Friend’s are one of life’s greatest accessories aren’t they? I am blessed to have met a lot of wonderful friends who live all across the United States. Unfortunately, I do not get to see many of them often enough. This is the perfect girly friend frame. What woman doesn’t love a great…
purse? How about combining the two?
Transform a basic wood frame into a purse picture frame.
Supplies:
Wood frame (I got mine from Hobby Lobby)
Mod Podge (I used Glitter Mod Podge)
Piece of scrapbook paper
Paint for the edges and back
Exacto knife and scissors
Foam brush
Ribbon
Brads
Purse handle
Strips of fabric
Fabric-Tac
Vinyl lettering
1. Paint the sides and back of your frame. I chose white and I used some Krylon spray paint because I had it on hand and it is quick. 
2. Flip the frame over on top of the backside of your scrapbook paper and then trace it and cut it out. Mod Podge it onto the front of your wooden frame. Use your Exacto knife to trim if there is excess.
I love this Glitter Mod Podge. It is perfect for this type of project. Spread two layers of Mod Podge over the top of your paper to seal it (letting it dry in between coats).
3. Thread your ribbon through the purse handle and starting on the back of the frame glue the ribbon in place with Fabric-Tac or some other kind of glue. Continue gluing it until you overlap the ends onto the back of the frame.
4. I then used wire snips to cut the prongs off of a blingy scrapbooking diamond brad. Then I used my Fabri-Tac to adhere them to the front of the ribbon to look like real purse brads.
5. Next I made some fabric rolled flower embellishments. My friend Jen has a great tutorial for them here. I glued them in place with Fabri-Tac.
6. Then I used my Silhouette machine to cut out some vinyl lettering that said “Friends are life’s greatest accessory.” This would be a fun girl’s night out project don’t you think?
This is one of the cutest things I have ever seen! This will be a great gift for my teenage nieces. It is going into my book marks! Thank you
Carol
cool project beckie! great tute too.
you're so creative! in fact you're infarrantly creative!
gail
brilliant!! love this project!
I absolutely LOVE that! OMG…wanna make one NOW!
That is too cute!!!! Love those beautiful rosettes. They really add a nice touch, Beckie. 🙂
That is too cute!!!! Love those beautiful rosettes. They really add a nice touch, Beckie. 🙂
This is soooo appropriate for many of my military friends far away.
This is absolutely adorable!!!!LOVE it!
Sarah
HandbagsnPigtails.blogspot.com
This is really cute!
Fun, and what a great picture of you!
This is SO cute. And, it has a lot of purse-nality! This idea is going in my "To-Do" file. Thanks!
That is the cutest frame and what a lovely gift for a girlfriend!!
Shopper Gal
http://www.shoppergal.com/
That is so adorable! What a great gift idea!
This is adorable and what a great gift idea 🙂
Becky this is adorable!! I'll have to feature it on Tip Junkie asap.
Love, love, LOVE this frame. Sooo cute. I really enjoy all the creative things you do! Keep it up!
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That is too flippin' cute!!!! 🙂
This is cute! And you're super creative! Visiting from Trendy Treehouse.
Ria
http://iheartprettystuffs.blogspot.com/
This is too cute not to put on my list this year. Thanks
Really great job!
this is sooo gd thanx
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