The Wizardly World of Arts and Crafts

PERSONALIZED PICTURE FRAMES

When you have Monkeys bored out of their minds from too much summer fun, this Wizard likes to whip out summer craft projects. The girl Monkey really enjoys it while it only moderately entertains the others. The Wizard will take what she can get. This particular project was so much fun that we decided to make them for special family gifts this year. They are really simple and easy to do. The supplies you will need:

I purchased a really cheap inexpensive frame from our local Walmart Store for only 3 bucks. This one is  8x10 and you of course could go bigger or smaller if you chose. Next you need several sheets of alphabet stickers and an assortment of scrapbooking papers.

Select your scrapbooking paper and fit it to your frame, removing any border or inserts that came with frame. I selected some puffy white stickers to add a little dimension and began in the center of the frame with the family's last name. Our first one is for my sister's birthday which is coming up in August...(Hey what's up Sista). She has a really fun blog at www.housefullofblessings.blogspot.com so check it out! From there we did the rest of the family's first names and to save space I decided to opt for Mom and Dad instead of spelling out the parents' names. Once those are in place, I chose a different color and style of sticker to blend more into the background and spelled family friendly words to fill in the empty spaces. You can purchase a metal stand from Walmart as well but it really isn't necessary because most frames have a built in stand on the back or you can even hang this on your wall.

The finished product for the Harringtons!!

I also did one for our family and decided not to use any scrapbooking paper for the background and instead just used the cardboard that came with the frame.

And here is a fun little fact to throw in for all my millions of blog readers...I just realized that our Dog OTTO is    oddly enough TOTO! He made it onto the frame even though he is in trouble for chewing up another pair of shoes. I digress.

So the kids were excited to make one for their grandma. The center says Grandma (surprise) and then around that are her seven grandkids' names. She will love it.

Also, you don't have to just  personalized them. Here is another fun idea....make one for the holidays with holiday specific wording. Stay tuned for more ideas on these wizardly frames!!!