I have struggled with what to do with my kids' artwork. I love to display them, but don't necessarily love them on the refrigerator door. We had a blank wall in our hallway near our kitchen and I decided it was the perfect spot to display their hardwork. Now I had to come up with how I was going to do it. This what I came up with:
I Love It! The kids love to change out their pictures too. Now, on to how I made it. I looked at Hobby Lobby and thought about buying one of these frames:
But for the size I needed it was going to be costly even at 50% off. Plus they didn't have the exact size I wanted. So off to Home Depot I went. I decided to just purchase some 1x2 wood (think that is the size) and let my husband make a frame. He mitered the corners, I stained the wood and then he connected the wood to make the frame. I then used these items that I purchased at Hobby Lobby:
I used the mirror hangers and put them down the sides of the frame, making sure they were the same distance between so that when I hung my wire it would be straight. I went down 2 1/2 inches at the start and then 8 inches between hangers from there. Then I strung the wire and tried to get it as tight as possible so that the pictures wouldn't weigh it down. When these steps were finished I used the 3m Velcro picture hanging strips and attached the frame to my wall.
I also used a silhoutte machine to cut the vinyl to hang above the frame. It was now ready to be embellished with artwork!
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