Thrift Shop Frames

Reinventing an old picture frame is easy, inexpensive and best of all, you can customize it with the colors, paper or fabric of your choice! I found these frames at a thrift shop for about $.25 cents each. Did I mention that I love thrift shops?  

 I looooove thrift shops.

I used Folk Art acrylic paint. I already had the blue and the green. So, I purchased the purple and the aqua for a total of $1.97....yes at Walmart. I live in a small town. Walmart is all I have to work with unless I brave the 45 minute drive to the nearest "city" with 2 fidgety, temper mental children and one unpredictable, wild bobcat baby. I know, Walmart is bad, but sanity is a good thing in a mom, right?

I already had the paper and fabric supplies for the inside of the frames. So this project cost me a grand total of $2.97. And the best part is, I was able to complete it from start to finish in two days. Long term projects have no place with scatterbrained mommy's or wild, unruly children. :)

• First you will want to disassemble the frames and wipe them down.
• Then you are ready to start painting the wood. I used 3-4 coats of paint on each frame. Wait at least an hour before re coating.
• Now that your frames are looking snazzy and bright all you have to do is decide how to fill them.
• I used a combination of fabric, scrap booking paper and prints.