"fixing" some frames

Hello crafty friends!

My son's birthday was on the 15th and for part of his

gift I wanted to give him some family pictures.

He and his girlfriend have a cute little apartment

and the one livingroom wall is dedicated to pictures 

of family and friends.

Jaryd wanted pictures for his wall and I decided that I needed

to alter some frames and put pictures in them for him.

The first one I worked on was a plain wood frame that I found

at a thrift shop.

Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of it before,

but it was just a plain old wood frame.

First I sanded it down to take off the finish.

You can see there were a couple little flaws in the frame, 

but that doesn't matter, it will all be covered in the end.

I then painted it with Gold Acrylic Craft Paint

using a foam brush.

After a couple coats were applied and dried,

I switched to Teal Acrylic Paint.

I painted a solid coat on the flat surface of the frame.

Then used a dry bristled brush to add the teal paint

to the sides, giving it a worn feel.

Here is the frame all painted and I love how it turned out.

I put a picture of Jaryd's Godparents in this frame.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Come again soon, I'll be showing you some of the other

frames that I altered for Jaryd's gallery of pictures.