DIY Personalized Frames

by coconutgoddess on June 20, 2011

in DIY,Paper Dreams

Picture frames are an easy way to show off family photos. As long as we have lived in this house, I have had this wall of boring. An obscure wall that sits in the hall between the living room and family room. Visible by both rooms, strangely angled, and just boring. These matching frames were the perfect solution. Each shadowbox came with the white mat. I just added the name, birthday, and picture of each of my girls, my nieces, and my nephew. Each frame ended up costing about $6.50 when it was all done.

diy picture frames

A closer look shows how simple this project is.

1. Print name and date info onto 8×10 ink jet printer paper. (not photo paper) I used photoshop to layout the name and dates, but it would be very simple to do in MS Word.

2. Print 3.5″x3.5″ images of each child.

3. Mount onto name paper using foam tape.

supplies used: Shadowbox frames (Hobby Lobby), Inkjet premium printer paper (Epson), printer (Epson), foam tape (3M)

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  • http://aninasmiles.blogspot.com/ Anina

    You are the best! This is a great idea and it looks awesome. Thanks again for all of the inspiration you provide me.

  • http://beckydjd.blogspot.com/ BeckyDJD

    Love it! How awesome!

  • Cyndy R

    Love the frames! Did you put the most recent picture and are you going to change them as they age?

  • coconutgoddess

    Yes! I plan to change the pictures as often as my very picky girls want me to!

  • http://www.furiousrose.ca Melanie

    Those images look like something you would see if you walked into a Design Company. So cool! I think it would be fun to have those types of frames/photos at work to display everyone in my department! Thanks for sharing!

  • Julie L

    Wow Ana – these are beautiful. Thanks for the idea and inspiration, I’m going to do this with my 2 daughters and 2 granddaughters. This might be a good idea as a Christmas gift for my mom for her 13 grandkids. Thanks again.

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