I’m sure you’ve been
noticing all the glam in stores, store ads and flyers, magazines and online.
There are both gold and silver metal accents in wall hangings and frames,
accent tables and accessories. Here is a little DIY project to bring some
sparkle to a picture frame. You’ll need a cardboard picture mat (I popped
out one from an old picture frame I had on hand), old CDs, adhesive and sturdy
scissors. By the way, you'll want a light colored mat.
We’ve had these sheers
forever. They are supposed to be strong enough to cut through a penny, I think,
so I grabbed them. I happened to have a healthy stack of CDs in my craft room
because I have never been able to bring myself to chuck them in the landfill and
also because teachers are resourceful packrats and keep these sort of
things “just in case” they could be
useful in a classroom project.
Snip the CDs into
small, irregular pieces. Due to the possibility of these jagged pieces flying, wear glasses or goggles to protect your eyes. I used two CDs for my frame. Attach the pieces, mosaic
style, to the frame with either hot glue or a substantial glue, such as Tacky.
Between the edges,
smooth a thin layer of Elmer’s and sprinkle some sort of glitter. I would not
recommend typical, fine glitter. Something larger works better for this
purpose. I happened to have some star-shaped glitter in my craft room so I used
that. It doesn’t have to be applied so heavily that it's solid. It's fine to allow the
background to show through some.
With the light reflecting, the photos picked-up a lot of color. In person, however, the frame has more of a mirrored appearance.
