DIY Framed Picture Collage

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.

 3) Cover the entire styro with it.

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!