Since I never got around to posting projects undertaken during wedding preparations, I thought I'd highlight some of the projects I did for the wedding.
So I really wanted to put some personal touches on the wedding and one personalized item I wanted to include was pictures of all our parents and grandparents on their wedding days to be placed around the venue.
I found a post on Pinterest how to easily stain plain wooden frames to give them a vintage look. The blog the post came from is here and it really was easy! All it took was some vinegar, coffee grounds and steel wool! I bought plain, unfinished frames from Joann's and for 6 spent about $70 on them.
I mixed the vinegar and coffee grounds and let the steel wool sit overnight. Once the glass and backs were removed from the frames, I was ready to stain!
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| My work station |
I forgot to take a picture of just the plain frames, but the first picture below shows a comparison between the unfinished and stained frames.
Some pictures during the process:
All the frames while they were drying...
Then I let them dry outside for a while....
And the finished products!!
I bought an extra frame so we had one to display an engagement photo!
This was a really easy and quick project and was a great way to bring in a vintage-looking element into the wedding.
We're currently in the processing of trying to buy a new house so I can't wait to use some of these frames to display wedding photos whenever we're in our new home!!
Until next time,
CZP
