Showing posts with label Vintage Window Frame. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vintage Window Frame. Show all posts

Sunday, September 25, 2011

DIY Vintage Window Picture Frame


This inspiration came from a gift that I had to make for my sister. Since I am a photographer, I wanted to make her something that had to do with that. Because I had just taken a bunch of pictures of her and husband I went in that direction.

I had never actually seen this done but I found something similar on Pinterest.com that you can compare it to.
Materials:
  • Vintage window-However many panes you want. I got mine off ebay.com and it's 3x3.
  • Pictures to fill the windows (the window I got perfectly fit 8x10 photo's. I used 8 pictures.
  • Brown Package Wrapping Paper
  • Staples
  • Modes of Hanging-I used Hanging Wire
  • Quote for the middle window-I used a vinyl lettered quote
  • Styrofoam
Steps:

1-Put the pictures into the panes of the windows. I filled the back of them with Styrofoam to hold them in.

2-After that, I covered the back with the brown package wrapping paper to hold everything in and stapled it to the window. The only problem with that is that in order to re-open it you have to rip it open.

3. Attach the hanging mode to the back. If you use hanging wire like I did, make sure they are even so the frame will hang straight.

-Note: when I ordered my window off ebay.com, it came with a few broken windows so I took it to a local Window shop and they replaced it for me for 25$. Fast and Easy process.