Personally, I love the natural look, so I am going for an off white and linen theme for all of my display pieces, to keep the focus on the jewelry.
For this project, I used:
picture frames: $1 each from the dollar store
off white spray paint: $3 on sale (
batting: $10 for a roll at Jo-Anns such a ripoff!
Linen/Muslin: $3 for half a yard
Glue and/or staples-I ended up using both to make sure it would stay
First, you need to take apart the picture frames, so you can paint just the frame itself.
Apply a few coats of white paint and allow for it to dry completely. Unless you are entirely impatient like myself and proceed while the paint is still sticky, resulting in smudges and figure prints. But hey, it does add character!
While you are waiting for the paint to dry you can work on making the padded frame inserts! Now for this part you will need the fabric, batting, a piece of construction paper or poster board and some binder clips. The construction paper will not be seen, so it doesn't matter what color it is, but the stiffer it is the better as long as it is still thin enough to fit in the frame.
Then you want to cut the paper and batting to the full size of the frame and glue them together.
Then cut the fabric about 1.5 inches bigger than the frame on all sides and lay it on the table as shown below. Add glue around the edge of the paper and fold the fabric over gluing it onto the back.
Use binder clips to hold the fabric in place until the glue dries. If this doesn't seem to work too well you can staple the edges.
Once your frames are dry and the inserts are complete stuff them into the back of your frames and put on the back. And you're done!
While I was at the dollar store, I also picked up a candle holder and little plate for an extra little display. Can't beat it for $2.00!
I am loving how my display is coming along!
You can check out my website at chloeandisabel.com/boutique/laurentarr
Love,
LST
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