Shabby Chic Picture Frame

I made several of these to display at my daughter's wedding.  I took an ordinary 8 x 10 frame, and painted it white, leaving a little of the wood color to show through.  Then dug through my craft box and found some vintage doilies, jewelry and lace and hot glued them around the edge.  For a really cool look, I went to www.photofunia.com and put personal photos into their selections of backgrounds and printed them out.  Really gave it a vintage feel.

Repurposed Serving Tray

This was a super-fun project!  I took an old metal serving tray I found at a yard sale, and masked off the center, painted it flat black.  Then I found an old picture frame with no picture or glass, and painted it flat black, and scruffed a little tan and cream paint around it for a shabby look.  I mounted the tray to the frame with some plastic conduit clips.  I purchased the letters, and decoupaged some coordinating scrapbook paper on them and glued magnets on their backs.  I had some really cool scrapbook paper that I cut out and burned the edges, glued to a piece of cardboard the same size, and glued a magnet to the back of it.  I hung this on a wall in my bathroom where I needed something not too bulky and it looks perfect!  This would also be a neat message center in a hallway or kitchen as well.