There are left over clips and the picture hangers for other projects. Overall we spent $3 for the 5×7 clip frame, $1.50 for offset clips and $1.50 for the picture hanger. That’s it – we are calling this a done deal. We added a saw tooth picture hanger to back for hanging. We wanted to make sure the screw drilled down into the blue backing board and part of the white was wood to secure the glass to the wood – just in case the glue didn’t hold. We opted to use longer 3/4” screws instead of the screws that came with the offset clips. Lastly, we used 2- 1/8” offset clips to secure the glass to the fame. Then I applied wood glue to the back of the fiber board to stick it to the front the white washed wood planks. First, we glued the scrapbook paper to the fiber board included with the frame and mounted the photograph to the front of that.
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We took it apart and removed all of the clips. This is the Hobby Lobby’s 5”x 7” click frame we used. Then cut out a 5” x 7” piece of heavy scrapbook papers to create a photo background border. The glue instructions said to allow the glue to set for 24 hours. I was able to leave a stack of books on it for 20-30 minutes and it was good to go. Depending on how unlevel the three pine boards are you may or may not have to clamp it down to get it to stick permanently. We used wood glue to adhere the backing board to three white washed pine boards. After the paint dried we sanded the edges with 320 grit sanding block to roughen it up. We cut 8.25” x 6.25” birch backing board and painted it with Martha Stewart’s Multi-Surface Acrylic Craft Paint. We clamped the pieces together and let them set overnight. The pieces we glued were the bottom plank and the middle. We ran a bead of glue across the entire edge of the wood. To assemble the pine boards we applied wood glue in between two of the boards. Here’s a close up of the painting came out. Once that dried, we painted Stewart’s Multi-Surface Acrylic Craft Paint, color Summer Linen over the top of the primer with a dry brush leaving some of the primer showing through for the white wash look. We began by priming all the wood with gray Rust-Oleum® primer. We went with a white wash paint technique. Our diagram lists all the sizes of the wood and the supplies we used to assemble the frame.īefore we painted we sanded the edges of the pine board and roughed it up to give it that worn wood look that I SO desperately LOVE! You can paint or stain the wood any color you want. It was easiest for me to create the plan in Adobe Illustrator, but you can use MS Word, Photoshop or Elements or plan it out the old fashion way with a ruler and paper – imagine that. We had to start out drawing a planning diagram. Since our wood was scrap, the pieces varied in lengths. I didn’t follow it verbatim, which is why I’m writing out more of my details here. As a matter of fact, I’m pretty sure you’ve seen them on Pinterest and department stores. I’m not claiming to have come up with the original construction of these frames. I’m saying it’s a weekender, but you can probably pull it off in day if you don’t have kids and allow glue to set overnight. This fun little project can be completed in one weekend. by Melissa Coon // Blog, DIY, How To // 5 Commentsįor Mother’s Day we made picture frames for my Mom and my sister out of left over wood from various projects. Warning: Illegal string offset 'output_key' in /webroot/l/u/lucidim//www/wp-includes/nav-menu.php on line 601