First, I found a couple of cheapy frames at my local Goodwill, brought them home, removed and tossed the glass piece, and sanded them down (so that the paint would stick better).
Then I painted them with acrylic paints from Michael's. Each frame took about 5 thin coats of paint to fully cover, but I still have almost a full bottle of each paint color left. After the paint was dry, I put 2 coats of a glossy sealer on each (found at Michael's right by the acrylic paints) so that they had a nice shiny finish to them.
Next, I cut a piece of cardboard (old cereal box or a shipping box works) to size to fit into the frame and covered it with fabric. I got a couple of fat quarters for quilting from JoAnne's for a reasonable price and still have fabric left over from each. I used a temporary spray adhesive to tack the fabric to the cardboard and then wrapped it around to the back and tacked it with some general craft glue I had on hand.
After that dried, I added the ribbon. I simply wrapped it around the fabric covered board and again glued it down in the back. I wrapped these fairly taunt and didn't leave much slack on the front - I didn't want them to hang loose once I started to add the hair bows on later.
Then, just pop the cardboard piece into the frame, put the back peice back on, add your bows and, viola, done! And for a lot cheaper than the one online!
Here's the cost breakdown:
- Frames (Goodwill) = $0.99 each
- Paint (Michael's) = $1.25 each
- Glossy Sealer (Michael's) = $1.25
- Foam Brushes (Michael's) = $0.10 each (used 3)
- Fabric (JoAnne's) = $1.99 each
- Ribbon (Michael's) = $0.99 each spool (used a small portion of 3 spools)
Time wise you could probably finish these in an afternoon easily - I of course dragged it out over the course of a couple of weeks trying to squeeze it in around everything else going on around here! :)
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