Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Framing

This is the first time I attempted a framing project. Almost all walls in the house we stay at are empty. We haven't hung up anything or put any pictures. All are dull yellow painted walls. So we decided to print out some pictures of ours and hang them up. So the prints were ready. Now the question was how to frame and put them up on the wall. Putting the frames on the wall meant drilling, nails, hammering, chipping paint, and such stuff. So we came up with this DIY idea - to make frames out of used cardboard boxes.


I pulled out the boxes we used while shifting, started the measuring and cutting. Meanwhile hubby bought the papers for the framing. It took me around 5 days (only my spare time in the evenings) to measure, cut, stick, and let dry those 11 pictures. Sunday evening, we spread out the pictures on the floor and tried the layout. After few crazy layouts, we decided on the final design. And by late in the evening, the photos were finally up on the wall! Phew! That was a lot of work.



Now time for some photos... Kindly excuse the poor quality of the photos. I couldn't wait until enough light was there to take the pictures. Was way too excited.

That's how the wall looks now.


See how pretty my butterfly mobile looks.



I loved the texture of this brown paper.



Only when you look from so close do you realize that these are simple cardboard cut-outs.


Things I learnt from this project:


  • One needs lot of patience to complete such a project.

  • Always attempt this craft only in a spare room; never in your living room or bedroom. It leaves behind a lot of mess, which you wouldn't be interested in cleaning up ;-)

  • Your hands will be all guey and sticky.

  • You need some ones help to arrange and stick up everything on the wall in straight line without putting any marks on the wall.

Altogether I loved and enjoyed this project a lot.

3 comments:

Kavitha Shinde said...

Very impressive....your hubby actually helps you, that's awesome...compliment him too :)

Your frames look really really good!!!!!

Resmi... said...

Thanks Kavitha! My hubby is actually very supportive about all my crafts. He helps me decide on colour combinations a lot :-)

Ninu said...

creative and beautiful!