Handfasting Frame

Hi crafty people!

If you've been following me for a while, you

probably know that my son got married 3 yrs ago in

September.  Since then Sara's bouquet has been at our

house.  I dried it with Silica, but we never did anything

more with it.  I decided to do something for

 them for Christmas.
I had the idea in my head and happened across 

a frame that was perfect when I was shopping at 
Scrap Creative Reuse in Ann Arbor, Michigan

The frame was pretty much like this one.

Just needed to get it cleaned up and transformed.

First I had to take it apart and remove the tassle

and the piece holding it.

I then printed a picture from the wedding

that showed the handfasting.

I printed the picture with my ink jet printer and

printed it lighter than normal to use for the background.

I checked to see about placement with part of the

frame to be sure I like the sizing.

I used 3 in 1 glue and glued the picture

to the back of the frame.  I trimmed the excess with

a craft knife.

Now my background is ready.

The flowers were very dry and brittle, so

I needed to be very careful with them.

I took all the ribbons from the handfasting

and tied them in an eternity knot.

This was tough with so many pieces of ribbon, but

I think I got it done pretty nicely.

I positioned it and adhered it to the background

with the 3 in 1 glue.

Once the glue was dried, I trimmed off the ends of

the ribbons and added some of the flowers from her 

bouquet.  Unfortunately, the roses were too big for the

frame, it was just not deep enough to be able to 

use them.

Once everything was trimmed I put the glass and the frame

on the piece and it was ready to go.

I love how it turned out and when Sara opened it

she was thrilled with it and totally surprised.

Jaryd was just as happy as she was and they found a place to

put it right away.
I'm so glad I did this for them,

it's taken a while to figure out what to do, but 

what I decided on turned out to be perfect.

Now I'd like to find a deeper shadow box frame that I can

do something with the other flowers.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you have enjoyed seeing this project and

will come again soon. 

Until then,

create something new and different.

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