Recently at I shower I saw a cute hair bow holder made from an old window pane. Well. . .I don't have an old window pane just laying around, so I decided to adapt that idea and use a picture frame instead. I just went to the thrift store, found the largest cool looking picture frame and snatched it up. It didn't have any glass which was just fine because I wasn't going to use it anyway. I didn't take any pictures at the time, so the step-by-step pictures are from some other frames where I did the same thing. . sorry.First thing I did was sand it. This is a very important step. I did this with these other frames and did not sand the stain off very well and when I distressed it the stain showed through and I didn't like the way it looked. I know it is a pain, but you'll never regret it if you sand it, but you probably will if you don't.
Then I found some crappy old house paint just laying around (not kidding, it had a big lump in it and some rust fell in it when I opened the lid). I didn't really care because I was going for a distressed look anyway, so I figured it just added character :)
I just did one coat of paint because it was very thick. I wanted the wood to show through just a little.
Then I sanded a few of the edges to distress it (make sure your paint is very dry or else it will peel and look bad).
Lastly, I glued the ribbon into place and the back and voila! (gluing worked just fine, but I'd recommend using a staple gun). My frame also didn't have a place to hang it so I just hammered in one of those little saw tooth hangers.
I love it and it only cost me $1.50. . .awesome! My only wish is that I had been able to find a bigger frame. . .oh well, I think instead I'll just have make two small ones instead of one large one. I liked how it turned out so much that I repurposed some random mismatched frames I had laying around.
