Crafts and My Love Affair With The Hardware Store

I could spend endless hours in the hardware store

perusing the aisles and thinking of all kinds of cool things

to do with the hooks, dowels, hinges, shims, pipes, and hoses

{the paint and glue is already a given}.

On Sunday, I went to the hardware store 

with the intention of buying some sort of tool...
I cannot even remember exactly what now, because

just like shiny, sparkly things distract me,
so do tile and wood and glue and paint...

and then I saw it {or them}...biscuits!

I have never used them..

but I {heart} their wooden petal shaped goodness. 

I added a vintage egg print from The Graphics Fairy.

As thus these lovely little biscuits were my inspiration for this little picture frame...OK, they were the inspiration for a tray but along the way the Mod Podge, paint and ink pad got in a fight and the frame won!

I went for a worn vintagey look with my project, but I could totally see this project clean and simple with a smooth biscuit surface, painted in a creamy white, or a slick black {with a few more steps - see note below}. Scrapbook paper would also work very well.

Supplies

-Picture Frame - I used the $1 unfinished wooden frame from the craft store

-#20 Biscuits

-Mod Podge

-Paint (optional)

-Brushes or sponge brushes

-Exacto knife or scissors {small pair}

-Decorative Paper, i.e., Scrapbook paper {I used the book pages left from the Birthday Chandelier}

-Sandpaper

-Ink pad {pigment ink..I used black)

DIY it!

FRAME:

-Paint picture frame, let dry

-Dip paper towel in ink and rub it on edges of frame. I also rubbed mine lightly all over.

BISCUITS:*

-Paint biscuits {one side}, let dry.

-Gather your decorative paper.

-Apply Mod Podge to the unpainted side, and lay "Mod Podged" side down on the paper.

-Let dry.

-Use Exacto to cut around biscuits - it does not have to be perfect...we'll be sanding the edges and the rough edges of the paper will "disappear."

-When dry, sand edges of each biscuit.

-Rub edges of biscuit in the ink pad {or use a tool to apply ink}.

ASSEMBLY:

-Layout your biscuits on your frame so you know how to place them {after this, you will need to take them off, you can place them along side the frame on the table for reference}. I chose to have the edges hang off the edge of the frame, but you could have the points of the biscuit flush with the edge of the frame and the points "over" the photo area.

-You must have painted and inked frame and paints/sanded/Mod Poged biscuits ready.

-Apply a layer of Mod Podge to the top of the frame, let dry slightly, apply another thin layer.

-Apply layer of Mod Podge to the painted side of the biscuit and place on frame, as per layout.

-Continue this process until complete, let dry.

-When dry apply a layer {or two, your preference} to the entire frame and biscuits, getting into the grooves with a smaller brush.

-Let dry...TA DA!

*Biscuit Notes:

Biscuits come in a few different sizes, so you can pick smaller ones too. They also have {or at least the ones I purchased} a texture and the size number stamped on them. I played around by sanding a few down, and by also applying a layer of wood compound/filler. Doing these steps definitely adds some time and extra steps to the project...It really depends on the look you are going for.

OK, next week, I will do a project with color...my last few have all been black and white!

Have fun!

Holly

P.S. Thanks for sticking with me all...I know I am behind {way behind} on my visits, but I promise when i get my act together I will make it up to you! I am working on it!

 

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