I just moved (AGAIN) and recently came into quite a bit more wall real estate, which means I get to hang more things on my walls!! So off to pinterest (which is where I seem to get all my interior design ideas as of late) and I saw this cute pin
I thought it was cute- but not $25 plus shipping cute... and then I thought "ya know... I could totally just do this myself...."
sooooo here's how that happens:
What You need:
- a frame (any size, I had a 16 x 20" one that wasn't being occupied)
- acrylic paint
- thin paint brushes
- masking tape (any tape is good- you'll use it on the glass and should be able to peel off easily)
- scrapbook paper the same size as your frame (I used 4 pieces to get a bigger sheet)
- your design printed backwards out the size you want it on your frame
What You'll Do:
- First things first- pick a quote, saying, lyrics, whatever really that you want to paint on to your frame. Being that I'm a designer, I whipped up something quick in illustrator with a song lyric. Once you have everything in place, flip the design and print it out full size. It'll look alittle wonky, but it'll make sense later.
- Tape your design to the front of your frame with tape and then flip your frame over and take it apart, leaving the glass in the frame (I put a towel down first so that the glass wasn't just facing the counter).
- Start painting your design backwards on your frame. This takes the longest amount of time and you may have to paint a few coats to make the letters opaque. It took me about 3 hours to paint all of mine.
- Once you're finished painting and everything is dry take your scrapbook paper and place it design facing the glass in the frame and put the frame together. Then remove the design taped on the front.
aaaaand there ya go! all done! Easy right? and it cost me I think.... $6? AND it's custom?! PINTEREST WIN!
