{Little Frame Made Big} Tutorial

I have been in the process of redecorating my bedroom the last few months. I wanted to do a little gallery art wall in there. I picked a wall and got to work. I found a few things I wanted to put up on it. I had a small frame that I bought at a local thrift store. I loved it, but it was too small for what I was putting it with. I decided to redesign it so it looked like a bigger frame.

Here is my little frame:

I love the chunkiness of it! The size of the frame is- 7.50"x 6".

To make it "look" bigger I had my hubby cut out a piece of wood bigger then it. I just kind of eyeball how much bigger I wanted it. The size of the board ended up being- 15.25"x11".

I painted the top of it white. I did 3 coats of paint. While that was drying I got on my cricut and cut out a bunch of zig zags. When the board dried I put them on it.

When my mom saw me doing this she thought I was making a flag for the 4th of July. No its not that. I just used scrap vinyl I had in my stash!

Next, I painted black over the vinyl so it would make zig zags on the board.

When that dried I peeled off the vinyl.

I wanted all the sides to be solid black so I put the board between 2 things to hold it up and painted the sides. I did have to wait until each side dried and then I would rotate it.

While that was drying I took my little frame and spray painted it black.

I am not sure what I was thinking, but I didn't get pictures of the next steps. Sorry! 

After the frame dried I took some sand paper and sanded around the edges on the inside and outside. I wanted to make it look a little worn. I also did that around the board as well. 

Next, I put a family picture in it and then screwed it onto the board. This way I can remove the screws and change the picture up!!

Lastly, I put a claw teeth hanger on the back of it.

(You can kind of see the screws in this pic)

Here is what the new bigger frame looks like all done:

EEEK!!! I Love how it turned out!!! It definitely makes my little frame look like it was actually a big frame!!! 

**I will post a picture of it on my gallery wall as soon as I get it all finished!!**

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