabric according to the styro's size.
Accident waiting to happen. At first I tacked the edges at the back but then the thumbtacks kept popping out. Most of the time J walks barefoot around the house and didn't want to risk tacks accidentally falling onto the floors without us seeing it so I removed the thumbtacks. Mind you, that was after I was finish tacking all the edges. Tsk.
4) Hot glue it instead of using thumbtacks. I didn't had glue gun so I used candle to melt the glue.
5) This was how my canvass looked after.
6) Hot glue the pictures.
7) Attach the garden wire at the back with a sewing pin and hot glue it.
After all the trouble I realized I didn't have to do this since the styro had wide edges and I could have just mounted it on the wall hooks directly. Tssss.
Oh well.. moving on. Here it is on our wall:
O deeeva. I love et! Marley loves it too!