The Picture Frame

The picture frame is not just a fancy boarder to encase your precious photos.  It's is an extension of the photo and a piece of art to show off to your friends and family.  I very rarely hang a picture frame in it's original condition. Here are some ideas to spruce up your frames.

1. DON'T BUY NEW.  Check out your local thrift stores and yard sales, they have the best distressed frames that can be manipulated to perfection.  With a light sanding and various paint applications you can make unique frames that will perfectly compliment your photos.

2. DOUBLE UP. Frame the frame, take a large frame-minus the glass- and hang it on the wall.  Now hang a smaller framed picture inside of that frame,  this will give that picture more presence on the wall.

3.SCRAPBOOK IT.  Scrapbooks are wonderful, but how often do you open them up and look at the wonderful work we've done? Find yourself a frame to hang a page from your book.  The frame should be white or black (neutral) so that it will go with a larger variety of pages.

4. NO GLASS? NO WORRIES.  Don't toss the frame because it is still user friendly.  My daughter loves to hang stuff on the walls, a lot.  To save the wall for a thousand pin holes I hung a couple of glass-less frames with a cork board centers, this gave her a designated area to hang her goodies and saved the walls.

      My mom has a frame that she stretched some lacy fabric over and then hinged it to a shallow box.  In the box she screwed in some tea cup hooks to hang necklaces and on the fabric frame she has her earrings hanging.

5. IT'S GEOMETRIC.  Frames can be painted and collaged together to create unique geometric patterns.

I love frames and their multi-functionality. What have you framed lately?